BRUSSELS DEMANDS BRITAIN REPAYS MILLIONS OF EUROS AND POUNDS OVER WEAK FINANCIAL CONTROLS
July 1st, 2010
BY KEITH NUTHALL
THE EUROPEAN Commission has demanded the UK government repays millions of Euros and Pounds in European Union (EU) agricultural subsidies inadequately protected from financial crime and mismanagement. In its annual recoup of misspent EU farm payments, the Commission demanded GBPounds GBP48 million be returned by Britain because of "weaknesses...in the administrative procedure as regards controls and cross checks..." for 2004 to 2006 spending. It also wanted another Euro EUR35 million returned because of "insufficient checks of ...
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