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The areas concerned are the secretarial allowance intended to cover expenditure incurred when recruiting or employing the services of parliamentary assistants and the general-expenses allowance intended to cover expenses resulting from parliamentary activities (9). 
Detta gller framfr allt sekretariatser-sttningen som skall tcka de utgifter som uppstr d man anlitar assistenter fr parlamentsledamterna eller anvnder sig av deras tjnster och de ersttningar av allmnna kostnader som skall tcka omkostnader i samband med den parlamentariska verksamheten (9).
Information activities may, according to the rules, be organised in cooperation with third parties provided that the principle of joint signing on equal terms is observed (10). 
Informationsarbetet kan enligt bestmmelserna organiseras i samarbete med tredje part under frutsttning att principen om Ógemensam underskrift p lika nivÓ (10) respekteras.
This principle is not formally defined. 
Denna princip r inte formellt definierad.
In practice, the aim was to ensure that partnersŐ involvement was conspicuously indicated: the placing and size of the logo (and/or name) of the group and its partners had to be given equal treatment. 
I praktiken gllde det att tillse att parternas interventioner blev synliga: Gruppens och parternas logotyper (och/eller namns) placering och storlek br hanteras p ett likartat stt.
The rules do not stipulate the procedure for financing joint measures of this kind, in particular with a view to guaranteeing transparency as regards their overall cost and the way expenditure is to be divided up between the group and its partners. 
I bestmmelserna sgs inget om finansieringen av sdana gemensamma aktioner, framfr allt fr att insynen i den totala kostnaden och i frdelningen av utgifterna mellan gruppen och parterna skall skras.
Information activities may not include any form of election campaign at the European, national, regional or local levels. 
Informationsarbetet br inte omfatta ngon form av valkampanj p europeisk, nationell, regional eller lokal niv.
However, the rules adopted in 1992 do not provide any guidance as to the criteria to be applied in order to establish whether or not a measure amounts to an election campaign. 
Bestmmelserna som antogs 1992 ger emellertid ingen vgledning om vilka kriterier som skall tillmpas fr att faststlla om en aktion har eller inte har karaktren av valkampanj.
Only on 26 February 1999, once the rules had been amended, did the Presidents of the groups adopt joint guidelines for interpreting this ban (11). 
Frst den 26 februari 1999, sedan bestmmelserna ndrats, antog ordfrandena fr grupperna gemensamma riktlinjer fr hur detta frbud skulle tolkas (11).
Existence of separate rules and budget headings 12. 
Skilda bestmmelser och budgetposter 12.
The existence of two sets of rules (i.e. one for operating expenditure and political activities and another for information activities) and of several budget headings (three up until 1998; two since 1999) may be justified on the basis of the previous situation (12). 
Det faktum att det existerar dubbla bestmmelser (nmligen fr administrativa utgifter och politiska aktiviteter och andra bestmmelser fr informationsarbete) och flera budgetposter (tre till och med 1998, tv frn och med 1999) r historiskt betingat (12).
Thus far, this situation has never been called into question because of differences in the distribution formulae for the appropriations concerned, which favour some groups more, in particular as a consequence of the number of languages used by their members (see paragraph 3). 
Denna situation har hittills aldrig ifrgasatts p grund av skillnaderna i reglerna fr frdelning av anslagen i frga vilka gynnar grupperna p olika stt bl.a. p grund av deras sprkliga sammansttning (se punkt 3).
The fact is that the distinction between political activities and information activities seems highly theoretical since, due to the groupsŐ role and as confirmed by comments in the budget, their information activities are political in nature. In practice, and even if some groups have defined certain guidelines for making the distinction (13), the Court observed that the charging of expenditure by the groups to either budget heading seemed on occasion to be determined more by the availability of the funds than by a genuine difference in the nature of the activities. 
I sjlva verket frefaller skillnaden mellan politiska aktiviteter och informationsarbete teoretisk eftersom gruppernas informationsarbete p grund av gruppernas roll r av politiskt slag, vilket styrks av budgetanmrkningarna. ven om vissa grupper har definierat riktlinjer fr hur distinktionen skall gras (13), har revisionsrtten i praktiken noterat att det verkar som om grupperna ibland bokfrt utgifterna p den ena eller den andra budgetposten mera p grund av tillgngen till medel n p grund av aktiviteternas natur.
