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Jiri Sir, Martin Sebestyan

Deputy Agriculture Minister Jiri Sir, left, and the director of the State Agricultural Intervention Fund (SZIF) Martin Sebestyan hold briefing on Thursday, January 29, 2020, after their talks with European Commission representatives about audit concerning PM Andrej Babis's conflict of interest held in Brussels on Tuesday, in Agriculture Ministry, Prague, Czech Republic. (CTK Photo/Michal Kamaryt)

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Jiri Sir, Martin Sebestyan

Deputy Agriculture Minister Jiri Sir, left, and the director of the State Agricultural Intervention Fund (SZIF) Martin Sebestyan hold briefing on Thursday, January 29, 2020, after their talks with European Commission representatives about audit concerning PM Andrej Babis's conflict of interest held in Brussels on Tuesday, in Agriculture Ministry, Prague, Czech Republic. (CTK Photo/Michal Kamaryt)

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Jiri Sir, Martin Sebestyan

Deputy Agriculture Minister Jiri Sir, left, and the director of the State Agricultural Intervention Fund (SZIF) Martin Sebestyan hold briefing on Thursday, January 29, 2020, after their talks with European Commission representatives about audit concerning PM Andrej Babis's conflict of interest held in Brussels on Tuesday, in Agriculture Ministry, Prague, Czech Republic. (CTK Photo/Michal Kamaryt)

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Jiri Sir, Martin Sebestyan

Deputy Agriculture Minister Jiri Sir, left, and the director of the State Agricultural Intervention Fund (SZIF) Martin Sebestyan hold briefing on Thursday, January 29, 2020, after their talks with European Commission representatives about audit concerning PM Andrej Babis's conflict of interest held in Brussels on Tuesday, in Agriculture Ministry, Prague, Czech Republic. (CTK Photo/Michal Kamaryt)

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Jiri Sir, Martin Sebestyan

Deputy Agriculture Minister Jiri Sir, left, and the director of the State Agricultural Intervention Fund (SZIF) Martin Sebestyan hold briefing on Thursday, January 29, 2020, after their talks with European Commission representatives about audit concerning PM Andrej Babis's conflict of interest held in Brussels on Tuesday, in Agriculture Ministry, Prague, Czech Republic. (CTK Photo/Michal Kamaryt)

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Jiri Sir, Martin Sebestyan

Deputy Agriculture Minister Jiri Sir, left, and the director of the State Agricultural Intervention Fund (SZIF) Martin Sebestyan hold briefing on Thursday, January 29, 2020, after their talks with European Commission representatives about audit concerning PM Andrej Babis's conflict of interest held in Brussels on Tuesday, in Agriculture Ministry, Prague, Czech Republic. (CTK Photo/Michal Kamaryt)

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Jiri Sir, Martin Sebestyan

Deputy Agriculture Minister Jiri Sir, right, and the director of the State Agricultural Intervention Fund (SZIF) Martin Sebestyan leave briefing on Thursday, January 29, 2020, after their talks with European Commission representatives about audit concerning PM Andrej Babis's conflict of interest held in Brussels on Tuesday, in Agriculture Ministry, Prague, Czech Republic. (CTK Photo/Michal Kamaryt)

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State Agricultural Intervention Fund, SAIF, SZIF

***FILE PHOTO*** The Czech State Agricultural Intervention Fund (SZIF) announced in November 2019 that it will start paying out subsidies to Agrofert approved between its transfer to trust funds in February 2017 and August 2018 when the EU conflict of interest regulation took effect. The fund said it will pay subsidies of 51.2 million crowns in total for two Agrofert projects. According to the fund, it must pay these subsidies because there is no legitimate reason for withdrawing them. Otherwise it might face a risk of a legal complaint filed by Agrofert. Agrofert is one of biggest Czech recipients of subsidies. Czech authorities keep paying out subsidies to the group, although PM Andrej Babis (ANO), who transferred Agrofert to trust funds, is suspected of being in a conflict of interest. ORIGINAL CAPTION: Logo of the Czech State Agricultural Intervention Fund (SAIF, SZIF) is seen during a fair in Brno, Czech Republic, on February 18, 2016. (CTK Photo/Petr Svancara)

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Martin Sebestyan, Miroslav Toman

State Agricultural Intervention Fund (SZIF) Director Martin Sebestyan, left, and Czech Agriculture Minister Toman come to a press briefing, on June 6, 2019, in Prague, Czech Republic. Toman dismissed European Commission preliminary audit report concerned his conflict of interest over Agrotrade projects during the press briefing. (CTK Photo/Michal Kamaryt)

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Martin Sebestyan, Miroslav Toman

State Agricultural Intervention Fund (SZIF) Director Martin Sebestyan, left, and Czech Agriculture Minister Toman speak during a press briefing, on June 6, 2019, in Prague, Czech Republic. Toman dismissed European Commission preliminary audit report concerned his conflict of interest over Agrotrade projects. (CTK Photo/Michal Kamaryt)

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Martin Sebestyan, Miroslav Toman

State Agricultural Intervention Fund (SZIF) Director Martin Sebestyan, left, and Czech Agriculture Minister Toman are seen on display of a journalist's phone during a press briefing, on June 6, 2019, in Prague, Czech Republic. Toman dismissed European Commission preliminary audit report concerned his conflict of interest over Agrotrade projects. (CTK Photo/Michal Kamaryt)

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Martin Sebestyan

State Agricultural Intervention Fund (SZIF) Director Martin Sebestyan speaks during a press briefing, on June 6, 2019, in Prague, Czech Republic. Czech Agriculture Minister Toman, not seen, dismissed European Commission preliminary audit report concerned his conflict of interest over Agrotrade projects during the press briefing. (CTK Photo/Michal Kamaryt)

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Martin Sebestyan, Miroslav Toman

State Agricultural Intervention Fund (SZIF) Director Martin Sebestyan, left, and Czech Agriculture Minister Toman speak during a press briefing, on June 6, 2019, in Prague, Czech Republic. Toman dismissed European Commission preliminary audit report concerned his conflict of interest over Agrotrade projects. (CTK Photo/Michal Kamaryt)