Article 20U.K.On-the-spot checks of simple programmes
1.[F1The relevant authority] shall select the payment applications to be checked on the basis of a risk analysis.
The selection shall be made in such a way as to ensure that each simple programme is subjected to on-the-spot checks at least once during its implementation between the first interim payment and the payment of the balance.
2.On-the-spot checks shall consist of technical and accounting checks at the premises of the proposing organisation and, if appropriate, of the implementing body. [F2The relevant authority] shall verify that:
(a)the information and the documents submitted are accurate;
(b)the costs have been declared in accordance with Article 4 of Delegated Regulation (EU) 2015/1829 and with Article 12(2) of this Regulation;
(c)all the obligations laid down in the contract referred to in Article 10 have been fulfilled;
(d)Articles 10 and 15 of Regulation (EU) No 1144/2014 have been complied with.
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On-the-spot checks may be limited to a sample covering at least 30 % of the eligible costs. Such sample shall be reliable and representative.
Where any non-compliance is detected, the [F4relevant authority] shall check all the documents relating to the costs declared or the results of the sample shall be extrapolated.
3.[F5The relevant authority] shall draw up a report covering each on-the-spot-check. That report shall clearly specify the scope and results of the checks carried out.
Textual Amendments
F1Words in Art. 20(1) substituted (31.12.2020) by The Market Measures Payment Schemes (Amendment) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 (S.I. 2019/823), regs. 1, 4(19)(a); 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)
F2Words in Art. 20(2) substituted (31.12.2020) by The Market Measures Payment Schemes (Amendment) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 (S.I. 2019/823), regs. 1, 4(19)(b)(i); 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)
F3Words in Art. 20(2) omitted (31.12.2020) by virtue of The Market Measures Payment Schemes (Amendment) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 (S.I. 2019/823), regs. 1, 4(19)(b)(ii); 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)
F4Words in Art. 20(2) substituted (31.12.2020) by The Market Measures Payment Schemes (Amendment) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 (S.I. 2019/823), regs. 1, 4(19)(b)(iii); 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)
F5Words in Art. 20(3) substituted (31.12.2020) by The Market Measures Payment Schemes (Amendment) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 (S.I. 2019/823), regs. 1, 4(19)(c); 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)