"European Union" . . "audit." . . "Expenditures, Public." . . "project evaluation." . . "rural development." . . "Rural development." . "Rural development Government policy European Union countries." . . "report." . . "cost-effectiveness analysis." . . "Rural development European Union countries." . . "Agriculture Economic aspects European Union countries." . . "Agriculture and state." . . "Europe" . . "Agriculture Economic aspects." . . . . "Agriculture and state European Union countries." . . "agri-environmental plan." . . "aid to agriculture." . . . . . . "Errors in rural development spending what are the causes, and how are they being addressed?"@en . . . "The Court estimates that the average error rate for rural development expenditure in the past 3 years was 8,2 %. Member States' control authorities did not detect the errors as checks are not exhaustive and are based on insufficient information. Some of the main causes of the errors are non-compliance with public procurement rules, suspected intentional infringements by private beneficiaries and non-compliance with farming commitments for area-related aid. The Commission and the Member States are only partially effective in addressing the main causes of the high error rate for rural development. The Court makes a number of specific recommendations for taking corrective and preventive action to address the widespread weaknesses at EU level.--"@en . . . . . . . . . . "Texte intégral"@en . . "Errors in rural development spending : what are the causes, and how are they being addressed?"@en . . . . "Ressource internet"@en . . . "Publication UE/CE"@en . "The Court estimates that the average error rate for rural development expenditure in the past 3 years was 8,2 %. Member States' control authorities did not detect the errors as checks are not exhaustive and are based on insufficient information. Some of the main causes of the errors are non-compliance with public procurement rules, suspected intentional infringements by private beneficiaries and non-compliance with farming commitments for area-related aid. The Commission and the Member States are only partially effective in addressing the main causes of the high error rate for rural development. The Court makes a number of specific recommendations for taking corrective and preventive action to address the widespread weaknesses at EU level."@en . . . . . "Publication internationale"@en . . "farming project." . . "European Court of Auditors," . . "European Court of Auditors." .