The existence of two sets of rules engenders a risk that the most stringent rules (those governing information activities), which require a clear link to be established between the activity financed on the one hand and the Community and its policies on the other, and which do not allow appropriations to be made available to political groupings, will simply be circumvented. 
Genom dessa dubbla bestmmelser finns en risk fr att de mest tvingande bestmmelserna kringgs, nmligen de som har att gra med informationsarbetet, och enligt vilka en klar frbindelse mste upprttas mellan den finansierade verksamheten och gemenskapen och dess politik och enligt vilka det r frbjudet att stlla dessa anslag till politiska grupperingars frfogande.
Checking compliance with the rules 15. 
Mjligheterna att kontrollera bestmmelsernas efterlevnad 15.
It is difficult to check certain rules governing information activities, such as the ban on organising any measures to provide information in the run-up to the European elections (14). 
Vissa regler som hnfr sig till informationsarbetet r svra att kontrollera. Detta r fallet med frbudet mot att bedriva informationsarbete under den period som fregr valen till Europaparlamentet (14).
These measures often take forms (e.g. pamphlets, brochures, posters and other means of publicity) where checks are straightforward only in respect of the date they were manufactured or invoiced, and not of the period for which they were used. 
Dessa tgrder frekommer ofta i en form (som till exempel flygblad, broschyrer, affischer, reklammaterial...) som innebr att det gr ltt att kontrollera nr de har framstllts och fakturerats, men inte nr de har anvnts.
Furthermore, the rules make no provision for recent technological developments, such as the creation by most of the groups of Internet websites, which are permanent in nature and which are very often linked to those of similar political groupings. Access to and development of these sites are not suspended during the period covered by the ban. 
Dessutom tar inte bestmmelserna hnsyn till den nya tekniska utvecklingen som innebr att de flesta grupperna skaffat webbplatser som till sin natur r permanenta och som har lnkar till nrbeslktade politiska grupperingar och som finns tillgngliga och utvecklas ven under den period d frbud rder.
Similarly, checks in respect of the ban on financing election campaigns at the national, regional or local levels are complicated by unfamiliarity with the Member StatesŐ various election timetables. 
P samma stt frsvras kontrollen av att frbudet mot finansiering av tgrder i samband med valkampanjer p nationell, regional eller lokal niv efterlevs av att det r svrt att knna till tidsramarna fr valkampanjer i medlemsstaterna.
A more general question may also be asked, regarding the distinction between information and election propaganda and the use in any election campaign (European or otherwise) of forms of information which have been published in advance. 
Man kan ocks mer allmnt stlla frgan vilken skillnaden r mellan information och valpropaganda och om hur tidigare framtagen information anvnds inom ramen fr valkampanjer (europeiska och andra).
C 181/6 EN Official Journal of the European Communities 28.6.2000 Volume of and rules for the distribution and carrying-over of appropriations 18. 
C 181/6 SV Europeiska gemenskapernas officiella tidning 28.6.2000 Omfattning av och regler fr frdelning och verfring av anslag 18.
The formulae for distributing appropriations for operating expenditure and information activities, which take particular account of the languages used by the groups, imply that belonging to a group provides entitlement to a volume of appropriations per member which is substantially greater than the amounts allocated to non-attached members. 
Reglerna om frdelning av anslag till administrativa utgifter och informationsarbete, som bl.a. tar hnsyn till den sprkliga sammansttningen inom grupperna, innebr att grupptillhrig-heten ger en ledamot vsentligt hgre anslag n de anslag som ges till grupplsa ledamter.
This explains the composition and modus operandi of certain groups, within which the national delegations, which are sometimes made up of very few members (or even a single member), enjoy such autonomy in the pursuit of their activities and in the use of their share of the appropriations(15) that the very notion of a group, as defined in Article 29(1) of the ParliamentŐs rules of procedure (1), may be called into question. 
Detta kan frklara vissa gruppers sammansttning och stt att fungera. Inom dessa grupper har de nationella delegationerna som ofta bestr av ett mycket begrnsat antal ledamter eller en enda ledamot s stor sjlvstndighet vad gller bedrivandet av verksamheten och anvndningen av sin del av anslagen (15), att man kan ifrgastta sjlva begreppet grupp som det definieras i artikel 29.1 i parlamentets arbetsordning.
