The paying agency responsible for the allocation of EU agricultural funds has been asked to compile a report to be presented to the European Commission’s Internal Audit and Investigation Department following a report by Times of Malta.

The European Commission’s Directorate General for Agriculture and Rural Development has contacted the paying agency in connection with the allocation of funds under the Maltese rural development programme following this newspaper’s reports on a Qrendi chicken farm that benefited from close to €400,000 in EU funds through applications filed by different family members as separate legal entities.

The paying agency said “this is within the rules of the measures concerned... the beneficiary was eligible for the funds as the applications were submitted under two different measures and different calls”.

Read the full story in The Sunday Times of Malta, the e-paper or timesofmalta.com premium here.

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