Commission Decision of 6 January 2012 laying down the rules and procedures related to experts in national accounting assisting the Commission in accordance with Council Regulation (EC) No 479/2009 on the application of the Protocol on the excessive deficit procedure annexed to the Treaty establishing the European Community (notified under document C(2011) 9973) (2012/20/EU)

Article 1

The rules and procedures for selection of experts in national accounting to assist the Commission (Eurostat) in visits to the Member States under Article 12(1) of Regulation (EC) No 479/2009, their working arrangements and the sharing of the costs of such visits between the Commission and the experts’ national authority responsible for excessive deficit procedure reporting are set out in the Annex to this Decision.