The appropriations are paid to the groups in full at the beginning of the financial year. 
Anslagen betalas i sin helhet ut till grupperna i brjan av budgetret.
Appropriations for operating expenditure and political activities may be carried over automatically from one financial year to the next. 
Anslagen fr administrativa utgifter och politiska aktiviteter verfrs automatiskt frn ett budgetr till nsta.
Although the groups have interpreted this provision as an unlimited entitlement to carry appropriations over, in practice there have been only a few cases of appropriations being carried over beyond a single financial year. 
Grupperna har tolkat denna bestmmelse ssom en rtt till verfring p obestmd tid, men i praktiken har det bara varit ngra fall av verfringar som omfattat mer n ett budgetr.
However, by analogy with the Financial Regulation (16), the Court considers that this provision allows for an entitlement to be carried over only to the following financial year. 
I enlighet med vad som sgs i budgetfrordningen (16), anser revisionsrtten att bestmmelsen endast ger utrymme fr verfring till det nstfljande budgetret.
The Court also observed that, during the 1994 to 1998 period, appropriations which were not used by the end of the financial year very often amounted to the equivalent of six to nine monthsŐ expenditure. 
Revisionsrtten har noterat att de anslag som under perioden 1994Đ1998 var oanvnda i slutet av budgetret mycket ofta omfattar sex till nio mnaders utgifter.
As a matter of principle, the fact that such large amounts are permanently available means there is a risk of poor management of appropriations unless these amounts are justified by a corresponding volume of commitments. 
I princip innebr en stndig tillgng till s omfattande likvida medel risker fr en bristfllig frvaltning av anslag, om den inte motiveras av motsvarande mngd taganden.
The groupsŐ legal status and area of activity 20. 
Gruppernas rttsliga status och verksamhetsomrde 20.
The groups are Parliament bodies and, in accordance with the ParliamentŐs rules of procedure (1), they play an important role as regards the powers and internal modus operandi of the Institution. 
Grupperna r parlamentsorgan och enligt parlamentets arbetsordning, har de en viktig roll att spela fr utvandet av befogenheter och fr institutionens interna arbete.
This important role contrasts with the absence of detailed provisions defining the precise nature of political activities and information activities, the groupsŐ legal status and the nature and scope of any work they may do independently of the ParliamentŐs internal modus operandi. 
Denna viktiga roll str i kontrast till frnvaron av detaljerade bestmmelser som definierar exakt vad som r politiska aktiviteter och informationsarbete, vilken gruppernas rttsliga stllning r, vilket slag av aktiviteter som dessa kan utva och vilken omfattning aktiviteterna kan ha utanfr det interna arbetet inom parlamentet.
In relations with third parties outside the Parliament, decisions taken by the groups to use the funds (for example when signing employment, rental or purchasing contracts) are considered to have been taken with the ParliamentŐs authority and to engage its responsibility (17). 
I frhllande till tredje parter utanfr parlamentet anses gruppernas handlande t.ex. vad gller anvndning av medel (i samband med anstllningsavtal, hyresavtal eller kpeavtal) ga rum i kraft av ett mandat frn parlamentet och ske under parlamentets ansvar (17).
In the case of other decisions of a political nature, the groups are not regarded as authorised representatives of the Parliament and responsibility falls on the members who make up the groups. 
I vrigt vad gller politiska tgrder anses inte grupperna handla p parlamentets uppdrag utan ansvaret ligger p de ledamter som ingr i grupperna.
In the case of political and information activities, it seems difficult to make such a distinction between financial and political aspects, which raises the question of responsibility for these activities. 
Vad gller politiska aktiviteter och informationsarbete verkar det svrt att upprtthlla en distinktion mellan finansiella och politiska aspekter och det r inte klart vem som br ansvaret fr dessa aktiviteter.
Neither the ParliamentŐs rules of procedure (1) nor the rules governing the use of the appropriations (2) covered by this report define or delimit the activities which the groups may carry out independently of the InstitutionŐs internal modus operandi. 
Varken parlamentets arbetsordning eller bestmmelserna om anvndning av de anslag (2) som denna rapport handlar om definierar eller begrnsar de aktiviteter som grupperna kan bedriva utanfr det interna arbetet p institutionen.
