On 9 February 2004, the Commission adopted the communication providing a progress report on its financial and administrative reform, which includes a specific section on the measures that the President had presented on 18 November 2003, as well as proposals for two regulations amending the legal framework of OLAF.
Når man ser på Revisionsrettens forklaring om Den Europæiske Udviklingsfond, kan man sige, at man godkender udgifterne, men kun næsten. Når det drejer sig om den direkte budgetstøtte, som i 2002 udgjorde næsten en fjerdedel af støtten, er man nemlig ikke parat til at give grønt lys.