154. Calls on the Commission to use all the tools at its disposal to foster a more coordinated approach vis-à-vis developed countries in order to promote greater reciprocity in tax matters, in particular with regard to the exchange of information with the United States of America following the entry into force of the Foreign Account Tax Compliance Act; calls also on the Commission, against the background of the agreement of 27 May 2015 between the EU and Switzerland on the automatic exchange of financial account information, to monitor carefully, with a view to preserving the single market, the agreed phasing out of some harmful tax practices in Switzerland, in line with BEPS guidelines, and that no new harmful tax measures are introduced ...[+++]in the future; calls on the Commission in its ongoing negotiations with Switzerland to suggest the introduction of controlled foreign companies rules in Swiss law; insists that the Commission must ensure that Switzerland follows the EU approach on taxation and report to Parliament;

152. Calls on the Commission to use all the tools at its disposal to foster a more coordinated approach vis-à-vis developed countries in order to promote greater reciprocity in tax matters, in particular with regard to the exchange of information with the United States of America following the entry into force of the Foreign Account Tax Compliance Act; calls also on the Commission, against the background of the agreement of 27 May 2015 between the EU and Switzerland on the automatic exchange of financial account information, to monitor carefully, with a view to preserving the single market, the agreed phasing out of some harmful tax practices in Switzerland, in line with BEPS guidelines, and that no new harmful tax measures are introduced ...[+++]in the future; calls on the Commission in its ongoing negotiations with Switzerland to suggest the introduction of controlled foreign companies rules in Swiss law; insists that the Commission must ensure that Switzerland follows the EU approach on taxation and report to Parliament;

69. Notes that, in 2010, there were 33 200 missions (official trips) representing a total of 98 629 mission days, most of them involving travel between Parliament's three places of work; reiterates the need to avoid unnecessary missions between the three working places and the costs they entail with more systematic and documentary justifications and better monitoring; requests that the Secretary General report, as part of the discharge procedure, on any savings made as a resu ...[+++]lt of further rationalisation and on further initiatives that have been taken or that are in preparation leading to fewer missions; is further of the opinion that, in general, no committee meeting should take place in Strasbourg with the exception of those committees of which the agenda is directly linked to the reports or discussions on that week's part session's agenda; encourages the Court of Auditors to further analyse the existing mission procedures and to provide recommendations in order to improve their efficiency; asks the Secretary-General specifically to review the posts based outside of Brussels, particularly for those staff members who undertake repeated missions to Brussels, to ascertain if they need to be relocated; suggests that the agreement with the Luxembourg authorities, which fixes the number of Parliament staff based in Luxembourg without regard to any evolving needs of Parliament, may need to be revised;

70. Notes that, in 2010, there were 33 200 missions (official trips) representing a total of 98 629 mission days, most of them involving travel between Parliament's three places of work; reiterates the need to avoid unnecessary missions between the three working places and the costs they entail with more systematic and documentary justifications and better monitoring; requests that the Secretary General report, as part of the discharge procedure, on any savings made as a resu ...[+++]lt of further rationalisation and on further initiatives that have been taken or that are in preparation leading to fewer missions; is further of the opinion that, in general, no committee meeting should take place in Strasbourg with the exception of those committees of which the agenda is directly linked to the reports or discussions on that week's part session's agenda; encourages the Court of Auditors to further analyse the existing mission procedures and to provide recommendations in order to improve their efficiency; asks the Secretary-General specifically to review the posts based outside of Brussels, particularly for those staff members who undertake repeated missions to Brussels, to ascertain if they need to be relocated; suggests that the agreement with the Luxembourg authorities, which fixes the number of Parliament staff based in Luxembourg without regard to any evolving needs of Parliament, may need to be revised;

- When the annual work plan is being drawn up, the Court of Auditors requests and considers the opinion of Parliament (the Committee on Budgetary Control) and seeks solutions to the problems raised.

when a component of a group of undertakings is audited by auditor(s) or audit entity(ies) from a third country that has no working arrangement as referred to in Article 47, the group auditor is responsible for ensuring proper delivery, when requested, to the public oversight authorities of the documentation of the audit work performed by the third-country auditor(s) or audit entity(ies), including the working papers relevant to the group audit.