Når man ser på Revisionsrettens forklaring om Den Europæiske Udviklingsfond, kan man sige, at man godkender udgifterne, men kun næsten. Når det drejer sig om den direkte budgetstøtte, som i 2002 udgjorde næsten en fjerdedel af støtten, er man nemlig ikke parat til at give grønt lys.
On 9 February 2004, the Commission adopted the communication providing a progress report on its financial and administrative reform, which includes a specific section on the measures that the President had presented on 18 November 2003, as well as proposals for two regulations amending the legal framework of OLAF.