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Mr President, already during the entire period of the work of this Commission we have a common concern to get a positive DAS. It has not been possible. This is a very technical issue with a very bad political outcome, which seems to give good reason to whoever wants to say that money in European Union has been spent improperly. Of course, this is completely untrue.
We have worked together to find solutions and ways of joining all our efforts to provide enough evidence for the Court of Auditors to give an assurance that the transactions are reliable. We do not deny that Member States are doing a lot of work to secure the proper control systems. I have just come from one Member State where I met the national audit authority, and huge work has been done to secure the proper use of national and European money where there is shared management.
The Commission does not deny its responsibility for implementing the budget, including in shared management. But we have a missing link: how to make all the results of the control and audit work readable finally for the highest level, for the Court of Auditors.
So, the Commission strongly supported the proposal to the Council made by the rapporteur Mr Wynn and the Committee on Budgetary Control to have a political declaration, a signature on the national level, which, in our view, could cover this missing link. This proposal was rejected last November and now we have to think about what to do next, because the problem will continue to exist.
The Commission adopted an action plan on 17 January and has sent it to the Council and Parliament. The action plan designates 16 concrete actions at all levels and in all sectors. Action 5 specifically addresses the topic for this evening’s debate and reads: ‘Member States should designate a national coordinating body per policy area which can (…) provide all stakeholders with an overview of the assurance available in respect of Community actions under shared and indirect management in their Member State. The cooperation of Member States is necessary when ensuring such a provision in forthcoming legislation, and steering its implementation via implementing rules and guidance’.
Maybe this can be a solution or a least an intermediary solution that can link together the technical levels, the paying agencies and the audits and provide good evidence for overall discharge."@en1
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