In most cases, the groups have granted considerable autonomy to their national delegations which frequently conduct political and information activities jointly with affiliated political bodies. 
Grupperna har i flertalet fall gett de nationella delegationerna stor sjlvstndighet och dessa bedriver ofta politiska aktiviteter och informationsarbete i samarbete med nrbeslktade politiska organ.
Shortcomings in the rules and this means of organisation give rise to a lack of clarity as regards the respective roles and activities of the groups, of their national delegations, or even of the political groupings which are linked to them. 
Frnvaron av bestmmelser och detta organisationsstt innebr en brist p klarhet vad gller den roll som spelas av och de aktiviteter som bedrivs av grupperna, av deras delegationer och av de politiska grupperingar som r frbundna med dem.
OBSERVATIONS ON THE INTERNAL CONTROL SYSTEM 23. 
IAKTTAGELSER OM SYSTEMET F R INTERNKONTROLL 23.
At first sight, the facility for financing appropriations allocated to the groups seems to resemble a facility for paying a subsidy to an external body. 
Vid frsta anblicken kan den finansieringsmekanism som inrttats fr de anslag som tilldelats grupperna likna den som finns fr utbetalandet av en subvention till ett externt organ.
However, the groups, which enjoy considerable autonomy in their financial management, do not apply the Financial Regulation, the corresponding implementing arrangements or the ParliamentŐs rules of procedure when implementing their budgets. 
Men grupperna som visserligen r mycket sjlvstndiga i sin ekonomiska frvaltning tillmpar inte budgetfrordningen, dess genomfrandebestmmelser eller parlamentets interna regler fr budgetgenomfrandet.
Some groups have nevertheless formalised internal rules and instructions, which are similar to those contained in the regulations applicable to the Community budget, for example as regards delegating the power of signature, the commitment, authorisation, validation and disbursement of expenditure, the nature of the supporting documents, the type of contract or repayment scales. 
Ngra grupper har emellertid infrt interna regler och anvisningar, som liknar de bestmmelser som gller fr gemenskapsbudgeten, till exempel vad gller delegering av underskrifter, taganden, utanordnande, reglering och betalning av utgifter, slaget av verifikationer, slag av avtal eller ersttningsniver.
In most other cases, the written internal rules are, to a great extent, inadequate, or even completely non-existent. 
I flertalet vriga fall r de skriftliga interna bestmmelserna till stor del otillrckliga eller saknas helt.
The decentralisation of the implementation of appropriations to the national delegations, which sometimes have only a few members of staff, or even a single member, is often inadequately monitored by the groupsŐ authorities. 
Decentraliseringen av genomfrandet av anslagen p de nationella delegationernas niv, vars arbetsstyrka ibland bara bestr av ngra ledamter eller t.o.m. en enda ledamot tfljs ofta inte av tillrckliga kontrollmekanismer frn gruppernas ansvarigas sida.
In many cases, these national delegations enjoy such independence in their use of funds that the group is unable to supervise their financial activities in any meaningful way. 
I tskilliga fall tnjuter dessa nationella delegationer ett sdant oberoende i anvndningen av medel att gruppen inte kan utva ngon verklig kontroll av deras ekonomiska verksamhet.
28.6.2000 EN Official Journal of the European Communities C 181/7 26. 
28.6.2000 SV Europeiska gemenskapernas officiella tidning C 181/7 26.
The degree of interest shown by the groupsŐ authorities and by those responsible for their general secretariat in the inspection of financial management varies and is insufficient in the case of approximately half of the groups. 
Det intresse som de ansvariga fr grupperna och de ansvariga fr deras generalsekretariat visar fr kontrollen av den ekonomiska frvaltningen synes variera och den r otillrcklig fr ungefr hlften av grupperna.
The temporary status (18) of the staff employed in the groupsŐ general secretariat is unlikely to ensure in all cases that the staff responsible for financial management carry out independent and effective checks as to whether expenditure complies with the regulations. 
Den prekra stllning (18) personalen har inom gruppernas generalsekretariat gr det inte alltid mjligt fr anstllda inom den ekonomiska frvaltningen att utfra en oberoende och effektiv granskning av att utgifterna verensstmmer med bestmmelserna.
