Translation of "error detection " (English → French) :

44. Welcomes in this context the Commission's analysis of the errors reported by the Court of Auditors for the financial years 2006-2009, which highlights for the first time the fact that, for ERDF and Cohesion Fund, three Member States (Spain, Italy and the UK) have contributed 59 % to the cumulative quantifiable errors identified during this period and that for the ESF four Member States (Spain, Portugal, the UK and Germany) have contributed 68 % to the cumulative quantifiable errors identified during this period in the area of Cohesion policy ; notes that, for ERDF and Cohesion Fund, most errors found in Italy came from the regions C ...[+++]alabria, Campania and Puglia and that in Spain a small number of operational programmes in the regions Andalucía, Valencia and Castilla-La Mancha contributed 75 % to the errors detected in Spain ; understands, furthermore, that Spain and Italy have also contributed significantly to the error rate for the financial year 2010;

43. Welcomes in this context the Commission's analysis of the errors reported by the Court of Auditors for the financial years 2006-2009, which highlights for the first time the fact that, for ERDF and Cohesion Fund, three Member States (Spain, Italy and the UK) have contributed 59 % to the cumulative quantifiable errors identified during this period and that for the ESF four Member States (Spain, Portugal, the UK and Germany) have contributed 68 % to the cumulative quantifiable errors identified during this period in the area of Cohesion policy; notes that, for ERDF and Cohesion Fund, most errors found in Italy came from the regions Ca ...[+++]labria, Campania and Puglia and that in Spain a small number of operational programmes in the regions Andalucía, Valencia and Castilla-La Mancha contributed 75 % to the errors detected in Spain; understands, furthermore, that Spain and Italy have also contributed significantly to the error rate for the financial year 2010;

19. Notes that the main types of quantifiable errors detected on project payments were the following: (a) accuracy : calculation errors; (b) occurrence : absence of invoices or other supporting documents for services rendered or goods supplied; (c) eligibility : expenditure incurred outside the implementation period or related to items not foreseen in the contract, undue payment of VAT or non-application of mandatory penalties; notes that the non-quantifiable errors mainly concerned noncompliance with applicable rules on bank guarantees and incorrect calculations of the reimbursement of advances from contractors; ...[+++] notes, however, the remark of the Commission which pointed out that all the errors in calculating the reimbursement of advances were rectified before the end of the contract; despite this, calls on the Commission to enhance ex-ante controls to prevent this type of error and possible losses as a result of non-compliance with the bank guarantee rules;

Regarding the number of errors, the Commission considers that there is reasonable assurance of the legality and correctness of its management since some of the errors detected by the Court are the result of the rules being properly applied.

In practice, for 1994, the substantial errors detected in commitments were much less and in payments at final beneficiary level considerably more than the initial 1% maximum error target, so the statistical methodology was probably less critical this time than other factors.

The PRG has recommended operational conclusions on the following points : * in future greater account should be taken of Member States' responses to the Court of Auditors reports and the Commission will reflect actions taken by the Member States in its follow up report to the budget discharge; * the Commission will propose amendments to Council Regulation 1552/89 to reinforce the provisions on the recovery of own resources; * agreement on an action plan to improve the cooperation between the Commission and the Member States on budget forecasting and execution; * agreement on actions to improve performance on the evaluation of EU polic ...[+++]ies in partnership between the Commission and the member States; * adoption by the Commission of clear rules on the eligibility of expenditure for finance from the Structural Funds which seems to be one of the main causes of the errors detected by the Court of Auditors; * clarification of the circumstances in which the Commission should make net financial corrections in the Structural Funds when systematic irregularities have been detected; * reaching bilateral agreements between the Commission's Financial Controller and the relevant bodies in the Member States to improve coordination of controls between the responsible bodies at EU or national level; * the need to ensure that the issue of fraud proofing is given high priority in considering legislative proposals.