Translation of "Avis concernant un chèque en double " (French → English) :

Notice Concerning Duplicate Cheque

2. Stresses the need, before deciding on new initiatives and EU budget contributions, to clarify first the EU’s level of ambition especially with regard to its strategic and geopolitical objectives; notes the fact that the communication does not define the relationship between EU space industrial policy and the Common Security and Defence Policy (CSDP); believes that EU space policy should be seen as an asset to the CSDP, providing a better synergy between civilian space means and military space means mirroring the CSDP’s own dual civilian and milita ...[+++]ry role; calls on the Commission, the Member States and the VP/HR to define clearly the potential contribution of this sector to CSDP, the nature and degree of civil-military synergies, the role for such technologies in the effective deployment of humanitarian aid operations and for predicting migration flows and patterns following conflicts or natural disasters, and the relevance for CSDP missions and operations and other EU actions in the field of conflict prevention, arms control, the non-proliferation of weapons of mass destruction (WMD) technologies, counter-terrorism, migration and border control; calls on the Commission and the Member States to inform Parliament about plans to use the Copernicus programme and the public-regulated service of the Galileo programme in support of CSDP missions and operations;

63. Recalls the opinion expressed in paragraph 65 of its resolution of 27 April 2006 concerning discharge for the financial year 2004 that called for ‘national audit bodies to assume responsibility for controlling the local use of EU funds, so as to make any consideration of establishing national offices of the Court of Auditors unnecessary’; believes that if national audit bodies are not willing for public bodies within their Member States to take over the control of expenditure from the Union budget, that consideration should be given to reorganising the Court of Auditors so that some of its members have responsibility for defined pol ...[+++]icy areas whilst others have responsibility for groups of Member States; notes that as the number of members of the Court of Auditors has virtually doubled in recent years, whilst the number of policy areas has not, this should be within the capacity of the Court of Auditors to manage;

62. Recalls the opinion expressed in paragraph 65 of its resolution of 27 April 2006 concerning discharge for the financial year 2004 that called for "national audit bodies to assume responsibility for controlling the local use of EU funds, so as to make any consideration of establishing national offices of the Court of Auditors unnecessary"; believes that if national audit bodies are not willing for public bodies within their Member States to take over the control of expenditure from the Union budget, that consideration should be given to reorganising the Court of Auditors so that some of its members have responsibility for defined pol ...[+++]icy areas whilst others have responsibility for groups of Member States; notes that as the number of members of the Court of Auditors has virtually doubled in recent years, whilst the number of policy areas has not, this should be within the capacity of the Court of Auditors to manage;

10. Highlights the fact that the external action of the EIB should be in line with EU policy objectives as stipulated in the Treaty on the European Union and the Treaty on the functioning of the European Union; takes the view that the EIB, as an EU-policy-driven bank, should keep a balance in terms of lending between the different regions in the EU neighbourhood; considers that, as regards regions where EIB activity may overlap with other regional or international publicly funded financial institutions, a clear division of labour may be necessary; welcomes the Western Balkan Investment Framework in this respect; reiterates, however, ...[+++]that the current cooperation agreement between the Commission, the EIB and the EBRD as regards financing operations in the Eastern Neighbourhood, Russia and Central Asia needs to be revised; welcomes, therefore, the fact that the Steering Committee of ‘wise persons‘ agrees with the recommendations adopted in March 2009 by the European Parliament on a better mutual understanding between the EIB and the EBRD.