EUROSAI. Magazine N21 - 2015

EUROPEAN ORGANISATION OF SUPREME AUDIT INSTITUTIONS Information on EU 43 www.eurosai.org · N.º 21 - 2015 The European Court of Auditors completed the following special reports in 2015 1 : • • Special Report No 1/2015: Inland Waterway Transport in Europe: No significant improvements in modal share and navigability conditions since 2001. • • Special Report No 2/2015: EU-funding of Urban Waste Water Treatment plants in the Danube river basin: further efforts needed in helping Member States to achieve EU waste water policy objectives. • • Special Report No 3/2015: EU Youth Guarantee: first steps taken but implementation risks ahead. • • Special Report No 4/2015: Technical assistance: what contribution has it made to agriculture and rural development? • • Special Report No 5/2015: Are financial instruments a successful and promising tool in the rural development area? • • Special Report No 6/2015: The integrity and implementation of the EU ETS. • • Special Report No 7/2015: The EU police mission in Afghanistan: mixed results. • • Special Report No 8/2015: Is EU financial support adequately addressing the needs of micro- entrepreneurs? • • Special Report No 9/2015: EU support for the fight against torture and the abolition of the death penalty. • • Special Report No 10/2015: Efforts to address problems with public procurement in EU cohesion expenditure should be intensified. • • Special Report No 11/2015: Are the Fisheries Partnership Agreements well managed by the Commission? • • Special Report No 12/2015: The EU priority of promoting a knowledge-based rural economy has been affected by poor management of knowledge-transfer and advisory measures. 1 At 30 November 2015. • • Special Report No 13/2015: EU support to timber- producing countries under the FLEGT action plan. • • S pecial Report No 14/2015: The ACP Investment Facility: does it provide added value? • • Special Report No 15/2015: ACP - EU Energy Facility support for renewable energy in East Africa. • • Special Report No 16/2015: Improving the security of energy supply by developing the internal energy market: more efforts needed. • • Special Report No 17/2015: Commission’s support of Youth Action Teams: redirection of ESF funding achieved, but insufficient focus on results. • • Special Report No 18/2015: Financial assistance provided to countries in difficulties. • • Special Report No 19/2015: More attention to results needed to improve the delivery of technical assistance to Greece. • • Special Report No 20/2015: The cost-effectiveness of EU Rural Development support for non-productive investments in agriculture. • • Special Report No 21/2015: Review of the risks related to a results-oriented approach for EU development and cooperation action. • • Special Report No 22/2015: EU supervision of Credit Rating Agencies - well established but not yet fully effective. • • Special Report No 23/2015: Water quality in the Danube river basin: progress in implementing the Water Framework Directive but still some way to go. In addition the following opinions were completed by the ECA in 2015: • • Opinion No 1/2015 concerning the proposal for a Regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council amending Regulation (EU, Euratom) No 966/2012 on the financial rules applicable to the general budget of the Union. OTHER REPORTS, OPINIONS AND DOCUMENTS ISSUED BY THE EUROPEAN COURT OF AUDITORS IN 2015