There is no point in allocating part of this overall annual amount of EUR 35 million to the Commission's internal expenditure at a time when we are facing additional financial pressures stemming from enlargement, when a large number of weaknesses remain as regards controls by the Member States and when new challenges are arising in the field of control, such as those stemming from the new rules on the electronic recording and reporting of fishing activities and means of remote sensing.
There is no point in allocating part of this overall annual amount of EUR 35 million to the Commission's internal expenditure at a time when we are facing additional financial pressures stemming from enlargement, when a large number of weaknesses remain as regards controls by the Member States and when new challenges are arising in the field of control, such as those stemming from the new rules on the electronic recording and reporting of fishing activities and means of remote sensing.