

A generous allocation of budgetary appropriations may create pressure for expenditure or, at the very least, discourage rigorous financial management. This 1996 Annual Report has a different structure from that of previous years its first volume reflects the structure of the financial perspectives and a second volume incorporates the statements of assurance and related chapters for both the general budget and the European Development Fund.Ġ.2. Remedial action by the Commission 0.34 - 0.36Ġ.1. Statements of assurance (Volume II) 0.30 - 0.33 Programmes managed by the Commission 0.19 - 0.24

NB: The diagrams are all in Annex II at the end of this report (Volume II).Ĭhapter 3 Market organizations - Plant products 91Ĭhapter 4 Common organization of the market - Animal products - Beef and veal premium schemes and selected BSE related measures 118Ĭhapter 5 Certain procedural aspects of export refunds on beef and veal 135Ĭhapter 6 European Regional Development Fund 164Ĭhapter 8 European Agricultural Guidance and Guarantee Fund, Guidance Section (EAGGF-Guidance) 214Ĭhapter 9 Common policy on fisheries and the sea 233Ĭhapter 11 Industrial policies - MEDIA 263Ĭhapter 13 Cooperation with developing and third countries (except Central and Eastern Europe) 312Ĭhapter 14 Measures to benefit the countries of Central and Eastern Europe and the newly independent States (the former Soviet Union) and Mongolia 337ġ5.2 Office for Official Publications of the European Communities 374Ĭhapter 17 The Economic and Social Committee and the Committee of the Regions 388Ĭhapter 18 Financial instruments and banking activities 406 Part VII Financial instruments and banking activitiesĬhapter 18 Financial instruments and banking activities 391Īnnex I Reports and opinions adopted by the Court of Auditors during the last five years 409 VOLUME I REPORT ON ACTIVITIES FINANCED FROM THE GENERAL BUDGET AND ON THE ACTIVITIES OF THE SIXTH AND SEVENTH EUROPEAN DEVELOPMENT FUNDSĬhapter 3 Market organizations - Plant products 64Ĭhapter 4 Common organization of the market - Animal products - Beef and veal premium schemes and selected BSE related measures 99Ĭhapter 5 Certain procedural aspects of export refunds on beef and veal 125Ĭhapter 6 European Regional Development Fund 143Ĭhapter 8 European Agricultural Guidance and Guarantee Fund, Guidance Section (EAGGF-Guidance) 198Ĭhapter 9 Common policy on fisheries and the sea 220Ĭhapter 11 Industrial policies - MEDIA 255Ĭhapter 13 Cooperation with developing and third countries (except Central and Eastern Europe) 293Ĭhapter 14 Measures to benefit the countries of Central and Eastern Europe and the newly independent States (the former Soviet Union) and Mongolia 317ġ5.2 Office for Official Publications of the European Communities 353Ĭhapter 17 The Economic and Social Committee and the Committee of the Regions 385

The report, together with the institutions' replies to the Court's observations, was transmitted to the authorities responsible for giving discharge and to the other institutions.

ANNUAL REPORT concerning the financial year 1996 (96/C 348/01)
