SPAIN: Brussels freezes 1.100 million regional funds to Spain for irregularities – EntornoInteligente

Expand / The European Commission (EC) confirmed today that it has frozen the payment of 1,100 million euros in regional funds granted to Spain after irregularities and deficiencies were detected in several beneficiaries programs.

A total of “1,100 million euros the European Regional Development Fund (ERDF) for the period (budget) from 2007 to 2013 have been frozen,” said EU spokesman Jakub Adamowicz at a press conference.

blocking is because they have been identified shortcomings in the management and control of funds, he explained the spokesman, affecting around 22 subsidized in that country programs.

” in most cases the deficiencies were it detected by regional or national authorities and have to do with the management and control system programs, “he said.

to remedy them have been now up “action plans”, of which “some are already well advanced,” said Adamowicz.

“the European Commission closely monitors its implementation and keep interruptions until all corrective measures are apply, “he said.

the spokesman said, however, that this situation is not extraordinary since interruptions are” a very ordinary instrument we use on a daily basis “in the allocation of regional funds.

Adamowicz also stressed that in the current period, are being invested “more than 30,000 million euros in Spain, behind which there are positive stories, like the mother of a town in Extremadura that can talk to your son in Berlin via Skype thanks to the development of broadband. “

However, he recalled that the Commission ensures the proper use of funds and has an audit system in operation, so that payments are interrupted “as soon as irregularities and inefficiencies are identified.”

He added in statements to Efe that in the period 2007-2013 were allocated to Spain more than 35,000 million euros cohesion funds, including the ERDF 24.000 million.

“the limit is the end of the period 2007-2013, in March 2017. Spain is making progress in implementing the action plans and some of them are very advanced, “he added.

According to the spokesman, is” crucial to distinguish between fraud and errors “.

” the mistakes you usually be of an administrative nature “, he explained, the while adding that “cases of suspension we are talking about here are not linked to any fraud”

SPAIN. Brussels freezes 1.100 million regional funds to Spain by irregularities

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