Brussels, 09/03/2005 (Agence Europe) - On Tuesday finance ministers of the EU decided to recommend the European Parliament giving the European Commission a discharge for the execution of the EU budget for 2003 and for the Communities agencies.
In an annex to its decision, the Council regrets, however, that the Court of Auditors annual report (EUROPE 17 November 2004 p 18) is not always able to give a Statement of Assurance (SOA) for most of the spending (agricultural aid, structural...