deterrent fee | utilization fee | user fee | share of the beneficiary

Fresh Fruit and Vegetable Fees Order [ Order prescribing fees to be paid by users of services provided, and by persons on whom a right or privilege is conferred, by the Food Production and Inspection Branch of the Department of Agriculture and Agri-Food respecting fresh fruit and vegetables ]

portion for rental costs

6. Is concerned that out of committed appropriations carried over from 2012 amounting to EUR 1 669 930, cancelled commitments in 2013 equalled EUR 303 740 or 18,19 %; ascertains that the cancelled commitments resulted mainly from lower-than-estimated costs to be reimbursed under 2012 grant agreements; observes that the amount of cancellations indicates the need to obtain more accurate information from beneficiaries at year-end on the actual costs incurred; calls on the College to inform the discharge authority on measures taken to address this deficiency as a matter of urgency;

6. Is concerned that out of committed appropriations carried over from 2012 amounting to EUR 1 669 930, cancelled commitments in 2013 equalled EUR 303 740 or 18,19 %; ascertains that the cancelled commitments resulted mainly from lower-than-estimated costs to be reimbursed under 2012 grant agreements; observes that the amount of cancellations indicates the need to obtain more accurate information from beneficiaries at year-end on the actual costs incurred; calls on the College to inform the discharge authority on measures taken to address this deficiency as a matter of urgency;

13. Notes with concern that in 2012, the Agency awarded grants under three major grant programmes to consortia consisting of environmental institutions and bodies in Europe, UN organisations and national environment organisations; observes that total grant expenditure in 2012 amounted to EUR 11 900 000, representing 27 % of the total operating expenditure; notes that while the Agency’s ex ante verifications before reimbursement of costs claimed by beneficiaries consist of a desk analysis of cost claims, it does not usually obtain any document from beneficiaries to substantiate the eligibility and accuracy of the staff costs claimed, wh ...[+++]ich represent the main part of costs;

In view of the possible need to establish some elements (SGA cost and profit rate) of the normal value as explained in recitals 22 to 25, verification visits to establish these rates on the basis of data from another country, in this case Taiwan, took place at the premises of the following companies: