Tras haberse centrado anteriormente en el rendimiento de cada agencia, esta es la primera evaluación general que realiza el Tribunal de las condiciones establecidas por la UE para apoyar a todas las agencias de la UE en la aplicación de las políticas en beneficio de todos los ciu...
Digitalisation is associated with better business performance, but EU businesses are not taking full advantage of advanced technologies to innovate. In 2016, the Commission launched the Digitising European Industry initiative, which had the aim of reinforcing the EU's competi...
The EU’s trade defence policy provides protection for European companies facing unfair practices in international trade. In such cases, the European Commission can impose anti-dumping or anti-subsidy duties to restore fair competition. We examined whether the Commission successfu...
In this audit, we looked at the use of development aid provided to Kenya through the European Development Funds (EDFs), the country’s main source of EU funding. Kenya received €435 million from the EDF for the period 2014-2020. We examined the process for allocating aid from the ...
The primary responsibility for nuclear safety lies with nuclear installations’ licence holders and national authorities. The specific responsibilities of the Commission in this area are to develop the Euratom legal framework and oversee its transposition in Member States; to veri...
Since 2010, the European Semester provided an annual cycle of economic and fiscal policy coordination within the EU. We found that the Commission provided a sound analysis of Member States annual economic progress in its country reports, coordinated the Europe 2020 strategy which...
We audited the Commission’s management of eight cross-border transport megaprojects in 13 Member States. These are key missing links for connecting national networks to create seamless European transport corridors. The total estimated cost of the selected TFIs was €54.0 billion, ...
Roads play a significant role in EU transport, accounting for the largest share of passenger and freight traffic. We assessed progress towards achieving the EU objective of completing a fully functioning TEN-T core road network and the Commission’s role in this. We found that the...
With €3 billion for 2014-2020, the EU’s SME instrument strives to support innovation in SMEs and start-ups by filling the gap in funding and increasing commercialisation of research results. We assessed whether the SME instrument delivers the expected benefits. Overall, we conclu...
The implementation of the Cohesion policy funds through operational programmes entails a number of activities, which generate costs by the Commission, Member States and beneficiaries. We examined whether the Commission’s and Member States’ costs of implementing Cohesion policy fu...
