About us

We are the European Court of Auditors.
We are a public body of the European Union.
We check how the European Union spends its money.

The European Union is made up of 27 countries.
The 27 countries work closely together.

Our office is in Luxembourg.
Around 900 people work at our office.
People from all the countries of the European Union work at our office.

Our work

We check where the European Union’s money goes.
We check that the European Union spends its money in the right way.
We also check if the money spent makes things better.

Our checks are called audits. 
The people who do the checks are called auditors.

We check lots of different things.
Below are some of the things we check:

• farms
• transport
• safety
• helping people

When we finish an audit, we write a report.
A report is an official paper.
Our reports tell people what we found out in our checks.

Our reports also give ideas to make things better.
The ideas are called recommendations.

Our reports help the European Union spend the money in the right way.

Examples of our work

Roads

Some countries of the European Union needed new roads.
So the European Union gave them money to build the new roads.
We went to see the new roads.

We checked if the countries really used the money to build the new roads.
We also checked if the new roads
help people travel around more easily.

Then we wrote a report
to tell people what we found out.

Supporting people with disabilities

The European Union helps its countries to support people with disabilities.
It does this by setting goals and giving money.
The countries have to reach the goals.

We checked if the goals and money
really helped people with disabilities.

We wrote an easy-to-read report
to tell people what we found out.

See our easy-to-read report

More information

You can message us if you have a question.
Message us

You can visit our office in Luxembourg.
Visit us

You can apply for a job to work with us.
Apply for a job

Copyright

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