Strasbourg, 20/04/2004 (Agence Europe) - With its new special report 1/2004, the Court of Auditors once and for all kills off an old generally accepted idea whereby it is necessary to strengthen procedures and requirements imposed on researchers in order to prevent fraud, irregularities and errors in the management of the budget for the Community framework programme for research. The Court of Auditors has carried out a cross-the-board analysis that demonstrates, on the contrary, that the...