(3) Every person required by subsection (1) to keep records and books of account shall, at all reasonable times, make the records and books of account and every account and voucher necessary to verify the information therein available to officers of the Agency and other persons thereunto authorized by the Minister and give them every facility necessary to inspect the records, books, accounts and vouchers.

4. Calls on Frontex to continue strengthening the monitoring of joint operations; notes the Court of Auditors' comment that "although it performs reasonableness checks, [it] does not usually request supporting documentation that would address the risk of ineligible expenditure"; welcomes Frontex's reply that since January 2012 it requests supporting documents "for the majority of costs in joint return operations" and for other grants requests supporting documentation "in case of discrepancies detected in the final financial statements"; considers that supporting documents should as a matter of principle be requested; welcomes the ann ...[+++]ouncement of the implementation of ex-ante controls by September 2012;

9. Acknowledges from the Court of Auditors that there is scope for improving the transparency of procurement procedures as regards the justification of the estimated contract volumes and the definition, publication and application of selection criteria; notes with satisfaction that the Agency has taken note of the Court of Auditors' comments and updated its procedures with a view to transparency and documentation;

3. Notes the remark by the European Court of Auditors (ECA) in paragraph 10.18 of its 2005 Annual Report that following the ECA's 2004 DAS audit and two internal audits, the CoR's administration requested certain beneficiaries of weighted salary transfers to present additional evidence, and several transfers which had not been regularly carried out before May 2004 and/or for which the beneficiaries did not present sufficient evidence were discontinued; in 2005, according to the ECA's Report, the administration did not recover any overpayments, although, under Article 85 of the Staff Regulations, “any sum overpaid shall be recovered if t ...[+++]he recipient was aware that there was no due reason for the payment or if the fact of the overpayment was patently such that he could not have been unaware of it”; notes the CoR's reply included in the ECA's Report that the internal audit on salaries transfer requested by the Secretary-General was completed in February 2006, and that the administration is now proceeding with the recovery of overpayments which concern a limited number of officials;

3. Notes the remark by the European Court of Auditors (ECA) in paragraph 10.18 of its 2005 Annual Report that following the ECA's 2004 DAS audit and two internal audits, the CoR's administration requested certain beneficiaries of weighted salary transfers to present additional evidence, and several transfers which had not been regularly carried out before May 2004 and/or for which the beneficiaries did not present sufficient evidence were discontinued; in 2005, according to the ECA's Report, the administration did not recover any overpayments, although, under Article 85 of the Staff Regulations, "any sum overpaid shall be recovered if t ...[+++]he recipient was aware that there was no due reason for the payment or if the fact of the overpayment was patently such that he could not have been unaware of it"; notes the CoR's reply included in the ECA's Report that the internal audit on salaries transfer requested by the Secretary-General was completed in February 2006, and that the administration is now proceeding with the recovery of overpayments which concern a limited number of officials;

3. Notes the remark by the European Court of Auditors (ECA) in paragraph 10.18 of its 2005 Annual Report that following the ECA's 2004 DAS audit and two internal audits, the CoR's administration requested certain beneficiaries of weighted salary transfers to present additional evidence, and several transfers which had not been regularly carried out before May 2004 and/or for which the beneficiaries did not present sufficient evidence were discontinued; in 2005, according to the ECA's Report, the administration did not recover any overpayments, although, under Article 85 of the Staff Regulations, "any sum overpaid shall be recovered if t ...[+++]he recipient was aware that there was no due reason for the payment or if the fact of the overpayment was patently such that he could not have been unaware of it"; notes the CoR's reply included in the ECA's Report that the internal audit on salaries transfer requested by the Secretary-General was completed in February 2006, and that the administration is now proceeding with the recovery of overpayments which concern a limited number of officials;