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| | UK National Audit Office press notice - Financial management of the European Union: A progress report |
 | | However, some progress has been made by the Commission, in that the Court was able for the first time to give positive assurance in the area of Pre-Accession Aid. |
 | | Following the enlargement of the European Union on 1 May 2004 with the accession of ten new Member States — Cyprus, the Czech Republic, Estonia, Hungary, Latvia, Lithuania, Malta, Poland, the Slovak Republic, and Slovenia - there will be even greater attention paid to the use that the EU makes of its resources. |
 | | Because of this and also because of inconsistency in the reporting of fraud and irregularity by individual Member States, it is difficult to assess whether the level of irregularity and fraud is improving or worsening year on year despite these figures for 2001 and 2002. |
| www.nao.org.uk /pn/03-04/0304529.htm |
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