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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 8485

19 June 2003
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GENERAL NEWS / (eu) ep/fraud
Following "Eurostat" scandal, members of budgetary control committee inist on need for time to inform Commissioners in cases of suspected fraud- Neil Kinnock and Michaele Schryer deny being informed by Yves Franchet

Brussels, 18/06/2003 (Agence Europe) - After the Commission hearing held by Neil Kinnock and Commissioner for the budget, Michaele Schreyer and Commissioner for economic and monetary affairs, Pedro Solbes on the "Eurostat" affair, which OLAF is investigating, the Director Generals Yves Franchet and Daniel Byk, are suspected of embezzling funds of up to EUR 900,000). Dietmut Theato (CDU), chair of the European Parliament budgetary control committee declared that, "If, like the Commissioner...

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