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One of the cases discussed in the preceding paragraph deserves to be given special prominence on account of the volume of finance involved (approximately EUR 1 million/per year) and of the length of time concerned. 
Ett av de fall som nmnts i fregende punkt frtjnar att srskilt framhvas p grund av sin finansiella omfattning (i storleksordningen 1 miljon euro per r) och sin varaktighet.
Since 1979, one company has held the contract for the supply of vehicles to the Ispra site. 
Sedan 1979 innehas avtalet fr leverans av fordon till Ispra av samma fretag.
Between 1979 and 1991 the contract was systematically renewed by private treaty. 
Mellan 1979 och 1991 frnyades avtalet systematiskt genom privata verenskommelser.
In 1991, following a public invitation to tender published in the Official Journal of the European Communities, the contract was awarded once again to the same company for a maximum of five years. 
1991 tilldelades avtalet efter en anbudsinfordran som offentliggjorts i Europeiska gemenskapernas officiella tidning ter samma fretag fr en period p hgst fem r.
On the expiry of this latter contract, an amendment was nevertheless signed to extend the contract for three months on the grounds that the JRC had not had time to organise a new invitation to tender. 
Nr detta avtal gick ut undertecknades dock en tillggsverens-kommelse i syfte att frlnga avtalet med tre mnader, vilket motiverades med att GFC:s avdelningar inte haft tid att utfrda ngon ny anbudsinfordran.
In April 1996, following an invitation to tender, a new contract for a period of three years but which could be extended by 24 additional months was awarded to the company. 
I april 1996 tilldelades fretaget efter en anbudsinfordran ett nytt avtal fr en period p tre r, vilket dock kunde frlngas med ytterligare 24 mnader.
The checks carried out revealed a whole series of both factual and legal factors which indicate that the JRC allowed this company to create an exclusive position for itself. 
De granskningar som genomfrts har visat p en rad konkreta och rttsliga element som tenderar att visa att GFC tilltit detta fretag att skapa sig en monopolstllning.
The JRC accepted amendments to the initial contractual conditions which ran counter to the CommunityŐs interests and to equality of access to publicly financed operations. 
GFC har accepterat ndringar av de ursprungliga avtalsvillkoren p ett stt som stred mot gemenskapens intresse och mot principen om lika tillgng till offentlig finansiering.
Lastly, it also refused to assume the responsibilities incumbent on authorising officers by failing to check diligently the actual services invoiced. 
Centret avstod slutligen frn att ta p sig det ansvar som tillkommer utanordnarna, vilka underltit att noga kontrollera verkligheten bakom de fakturerade tjnsterna.
The following was established: (a) the three-month extension to the contract, signed as a result of the contract awarded in 1991, on the inadmissable grounds of lack of time, was contrary to the terms of the contract, which stipulated a maximum duration of five years, and the cause of extra costs which can be estimated at EUR 380 000; (b) by the terms of this amendment, signed on 27 March 1996, the prices charged for the supply of a vehicle and the kilometre charge came to EUR 3 922/month and EUR 0,3331/km respectively. 
Det har slunda kunnat konstateras att a) frlngningen med tre mnader av det avtal som undertecknades efter det avtal som tilldelades 1991, vilken p ett icke godtagbart stt motiverades med tidsbrist, stred mot avtalsbestmmelserna, enligt vilka avtalet kunde omfatta hgst fem r, samt gav upphov till en merkostnad p uppskattningsvis 380 000 euro, b) enligt detta tillgg, som undertecknades den 27 mars 1996, uppgick priserna fr leveransen av ett fordon och fr ersttning per kilometer till 3 922 euro/mnad respektive 0,3331 euro/km.
The bid in connection with these same services, submitted at the same time in response to the invitation to tender launched by the JRC, was 27 % less for the former service and 52 % less for the second; (c) the date of receipt on the confirmation of receipt for the bid mentioned was altered; (d) the address of the information meeting in respect of the conditions of the tender was erroneous, with the result that one interested enterprise arrived too late, which reduced the number of tenderers to two; (e) the prices which formed the basis on which the contract was awarded were never applied. 
Anbudet avseende dessa tjnster, vilket vid samma tidpunkt verlmnades som ett svar p den anbudsinfordran som slutligen utfrdades av GFC, var 27 % lgre fr den frra tjnsten och 52 % lgre fr den senare, c) det datum fr mottagande av anbud som angavs p mottag-ningsbeviset ndrades, d) p grund av att den adress som angavs fr ett informationsmte om anbudsvillkoren var felaktig kom ett intresserat fretag fr sent, vilket begrnsade antalet anbudsgivare till tv, e) de pris som utgjort grunden fr beviljandet av avtalet aldrig tillmpades.
