SPAIN REPAYMENT
February 1st, 2003
Keith Nuthall
Spain has been ordered to repay 21 million euros (about pounds 13.6
million) of EU aid in respect of "serious deficiencies in the
administration and control of the aid for flax and hemp production."
Omissions by the Spanish authorities "led to an exceptionally high risk
for the EU budget," said farm Commissioner Franz Fischler. The case is
separate from a 117 million euros correction for generalised fraud in the
flax sector between 1999 and 2000 announced last October.
Spain has been ordered to repay 21 million euros (about pounds 13.6
million) of EU aid in respect of "serious deficiencies in the
administration and control of the aid for flax and hemp production."
Omissions by the Spanish authorities "led to an exceptionally high risk
for the EU budget," said farm Commissioner Franz Fischler. The case is
separate from a 117 million euros correction for generalised fraud in the
flax sector between 1999 and 2000 announced last October.
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