Tourism sector: control of the implementation of the EU policy. Special report 3/96 Court of Auditors

The Committee adopted unanimously the report by Stefano DE LUCA (ELDR, I), dealing with the Court of Auditors special report No. 3/96 on the promotion of tourism. The report reviewed the practical initiatives, immediate steps and management measures that the Commission should take in dealing with the problems in the tourism sector. It stressed inter-alia the need for appropriate disciplinary action and the recovery of sums unduly paid. It called on the Commission to submit a progress report within three months. It also stressed that the 1996 discharge should not be granted until such a report was presented. This report would not rule out a future Committee of Inquiry into this subject.