EU ACCOUNTS SIGNED OFF FINALLY BUT MAJOR ERRORS PERSIST

摘要

The EU's budget for the 2012 financial year has been signed off by the independent European Court of Auditors (ECA), but there continue to be problems with money which should not have been paid out. Looking at the EU budget as a whole, the ECA estimates that the error rate for spending is 4.8% for the 2012 financial year, compared to 3.9% in 2011. All operational spending areas were affected by material errors, which included payments for beneficiaries or projects that were ineligible or for purchases of services, goods or investments without proper application of public purchasing rules.