Press Release: Discharge 2004 gives new impetus to the Commission’s Action Plan for further improvements

The European Parliament voted on 27 April 2006 by a large majority (523 votes in favour) to grant the European Commission discharge for the general budget 2004. Vice-President Siim Kallas welcomed the positive vote of the Parliament and its broad support for the Commission’s efforts and achievements in modernising and fine-tuning its budgetary praxis. The role of the European Parliament, and further of the European Court of Auditors, was seen as decisive in giving momentum to the Commission’s Action Plan to an Integrated Internal Control Framework.

European Commission: DG Budget: Implementation and Control http://ec.europa.eu/comm/budget/documents/implement_control_en.htm

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