1.Where, in the event of decentralised management, in accordance with Article 22(2)(b), the national IPA coordinator exercises his responsibility for the programming of this component at national level, he shall carry out the following tasks:
[F1(a) organise the preparation of the proposals as referred to in Article 69,]
(b)elaborate and present to the Commission the project fiches referred to in Article 69,
(c)monitor the technical execution of the national programmes.
2.[F1With reference to Article 28, the operating structure shall include one or more implementing agencies, which shall be established within the national administration of the beneficiary country or under its direct control.]
The national authorising officer shall, after consulting the national IPA coordinator, designate programme authorising officers to head the implementing agencies.
The programme authorising officers shall be officials within the state administration of the beneficiary country. They shall be responsible for the activities carried out by the implementing agencies in accordance with Article 28.
3.Programme authorising officers shall designate officials within the national administration as senior programme officers. Under the overall responsibility of the programme authorising officer concerned, senior programme officers shall carry out the following tasks:
(a)be responsible for the technical aspect of the operations within line ministries,
(b)assist the programme authorising officers in the good and timely preparation and implementation of operations at technical level,
(c)be in charge of the coordination within each priority axis set down in the beneficiary country's project proposal.