A first endorsement authorised the contractor to invoice the higher prices agreed in the preceding contract then a second increased the price fixed in the contract concluded following the call for tenders; (f) pleading that, owing to the lack of staff, it was impossible to check each and every invoice submitted in respect of this contract, the authorising officer, as from 1993, merely verified that the service was provided on the basis of a sample of invoices. Such a practice is in contravention of the provisions of Articles 40 and 41 of the Financial Regulation; (g) finally, the average number of kilometres invoiced annually came to 194 223 km per vehicle, i.e. almost 540 km per calendar day. 
I sjlva verket gav ett frsta tillgg anbudsgivaren tilltelse att fakturera de hgsta priser som freskrivits i det fregende avtalet, genom ett andra tillgg hjdes sedan det pris som fastslagits i det avtal som ingtts efter anbudsinfordran, f) med hnvisning till att det p grund av personalbrist inte var mjligt att kontrollera samtliga fakturor som verlmnats av denne avtalstagare njde sig utanordnaren frn och med 1993 med att kontrollera genomfrandet av tjnsten p grundval av ett stickprov av fakturorna, vilket strider mot bestmmelserna i artikel 40 och 41 i budgetfrordningen, g) det genomsnittliga antalet kilometer som fakturerats rligen, slutligen uppgick till 194 223 km per fordon, eller nra 540 km per kalenderdag.
The possible existence of illicit agreements 75. 
Frekomsten av mjliga otilltna avtal 75.
The Court noted that the weaknesses in the management system made it impossible for the CentreŐs management to prevent the formation of a group of tenderers who were often to be found on the same contracts of the same institute of the JRC. 
Revisionsrtten har konstaterat att bristerna i frvaltningssystemet gjort det omjligt fr centrets styrelse att frhindra bildandet av en grupp anbudsgivare som ofta tilldelades avtal om samma tjnster av ett och samma av GFC:s institut.
In one case, the successful tenderer for a contract for the supply of services identified himself as the sales manager of a computer-equipment supplier which was also tendering for the same contract. 
Slunda visade sig i ett fall den som tilldelats ett avtal om tjnster vara frslj-ningsansvarig hos en datorutrustningsleverantr som ven var anbudsgivare fr samma avtal.
Examination of the bids revealed, in addition, that two tendering companies were managed by members of one and the same family. 
Granskningen av anbud har dessutom avsljat att tv fretag som deltog i anbudsgivningen leddes av medlemmar i en och samma familj.
The splitting of contracts The use of differentiated appropriations (splitting contracts in the accounts) 76. 
Uppdelningen av avtal Anvndningen av differentierade anslag (rkenskapsmssig uppdelning) 76.
It was ascertained that the financial cover for one and the same contract was not guaranteed by a single commitment, as the rule requires, but that the JRC often raised several successive commitments which, in the majority of cases, corresponded to the annual instalments of the contracts. 
Det konstaterades att den finansiella tckningen av ett och samma avtal inte garanterades av ett enda tagande, ssom reglerna freskriver, utan att GFC ofta gjorde flera taganden efter varandra vilka i de flesta fall motsvarade rliga delar av avtalen.
The Court must point out that the existence of differentiated appropriations is due to the desire on the part of the legislator to guarantee the manager financial cover for operations where it can be foreseen that they will last longer than the financial year, and to facilitate controls, in particular by the budgetary authority, in accordance with Article 1(4) of the Financial Regulation, by attaching the entire expenditure relating to one operation to a specific commitment. 
Revisionsrtten erinrar om att frekomsten av differentierade anslag frklaras av lagstiftarens vilja att fr frvaltaren skerstlla den finansiella tckningen fr transaktioner som berknas verskrida ett budgetr och att i enlighet med frsta artikeln, fjrde stycket i budgetfrordningen underltta granskningar, srskilt fr den budgetansvariga myndigheten, genom att upprtta ett samband mellan samtliga utgifter fr en transaktion och ett specifikt tagande.
The primary advantage of diligent observance of this rule is that it allows the rate of implementation of a contract to be checked by simply reading off, at the end of every financial year, the amounts remaining to be settled for the relevant commitment, and it requires explanations of the persons in charge when the level of utilisation of the appropriations does not match the contractual obligations. 
