translate English to French: The European Union noted with satisfaction, however, that the vast majority of the 15 organizations listed in the report of the Board of Auditors had substantially improved their rate of implementation of the Board's recommendations compared with the biennium 1996-1997.
L'Union européenne se félicite que la grande majorité des 15 organismes cités dans le rapport des commissaires aux comptes aient nettement amélioré le taux d'application des recommandations par rapport à l'exercice biennal 1996-1997.