Loading ...The Agency of Payments for Rural Development and Fishery (APDRP) paid, under Sapard programme, some 30 million euros to beneficiaries of European funds, whose files of payment requests exceeded 90 days, according to data from APDRP.
There are 233 projects with such payment requests, which amount to 32 million euros.
There are 233 projects with such payment requests, which amount to 32 million euros.
According to APDRP, the total sum to be paid to Sapard project beneficiaries stands at some 307 million euros, for 1,409 projects.
APDRP resumed on Monday payments to beneficiaries of non-returnable funds offered under Sapard programme, after a competent authority from the Ministry of Economy and Finance (MEF) sent a letter to the agency authorizing the submission of fund requests to the Authority for Certification and Payment.
APDRP resumed on Monday payments to beneficiaries of non-returnable funds offered under Sapard programme, after a competent authority from the Ministry of Economy and Finance (MEF) sent a letter to the agency authorizing the submission of fund requests to the Authority for Certification and Payment.
This has been possible due to the implementation of a Plan of Action for remedying the deficiencies in the Sapard programme, in conformity with remarks and recommendations of the European Commission.
APDRP committed itself to urgently take due steps for sending the payment requests to MEF, with a view to making payments to beneficiaries, notably to those whose files exceeded 90 days.
APDRP committed itself to urgently take due steps for sending the payment requests to MEF, with a view to making payments to beneficiaries, notably to those whose files exceeded 90 days.
In a first stage, payments are made from the national budget, and the European Commission pays the sums only after payment statements are submitted, and after confirmation of an external auditor of the National Fund from MEF that the plan of actions on remedying the deficiencies was implemented.
Following a mission of monitoring auditing of June 2008, the European Commission notified Romanian authorities about deficiencies in the management and control of APDRP, in charge of managing Sapard funds in Romania.
Following a mission of monitoring auditing of June 2008, the European Commission notified Romanian authorities about deficiencies in the management and control of APDRP, in charge of managing Sapard funds in Romania.
The European Commission demanded Romanian authorities, in a note of July 9, the drawing up of a plan of measures for remedying the deficiencies noticed, by temporarily suspending the process of payment requests, under Sapard programme, worth 28.3 million euros.
According to APDRP, there were at that time 582 payment requests authorized in the system, worth a total of 62 million euros.
The problems existing in the management of European funds made APDRP director general Attila Klarik tender his resignation, on Sept 15, which was accepted by Agriculture minister Dacian Ciolos.
According to APDRP, there were at that time 582 payment requests authorized in the system, worth a total of 62 million euros.
The problems existing in the management of European funds made APDRP director general Attila Klarik tender his resignation, on Sept 15, which was accepted by Agriculture minister Dacian Ciolos.
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