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Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) No 908/2014 of 6 August 2014 laying down rules for the application of Regulation (EU) No 1306/2013 of the European Parliament and of the Council with regard to paying agencies and other bodies, financial management, clearance of accounts, rules on checks, securities and transparency
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1.[F1Member States may decide to reduce the minimum level of on-the-spot checks, in accordance with Article 59(5) of Regulation (EU) No 1306/2013, where all of the following conditions are met:
(a)the certification body has, in accordance with Article 9 of Regulation (EU) No 1306/2013, delivered an opinion validating both that the internal control system is functioning properly and that the error rate for the population concerned was below the materiality threshold of 2,0 % for at least the two consecutive financial years preceding the year in which the reduced control rate is intended to apply;
(b)the Commission has not informed the Member State concerned that it cannot accept the opinion referred to in point (a) of this paragraph provided by the certification body in the context of Article 9 of Regulation (EU) No 1306/2013; and
(c)the Commission:
has not informed the Member State concerned in accordance with Article 52 of Regulation (EU) No 1306/2013 of weaknesses in the control system of the individual support scheme or measure concerned; or
is satisfied, when applying Article 34 of this Regulation, with the corrective measures taken by the Member State concerned where the latter was informed in accordance with Article 52 of Regulation (EU) No 1306/2013 of weaknesses in the control system of the individual support scheme or measure concerned and has informed the Member State accordingly.]
[F1The relevant authorities may decide to reduce the minimum level of on-the-spot checks in accordance with Article 59(5) of Regulation (EU) No 1306/2013. For the reduced control rate to apply:
(i)the relevant constituent nation shall conduct an applicable audit that is appropriate in order to deliver an opinion (on the completeness, accuracy and veracity of the annual accounts);
(ii)the opinion must validate both that the internal control system is functioning properly and that the error rate for the population concerned was below the materiality threshold of 2.0%;
(iii)the opinion must cover at least the two consecutive financial years preceding the year in which the reduced rate is intended to apply.]
[F22.Member States may decide to reduce the minimum level of on-the-spot checks in accordance with the levels and, where appropriate, the additional conditions laid down in sector-specific legislation.
Member States shall inform the Commission of their decision to reduce the minimum level of on-the-spot checks immediately after its adoption. This information shall indicate:
(a)the support scheme or measure concerned;
(b)the period of applying a reduced minimum level of on-the-spot checks;
(c)the reduced minimum level of on-the-spot checks to be applied.]
3.Where any of the cumulative conditions laid down in paragraph 1 [F3or any additional condition provided for in sector-specific legislation] is no longer met, [F4Member States][F4the relevant authority] shall immediately revoke their decision to reduce the minimum level of on-the-spot checks and apply as of the following claim year the minimum level of on-the-spot checks established by the sectoral agricultural legislation.
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F1Art. 41(1) substituted (31.1.2020 in so far as it relates to the Common Agricultural Policy direct payment schemes) by The Financing, Management and Monitoring of Direct Payments to Farmers (Amendment) Regulations 2020 (S.I. 2020/90), regs. 1(2), 13(13)(a)
F2Art. 41(2) omitted (31.1.2020 in so far as it relates to the Common Agricultural Policy direct payment schemes) by virtue of The Financing, Management and Monitoring of Direct Payments to Farmers (Amendment) Regulations 2020 (S.I. 2020/90), regs. 1(2), 13(13)(b)
F3Words in Art. 41(3) omitted (31.1.2020 in so far as it relates to the Common Agricultural Policy direct payment schemes) by virtue of The Financing, Management and Monitoring of Direct Payments to Farmers (Amendment) Regulations 2020 (S.I. 2020/90), regs. 1(2), 13(13)(c)(i)
F4Words in Art. 41(3) substituted (31.1.2020 in so far as it relates to the Common Agricultural Policy direct payment schemes) by The Financing, Management and Monitoring of Direct Payments to Farmers (Amendment) Regulations 2020 (S.I. 2020/90), regs. 1(2), 13(13)(c)(ii)
1.The systematic scrutiny of the commercial documents of undertakings referred to in Article 80(1) of Regulation (EU) No 1306/2013 shall apply, for each period of scrutiny referred to in paragraph 4 of this Article, to a number of undertakings which may not be less than half the undertakings whose receipts or payments, or the sum thereof, under the system of financing by the EAGF, exceeded EUR 150 000 for the EAGF financial year preceding the beginning of the period of scrutiny in question.
2.In relation to each scrutiny period, Member States shall, without prejudice to their obligations laid down in Article 80(1) of Regulation (EU) No 1306/2013, select the undertakings to be scrutinised on the basis of a risk analysis for all measures where it is practicable to do so. Member States shall submit to the Commission their proposals for the use of the risk analysis at least six months before the beginning of the scrutiny period. The proposals shall include all relevant information concerning the approach, the techniques and the data used for the analysis, and the criteria and expected method of implementation of the checks to be carried out. The proposal shall be drawn up in accordance with Annex V to this Regulation. Each Member States shall take account of the Commission’s comments on the risk-analysis proposal, which shall be given within eight weeks of receipt.
3.For measures for which a Member State considers the use of a risk analysis not to be practicable, it shall be compulsory for undertakings the sum of whose receipts or payments or the sum of those two amounts within the system of financing by the EAGF exceeded EUR 350 000 and which were not scrutinised in accordance with this Regulation and Chapter III of Title V of Regulation (EU) No 1306/2013 during either of the two preceding scrutiny periods, to be scrutinised.
4.The scrutiny period shall run from 1 July to 30 June of the following year. Scrutiny shall cover a period of at least 12 months ending during the previous scrutiny period; it may be extended for periods, to be determined by the Member State, preceding or following the 12-month period.
Undertakings shall keep the commercial documents for at least three years, starting from the end of the year in which they were drawn up. Member States may prescribe a longer period for the retention of these documents.
The Commission, acting on its own initiative or on the basis of a proposal by a Member State, and with the agreement of the Member States concerned, may decide to coordinate joint actions involving mutual assistance between two or more Member States, as provided for in Article 83(1) of Regulation (EU) No 1306/2013.
1.During the first three months following the EAGF financial year of payment, Member States shall send a list of the undertakings referred to in Article 83(1) of Regulation (EU) No 1306/2013 to each Member State in which such an undertaking is established. The list shall contain all the details necessary to enable the Member State of destination to identify the undertakings and to undertake its scrutiny obligations. The Member State of destination shall be responsible for the scrutiny of such undertakings in accordance with Article 80 of Regulation (EU) No 1306/2013. A copy of each list shall be sent to the Commission.
The Member State receiving or making the payment may ask the Member State in which the undertaking is established to scrutinise some of the undertakings on that list in accordance with Article 80 of Regulation (EU) No 1306/2013, indicating why it is necessary to make such a request and in particular the risks associated with it.
The Member State receiving the request shall take due account of the risks associated with the undertaking, which shall be communicated by the requesting Member State.
The requested Member State shall inform the requesting Member State of the follow-up accorded to the request. Where scrutiny of an undertaking on the list takes place, the requested Member State that carried out the scrutiny shall inform the requesting Member State of the results of that scrutiny at the latest three months after the end of the scrutiny period.
An overview of such requests shall be sent to the Commission on a quarterly basis, within one month after the end of each quarter. The Commission may require that a copy of individual requests be provided.
The list of undertakings referred to in the first subparagraph shall be drawn up in accordance with the specimen form shown in Annex VI.
2.The list of undertakings referred to in Article 83(2) of Regulation (EU) No 1306/2013 shall be drawn up in accordance with the specimen form shown in Annex VII to this Regulation.
3.A request by a Member State for a scrutiny concerning an undertaking in another Member State, as referred to in the second subparagraph of paragraph 1 and in Article 83(3) of Regulation (EU) No 1306/2013, shall be drawn up in accordance with the specimen form shown in Annex VIII to this Regulation.
4.The information on the results of the scrutinies referred to in the second subparagraph of paragraph 1 and in Article 83(3) of Regulation (EU) No 1306/2013 shall be drawn up in accordance with the specimen form shown in Annex IX to this Regulation.
5.The overview of the requests referred to in the fifth subparagraph of paragraph 1 and in Article 83(3) of Regulation (EU) No 1306/2013, including the results of the scrutinies, shall be drawn up in accordance with the specimen form shown in Annex X to this Regulation.
6.The information to be provided under paragraph 1 shall be communicated in electronic form in the format provided for in Section 2 of Annex II to Implementing Regulation (EU) No 991/2013.
1.The annual programme of scrutinies referred to in Article 84 of Regulation (EU) No 1306/2013 shall be drawn up in accordance with the specimen form shown in Annex XI to this Regulation.
2.The annual report referred to in Article 86(1) of Regulation (EU) No 1306/2013 shall set out any difficulties encountered and the measures taken to overcome them and put forward, where appropriate, suggestions for improvements.
It shall include detailed information on each of the aspects of the application of Chapter III of Title V of Regulation (EU) No 1306/2013 listed in Annex XII to this Regulation, set out in clearly identified sections under the headings referred to in that Annex.
3.The information to be submitted under this Article and Article 45 may be communicated in paper form or in electronic form, in a format to be agreed between the sender and the recipient.
4.The Commission shall evaluate annually the progress achieved in its annual financial report on the administration of the Funds referred to in Article 109 of Regulation (EU) No 1306/2013.
1.The special departments referred to in Article 85 of Regulation (EU) No 1306/2013 shall be responsible, in addition to the tasks referred to in that Article, for:
(a)training the national officials responsible for carrying out the scrutiny referred to in this Section, to enable them to acquire sufficient knowledge to perform their duties;
(b)administering the scrutiny reports and any other documents relating to the scrutinies carried out and provided for under Chapter III of Title V of Regulation (EU) No 1306/2013
(c)the preparation and communication of the programmes referred to in Article 84 of Regulation (EU) No 1306/2013 and the reports referred to in Article 86(1) of that Regulation.
2.Special departments shall be entrusted by Member States with all the powers necessary to perform the tasks referred to in paragraph 1.
They shall consist of a sufficient number of officials who are suitably trained to carry out those tasks.
3.Member States where the minimum number of undertakings to control is less than 10 shall not be required to establish a special department.
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