Translation of "Recherche d'erreurs " (French → English) :

2. Welcomes the fact that the residual error rate in 2013 is below 2 % for the TEN-T programme, the Marco Polo programme managed by the Executive Agency for Competitiveness and Innovation (EACI) and the Joint Undertakings for which DG MOVE is responsible (SESAR and Fuel Cells and Hydrogen (FCH)); regrets, however, that the residual error rate for FP7 for research in the transport sector remains above 2 % in 2013 (2,82 %); notes that the main reasons for errors under research programmes are the complexity of the eligibility rules in ...[+++]the basic acts and the lack of capacity for full ex ante control over the claims of all beneficiaries, numbering in the thousands; expects that the radical simplifications which have been proposed in Horizon 2020 will contribute to a significant decrease in errors;

273. Observes that, of the 150 transactions audited by the Court of Auditors, 73 (49 %) were affected by errors; notes that, on the basis of the errors which it has quantified, the Court of Auditors estimates the most likely error rate to be 3.9 %, and that, according to the Court of Auditors, cleared advances – a new component of the sample for 2012 (see points 1.6, 1.7 and 1.15 of the Annual Report) – account for 2,1 %; observes that this means that this area of auditing (research and other internal policies) is around the materiality threshold;

54. Is concerned about the influence pre-financings have had mainly in the policy areas ‘External aid, Development and Enlargement’ and ‘Research and Internal Policies’; notes an increased use of pre-financings and an overall error rate below 2 % in these two policy areas; notes, furthermore, the Court of Auditor's conclusions that pre-financings were free from material error but interim and final payments remain affected by a material level of error (Annual Report, points 5.35 and 6.48);

The current control strategy for research expenditure has been designed to detect and correct errors so as to bring the residual error level down to below 2%.

As a result of a mistake by Parliament staff, a proposal for an amendment – No 20 – that we had tabled to the Caudron report on the research programme was mistakenly included in the Euratom report.

As well as developing the approach that the national authorities are liable for administrative errors which prevent customs duties from being entered in the accounts, the Commission has taken steps to develop an external dimension to this principle with a view to increasing the liability of partners to international trade agreements which the Union has concluded or will conclude with non-member countries. [27]