Traduction de «Demande justifiée d'audit » (Français → Anglais) :

27. Welcomes that, in accordance with Article 86(4) of the Financial Regulation, the agencies forward a summary of the IAS findings to Parliament; reiterates that reports drafted by the IAS are internal and not public documents; notes, further, that this also applies to separate annual reports on the agencies and other bodies; welcomes any cooperation on the part of the agencies to make available those reports upon a specific and justified request by Parliament; urges the Interinstitutional Working Group on Agencies to address the flaw in the legislation concerning IAS reports on the agencies and to propose a solution;

3a. If the Agency objects to the submitted information and the marketing authorisation holder believes that the objections are not justified, the Agency shall allow the marketing authorisation holder, upon request, to make further representations, in writing and/or by way of an oral hearing to be held within 30 working days of receipt by the Agency of such a request.

Based on the examination referred to above, and in particular in view of the matters referred to at point 2 and/or the error rates and cases of irregularity and the fact that they have not been dealt with satisfactorily by the managing authority as reported at point 3, it is my opinion that that the final statement of expenditure does not present fairly, in all material respects, the expenditure paid under the operational programme, that, as a consequence, the application for payment of the balance of the Community contribution to this programme is not valid and that the underlying transactions covered by the final statement of expenditu ...[+++]re are not legal and regular.

Based on the examination referred to above, it is my opinion that the final statement of expenditure presents fairly, in all material respects, the expenditure paid under the operational programme, that the application for payment of the balance of the Community contribution to this programme is valid and that the underlying transactions covered by the final statement of expenditure are legal and regular, except with regard to the matters referred to at point 2 above and/or to the observations at point 3 regarding the error rates and cases of irregularity and the way they have been dealt with by the managing authority, the impact of whic ...[+++]h is quantified above.

Based on the examination referred to above, it is my opinion that the final statement of expenditure presents fairly, in all material respects, the expenditure paid under the operational programme, that the application for payment of the balance of the Community contribution to this programme is valid and that the underlying transactions covered by the final statement of expenditure are legal and regular.

5. stresses the importance for business competitiveness of simplifying rules and of keeping them under constant review and welcomes the Commission's efforts to ensure that legislative proposals are justified in cost-benefit terms and to audit certain rules as requested by the European Council in Brussels. 6. stresses the need to persevere with the structural adjustment of European industry to which the Structural Funds, in particular within the framework of industrial transformation, can make a positive contribution, while complying with the powers that the Regulations on th ...[+++]e Structural Funds confer on the Member States. 7. stresses the need to establish a consistent set of horizontal measures needed to: - remove the obstacles preventing businesses and in particular SMEs from reaping all the benefits of the completion of the internal market in a stable economic and monetary context, and streamline the regulations and procedures affecting the way they function; - remove obstacles to the setting up of businesses; - promote, account being taken of the rules of competition, the improvement of relations between large firms and SMEs and between suppliers and their customers; - facilitate access to and participation by SMEs in the Fourth Research and Development Framework Programme and the development and operation of the trans-European networks; - speed up the dissemination and exploitation of technological progress in the European Union, particularly in the least-favoured regions.