Commission to recover € 578.5 million of CAP expenditure from the Member States

Sector and reason for correction

Czech Republic

Export refunds - correction proposed for insufficient sampling for physical checks resulting in the Czech authorities not meeting the regulatory minimum control of 5% for a number of customs offices and product sectors in calendars years 2004 and 2005.

France

Export refunds - for deficiencies in the checks on the transport of live animals for export.

Milk and Milk Products - the supplementary levy due on 22 000 tonnes of under-declared milk deliveries for the 2002-2003 milk year.

Livestock Premiums - for incorrect application of sanctions with regard to aid for the fisheries and aquaculture sector in respect to financial years 2005 to 2007.

Area aid - for weakness in the method used to select parcels for inspection and in the procedure to establish the exact size of areas for claim years 2005 and 2006.

Financial audit - late payments, overshooting of financial ceilings, certification

Financial audit - financial clearance

Greece

Fruit and vegetables: corrections proposed with regard to dried grapes for reductions in the minimum yield, plot specialisation, ineffective vineyard register and weaknesses in scheme management and control for the financial years 2003-2007

Tobacco - for tobacco deliveries after the regulatory deadlines, incorrect approval of first processors and transfer of cultivation contracts between first processors for the 2006 financial year.

Posei - deficient controls of specific measures for the smaller Aegean Islands for financial years 1999-2001 (continuation of an earlier conformity clearance procedure annulled by the Court of Justice at a lower flat rate correction).

Livestock premium - for the financial years 2004 to 2006 for failure to reduce aid payments for non respect of veterinary requirements regarding the maintenance of ovine registers, for deficiencies in on-the-spot and administrative checks and for absence of specific risk criteria for Less Favoured Area additional premium controls.

Area aid - 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.

Cross Compliance - for inadequate documentation of and deficiencies in the controls carried out, for incomplete control instructions, for non-application of sanctions for non-compliance and for absence of a risk analysis in respect of the 2005 claim year.

Financial audit - for late payments, overshooting of financial ceilings, rural development allocations and ineligible expenditure for the financial year 2007.

Financial audit - correction proposed for overshooting of financial ceilings in 2008.

Italy

Milk and Milk Products - incorrect application of sanctions with regard to the skimmed milk powder content of animal feed for financial years 2003-2005.

Area Aid - for deficiencies in area aid controls carried out and poor LPIS-GIS for claim year 2006, for incorrect application of reductions and exclusions for 2007 and for failure to increase the level of control for the nut sector for 2004/2005 in reaction to a high level of anomalies found.

Financial audit - for deficiencies in debt management for financial year 2009.

Poland

Intervention Storage - for incorrect booking of sugar and cereals movements in 2006 and 2007.

Rural Development - Less Favoured Areas (LFAs) and Agri-Environmental Measures for financial year 2006 for weaknesses in cross-checks on-the-spot controls and for incorrect application of sanctions.

Hungary

Intervention Storage - reimbursement of technical, financial and other costs in respect of intervention maize due to incorrect booking.

Rural development Recovery of amount over-reimbursed due to exchange rate differences following double correction (under Commission Decisions 2009/721/CE, 2010/152/EU and recover order GFO.09.025 concerning TRDI programme 2004HU06GDO001).

The Netherlands

Potato Starch - the absence of a key control concerning payment of minimum price to producers in financial years 2003 to 2008.

Dried Fodder and Seeds - for weaknesses in the sampling and weighing procedure and for non-application of sanction in respect of financial years 2005 to 2007.

Portugal

Posei - for weaknesses in area checks by the authorities of Madeira with regard to financial years 2005 to 2007.

Livestock Premiums - for financial years 2004 to 2006 for payment of ovine premium to farmers without the minimum number of entitlements, for weakness in the on-farm registers and the non application of sanctions for irregularities found therein.

Area aid - weaknesses in the LPIS-GIS, deficiencies in the risk analysis for control, insufficient number and quality of on-the-spot checks, incorrect application of sanctions, inadequate guidelines and deficiencies in administrative checks for area-aids expenditure including area-based rural development measures.

Financial audit - for late payments and for overshooting of financial ceilings

Financial audit - financial clearance

Slovenia

Livestock Premiums - for special beef premium unduly paid for animals slaughtered prior to Accession, for deficiencies in or absence of various on-the-spot controls, for payment of ovine premium to farmers without the minimum number of entitlements.

Spain

Livestock Premiums - for failure of slaughterhouses to transmit slaughter dates to the database with regard to financial years 2006 and 2007.

Financial audit - for late payments, for overshooting of financial ceilings, for ineligible expenditure and for recovery of milk levy for 2009.

Romania

Area Aid - for weaknesses in the LPIS-GIS, administrative controls and sanctions application in respect of claim year 2008.

Financial audit - for late payments for 2008.

Bulgaria

Area Aid - for poor LPIS-GIS and deficiencies in on-the spot controls in respect of claim year 2008 for area-aids expenditure, including area-based rural development measures.

Cyprus

Rural Development - Less Favoured Areas (LFAs) and Agri-Environmental Measures for claim year 2004 for failure to increase the level of control in reaction to the high level of anomalies found.

Financial audit - for overshooting of financial ceilings for 2009.

Germany

Financial audit - for late payments, overshooting of financial ceilings and ineligible expenditure for the financial year 2009.

Financial audit - financial clearance

Ireland

Financial audit - for late payments

United Kingdom

Financial audit - for late payments and for overshooting of financial ceilings for 2009

Denmark

Financial audit - for overshooting of financial ceilings for 2009.

Lithuania

Financial audit - financial clearance

Sweden

Financial audit - for overshooting of financial ceilings for 2009.

TOTAL

In Million €

Area Aid

Livestock Premiums

Cross-compliance

Export Refunds

Fruit & vegetables

Potato Starch

Milk and Milk Products

Intervention Storage

Tobacco

Posei

Dried Fodder and Seeds

Rural Development & RD Guarantee

Financial Audit & Accounting corrections

TOTAL