Chapter 3.32 Financial control covers the following areas: public internal financial control, external audit, protection of the financial interests of the EU, Auditing body for auditing the IPA and protection of the euro against counterfeiting.
In the area of financial control, EU politicians are developing reforms to national management systems with the aim of improving fiscal responsibility and stable financial management of income and expenditure and external audit of public funds. The rules of the EU for financial control additionally protect the financial interests of the EU against fraud in the management of EU funds and against counterfeiting of the euro.