EAGGF Guarantee section: scrutiny by the member states of transactions (amend. Regul. 4045/89/EEC)

INCREASING THE EFFICIENCY OF ACTION BY THE MEMBER STATES IN ANTI-FRAUD SCRUTINIES OF TRANSACTIONS FORMING PART OF THE FINANCING SYSTEM OF THE EAGGF - GUARANTEE SECTION. The Members approved the report by Mr Salvador GARRIGA POLLEDO (PPE, E) on a proposal for a Community regulation aimed at allowing the Member States greater flexibility in applying Regulation (EEC) No 4045/89 on the scrutiny of transactions forming part of the system of financing by the Guarantee Section of the EAGGF. The main objective was to permit the targeting of national scrutinies according to risk analysis (choice of selection criteria for enterprises to be verified). The Members tabled four amendments to the proposal. Three of them aimed to make the system more efficient and more transparent by reducing the time-limits for scrutinies and strengthening cooperation between the Member States: - the Member States rather than the enterprises should specify the time periods for the submission of the relevant documents; - the results of scrutinies should be submitted within three months of a request; - the scrutiny bodies responsible for collecting the unjustified amounts should have access to the same premises and documents as the officials of the Member State where the scrutiny was carried out. �