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Error rates compared - Methodologies underpinning the European Commission’s risk at payment/closure and the European Court of Auditors’ estimated level of error

Studie 01-04-2025

This study introduces Members of the European Ϸվ to the different estimates of the level of error affecting EU expenditure in cohesion policy. It explains how the European Commission calculates the estimated ‘risk at payment’ and ‘risk at closure’, how the European Court of Auditors calculates the ‘estimated level of error’ and how the two methodologies differ. The conclusion provides guidance on interpreting the different estimates.