From Novinite

Bulgaria is being asked to pay back just more than 20 million euro in EU agricultural funds to Brussels, after the country's name appeared on a list of EU member states that in total should refund 578.5 million euro to the European Commission because of inadequate control over spending.

The inadequate control of funds in Bulgaria dated to 2006, according to an EC statement on November 5 2010.

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This money (the 578.5 million euro total) returns to the EU budget because of non-compliance with EU rules or inadequate control procedures on agricultural expenditure,"
the European Commission said.

EU member states are responsible for paying out and checking expenditure under the Common Agricultural Policy (CAP), and the Commission is required to ensure that member states have made correct use of the funds.

Commenting on the decision, Dacian Cioloş, European Commissioner for Agriculture and Rural Development, said: "
We are working hard to achieve the best possible control of farm spending in order to verify that taxpayers money is not being misspent"
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Funds will be recovered from Bulgaria, Cyprus, Czech Republic, Denmark, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Italy, Ireland, Lithuania Poland, Portugal, Romania, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden, the Netherlands, and United Kingdom.

Bulgaria must pay back 20.2 million euro "
for poor LPIS-GIS and deficiencies in on-the spot controls in respect of claim year 2006 for area-aids expenditure, including area-based rural development measures,"
the EC said.

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Bulgaria must pay back 20.2 million euro "
for poor LPIS-GIS and deficiencies in on-the spot controls in respect of claim year 2006 for area-aids expenditure, including area-based rural development measures,"
the EC said."
Wow!! What a surprise

2 hopes

Bob and NO

Too many fingers in the pie.

Too many pies to finger

Life is learning about dancing in the rain and not paying attention to the storm.

So very true George but will they ever learn? I think there is more chance of seeing the queen walk down the road naked

therowfamily wrote:

seeing the queen walk down the road naked

Well, I've seen her just the once, naked, close to Buck Palace and very frisky (around 1977), but I refused intimacy because I do not want to be part of the Royal Family. Look what happened to Diana.