EU audit in brief, 2016 : introducing the 2016 annual reports of the European Court of Auditors

The European Court of Auditors is the EU's independent audit institution - guardians of the EU's finances. This publication provides a summary of the main findings and conclusions of the ECA's 2016 annual reports on the EU budget and the European Development Funds. It covers the reliability of the accounts, the regularity of income and spending and overall performance aspects of the budget. The full texts of the reports are available on www.eca.europa.eu and in the Official Journal of the European Union.