Brussels, 16/07/2010 (Agence Europe) - As a result of a decision adopted by the European Commission on Friday 16 July, 10 EU member states will have to repay a total of €265.02 million of EU farm money ruled to have been unduly spent. The United Kingdom, with €223.26 to be returned, is the most affected.
€137 million has been charged to United Kingdom - England - for weaknesses in the Land Parcel Identification System (LPIS-GIS), in the administrative procedure as regards controls and cross checks, deficiencies in the risk analysis, and for incorrect calculation of payments and sanctions for 2005 and 2006. In addition, the UK - England - will have to repay €52.4 million for, inter alia, insufficient checks of beneficiaries under the investors category of the National Reserve, transcription errors, absence of control with regard to new farmers.
Fruit and vegetables. Germany will have to pay back €6.87 million paid out to fruit and vegetable producers for: - weaknesses in the control system relating to the recognition of producer organisations; - overstatement of the value of marketed production; - ineligible expenditure on costs incurred for planting fruit trees.
Intervention stocks. Hungary will be charged €11.02 million for failings on intervention storage: incorrect exchange rate used and value added tax incorrectly included for establishing the purchase value of white sugar placed in public storage. (L.C./transl.rt)