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Next meeting of the Committee on Budgetary Control (CONT)

The next Committee Meetings will be held on:
 
► Monday 17 June 2013, 15.00 – 18.30
Room: JAN (József Antall) 6Q2

► Tuesday 18 June 2013, 9.00 – 12.30 & 15.00 – 18.30  
Room: JAN (József Antall) 6Q2

 
The agenda and the meeting documents are available via the links below.

 
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Annual report of the OLAF Supervisory Committee  
Annual Report of the OLAF Supervisory Committee

In the discussion on the annual report of the OLAF Supervisory Committee: an exchange of views will take place on 18 June with Giovanni Kessler, Director-General of the European Anti-Fraud Office (OLAF) on the basis of written questions sent to the European Commission, the OLAF and the OLAF Supervisory Committee by CONT Members.
 
The exchange of views will be pursued with Algirdas Šemeta, Member of the European Commission responsible for Taxation, Customs, Statistics, Audit and Anti-Fraud.

   
Exchange of views between EP and Algirdas Semeta  
Fight against fraud to the Union's financial interests by means of criminal law

On 18 June, an exchange of views will take place between LIBE and CONT Members and the Member of the European Commission responsible for Taxation, Customs, Statistics, Audit and Anti-Fraud, Algirdas Šemeta.

   
Study on Potential for reorganization within the ITER project to improve cost-effectiveness  
Latest Study - Potential for Reorganization within the ITER Project

The International Thermonuclear Experimental Reactor (ITER) Project is an international scientific undertaking between seven cofinancing Parties intended to demonstrate the feasibility of nuclear fusion as a power source. Fusion for Energy (F4E) is the Domestic Agency charged with providing the EU contribution to the ITER International Organisation. ITER, and subsequently, F4E costs have increased substantially from original estimates, because of a number of internal and external drivers. While the EU has continued to affirm its support for the project, cost overruns have attracted a large amount of political questions, culminating in the capping of ITER expenditure through 2020 at 6,6 billion Euros, and have accentuated early difficulties of the F4E organisation.
The study puts forward some tracks for improvements.

 
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Court of Auditors: Romanian candidate approved, Croatian rejected in committee
CONT 27-05-2013 - 18:34  

George Pufan's nomination as the Romanian member of the Court of Auditors was narrowly endorsed by Parliament's Budgetary Control Committee on Monday. But the committee advised Parliament against endorsing the Croatian candidate, Neven Mates. Both nominations will nevertheless be put to a plenary vote in June.

Presentation and responsibilities
 
Committee responsible for:
 
1.    the control of the implementation of the budget of the Union and of the European Development Fund, and the decisions on discharge to be taken by Parliament, including the internal discharge procedure and all other measures accompanying or implementing such decisions;
 
2.    the closure, presenting and auditing of the accounts and balance sheets of the Union, its institutions and any bodies financed by it, including the establishment of appropriations to be carried over and the settling of balances;
 
3.    the control of the financial activities of the European Investment Bank;
 
4.    monitoring the cost-effectiveness of the various forms of Community financing in the implementation of the Union's policies;
 
5.    consideration of fraud and irregularities in the implementation of the budget of the Union, measures aiming at preventing and prosecuting such cases, and the protection of the Union's financial interests in general;
 
6.    relations with the Court of Auditors, the appointment of its members and consideration of its reports;
 
7.    the Financial Regulation as far as the implementation, management and control of the budget are concerned.
 
 
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Michael Theurer CONT Chair © European Union  
 

It is a great pleasure to welcome you to the web pages of the Committee on Budgetary Control (CONT). This site is designed to enable the citizen to follow our work.
 
CONT looks at how the EU Budget is spent, how well goals are met and if the programmes are value for money and ensuring that European tax payer money is spent efficiently, effectively and according to EU law. In this context, the Committee relates closely with the Court of Auditors and suggests improvements on the basis of the Court's audit results in order to ensure sound financial management.
 
In addition, CONT liaises with the Union's Anti-Fraud Office (OLAF) to strengthen the fight against fraud and corruption in relation to the EU Budget.
 
The main tool CONT has at hand is the "discharge" procedure. During this procedure CONT scrutinises the implementation of the EU Budget by all actors involved, i.e. inter alia the Commission, Parliament, other institutions and Agencies.
 
If you are interested in how we put theory into practice, I suggest you have a look at our reports. You can also watch live broadcasts of our meetings and have a browse through the different links on this page which should give you a better idea of CONT's work.
 
Do not hesitate to contact us on any questions you might have.
 
Michael Theurer