dc.description.abstract | The Commission regularly compiles a report for the European Parliament and the Council on the operation of the inspection system for traditional own resources.1The inspection of traditional own resources is based on Council Decision 2007/436/EC, Euratom of 7 June 2007,2 Council Regulation No 1150/2000 of 22 May 20003 and Council Regulation No 1026/1999 of 10 May 1999.4This report, the sixth of its type, describes and analyses the operation of the inspection system for traditional own resources for the period covering 2006 to 2009 (2006 was only partly covered by the previous report adopted in 2007).5 It describes the Commission's inspection measures over this period, assesses the measures carried out and draws conclusions.6 The report also outlines the financial, legal and regulatory follow-up to these inspections. Annex 1 to this report describes the objectives of the inspections and how the inspection system operates at Community level. |