List of Participants

JOINT COMMITTEE MEETING

THE ROLE OF BUDGETARY CONTROL COMMITTEES IN NATIONAL PARLIAMENTS, IN PARTICULAR WITH REGARD TO THE CONTROL OF THE COMMUNITY BUDGET

Monday 9 October 2006 and Tuesday 10 October 2006

as of 4 October 2006

Chair

Mr FAZAKAS Szabolcs Member of the European Parliament and Chairman of the Committee on Budgetary Control

Mrs SINNEMÄKI Anni Member of the Parliament of Finland (Eduskunta) and Chair of the Subcommittee for Administration and Control

1 National Parliaments

AUSTRIA

Mr GARTLEHNER Kurt - MP Nationalrat Vice Chairman of the Budget Committee

Mr MAYER Edgar - MP Bundesrat

Mrs MALICEK Heike - Official Austrian Parliament Representative of the Austrian Parliament to the EU

BELGIUM

Mr VAN DEN BRANDE Luc - Senator Senate Member of the EU Affairs Committee

Mrs STACANOV, Marie-Aline Senate Representative of the Belgian Senate to the EU

BULGARIA

Mr IOVKOV Iovko - MP National Assembly Member of the Committee on Budget and Finance

Mr KANEV Petar - MP National Assembly Deputy Chairman of the Economic Policy Commission

CYPRUS

Mrs PAPADOPOULOS Antigoni - MP House of Representatives Chairwoman of Financial and Budgetary Affairs Committee

CZECH REPUBLIC

Mr KOLAR Robert - MP Senate

Mrs VECEROVA Ivana - Official Senate

2 DENMARK

Mr PREHN Rasmus - MP Folketinget Member of the European Affairs Committee

Mr FORREST Richard Mongin - Official Folketinget Representative of the Danish Parliament to the EU

ESTONIA

Mr ÕUN Aivar - MP Riigikogu Member of the Select Committee on the Control of State Budget

Mr KAROTAM Arvi - Official Riigikogu Representative of the Estonian Parliament to the EU

FINLAND

Mrs SINNEMÄKI Anni - MP Eduskunta Chair of the Subcommittee for Administration and Control

Mr BRYGGARE Arto - MP Eduskunta Member of the Committee on Finance & EU Affairs Committee

Mrs NUUTILA Mari - Official Eduskunta

Mrs OLLIKAINEN Carita - Official Eduskunta Representative of the Parliament of Finland to the EU

FRANCE

Mrs MARQUANT, Anne - Official Senate Representative of the French Senate to the EU

Mrs FOUQUET Cecile - Official Senate Office of the Representative of the French Senate to the EU

Mr DULUC François - Official National Assembly Representative of the French National Assembly to the EU

GERMANY

Mr FUCHTEL Hans-Joachim - MP Bundestag

3 Vice-Chairman of the Audit Committee

GREECE

Mr SKREKAS Theodor - MP Vouli ton Ellinon Greek Parliament

HUNGARY

Mr VARGA Mihály - MP National Assembly Chairman of the Committee on Budget, Finance and Audit

Mr MOLNÁR László - MP National Assembly Member of the Committee on Budget, Finance and Audit

Mr BALÁZS Katalin - Official National Assembly

IRELAND

N.N. - MP

N.N - MP

N.N. - Official

LATVIA

Mrs STRAUTINA Gita - Official Saeima

Mrs POČA Aija - Official Saeima

LITHUANIA

Mr SKARDŽIUS Artūras - MP Seimas Chairman of the Committee on Audit

Mr. DAGYS Rimantas Jonas - MP Seimas Vice-Chairman of the Committee on European Affairs

Mr GLEVECKAS Kestutis - MP Seimas Deputy Chairman of the Committee on Budget and Finance

Mr GRICIŨNAS Paulius - Official Seimas

4 Senior Advisor of the Committee on Audit

Mrs RAULINAITYTE Loreta - Official Seimas Representative of the Lithuanian Parliament to the EU

LUXEMBOURG

Mr GRETHEN Henri - MP Chambre des Deputes Chairman of the Committee for the Control of the Budget and Accounts

Mr CARL Yves - Official Chambre des Deputes Representative of the Luxembourg Parliament to the EU

POLAND

Mr LUCZYCKI Andrzej - Senator Senate Deputy Chairman of the National Economy Committee

PORTUGAL

Mr PATINHA Antão - MP National Assembly Chairman of the Budgetary Committee

ROMANIA

Mr TANASESCU Mihai - MP Chamber of Deputies Chairman of the Committee on Budgetary Control

Mr VOSGANIAN Varujan - MP Senate Chairman of Budget Committee

Mr POPA Marian - Official Senate Counsellor

SLOVAKIA

Mr BURIAN Jozef - MP National Council

5 SLOVENIA

Mr CVIKL Milan - MP National Assembly Chairman of the Commission for Budgetary and Other Public Finance Control

Mr KOSELJ Nataša - Official National Assembly Undersecretary

SPAIN

Mr. ANTICH Francesc - MP Congreso Chairman of the Comisión Mixta de Relaciones con el Tribunal de Cuentas

Mr FERNÁNDEZ Nicolás - MP Senado Chairman of Budget Committee

Mr. Pablo PEREZ - Official Congreso Clerk to the Committee

Mr SANTAOLALLA Fernando - Official Senado Legal Adviser

SWEDEN

Mr. HEGELAND Hans - Official Riksdagen Deputy Secretary Committee on Finance

Mr LEIGH Edward - MP House of Commons Chairman of the Public Accounts Committee

LORD MACLENNAN of ROGART - MP House of Lords Representative of the Economic and Financial Affairs Sub- committee of the EU Committee