In this respect, it must be noted that the uniform internal rules governing the management of appropriations for information activities (2) allow for the refusal of payment only in cases where funds are unavailable. 
I detta hnseende mste ppekas att de enhetliga interna bestmmelserna som rr frvaltningen av anslag fr informationsarbete (2) endast tillter en vgran att verkstlla en betalning i de fall dr inga medel finns tillgngliga.
OBSERVATIONS ON THE EXTERNAL AUDIT ARRANGEMENTS 27. 
IAKTTAGELSER OM DEN EXTERNA GRANSKNINGEN 27.
Until the end of 1998, only the rules governing information activities provided for an external audit to be carried out by an approved body. The terms in which it was couched, however, were ambiguous since they refer to Ôa certificate as to the regularity of the accountsŐ and the standardised specimen certificate (19) contains only a declaration of the regularity of the transactions in respect of some aspects of the rules, namely the capping of operating expenditure and the ban on purchasing immovable property or office furniture. 
Till och med slutet av 1998 freskrev bestmmelserna gllande informationsarbete att en extern revision skulle utfras av ett auktoriserat organ i termer som emellertid r tvetydiga eftersom det refereras till ett dokument om rkenskapernas korrekthet och eftersom modellen fr ett harmoniserat dokument (19) endast innehller en frskran om transaktionernas korrekthet vad gller ngra aspekter i bestmmelserna, nmligen uppstllandet av ett tak fr administrativa utgifter och ett frbud mot att frvrva fast egendom eller kontorsmbler.
The new provisions (20), which now apply also to operating expenditure and political activities, are even less satisfactory since they mention a certificate...that the accounts are properly kept . 
De nya bestmmelserna (20), som hdanefter gller svl administrativa utgifter som politiska aktiviteter r nnu mindre tillfredsstllande eftersom de talar om Óett dokument...som bekrftar att rkenskaperna hanterats korrekt och i enlighet med dessa bestmmelserÓ.
It would be more appropriate to instruct the auditor to provide a certificate of the reliability of the accounts and of the regularity of the operations financed. 
Det skulle vara mer lmpligt att ge revisorn i uppdrag att avge ett intyg om rkenskapernas tillfrlitlighet och om den finansierade verksamhetens korrekthet.
Although they were not expressly required to do so until the end of 1998 (21), the groups also submitted their accounts of operating expenditure and political activities to external audit. However, some groups did not send the accounts certified by the external auditor to the President of the Parliament. 
Fastn detta inte uttryckligen fordrades frrn i slutet av 1998 (21), framlade grupperna rkenskaperna fr de administrativa utgifterna och utgifterna fr politiska aktiviteter fr externa revisorer, men vissa av dem har inte lmnat de dokument som bekrftar att rkenskaperna har hanterats korrekt till parlamentets ordfrande.
As the external auditorsŐ current remit is merely to audit the appropriations in question, they do not usually possess sufficient information on the general running of the Parliament, and in particular on any other resources the Parliament places at the disposal of the groups and the members, for them to be alive in their work to certain particular risks. 
Eftersom revisorernas nuvarande mandat begrnsas till revision av anslagen i frga har de oftast inte tillrcklig information om parlamentets arbetsstt i allmnhet och srskilt om existensen av de vriga resurser som parlamentet stller till gruppernas och ledamternas frfogande fr att de i sitt arbete skall kunna angripa vissa speciella risker.
Furthermore, the audits are carried out only in respect of the groupsŐ general secretariat, not of the administrative structures of the national delegations in the Member States, even though, as was explained earlier, they play an important role in the use of the funds. 
Fr vrigt genomfrs granskningarna endast vid gruppernas generalsekretariat och inte vid de administrativa strukturerna vid de nationella delegationerna i medlemsstaterna, detta trots att de, som ovan sgs, spelar en viktig roll i anvndningen av medel.
In practice, the possibility of checking that the operations financed actually took place is accordingly reduced. 
I praktiken r mjligheten att granska verkligheten bakom den finansierade verksamheten drfr begrnsad.
Differences were observed in the nature and scope of the audit procedures employed by the various auditors. 
Olikheter har konstaterats vad gller slaget och omfattningen av de granskningstgrder som olika revisorer har vidtagit.