News - European Union

1. Health ministry responded quickly and served public interests when procuring COVID-19 vaccines

   Support for vulnerable countries had only limited success On the whole, COVID-19 vaccines were procured efficiently during the ...

   News item | 10-04-2024 | 09:00

2. Netherlands learns little from disputes with EU

   Netherlands average member state for correct implementation of EU law As a member of the European Union, the Netherlands usually ...

   News item | 15-06-2023 | 11:00

3. Fractional increase in Netherlands’ contribution to the EU

   The information on the Court of Audit’s EU webpages has been updated. It can now be seen that on balance the Netherlands paid ...

   News item | 15-12-2022 | 12:30

4. EU grants make a difference, but do not necessarily meet the greatest challenges

   More than €7 billion spent in 7 years: recipients satisfied The Netherlands spent more than €7.4 billion in EU grants in ...

   News item | 18-10-2022 | 06:30

5. EU webpage updated

   The Court of Audit has updated the information on its website regarding all manner of regulations issued by the European Union ...

   News item | 21-06-2022 | 00:00

6. Timely introduction of EU VAT rules on e-commerce serious challenge to Tax and Customs Administration

   In a letter to the House of Representatives, the Netherlands Court of Audit writes of its concerns that new EU VAT rules on the ...

   News item | 14-01-2021 | 00:00

7. EU audit offices hampered in their ability to audit bank resolution

   Supreme audit institutions in the euro area were unable to inspect all the documents they needed to examine to audit the ...

   News item | 16-12-2020 | 11:30

8. How much more does the Netherlands contribute to the EU than it receives from it, and how is this net payment position calculated?

   Analysis of an EU member state’s net payment position How much does the Netherlands contribute to the European Union and how much ...

   News item | 14-10-2020 | 08:00

9. Netherlands Court of Audit to investigate the corona crisis

   The Netherlands Court of Audit is to investigate various aspects of the measures taken to overcome the corona crisis. It is ...

   News item | 08-06-2020 | 09:00

10. Resolution of failing banks: not all resolution plans fully completed

    Minister does not exercise full supervision The Netherlands Court of Audit has audited the preparations made by the Dutch central ...

    News item | 12-12-2019 | 14:30