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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 8169

13 March 2002
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GENERAL NEWS / (eu) eu/social
Commission calls on Netherlands to reimburse the aid that it had granted to it under the European Social Fund for the years 1994-1996

Brussels, 12/03/2002 (Agence Europe) - After discovering irregularities in the management of 12 programmes under the Structural Funds in the Netherlands, the European Commission decided to recover 33.1% of the total amount allocated to the Netherlands over the period 1994-1996, under the European Social Fund. The Netherlands should therefore reimburse the sum of EUR 157,188,991. Irregularities noted concern false payment declarations, a total lack of supporting documents, and no account...

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