TITLE IVU.K. NON-AREA-RELATED AND NON-ANIMAL-RELATED RURAL DEVELOPMENT MEASURES

CHAPTER II U.K. Checks

Section 3 U.K. Provisions on checks for specific measures

F1Article 54U.K. [F1Knowledge transfer and information actions

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F1Article 55U.K. Advisory services, farm management and farm relief services

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F1Article 56U.K. Quality schemes for agricultural products, and foodstuffs

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F1Article 57U.K. Farm and business development

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F1Article 58U.K. Setting up of producer groups and organisations

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F1Article 59U.K. Risk management]

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Article 60U.K.LEADER

1.Member States shall implement an appropriate system for supervision of local action groups.

2.In respect of expenditure incurred under Article 35(1)(b) and (c) of Regulation (EU) No 1303/2013, Member States may delegate the carrying out of the administrative checks provided for in Article 48 of this Regulation to local action groups by a formal act. However, Member States shall remain responsible for verifying that those local action groups have the administrative and control capacity to undertake that work.

In case of delegation referred to in the first subparagraph, the competent authority shall carry out regular checks of the local action groups, including bookkeeping checks and repetition of administrative checks on a sample basis.

The competent authority shall also carry out on-the-spot checks as referred to in Article 49 of this Regulation. As regards the control sample for expenditure concerning LEADER, at least the same percentage as that referred to in Article 50 of this Regulation shall apply.

3.In respect of expenditure incurred under Article 35(1)(a), (d) and (e) of Regulation (EU) No 1303/2013 and Article 35(1)(b) and (c) of that Regulation where the local action group itself is the beneficiary of the support, administrative checks shall be carried out by persons independent of the local action group concerned.

[F24. By way of derogation from Article 48(2)(e), in respect of operations implemented by a local action group and covering a group of projects under a common theme, the verification of the reasonableness of costs may be carried out at the stage of the administrative checks on payment claims concerning that group of projects.]

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Article 61U.K.Interest rate and guarantee fee subsidies

1.In respect of expenditure incurred under Article 69(3)(a) of Regulation (EU) No 1303/2013, administrative checks and on-the- spot checks shall be carried out with reference to the beneficiary and depending on the realisation of the operation concerned. [F1 The risk analysis in accordance with Article 50 of this Regulation shall cover, at least once, the operation concerned on the basis of the discounted value of the subsidy.]

[F32. The competent authority shall ensure, via administrative checks and, if necessary, via in-situ visits to the intermediate financial institutions and to the beneficiary, that the payments to the intermediate financial institutions are in conformity with Union law and with the agreement concluded between the competent authority and the intermediate financial institution.]

3.If interest rate or guarantee fee subsidies are combined with financial instruments in a single operation targeting the same final recipients, the competent authority shall carry out checks at the level of final recipients only in those cases established in Article 40(3) of Regulation (EU) No 1303/2013.

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Article 62U.K.Technical assistance at the initiative of the Member States

In respect of expenditure incurred under Article 51(2) of Regulation (EU) No 1305/2013, Articles 48 to 51 and Article 53 of this Regulation shall apply mutatis mutandis.

Administrative checks referred to in Article 48 and on-the-spot checks referred to in Article 49 shall be carried out by an entity which is functionally independent from the entity authorising the payment of the technical assistance.