Contradictory Procedure

The model above illustrates the procedure that takes place when Rigsrevisionen submits a report to the Public Accounts Committee, until the case is considered closed in “the final report on the state accounts”.

• Once Rigsrevisionen has submitted the report to the Public Accounts Committee, the Public Accounts Committee comment on the report and then forwards it to the Folketing.
• At the same time the Public Accounts Committee request the minister’s comments on the case.
• The minister shall within 4 months submit a ministerial statement to Rigsrevisionen and the Public Accounts Committee regarding how the ministry will meet the recommendations in the report.
• Rigsrevisionen submits on this basis a follow-up memorandum to the Public Accounts Committee, recommending either that the case be closed as all issues have been addressed satisfactorily or that Rigsrevisionen declares that there are still outstandings and that Rigsrevisionen therefore will continue to follow the case.
• Ministerial statements and follow-up memoranda prepared by Rigsrevisioen are made public in the Public Accounts Committee's “the final report of the state accounts”, which is submitted to the Folketing once a year. The final report on the state accounts forms the basis for the Folketing’s approval of the state account for the fiscal year.

For further information please contact Nanna Henning (Phone +45 33 92 85 75).