Changes from report parliamentary committee draft to plenary report

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Changed43.44. Notes that the Court found that JUsjoint undertakings with a well-developed risk-based ex-postex post audit approach have a residual error rate below the average of the JUsjoint undertakings without such an approach due to the systematic identification and audit of the riskiest beneficiaries;

Follow-up of previous year’s observations

Change 42

Changed44.45. Notes that “observations” in the JointCBE UndertakingsJU specific annual reports are in fact “not timed recommendations” by the Court; notes that ECA annually follows-up on those observations by assessing their status as “open” or “closed”;

Change 43

Changed45.46. Notes that the Court issued 3 observations (2020/2021) of which 2 remain open - relating to the contributions of the CBE JU’s industry and private members;

Change 44

Changed46.47. Notes that the CBE JU acknowledges the low level of private members’ in-kind contributions to its operational activities and that it considers that this situation can be partly explained by the openness of the CBE JU’s calls, where also non-members of BIC may apply for BBI grants without any obligation to support the CBE JU initiative with in-kind contributions; understands that the number of successful applicants from BIC decreased to its minimum for the last three calls, causing a significant decrease in in-kind contributions.