1.2 The Court of Auditors The Court of Auditors conducted a management review of the CGLPL over the 2008 to 2015 financial years. Its final observations were sent to the CGLPL in May 2016. On this occasion, the Chief Inspector, at her own request, was personally interviewed by the fourth chamber of the Court. The Court finds that, over this period, the CGLPL has seen its powers and means increase considerably and has gained the recognition of both persons deprived of liberty and the authorities responsible for the latter. There are no major difficulties concerning the institution's financial management – even if there is room for improvement in terms of market surveillance and the rising travel expenses (because of the increase in number of inspection operations) must be kept a close eye on. It finds that the institution has encountered difficulties, for the most part resolved, linked to its lengthening processing times, as regards both the inspection reports following visits to places of deprivation of liberty and responses to case referrals. The Court considers that upgrading the information systems, particularly in terms of remote access, would help to keep these timescales in check. The Court recommends that the CGLPL improve its internal market surveillance procedures, develop a training pathway for inspectors, complete the official documentation of its working procedures by drawing up a practice guide, make the periodic monitoring of its recommendations systematic and, lastly, improve its coordination with the Defender of Rights. The CGLPL has committed to putting the Court's recommendations into practice. 1.3 The other independent government agencies Interaction with the other government agencies has increased in 2016. The CGLPL has worked together particularly with the CNCDH, Defender of Rights and National Authority for Health (HAS) on a range of issues. 1.3.1 The French National Consultative Commission on Human Rights (CNCDH) In April 2016 the CGLPL and CNCDH requested permission to be able to submit written observations under the provisions of Article 36, Paragraph 2, of the Convention for the Protection of Human Rights and Fundamental Freedoms and of Article 44 of the Rules of Court, in the context of the cases F.R. v. France (app. no. 12792/15) and three other appeals lodged on 10 March 2015 and J.M.B. v. France (app. no. 9671/15) and nine other appeals. After obtaining the Court's permission, they submitted written observations particularly bearing on the endemic nature of prison overcrowding in France and the ineffectiveness of existing preventive means of remedy available to prisoners in institutions where there is a serious problem of prison overcrowding. They have also jointly reiterated their proposals for reducing prison overcrowding. The Chief Inspector and CNCDH Chairwoman also met several times to discuss the issue of supervision of the execution of ECHR judgments. 1.3.2 The Defender of Rights Following an assignment by the centre in charge of referred cases on talks between the CGLPL and Defender of Rights on the basis of the agreement signed between the two institutions, a meeting was organised with the services of the Defender of Rights with a view to improving the transmission of information and coordination concerning referrals. The observation was made on this occasion that the intensity of exchanges had increased in 2015, an upward trend which continued in 2016. 89