Agriculture: Commission to recover €335 million of CAP expenditure from the Member States
Tuesday, December 17, 2013
A total of €335 million of EU agricultural policy funds, unduly spent by Member States, is being claimed back by the European Commission today under the so-called clearance of accounts procedure. However, because some of these amounts have already been recovered from the Member States the financial impact of today's decision will be some €304 million. This money returns to the EU budget because of non-compliance with EU rules or inadequate control procedures on ...