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"Mr President, Mr Wynn, the general rapporteur, has touched on something fundamental in the shape of the issue of the Member States’ share in responsibility. We know that, of the funds in the European Budget, some 80% flow out via the Member States. Another aspect I want to touch on here is one that has come to light in a report just published by the Court of Auditors.
Between 1971 and September 2004, irregularities in the agricultural sector totalled some EUR 3.1 billion; 30 years on, some 20.2% have been collected from the recipients of funding, while 5% had to be borne by EAGGF, and EUR 144 million by the Member States. EUR 2.2 billion, equivalent to 70%, are still outstanding and will not be recovered. It follows from this that the Member States are quite simply paying too little attention to the European Budget and to the money that flows back to them via Europe. I am not entirely sure whether a statement by the finance ministers is the most appropriate way to deal with this.
The Committee on Budgetary Control, and this House too, have had some success in getting what is termed the n+2 rule introduced into the Structural Funds. The introduction of a similar rule for the recovery of funds will end up being inevitable."@en1
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