The
Committee on Budgetary Control thus joined Bonde's initiative, submitting the request to Commissioner Kallas in June 2006.
The European Parliament's
Committee on Budgetary Control adopted the draft report by Alexander Stubb (EPP-ED, Finland) on 30 July in Brussels on spending on interpretation by the European institutions.
The European Parliaments
Committee on Budgetary Control has decided to propose a budgetary discharge to the EU Committee of the Regions for 2002, but matched with strong criticisms.
The European Parliament's Committee on Budgetary Control decided on December 2 to spurn an advisory opinion on restoring all the appropriations banked for Eurostat.
On December 1, the Committee on Budgetary Control interviewed Chris Patten, Commissioner for External Relations, in the midst of a related issue: a Euro 10 million contract, without any calls for proposals, for the non-profit-making European Centre for Statistics and Development.
Sir Albert has now passed the OLAF report on to the European Parliament's
Committee on Budgetary Control before which he is due to appear on November 4.
Since it is confidential, there is no reason why the
Committee on Budgetary Control should have access to it.
Revelations regarding an internal memo Jules Muis, Director-General for the Internal Audit Service, sent to European Commission Vice-President Neil Kinnock about the case of the former Chief Accountant Marta Andreasen, have put the issue back on the agenda of the European Parliament's
Committee on Budgetary Control in the context of the budget discharge procedure for 2001 (see European Report 2753 for further details).
The Conference of Presidents of political groups in the European Parliament has decided not to authorise a hearing of the former Commission chief accountant by the
Committee on Budgetary Control. A hearing of Marta Andreasen would have been on the cards if the former accountant, currently facing disciplinary proceedings, had brought forward new evidence to counter allegations made against the Commission (see European Report 2718 for further details).
The controversy has thus far focused on this reform, notably under the impetus of the EPP's Tory faction on the Parliamentary
Committee on Budgetary Control. However, in spite of revelation upon revelation, Mrs Andreasen's supporters have never managed to demonstrate that she ever succeeded in uncovering the slightest malfunctioning unknown to the Commission, or worse still, covered by the seal of secrecy.
Interviewed on September 9 by the European Parliament's
Committee on Budgetary Control, Neil Kinnock, the European Commission's Vice-President turned out to be a staunch defence of his institution's attitude towards the disciplinary proceedings initiated against the ousted Chief Accountant Marta Andreasen (see European Report 2708, same Section).
The European Parliament's
Committee on Budgetary Control voted by twelve votes to two with one abstention on April 15 to adopt the amended report by Eluned Morgan (PES, United Kingdom) on granting discharge in respect of implementation of the 2000 Budget to institutions other than the Commission and the Parliament.