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Next meeting of the Budgetary Control Committee (CONT)
The next CONT meeting will take place on Monday 11 and Tuesday 12 November 2024.
Highlights
Hearing on 11 November 2024 on MFF Heading 2 with Commissioners Ferreira and Schmit, in the presence of ECA reporting Member Helga Berger.
Hearing on 12 November 2024 on MFF Heading 3 with Commissioners Wojciechowski and Hoekstra in the presence of ECA reporting member Klaus-Heiner Lehne.
Hearing on 12 November 2024 on the RRF with Commissioners Dombrovskis and Gentiloni, in the presence of ECA reporting Member Jan Gregor.
Hearings on 12 November 2024 with Secretaries-General or Directors of the Other Institutions (except EEAS), in the context of the Discharge to Other Institutions in the presence of ECA reporting member Jan Gregor.
Piotr Serafin, Commissioner-designate for Budget, Anti-Fraud and Public Administration was heard by the BUDG and CONT committees on 7 November 2024 afternoon. During the confirmation hearing, the Commissioner-designate gave an opening speech and then answered questions by committee members.
Johannes Hahn, Commissioner for Budget and Administration, attended CONT meeting of 5 November 2024 to present the Annual Report on the Protection of the European Union’s financial interests and the Fight against fraud 2023.
On 4 November 2024, in the context of the discharge to the European Parliament for the financial year 2023, CONT Members exchanged views with the Directorates-General of DG COMM, DG PERS, DG INLO and DG ITEC.
Hearing on 4 November 2024 on MFF Heading 1 and Heading 5 with Margrethe Vestager, Executive Vice-President of the Commission, responsible for A Europe Fit for the Digital Age and Iliana Ivanova, Commissioner responsible for Innovation, Research, Culture, Education and Youth, in the presence of ECA Reporting Members Mihails Kozlovs (MFF Heading 1) and Marek Opioła (MFF Heading 5).
On 17 October 2024, CONT Members had an exchange of views with the Directors-General of the Commission on their Annual Activity Reports (AAR). Each Director-General briefly presented its AAR, followed by questions from the Members.
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