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 List of Participants 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 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 UK 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 12.