Haushaltskontrollausschuss

On 16 June 2022, the Committee on Budgetary Control (CONT) organised a public hearing on "The role of investigative journalism to uncover fraud and corruption in Europe."

The Budgetary Control Committee (CONT), in cooperation with the Legislative Dialogue Unit of the Directorate for Relations with national Parliaments, had invited Members of a number of selected national Parliaments of the EU Member States to attend a meeting remotely on 16 June 2022.

On 15 June 2022, the Budgetary Control Committee voted on the nomination of Mr Stephanus Abraham Blok as the Dutch Member of the European Court of Auditors.

On 15 June 2022, CONT Members participated in a workshop on EU customs control mechanisms and their possible improvement. The workshop brings together experts and policy makers to discuss challenges related to customs control mechanisms, especially what regards collection of customs duties (one of the traditional own resources of the EU budget).

On 15 June 2022, CONT Committee held exchanges of views with OLAF Director-General, Ville Itälä, on OLAF Annual Report 2021, and with the Chairman of the Supervisory Committee, Jan Mulder, and Members of the Supervisory Committee on OLAF Supervisory Committee Annual Activity Report 2021.