# Council Decision of 25 June 2007 establishing the European Fund for the Integration of third-country nationals for the period 2007 to 2013 as part of the General programme ‘Solidarity and Management of Migration Flows’ (2007/435/EC) (repealed) EU Decision 2007/435 · adopted 25 June 2007 Council Decision of 25 June 2007 establishing the European Fund for the Integration of third-country nationals for the period 2007 to 2013 as part of the General programme ‘Solidarity and Management of Migration Flows’ (2007/435/EC) (repealed) ## Introductory text Council Decision of 25 June 2007 establishing the European Fund for the Integration of third-country nationals for the period 2007 to 2013 as part of the General programme ‘Solidarity and Management of Migration Flows’ (2007/435/EC) (repealed) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## Chapter I: SUBJECT MATTER, OBJECTIVES AND ACTIONS ## 1 Subject matter and scope . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 2 General objective of the Fund . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 3 Specific objectives . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 4 Eligible actions in the Member States . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 5 Community actions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## Chapter II: PRINCIPLES OF ASSISTANCE ## 6 Complementarity, consistency and compliance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 7 Programming . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 8 Subsidiary and proportional intervention . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 9 Implementation methods . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 10 Partnership . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## Chapter III: FINANCIAL FRAMEWORK ## 11 Global resources . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 12 Annual distribution of resources for eligible actions in the Member States . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 13 Financing structure . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 14 Technical assistance at the initiative of the Commission . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 15 Technical assistance at the initiative of Member States . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## Chapter IV: PROGRAMMING ## 16 Adoption of strategic guidelines . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 17 Preparation and approval of national multiannual programmes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 18 Revision of multiannual programmes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 19 Annual programmes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 20 Mid-term review of the multiannual programme . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## Chapter V: MANAGEMENT AND CONTROL SYSTEMS ## 21 Implementation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 22 General principles of management and control systems . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 23 Designation of authorities . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 24 Responsible authority . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 25 Tasks of the responsible authority . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 26 Delegation of tasks by the responsible authority . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 27 Certifying authority . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 28 Audit authority . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## Chapter VI: RESPONSIBILITIES AND CONTROLS ## 29 Responsibilities of the Member States . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 30 Management and control systems . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 31 Responsibilities of the Commission . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 32 Cooperation with the audit authorities of the Member States . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## Chapter VII: FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT ## 33 Eligibility — declarations of expenditure . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 34 Completeness of payment to final beneficiaries . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 35 Use of the euro . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 36 Commitments . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 37 Payments — Pre-financing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 38 Payment of balance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 39 Withholding of payments . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 40 Suspension of payments . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 41 Conservation of documents . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## Chapter VIII: FINANCIAL CORRECTIONS ## 42 Financial corrections by Member States . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 43 Audit of accounts and financial corrections by the Commission . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 44 Criteria for the corrections . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 45 Repayment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 46 Obligations of Member States . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## Chapter IX: MONITORING, EVALUATION AND REPORTS ## 47 Monitoring and evaluation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 48 Reporting obligations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 49 Final report on the implementation of the annual programme . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## Chapter X: TRANSITIONAL PROVISIONS ## 50 Preparation of the multi-annual programme . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 51 Preparation of the 2007 and 2008 annual programmes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## Chapter XI: FINAL PROVISIONS ## 52 Committee . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 53 Review . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 54 Entry into force and application . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 55 Addressees . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . --- Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/eudn/2007/435 (the official version) Page: https://openlegislation.uk/eu-decision-2007-435 Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. 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