"cierre de cuentas" in English

I would single out the closure of accounts for special mention in this respect.

However, the European Parliament is granting it discharge in respect of its management.

The European banking industry should improve and simplify its account closing procedures.

In such cases there must be tangible sanctions that really bite, linked to the process of clearing the accounts.

We also recognize that the new settlement procedure in the field of agricultural policy allows positive results to be expected.

The report insists that the groups should present their balance sheets and financial statements more clearly and that they should be published.

We want a structure which allows every Euro to be spent effectively, and our accounts demonstrate that this is not happening at present.

closing of accounts

The Court of Auditor's observations with regard to shortcomings in the exercise of control are currently being given consideration under the clearance of accounts procedure.

The Court of Auditor' s observations with regard to shortcomings in the exercise of control are currently being given consideration under the clearance of accounts procedure.

In addition, we are trying to improve the procedure for the clearance of accounts, and we shall continue to apply flat-rate corrections and guidelines to the clearance of accounts.

Finally on the Mulder report, I should like to make it clear that I will take your request for regular information on decisions on the clearance of accounts into consideration.

What is more, at its meeting of 25 February 1997, the Committee on Budgetary Control approved the closing of the 1996 accounts, including the automatic carry-over of the appropriations in question.