Report by the Court of Auditors on the audit of the operational efficiency of the management of the

Comunidades Europeas Comunità EuropeeTRIBUNAL DE CUENTAS CORTE DEI CONTIDe Europæiske Fællesskaber Europese GemeenschappenREVISIONSRETTEN REKENKAMEREuropäische Gemeinschaften Comunidades EuropeiasRECHNUNGSHOF TRIBUNAL DE CONTASΕυρωπαϊκές Κο ι ν ό τ η τ ε ς Euroopan yhteisöjenΕΛΕΓΚΤΙΚ Ο ΣΥΝΕ∆ΡΙΟ TILINTARKASTUSTUOMIOISTUINEuropean Communities Communautés européennes Europeiska gemenskapernaCOURT OF AUDITORS COUR DES COMPTES REVISIONSR ÄTTENReport by the Court of Auditors onthe audit of the operational efficiencyof the management of the European Central Bankfor the financial year 2000together with the replies of the European Central Bank.12, Rue Alcide De Gasperi Téléphone: 43 98 – 1 Téléfax: 43 93 42L – 1615 Luxembourg adresse télégraphique: euraudit Luxembourg Télex: 3512 euraud lu2TABLE OF CONTENTSParagraph Introduction 1 - 3The efficiency of the management in 2000 4 - 23Budgetary management and monitoring 4 - 7Disaster Standby Site 8 - 10Eurotheum building 11 - 12Euro 2002 information campaign 13 - 21Follow up 22 - 23Rules and procedures for recruitment and forinternal promotion 22Weaknesses of the physical inventory system 23Conclusions 24 - 25Table 1Replies of the European Central BankBCA000097EN07-01PP-DEC133-01VO-RAS-BCE_2000-OR.doc 27.9.20013INTRODUCTION1. The Court's mandate with regard to the European Central Bank (ECB)stipulates "an examination of the operational efficiency of the management of the1ECB" . The ECB's accounts ...