Alle medlemslande har med ratificeringen af Amsterdam-traktaten kundgjort, at de ønsker at give bekæmpelsen af svig til skade for Den Europæiske Unions finansielle interesser samme prioritet som bekæmpelsen af svig til skade for dem selv, men virkeligheden er den, at det stadig kun er de første fire medlemslande, der har ratificeret den aftale, der blev vedtaget i 1995.
On ratifying the Amsterdam Treaty, all Member States stated that they wanted to accord combating fraud against the financial interests of the European Union the same priority as combating fraud to their own detriment. Yet as things stand, only the first four Member States have ratified the agreement concluded in 1995.