Positive opinion on Dutch national declaration 2013
No information on Dutch remittances to EU and on efficiency.
The accounts rendered by the Netherlands for the €1,276.4 million in expenditure it claimed from the European Commission are in order. In the Court of Audit's opinion, the national declaration 2013 gives a good view of the Netherlands' management and use of European funds. However, information on Dutch remittances to the EU is lacking, as is information on the efficiency of EU funding in the Netherlands. The government does not want to disclose this information, despite the Court of Audit's repeated recommendations that it do so. The Court of Audit also notes that there is a risk of underspending: if the Netherlands does not use all the EU funds allocated to it, the European Commission may reallocate them.