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Commission demands assurances from Dutch government on control of “Objective 2” aid

Brussels, 06/10/2006 (Agence Europe) - The Commission has written to the Dutch government requesting clarifications about “weaknesses” that appear to exist in the Dutch regional development Community aid control system (“Objective 2”) obtained under the Structural Funds for 2000-06. A routine audit was carried out by the Commission between the end of 2004 and June 2006 which revealed that the Dutch authorities “are still unable to provide guarantees that everything had been...

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