Under the so-called clearance of accounts procedure, a total of €215 million of EU agricultural policy funds unduly spent by Member States is being claimed back by the European Commission. In particular, funds will be recovered from Germany, Ireland, Greece, France, Italy, Latvia, Luxembourg, Hungary, Austria, Portugal, Romania, Sweden and the United Kingdom.

The European Commission are claiming back a total of €215 million of EU agricultural policy funds unduly spent by Member States under the so-called clearance of accounts procedure. Funds will be recovered from Germany, Ireland, Greece, France, Italy, Latvia, Luxembourg, Hungary, Austria, Portugal, Romania, Sweden and the United Kingdom. Among the most significant individual corrections are €89.4 million charged to Portugal for weaknesses in the LPIS-GIS and for late on-the-spot controls; and €34.5 million charged to the UK for weaknesses in the LPIS-GIS, deficiencies in the on-the-spot checks. In June 2012, the Commission claimed back €436 million of EU agricultural policy funds unduly spent by Member States.

Following last year's European Court judgement against a previous Commission decision to recover olive oil funds, Spain will be reimbursed €110.7 million. Furthermore, because some of these amounts have already been recovered from the Member States and the Commission is reimbursing Spain following the mentioned Court ruling decision, the net financial impact of the decision will be some €94 million.

The Commission carries out over 100 audits every year, verifying that Member State controls and responses to shortcomings are sufficient, and has the power to claw back funds in arrears if the audits show that Member State responses are not good enough to guarantee that EU funds have been spent properly.