Where more than one paying agency is accredited, in accordance with Article 7(4) of Regulation (EU) No 1306/2013, the Member State concerned shall, by a formal act at ministerial level, decide on the accreditation of the coordinating body after it has satisfied itself that the administrative arrangements of that body offer sufficient assurance that it is capable of fulfilling the tasks referred to in that Article.

In order to be accredited, the coordinating body shall have procedures in place to ensure that:

1. (a)

   declarations to the Commission are based on information from properly authorised sources;

2. (b)

   declarations to the Commission are properly authorised before transmission;

3. (c)

   a proper audit trail exists to support the information transmitted to the Commission;

4. (d)

   a record of information received and transmitted is securely stored, either in paper or in computerised format.