Maletić: Croatia is leading the way in meeting the objectives of the Recovery and Resilience Fund…

Croatia is among the fastest EU members in meeting key milestones and target values, as well as receiving payments from the Recovery and Resilience Fund, European Court of Auditors member Ivana Maleti said on Wednesday. in a conversation with the President of the Croatian Parliament, Gordan Jandrokovi. Letić informed the President of the Parliament about the Annual Report of the European Court of Auditors for 2023, with special reference to the thematic report to the Fund for Recovery and Resilience and the industrial policy of the European Union.

“According to the Court’s report on the absorption of funds from the Recovery and Resilience Fund, Croatia is among the fastest EU member states in meeting key milestones and target values ​​and in receiving payments from the Fund,” reports the Parliament in a press release. the word Maleti.

Furthermore, the Croatian member of the European Court of Auditors pointed out, “for the first time since 2017, the Republic of Croatia was not in the sample of countries for checking error rates in cohesion policy, because the system in previous years was rated as high-quality and without quantified errors.” .

Jandroković expressed his satisfaction with the positive indicators of the report for Croatia when it comes to the use of funds from the Recovery and Resilience Fund, as well as with the fact that in the past six years Croatia has effectively fulfilled its obligations related to cohesion policy.

He emphasized the importance of independent and objective audit activities of the Court and highlighted the importance of regular presentation of the Report and work program of the Court before the competent parliamentary committees.

The annual report of the European Court of Auditors for the year 2023, together with separate thematic reports, will be presented in more detail at today’s joint thematic session of the parliamentary committees for finance and the state budget, European affairs, regional development. and EU funds, economy and agriculture.