Tag Archives: European Court of Auditors

EU Faces Challenges in Meeting Plastic Packaging Recycling Targets, Says European Court of Auditors

(IN BRIEF) The European Court of Auditors (ECA) has cautioned that the EU may struggle to meet its plastic packaging recycling targets for 2025 and 2030 outlined in the new Packaging and Packaging Waste Regulation. Packaging accounts for a significant … Read the full press release

EU Auditors report reveals insufficient evidence in Member States that the measures introduced under Article 68 are necessary or relevant

“Weaknesses in the implementation framework of specific agricultural support”, say EU Auditors A report published today by the European Court of Auditors (ECA) reveals that there is insufficient evidence in the Member States that the measures introduced under Article 68 … Read the full press release

EU Court of Auditors: new guidelines for audit institutions to improve state of disaster risk reduction to be endorsed at INTOSAI Congress, October 21-26

Luxembourg, 11-10-2013 — /EuropaWire/ — On the occasion of the United Nations International Day for Disaster Reduction, the European Court of Auditors announced today that new guidelines for audit institutions to improve the state of disaster risk reduction around the world … Read the full press release

European Court of Auditors finds no tangible results in EU support for private forests

23-9-2013 — /EuropaWire/ — The situation in the forestry sector in the EU was not specifically analysed so as to justify specific financial support aimed at improving the economic value of forests, according to a report issued by the European Court of … Read the full press release

European Court of Auditors to present conclusions and recommendations on Marco Polo I and II programmes to the press on Tuesday, 16 July 2013

INVITATION – PRESS BRIEFING  Have the Marco Polo programmes been effective in shifting traffic off the road? 11-7-2013 — /europawire.eu/ — Since 2003, the Marco Polo I and II programmes have financed transport service projects designed to shift freight transport from road … Read the full press release

ECA Member Harald Wögerbauer to present conclusions and recommendations on EU Cohesion Policy funds’ road infrastructure projects to the press on Monday 15 July 2013

INVITATION – PRESS BRIEFING  Are EU Cohesion Policy funds well spent on roads? 11-7-2013 — /europawire.eu/ — The EU’s auditors assessed whether the EU Cohesion Policy funds’ road infrastructure projects have achieved their objectives at a reasonable cost? The audit … Read the full press release

European Court of Auditors: EU Support for Governance in Egypt “well-intentioned but ineffective”

Luxembourg, 18-6-2013 — /europawire.eu/ — A report published by the European Court of Auditors (ECA) is highly critical of EU aid spending to promote key areas of governance in Egypt in the periods before and after the Uprising of January 2011. “The … Read the full press release

EU Auditors: Genuine Economic and Monetary Union and enhanced economic governance need strong audit

Luxembourg, 13-6-2013 — /europawire.eu/ — EU and Member State Auditors to European Council President: “Genuine Economic and Monetary Union and enhanced economic governance need strong audit” Addressing European Council President Van Rompuy today, the heads of the European Court of Auditors and … Read the full press release

European Court of Auditors: Researchers looking to the EU for funding still face too much red tape

Luxembourg, 7-6-2013 — /europawire.eu/ —  The European Commission has taken a number of steps to bolster its management of the Seventh Framework Programme for Research (FP7), according to a new report from the European Court of Auditors (ECA). However, researchers seeking … Read the full press release