Translation of "completion statement question " (English → French) :

32. Considers that the purpose of the Court of Auditors' audit was to give an answer to two questions: firstly, were adequate policies and procedures in place, and secondly, were those policies and procedures adequately implemented; notes, furthermore, that the Court based its work on the definition of conflict of interest as provided for in the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) guidelines, and that the reference framework for minimum requirements adopted by the Court was also derived from those guidelines; stresses however that, although the OECD guidelines offer an international benchmark on this matter, t ...[+++]hey basically relate to conflicts of interests in the framework of public sector employees and cannot, therefore, provide an adequate basis for an effective response in the case of potential conflicts of interests among the governing bodies and other bodies involved inthe agencies' work, such as management boards and expert panels; nevertheless recognises the value of the OECD's toolkit, and especially the checklist for gifts and benefits, etc., as well as the recommendations made concerning penalties, the need to check the completeness and content of statements of interests and the requirement to harness expertise and identify potential conflicts of interest;

23. Points out nevertheless that so far it has been unaware of supporting documents or statements justifying such a declaration; is forced therefore to seriously question whether these measures have been completed and whether they have been implemented or have had an impact on the progress of the implementation of the Action Plan;

59. Disagrees with the statement made by the Commission in its above-mentioned progress report of 2008 on the action plan towards an integrated internal control framework that Actions 1, 3, 3N, 5, 8 and 13 are completed; points out that so far it has been unaware of supporting documents or statements justifying such a declaration; is forced therefore to seriously question whether these measures have been put in place, let alone w ...[+++]hether they have been implemented or have had an impact on the progress of the implementation of that action plan;

61. Disagrees with Commission’s statement in its above-mentioned progress report on the action plan towards an integrated internal control framework of 2008 that Actions 1, 3, 3N, 5, 8 and 13 are completed; points out that so far it has been unaware of supporting documents or statements justifying such a declaration; is forced therefore to seriously question whether these measures have been put in place, let alone whether they ha ...[+++]ve been implemented or have had an impact on the progress of the implementation of that action plan;

This accusation is completely unfounded and unjustified. Clearly, the Member in question is unaware of how things really are and I would therefore ask that his comment be removed from the Minutes or that the European Parliament considers, in this House, the consequences of such a serious statement, which I do not feel should have been made in this Chamber.

[English] Hon. Douglas Peters (Secretary of State (International Financial Institutions)): Mr. Speaker, there was a very complete statement given on the Gin question by the Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister of Finance.