Brussels, 14/12/2006 (Agence Europe) - On 14 December the European Commission decided to demand repayments from 7 Member States: Germany, Spain, Finland, France, Greece, Netherlands and Portugal for €263.5 million in total agricultural spending judged to be irregular. The decision to recover these funds essentially involves Greece, which will have to pay back €235.6 million (€163.7 million due to shortcomings in the aid control system applied to olive oil producers, €37.4 million for having failed to have sufficiently inspected cotton surface areas and €30.9 million for excess aid paid for dry grape production). The other main financial corrections involve: Spain (€11.3 million due to problems in fruit and vegetable withdrawal operations and the Netherlands (€6.7 million for ineligible spending declarations. (lc).