Mr ATKINS, Martyn - Official House of Commons Permanent Representative of the House of Commons to the EU

Mr ZIEGNER, Graham - Official House of Commons Permanent Representation of the House of Commons to the EU

6 Mr LOCK Ed - Official House of Lords Clerk of the Sub-committee

7 Participants from the European Parliament

Committee on Budgetary Control FAZAKAS, Szabolcs, Chairman LUNDGREN, Nils, Vice-Chairman BÖSCH, Herbert, Vice-Chairman DUCHOŇ, Petr, Vice-Chairman AYALA SENDER, Inés, Member BONSIGNORE, Vito, Member van BUITENEN, Paul, Member BUSUTTIL, Simon, Member CAMRE, Mogens N.J., Member CASACA, Paulo, Member DE BLASIO, Antonio, Member ELLES, James, Member FERBER, Markus, Member FJELLNER, Christofer, Member GRÄSSLE, Ingeborg, Member GUIDONI, Umberto, Member JØRGENSEN, Dan, Member JUKNEVIČIENĖ, Ona, Member KRARUP, Ole, Member KRATSA-TSAGAROPOULOU, Rodi, Member MARTIN, Hans-Peter, Member MASTENBROEK, Edith, Member MATHIEU, Véronique, Member MULDER, Jan, Member PAHOR, Borut, Member PATRICIELLO, Aldo, Member POMÉS RUIZ, José Javier, Member SIMPSON, Brian, Member STAES, Bart, Member STARKEVIČIŪTĖ, Margarita, Member STUBB, Alexander, Member

8 TITFORD, Jeffrey, Member VIRRANKOSKI, Kyösti, Member XENOGIANNAKOPOULOU, Marilisa, Member BONDE, Jens-Peter, Substitute CABRNOCH, Milan, Substitute CASPARY, Daniel, Substitute DAVIES, Chris, Substitute DOMBROVSKIS, Valdis, Substitute DÜHRKOP DÜHRKOP, Bárbara, Substitute GARRIGA POLLEDO, Salvador, Substitute GOEBBELS, Robert, Substitute GRABOWSKI, Dariusz Maciej, Substitute GUTIÉRREZ-CORTINES, Cristina, Substitute HASSE FERREIRA, Joel, Substitute HEATON-HARRIS, Christopher, Substitute HERCZOG, Edit, Substitute KOCH-MEHRIN, Silvana, Substitute KORHOLA, Eija-Riitta, Substitute MAAT, Albert Jan, Substitute MANN, Erika, Substitute MORGAN, Eluned, Substitute MOTE, Ashley, Substitute NEWTON DUNN, Bill, Substitute PANNELLA, Marco, Substitute POIGNANT, Bernard, Substitute RÜBIG, Paul, Substitute RÜHLE, Heide, Substitute SCHLYTER, Carl, Substitute SEEBERG, Gitte, Substitute SEPPÄNEN, Esko, Substitute SJÖSTEDT, Jonas, Substitute WALTER, Ralf, Substitute WOJCIECHOWSKI, Janusz, Substitute

9 INVITED SPEAKERS:

European Court of Auditors

Mr DA SILVA CALDEIRA Vítor Manuel Member

European Commission

Mr GRAY Brian Deputy-Director General and Accounting Officer

Government Accountability Office, Washington (USA)

Mr DODARO Gene L. Chief Operating Officer

Ministry of Finance (The Netherlands)

Mr DE JONG, A.H.M. Director-General

Mr. VOSSERS, W.J. Director

GUESTS:

European Court of Auditors

Mr ALA-NISSILÄ Olavi Member

Mr KAZAMIAS Kikis Member

Mr LEVYSOHN Morten Louis Member

Mr PINXTEN Karel Member

Mr UCZKIEWICZ Jacek Member

Mr RIVINOJA Alpo - Head of Cabinet Cabinet of Mr Ala-Nissilä

Mr FROIDURE Philippe - Head of Cabinet Cabinet of Mr Pinxten

Mrs BETENCOURT Paula - Attaché Cabinet of Mr

10 Caldeira

Mrs METTFOLK Katja - Attaché Cabinet of Mr Levysohn

Mr BULZ Michel Responsible for Relations with European Parliament

Mr KOEHLER Peter Head of Division

Mr KOK Chris Director External Relations

BELGIUM

Mr BECKERS, Jozef - Member Court of Audit

Mr BEKAERT, Patrick - Auditor Court of Audit

GERMANY

Mr HAUSER, Norbert - Vice-President Federal Court of Audit

Mr ELLMAUER, Jürgen - Audit Director Federal Court of Audit

Ms SCHNEIDER, Dagmar Juliana - European Liaison Officer Federal Court of Audit

NETHERLANDS

Mrs BONGERS, Katja - Audit specialist The Netherlands Court of Audit

Mr VAN ROOZENDAAL, Peter - Audit manager The Netherlands Court of Audit

Mr ROZENDAL, Piet - Deputy director The Netherlands Court of Audit

POLAND

Mr MAZUR Jacek - Adviser Supreme Chamber of Control (SAI)

11 UK

Mrs MAWHOOD Caroline National Audit Office Assistant Auditor General