Den ena frdelen med att strikt flja denna regel r att det gr det mjligt att kontrollera i vilken takt ett avtal genomfrs endast genom att i slutet av varje budgetr lsa av de belopp som terstr att betala fr tagandet i frga, och att det krver att de ansvariga avger frklaringar i de fall dr anvndningsnivn fr anslagen inte motsvarar frpliktelserna i avtalet.
The second advantage is that it obliges the manager to state the reasons why any commitment of additional appropriations proves necessary to successfully conclude the contract, while clearly identifying the cause of this increase. 
Den andra frdelen r att den tvingar frvaltaren att ange sklen till att ett tagande fr ytterligare anslag r ndvndigt fr att slutandet av avtalet skall bli framgngsrikt och samtidigt tydligt definiera ursprunget till denna kning.
Legal splitting (contracts in the form of 1+x years) 79. 
Den rttsliga uppdelningen (avtal av typen 1+x r) 79.
This practice consists of awarding the entire contract to the same contractor while signing a contract with him that only C 172/12 EN Official Journal of the European Communities 21.6.2000 covers the first year of implementation. 
Denna praxis gr ut p att tilldela en och samma uppdragstagare hela avtalet samtidigt som man tillsammans med denne C 172/12 SV Europeiska gemenskapernas officiella tidning 21.6.2000 undertecknar ett avtal som endast omfattar genomfrandets frsta r.
Each successive annual instalment is the subject of a new contract awarded automatically to the same contractor. 
Varje rlig del r freml fr ett nytt avtal som automatiskt tilldelas uppdragstagaren.
Fourteen of the 43 transactions in the sample concerning the contracts submitted to the ACPC-JRC, i.e. more than 32 %, were in this form. 
Fjorton av de 43 transaktionerna i stickprovet vilka avser avtal som verlmnats till rdgivande kommittn fr upphandling och avtal vid GFC, dvs. ver 32 %, var av detta slag.
Internal splitting of contracts 80. 
Den inre uppdelningen av ett avtal 80.
In the case of one transaction in the sample, it was found that the contract was artificially divided up into two separate phases with the sole intention of getting around the obstacle of inadequte commitment appropriations available at the time the contract was signed, in order to cover the whole of the legal commitment. 
Betrffande en transaktion ur stickprovet har det konstaterats att avtalet endast skenbart delats upp i tv olika faser i syfte att kringg det hinder som bestod i att de disponibla tagandebemyndiganden vid tidpunkten fr undertecknandet av avtalet inte rckte fr att tcka hela det rttsliga tagandet.
Other procedures for awarding contracts Subcontracting the entire contract 81. 
Andra frfaranden fr tilldelning av avtal Fullstndig utlggning av ett avtal p underentreprenad 81.
The audit revealed that two contracts for the supply of various items of computer equipment had been subcontracted in their entirety by the successful tenderers to the same company, a regular partner of long standing of the Centre and already beneficiary of approximately 30 contracts. 
Granskningarna har visat att tv avtal om leverans av olika slags datorutrustning av uppdragstagaren hade lagts ut p underentreprenad i sin helhet till ett och samma fretag som regelbundet och sedan lng tid tillbaka samarbetade med centret och redan tilldelats ett trettiotal avtal.
From the point of view of both legality/regularity and sound financial management, this subcontracting of an entire contract must be condemned. 
Bde med tanke p lagligheten/korrektheten och sundheten i den ekonomiska frvaltningen r detta totala utlggande av ett avtal p underentreprenad frkastligt.
Awarding of contracts in the absence of sufficient appropriations 83. 
Tilldelning av avtal d tillrckliga anslag saknas 83.
It appears from the invitation-to-tender file of a contract concerning the setting up of the European Observatory of Science and Technology that the final bid submitted by the tenderer for the first year of implementation of the contract came, after negotiations authorised by the ACPC-JRC, to EUR 1,6 million. 
Det framgr av anbudshandlingarna fr ett avtal om inrttandet av ett europeiskt observatorium fr vetenskap och teknik (Observatoire europen des sciences et de la technologie) att det slutliga anbud som lades fram av anbudsgivaren fr det frsta ret, fr genomfrande av avtalet efter frhandlingar som beviljats av rdgivande kommittn fr upphandling och avtal vid GFC, faststlldes till 1,6 miljoner euro.
As this amount was more than the budgetary appropriations available, the Centre should have declared the invitation to tender void. 
Eftersom detta belopp versteg de disponibla budgetanslagen borde centret ha upphvt anbudsinfordran.
A contract for EUR 993 560 was nevertheless concluded. 
