1.The staff designated by the authorising officer responsible to verify financial operations shall be chosen on the grounds of their knowledge, skills and particular qualifications as evidenced by diplomas or by appropriate professional experience, or after an appropriate training programme.
2.Each institution shall draw up a code of professional standards which determine, on matters of internal control:
(a)the level of technical and financial competence required of the staff referred to in paragraph 1;
(b)the obligation for such staff to undergo continuous training;
(c)the mission, role and tasks allocated to them;
(d)the rules of conduct, in particular the standards of ethics and integrity that they must comply with and the rights they enjoy.
3.Heads of Union delegations acting as authorising officers by subdelegation in accordance with the second paragraph of Article 56(2) of the Financial Regulation shall be subject to the Commission code of professional standards referred to in paragraph 2 of this Article for the implementation of the financial management tasks subdelegated to them.
4.Each institution shall put in place the appropriate structures to distribute to authorising departments and update periodically appropriate information concerning the control standards and the methods and techniques available for that purpose.