RESEARCH AUDITS
November 1st, 2002
Keith NuthallTHE EUROPEAN Commission is improving its auditing of scientific research projects receiving European Union (EU) money after the EU's financial watchdog the Court of Auditors criticised past accounting controls.It said that the Commission could have better monitored its outgoing EU Fifth Framework Programme for research (budget Euro 14.9 billion), which is being replaced in January by the Euro 16.2 billion Sixth Framework Programme (FP6).A Brussels spokesman said: "The Commission has increased substantially its own auditing efforts, and for FP6 all ...
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