2000 discharge: EC general budget, Court of Auditors

PURPOSE : to present the analysis of the financial management of the European Communities for the financial year 2000 (other sections : Court of Auditors). CONTENT : this document sets out the amount of expenses and the financial report of the other Community institutions (except for the Commission) for the 2000 financial year. It analyses in particular the expenses of the Court of Auditors which are characterised by the following elements : - a budget of EUR 70.310.520 reaching the height of 94,35% of which a non-negligible percentage concerns the costs of personnel on active duty and asset investments. In this context, the Court should have made several additional appropriations between chapters. A report on the long term staffing policy has been drafted, as requested by the European Parliament. Please refer to procedure reference DEC/2001/2104 which concerns all of the institutions.