EC own resources, controls: powers and obligations of the Commission agents (regul. 1552/89/EEC/EURATOM)
1997/0016(CNS)
The Commission has incorporated the following amendments to take account of the opinions of the
Court of Auditors and the European Parliament:
- amendment of the title of the new regulation so that it refers specifically to all own resources (as
all of them are covered by the new rules);
- amendment to specify the provisions applicable to VAT and GNP own resources, with a view to
having common and coherent arrangements for all own resources;
- extension of the concept of authorized agents to cover seconded national experts.
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