The MA will be responsible for the efficiency and correctness of management and implementation in accordance with Article 34 of Council Regulation (EC) no 1260/1999, in particular:
 | representing the CIP towards the European Commission
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 | setting up a system to gather reliable financial and statistical information on implementation for the monitoring indicators and evaluation and for forwarding the data in accordance with the arrangements agreed between the National Contact Points of the Member States
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 | adjusting and implementing the programme complement
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 | drawing up and (after approval of the MC) submitting to the European Commission the annual implementation report
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 | organising, in co-operation with the European Commission and the National Contact Points of the Member States, the mid-term evaluation
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 | ensuring that those bodies taking part in the management and implementation of the assistance maintain either a separate accounting system or an adequate accounting code for all transactions relating to the assistance
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 | ensuring the correctness of operations financed under the assistance, particularly by implementing internal controls in keeping with the principles of sound financial management and acting in response to any observations or requests for corrective measures adopted
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 | ensuring compliance with Community policies
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 | ensuring compliance with the obligations concerning information and publicity
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 | contracting the Joint Technical Secretariat
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 | signing contracts with final beneficiaries (lead partner)
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 | keeping record of State aid schemes to be provided, and will inform the Commission, namely by a modified Programming Complement, of each modification regarding the provision of State aid schemes. Any new addition of any State aid scheme or ad hoc aid would require a new Commission decision |
Tel. +43 662 8042 3799
Contact person: Dr. Christian Salletmaier