Icke desto mindre slts ett avtal p 993 560 euro.
Some months after its signature this contract was the subject of an amendment covered by new appropriations opened in respect of the new financial year in order to make the cost of the operation match the amount of the bid after negotiation with the CentreŐs management (see paragraph 85). 
Ngra mnader efter att det undertecknats var det freml fr ett tillgg som omfattades av de anslag som beviljats fr det nya budgetret fr att kostnaden fr transaktionen skulle motsvara anbudsbelop-pet efter frhandlingar med centrumets frvaltare (se punkt 85).
Monitoring implementation The management of contracts 84. 
Uppfljningen av genomfrandet Frvaltningen av avtalen 84.
The audit showed that the various authorising officers of the JRC frequently signed contracts without first obtaining the signature of the successful tenderer. 
Granskningarna har visat att de olika utanordnarna vid GFC ofta undertecknat avtal utan att detta frst undertecknats av uppdragstagaren.
This practice entails the risk that services will be rendered before the actual signing of the contract by the contractor, with no legal cover, or that amendments may be made to the terms of the contract. 
Denna praxis r behftad med risken fr att tjnsterna utfrs innan uppdragstagaren faktiskt undertecknat avtalet, dvs. utan ngon rttslig grund, eller att bestmmelserna i avtalet kan genomg ndringar.
The Court also found, on several occasions, that the implementation reports had been drawn up before any signature had been placed on the relevant contracts. 
Revisionsrtten har ven vid flera tillfllen konstaterat att genomfranderapporter verlmnades innan de berrda avtalen undertecknats.
In contrast, considerable delays in the supply of the services and the drawing up of the reports did not give rise to any penalty, or even a warning. 
Betydande frseningar i utfrandet av tjnsterna eller verlmnandet av rapporter ledde dremot inte till ngra sanktioner eller ens till ngon uppmaning till genomfrande.
The ease with which the Centre grants advantageous amendments is another illustration of the lack of rigour of the management of contracts. 
Den ltthet med vilken centret beviljar frdelaktiga tillgg utgr en annan illustration av bristen p fasthet i frvaltningen av avtal.
Apart from the case already mentioned (see paragraphs 64 to 66) concerning the car fleet contracts, it was found that, in connection with the creation of the European Observatory of Science and Technology, that, in spite of the inadequacy of the successul tendererŐs services in respect of his contractual obligations, the Centre granted him, nine months after the signing of the contract, an increase in the overall price of more than 60 %, even though the utilisation of appropriations was extremely poor. 
Frutom det redan nmnda fallet (se punkterna 64Đ66) med avtalen om fordon har det konstaterats att centret i samband med inrttandet av ett europeiskt observatorium fr vetenskap och teknik, trots att uppdragstagarens tjnster varit otillrckliga i frhllande till avtalets frpliktelser, nio mnader efter att avtalet undertecknats beviljat densamme en total prishjning med ver 60 %, trots att en ytterst liten del av anslagen anvnts.
At the time only EUR 230 005 had been invoiced, i.e. only 23 % of the initial commitment (see paragraph 83). 
I sjlva verket hade vid denna tidpunkt endast 230 005 euro fakturerats, vilket endast motsvarar 23 % av det ursprungliga tagandet (se punkt 83).
Checking services rendered 86. 
Kontroll av den utfrda tjnsten 86.
In numerous cases delays in implementation on the part of the suppliers were not the subject of any reminder on the part of the Centre. 
I mnga fall har frseningar i genomfrandet frn uppdragstagarnas sida inte lett till ngon pminnelse frn centrets sida.
The controls thus revealed a contract for computer maintenance which, 18 months after the expiry of the contract (the planned duration of which was 120 days), had not led to any proven service. 
Slunda har granskningarna visat p ett avtal om dataunderhll som 18 mnader efter att avtalet (vars planerade lngd var 120 dagar) lpt ut inte lett till att ngot utfrande av tjnsten kunnat styrkas.
A single invoice, dated 20 March 1997 and concerning 30 % of the contract, had been drawn up and was still unpaid 15 months after expiry of the contract, while the file contained no trace of any reaction of any kind on the part of the accounting officer or of the service supplier. 
En enda faktura frn den 20 mars 1997, som avsg 30 % av avtalet, hade upprttats och var 15 mnader efter frfalloda-tumet fortfarande obetald, utan att handlingarna visar spr av ngon som helst reaktion frn utanordnaren eller frn den som utfrt tjnsterna.
