Having regard to the request of the European Parliament in paragraph 48 of its decision of 10 April 2002 concerning discharge in respect of the implementation of the general budget of the European Union for the 2000 financial year (Commission), for the Court to provide an opinion on the feasibility of introducing a single audit model applicable to the European Union budget in which each level of control builds on the preceding one, with a view to reducing the burden on the auditee and enhancing the quality of audit activities, but without undermining the independence of the audit bodies concerned,
Having regard to the request of the European Parliament in paragraph 48 of its decision of 10 April 2002 concerning discharge in respect of the implementation of the general budget of the European Union for the 2000 financial year (Commission), for the Court to provide an opinion on the feasibility of introducing a single audit model applicable to the European Union budget in which each level of control builds on the preceding one, with a view to reducing the burden on the auditee and enhancing the quality of audit activities, but without undermining the independence of the audit bodies concerned,