PART 6Scrutiny of transactions

Amendment of Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) No 908/20147

1

Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) No 908/2014 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 transparency8 is amended as follows.

2

In Article 42 (scrutiny by the relevant authorities)—

a

in paragraph 1, for “shall” substitute “may”;

b

in paragraph 2—

i

for “shall”, in the first, second, fourth and fifth places it occurs, substitute “may”;

ii

omit “, without prejudice to their obligations laid down in Article 80(1) of Regulation (EU) No 1306/2013,”;

c

in paragraph 3—

i

for “it shall be compulsory for” substitute “the relevant authority may scrutinise”;

ii

omit “, to be scrutinised”;

d

in paragraph 4, omit the second sentence.

3

In Article 47(1) (special departments)—

a

for “shall be responsible” substitute “may”;

b

omit “, for”;

c

in point (a), for “training” substitute “train”;

d

in point (b), for “administering” substitute “administer”;

e

in point (c), for “the preparation and communication of” substitute “prepare and communicate”.