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"en.20071129.3.4-034"2
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"I welcome the European Court of Auditors' 2006 Annual Report as it identifies welcome improvements, particularly in relation to agricultural spending. Where errors are identified these mainly relate to weaknesses in internal control systems both in the Member States and in the Commission.
Positive developments in agriculture spending underlines the effectiveness of the integrated administrative and control system IACS and the simplification of claim and payment procedures in the newly introduced Single Payment Scheme.
For agriculture as a whole - €49.8 billion in 2006 - the Court found a marked reduction in the estimated overall level of error.
The Court notes that the Single Payment Scheme has side effects, such as the allocation of entitlements to landowners who never exercised previous agricultural activity, leading to a substantial redistribution of EU aid away from farmers to landlords.
I do not accept this broad statement - as in the single farm payment is paid to active producers NOT landowners.
For the court to say that golf clubs are getting the single farm payment is erroneous. If they are, they should not be, as the payments can only be made to active producers, who farm and keep land in good agricultural condition. Golf courses do not qualify"@en1
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