Hr. formand, ingen er i tvivl om, at vi står med en opgave - decharge for budgetgennemførelsen - der i henhold til traktaten tydeligvis hører ind under Parlamentets kompetenceområde.
– The next item is the joint debate on the Commission statement on Eurostat, followed by the following six reports, on behalf of the Committee on Budgetary Control, on the discharge for 2002: - A5-0200/ 2004 by Mr Bayona de Perogordo, on the discharge for 2002 – general budget of the European Communities (Commission) (SEC(2003)1104 – C5-0564/ 2003 – 2003/ 2210(DEC));