When no air traffic services unit exists at the arrival aerodrome or operating site, the arrival report, when required, shall be made as soon as practicable after landing and by the quickest means available to the nearest air traffic services unit.

One possibility is that, in an atmosphere of confidence and positivity, the department undergoing the audit may be convinced of the desirability of implementing the measures proposed to it by the auditors (direct implementation).

35. Welcomes the fact that the internal auditor and the services have reached an agreement on the implementation of the action plans aimed at providing Parliament with an effective Internal Control Framework; in this context, 452 individual actions were decided in 2003 and 2004; notes that 225 of these 452 actions were fully implemented in 2006 and 121 were partially implemented; notes, further, that the internal auditor had identified 20 'critical' actions in areas where the exposure to risk is high; notes that, at this stage, the administration states that 18 of these 20 actions have been implemented and that the internal auditor w ...[+++]ill consider them in the course of a second follow-up audit in 2008;

42. Recalls that the internal auditor carried out an audit of procurement procedures on an institutional scale; welcomes the agreement between the internal auditor and the services on a major action plan comprising 144 individual measures to be implemented; is pleased to note that one of the main tasks on the internal auditor's programme of work for 2008 is a new audit of procurement procedures with a view to ascertaining what progress has been made;

14. Supports the work of the Internal Auditor; condemns, without prejudice to the outcome of the proceedings initiated by the Internal Auditor under Article 24 of the Staff Regulations, the official obstruction to which the Financial Controller/Internal Auditor and his staff have been subjected by the administration of the Committee of the Regions in the course of the exercise of their duties under the Financial Regulation; praises the Internal Auditor and his staff for their serious and repeated (but ultimately unsuccessful) attemp ...[+++]ts at convincing the administration and the Bureau of the Committee of the Regions of the need to take remedial action; recognises that in the absence of the protection normally afforded to officials who report wrongdoing, the Internal Auditor was right to take his concerns directly to the European Parliament and should not suffer any adverse consequences as a result;

16. Supports the work of the Internal Auditor; condemns the official obstruction to which, according to the OLAF report, the Financial Controller / Internal Auditor and his staff have been subjected by the Administration of the Committee of Regions in the course of the exercise of their duties under the Financial Regulation; praises the Internal Auditor and his staff for their serious and repeated (but ultimately unsuccessful) attempts at convincing the Administration and the Bureau of the Committee of Regions of the need to take re ...[+++]medial action; recognises that in the absence of the protection normally afforded to officials who report wrongdoing, the Internal Auditor was right to take his concerns directly to the European Parliament and should not suffer any adverse consequences as a result;