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The European Commission (EC) has penalized Spain by reducing the amount of compensation awarded to those who suffered in the recent “cucumber crisis”, because Spain has failed to pay the money directly to the farmers.

The decision was made to compensate farmers and producers for damages caused by the false claims of food poisoning cases had been traced back to Spanish cucumbers,

A total of 47 million euro was distributed in compensation in October, totalling around 66% of the total 71 million compensation fund awarded to Spain. In total, 227 million euro was awarded to member states, of which 79% has been paid already.

The deadline for distributing the money was set at the 15th October. Any payment to be made after that date would be considered as a “late payment”, and would be penalised as such.

Portugal has distributed their entire fund to the workers involved, Poland achieved a 97% rate, Germany paid out 96% of their fund, France managed to pay 95% and Greece handed out 94% of their entire fund. The lowest percentages of payments were Italy with just 44% being given out,), Spain was at 66%, as mentioned and Bulgaria had awarded 77% of their allowance.

Those payments not met by the 15th October will suffer a 5% reduction in funds awarded as a penalty. That reduction went up to 10% between mid November and mid December, 25% if the funds have not been issued between mid December and mid January and 50% reduction between mid January and mid February. That means that Spain has already had the subsidy award cut by 5%, leaving just 29% of the remaining balance payable. If Spain is found to have still not made payments in the next couple of weeks, then that funding will be cut by 10%, meaning just 24% of the total amount outstanding would be available.

The action has been taken by the European Commission as the money was destined to be paid direct to those affected by the crisis on the ground and was not intended for any other purpose. Therefore, the EC consider that there should be no reason why the payments should not be made to those affected, nor will they allow for any excuse in not simply handing over the cash to the working population, especially in these difficult financial times.

Union and industry leaders have criticized the Spanish government for not making the payments in time and that it is the administrative delay that is causing them to lose the possibility of receiving the funds that Europe has destined for them.

The European Commission (EC) has penalized Spain by reducing the amount of compensation awarded to those who suffered in the recent “cucumber crisis”, because Spain has failed to pay the money directly to the farmers.

The decision was made to compensate farmers and producers for damages caused by the false claims of food poisoning cases had been traced back to Spanish cucumbers,

A total of 47 million euro was distributed in compensation in October, totalling around 66% of the total 71 million compensation fund awarded to Spain. In total, 227 million euro was awarded to member states, of which 79% has been paid already.

The deadline for distributing the money was set at the 15th October. Any payment to be made after that date would be considered as a “late payment”, and would be penalised as such.

Portugal has distributed their entire fund to the workers involved, Poland achieved a 97% rate, Germany paid out 96% of their fund, France managed to pay 95% and Greece handed out 94% of their entire fund. The lowest percentages of payments were Italy with just 44% being given out,), Spain was at 66%, as mentioned and Bulgaria had awarded 77% of their allowance.

Those payments not met by the 15th October will suffer a 5% reduction in funds awarded as a penalty. That reduction went up to 10% between mid November and mid December, 25% if the funds have not been issued between mid December and mid January and 50% reduction between mid January and mid February. That means that Spain has already had the subsidy award cut by 5%, leaving just 29% of the remaining balance payable. If Spain is found to have still not made payments in the next couple of weeks, then that funding will be cut by 10%, meaning just 24% of the total amount outstanding would be available.

The action has been taken by the European Commission as the money was destined to be paid direct to those affected by the crisis on the ground and was not intended for any other purpose. Therefore, the EC consider that there should be no reason why the payments should not be made to those affected, nor will they allow for any excuse in not simply handing over the cash to the working population, especially in these difficult financial times.

Union and industry leaders have criticized the Spanish government for not making the payments in time and that it is the administrative delay that is causing them to lose the possibility of receiving the funds that Europe has destined for them.