Apart from the obvious absence of monitoring, one can only wonder about how real the needs covered by this contract were and whether the services invoiced were really performed. 
Bortsett frn den tydliga avsaknaden av uppfljning kan man frga sig huruvida de behov som tckts av detta avtal verkligen existerade och huruvida de fakturerade tjnsterna verkligen utfrts.
In another case, the data mentioned in the invoices submitted did not allow the authorising officer to identify who had supplied the services, offered no real description of these services and did not allow him to check the dates and duration of the work carried out or even ascertain what kind of work it was. 
I ett annat fall gjorde uppgifterna i de inlmnade fakturorna det inte mjligt fr utanordnaren att identifiera de personer som utfrt tjnsterna eller bestmma deras lmplighet. De gjorde det inte mjligt att kontrollera datum och tidslngd fr de utfrda arbetena eller ens att bilda sig en uppfattning om deras natur.
As a result, he was not able to check whether the amounts invoiced were justified. 
Det var sledes omjligt fr utanordnaren att kontrollera underlaget fr de fakturerade beloppen.
In addition, the audit revealed that an amount had been paid in error by the Centre for this contract, which actually concerned an operation carried out in Sicily within the framework of the Envireg European initiative. 
Vidare har granskningarna visat att ett belopp utbetalats felaktigt av centret fr detta avtal, vilket i sjlva verket avsg en transaktion som utfrdes p Sicilien inom ramen fr EU:s initiativ Envireg.
21.6.2000 EN Official Journal of the European Communities C 172/13 88. 
21.6.2000 SV Europeiska gemenskapernas officiella tidning C 172/13 88.
In another case concerning a contract of a duration of 18 months, the service had still not been completed six months after expiry and the Centre had not even sent a reminder. 
I ett annat fall som avsg ett avtal p 18 mnader hade tjnsten fortfarande inte utfrts sex mnader efter frfallodatumet, utan att centret ens utfrdat ngon pminnelse.
The scale of the delays sometimes cast doubt on the desirability of certain contracts at the time they were granted. 
Frseningarnas omfattning har ibland lett till tvivel om huruvida det var lmpligt att ing avtalen vid den tidpunkt d s skedde.
A contract concerning an amount of EUR 2,58 million illustrates this finding. 
Ett avtal omfattande ett belopp p 2,58 miljoner euro fr illustrera detta konstaterande.
Awarded in January 1997, this contract for the installation of a computer system for the management of documents only gave rise to the issuing of one invoice for EUR 25 628, 16 months after the signing of the contract. 
Detta avtal, som beviljades i januari 1997 och gllde inrttandet av ett datasystem fr frvaltning av dokument ledde endast till att en faktura p 25 628 euro utfrdades 16 mnader efter att avtalet undertecknats.
CONCLUSIONS/RECOMMENDATIONS 90. 
SLUTSATSER/REKOMMENDATIONER 90.
The aim of the rules governing the awarding of public contracts is to ensure equal access for all enterprises to publicly financed contracts and to assure the best service at the best price. 
De regler som styr tilldelningen av offentliga avtal har som ml att garantera lika tillgng till offentlig finansiering fr alla fretag och att skerstlla bsta mjliga tjnster till lgsta mjliga kostnad.
However, it appears from the audit that the management system in place at the JRC at the time of the CourtŐs audit did not guarantee the achievement of this aim. 
Det framgr dock av underskningen att det nuvarande frvaltningssystemet vid GFC vid tidpunkten fr revisionsrttens granskning inte garanterade att detta ml uppns.
The reasons for this situation can be found both in the weaknesses of this system, which is not even capable of providing reliable information in summary form, and in the irregular use of differentiated appropriations favouring the current practice of splitting contracts and the use of dubious procedures. 
Orsakerna till denna situation terfinns bde i bristerna i detta system, som inte r i stnd att tillhandahlla ngra tillfrlitliga uppgifter i versiktlig form, samt i den oriktiga anvndningen av differentierade anslag som gynnar den nuvarande tillmpningen av uppdelning av avtal och tillmpningen av tvivelaktiga frfaranden.
Finally, the special arrangements applied to the JRC with, in particular, the existence of a special ACPC and recourse to Ôadministrative arrangementsŐ between the CommissionŐs departments also had a negative impact on the management of contracts. 
Slutligen har ven det srskilda system som gller fr GFC, srskilt existensen av en srskild rdgivande kommitt fr upphandling och avtal och tillmpningen av Óadministrativa arrangemangÓ mellan kommissionens avdelningar haft en negativ inverkan p frvaltningen av avtalen.