Report from the Commission to the European Parliament, the Council and the Court of Auditors. Synthesis of the Commission’s management achievements in 2014

This is the first Synthesis Report to be presented by the Commission which took up office on 1 November 2014. In line with the political priorities set out by President Juncker, the new Commission is pursuing a more focused agenda, which attaches particular importance to the principles of sound financial management.

In his mission letters to the Members of the Commission, President Juncker stressed strongly the need to ensure the sound financial management of the programmes under their responsibility and insisted that all necessary measures be put in place to protect the EU budget. He also called for a reinforced performance culture and a renewed focus on demonstrating the added value of the EU budget.

Against this background, this report describes the Commission’s management achievements in 2014, analysing and summarising the information contained in the annual activity reports produced by each Commission service.

By adopting this Synthesis Report, the Commission takes overall political responsibility for the management of the EU budget.

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EUR-Lex: COM(2015)279: Follow the progress of this report through the decision-making procedure http://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/EN/HIS/?uri=COM:2015:279:FIN

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