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EU Farm subsidies: the Commission intends to increase aid transparency
25/09/2012
The Commission has today adopted a proposal designed to apply new rules with regard to the publication of information on the beneficiaries of European agricultural funds.
More transparency for CAP Funds
25/09/2012
"At a time when many Member States’ national budgets are being squeezed, I consider it vital to inform citizens how the aid from the Union's Common Agricultural Policy is being spent", stated Commissioner Dacian Cioloş, on the day the Commission adopted a proposal designed to apply new rules with regard to the publication of information on the beneficiaries of European agricultural funds.
Commission to recover €215 million of CAP expenditure from the Member States
07/09/2012
A total of €215 million of EU agricultural policy funds unduly spent by Member States is being claimed back by the European Commission today under the so-called clearance of accounts procedure. However, because some of these amounts have already been recovered from the Member States and the Commission is reimbursing Spain following a Court ruling on a previous disallowance decision, the net financial impact of today's decision will be some €94 million.
