# Council Decision 2004/658/CFSP of 13 September 2004 on the financial provisions applicable to the general budget of the European Defence Agency, Article 27

Extent: E+W+S+N.I.

Authorisation of expenditure is the act whereby the authorising officer responsible, having verified that the appropriations are available and by issuing a payment order, instructs the accounting officer to pay an amount of expenditure which he/she has validated.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/eudn/2004/658/annex/article/27 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/eu-decision-2004-658/annex/article-27
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