The committee has Zero -tolerance with fraud In the EU budget and wait at the same level of dedication of the Member States, who are responsible for the correct management of about three -quarters of the EU budget, as well as the beneficiaries of the funds. “, The spokesperson for Economic Affairs, Maciej Beresteccki.
The Community Executive is waiting for clarifications about the possible use of community funds in the contracts of the ‘koldo’ plot that have been awarded in exchange for bites and that appear in the UCO report involved Santos Cerdán.
In the first instance, it corresponds to the government of Pedro Sánchez Check if there has been fraud with European aid in between, stand on Brussels. “EU budget protection is a shared responsibility“The spokesperson emphasized.
In any case, the committee is “willing to cooperate” with the European office to combat fraud (OLAF) and the European Officer Office (Eppo) “in any case of suspicion of fraud, Acquired abused funds“
Both the Olaf and the office of the European public prosecutor have the main function of protecting the financial interests of the EU. “
“In a more concrete way, the committee takes the appropriate measures When he has knowledge of possible irregularities or fraud that influences the EU budget, “said the spokesperson.
“Can Interrupt or suspend payments To the Member States, lay Financial correctionsAdministrative measures approval and restore the funds already paid “, Maciej points out.
The European public prosecutor already investigated last year the acquisition of the health team against COVID-19 within the framework of the Koldo case. At that time, the Ministry of Finance Brussels announced that community funds assigned to Spain could be affected a value of 17.8 million euros.
