Press Release: Council Conclusions on the Court of Auditors Special Report No. 9/2008 concerning the effectiveness of EU support in the area of freedom, security and justice for Belarus, Moldova and Ukraine. Competitiveness Council meeting (Internal Market, Industry and Research), Brussels, 5 and 6 March 2009

Special Report No. 9/2008 examined the effectiveness of
EU support in the areas of border control, migration and asylum management, the fight against organised crime, and judiciary and good governance, and sought to establish
the reasons for instances of under-performance and how to take into account lessons learned. The audit covered 40 contracts in the period 2000-2005 with a total value of 99,3 million EUR, out of 89 projects with a total EU contribution of 165,7 million EUR.