31/03/2011
127th Meeting of the Administrative Council
The Administrative Council met on 29th & 30th March in The Hague.
The agenda can be found here.
The discussions of the first day centered around the (confidential) DeloitteFinance Study commissioned by the President of the EPO, Mr. Battistelli.
A topic of interest on the second day was CA/24/11,the first report of the newly established Audit Committee. In a shortintervention (English version,German version), the staff representation expressed its appreciationfor the work done by the Audit Committee and the positions expressed in the report,in particular concerning the necessity of a Code of Conduct and an anti-fraud policysupported by an effective whistle-blowing policy.