COURT OF AUDITORS – ORGANICS SUBSIDY IRREGULARITIES
October 1st, 2005
BY KEITH NUTHALLTHE EUROPEAN Court of Auditors, the European Union's (EU) financial watchdog, has advised EU payments to promote organic food production are not being properly administered or monitored. Furthermore, it says the cost of ensuring subsidised production is indeed organic "poses particular problems" and is "far more resource intensive" than checking standard food subsidies and "can rarely lead to even reasonable assurance at a reasonable cost". The court says that from 2007, EU ministers should even consider dropping the subsidy on financial control ...
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