Brussels, 17/02/2015 (Agence Europe) - The complexity of rural development policy and member states' weak control systems are the chief causes of the high error rate in spending, said the EU Court of Auditors on Tuesday 17 February.
In a special report, Errors in rural development spending: what are the causes, and how are they being addressed?, the Court estimated that the average error rate during the three years 2011-2013 was 8.2 %.
The Court believes that the member states' control...