The new role for national audit bodies of checking the legality and regularity of spending under the Common Agricultural Policy (CAP) is a positive step, but the current framework set up by the European Commission has significant design weaknesses, according to a report from the European Court of Auditors.
The auditors examined the framework set up to enable national Certification Bodies to form their opinions in line with EU regulations and international audit standards. They make a number of recommendations for improvement, to be included in new Commission guidelines due into force from 2018.
The special report is available on ECA website eca.europa.eu in 23 EU languages.
