290. Agrees with the ECA’s opinion that the Commission should strengthen its review of the costs notified by the paying agencies by systematically following up on any unusual data or trends; on-the-spot inspections should include checks of the data used; the Commission should review its standard costs for operations without movement to ensure that they do not exceed actual costs;

(15a) In addition to an entitlement to payment of a fixed sum to cover internal recovery costs, creditors should also be entitled to reimbursement of the other recovery costs they incur as a result of late payment by a debtor, costs which should include, in particular, those incurred by creditors in instructing a lawyer or employing a debt-collecting agency.

Our fees are flat monthly fees that are commercially reasonable and competitive with market rates.

111. Deplores the most frequent errors, which related to the ESF and were, firstly, failure to supply evidence that overheads or staff costs were relevant to the project in question and, secondly, overestimation of staff costs or overheads; therefore strongly supports the new rules under the financial framework for the period 2007-2013 that simplify procedures and allow overheads to be declared on a flat-rate basis as a proportion of direct costs; furthermore, calls on the Member States to step up their information activities directed at beneficiaries and to improve day-to-day management checks in order to reduce errors;

The same goes for the rule on lump sums for expenses.

International students who decide to stay and settle here — in Quebec at least — would be reimbursed for a part of the fees they paid for their studies.