Increasing Transparency, Accountability and Cutting Red Tape
During her five years in office, Fischer Boel introduced new rules which have improved drastically transparency on CAP payments. Since April 2009, all EU Member States have been required to maintain websites listing beneficiaries of CAP funding. For each beneficiary, the websites state the full name, the municipality and the value of funding received. The EU’s EUROPA website contains links to these national websites.
Fischer Boel also succeeded in becoming the first ever agricultural commissioner to get the green light for the CAP spendings from the Court of Auditors, which means that 98% of all spendings were free of errors. She has also overseen a large amount of simplification projects, which have cut administrative burden and red tape in CAP. Most famously, she abolished marketing standards for 26 types of fruit and vegetable, which has led to the reintroduction of the curvy cucumber on supermarket shelves.
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