A total of €209.6m (US$) of EU farm money misspent by Member States is to be claimed back, following two decisions adopted by the European Commission (EC).
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The money is to be recovered because of inadequate control procedures or non-compliance with EU rules on agricultural expenditure. While Member States are responsible for paying out and checking virtually all expenditure under the Common Agricultural Policy (CAP), the EC is required to ensure that Member States have made correct use of the funds. This audit procedure is a vital instrument for controlling CAP expenditure, permitting the recovery of sums paid out without sufficient guarantees as to the legitimacy of the payments made or the reliability of the control and verification system in the Member State concerned.
Commenting on the decisions, Franz Fischler, Commissioner for Agriculture, Rural Development and Fisheries said “European taxpayers have to be sure that their money is being correctly spent. The EC’s duty is to recover funds which are misspent. And this is what we have done today.”
Main financial corrections
Under these two most recent decisions, funds are recovered from all Member States with the exception of Germany, Denmark, and Austria. The most significant individual recoveries are:
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By GlobalData*€103.5m charged to Greece for unsatisfactory control in the arable crops sector.
*€40.1m charged to Italy for unsatisfactory control in the olive oil sector (22.7), and the fruit & vegetable sector (4.7), non respect of payment deadlines (8.6) and sales of stocks without credit to the European Agricultural Guidance and Guarantee Fund (EAGGF) (4.1).
*€20.3m charged to the Netherlands concerning unsatisfactory controls during the swinefever crisis.
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