UK AND FRANCE ORDERED TO PAY BACK EURO 2.1 MILLION IN MISSPENT LIVESTOCK SUBSIDIES
August 1st, 2013
THE EUROPEAN Commission has ordered France and Britain to repay Euro EUR2.1 million in European Union (EU) livestock subsidies that its officials have decided were misspent. The orders follow investigations by Brussels that identified deficiencies in how French authorities verify the eligibility criteria for paying EU sheep premiums, resulting in a demand that the French government recover EUR1.335 million from French sheep farmers.And the Commission also probed payments made illegally in the UK to producers when animals had both ear tags missing. It also found ...
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