# Decision No 573/2007/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 23 May 2007 establishing the European Refugee Fund for the period 2008 to 2013 as part of the General programme ‘Solidarity and Management of Migration Flows’ and repealing Council Decision 2004/904/EC (repealed) EU Decision 2007/573 · adopted 23 May 2007 Decision No 573/2007/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 23 May 2007 establishing the European Refugee Fund for the period 2008 to 2013 as part of the General programme ‘Solidarity and Management of Migration Flows’ and repealing Council Decision 2004/904/EC (repealed) ## Introductory text Decision No 573/2007/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 23 May 2007 establishing the European Refugee Fund for the period 2008 to 2013 as part of the General programme ‘Solidarity and Management of Migration Flows’ and repealing Council Decision 2004/904/EC (repealed) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## Chapter I: SUBJECT-MATTER, OBJECTIVES AND ACTIONS ## 1 Subject matter and scope . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 2 General objective of the Fund . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 3 Eligible actions in the Member States . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 4 Community actions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 5 Emergency measures . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 6 Target groups . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## Chapter II: PRINCIPLES OF ASSISTANCE ## 7 Complementarity, consistency and compliance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 8 Programming . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 9 Subsidiary and proportional intervention . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 10 Implementation methods . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 11 Partnership . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## Chapter III: FINANCIAL FRAMEWORK ## 12 Global resources . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 13 Annual distribution of resources for eligible action in the Member States . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 14 Financing structure . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 15 Technical assistance at the initiative of the Commission . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 16 Technical assistance at the initiative of the Member States . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## Chapter IV: PROGRAMMING ## 17 Adoption of strategic guidelines . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 18 Preparation and approval of national multiannual programmes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 19 Revision of multiannual programmes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 20 Annual programmes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 21 Special provisions concerning emergency measures . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 22 Mid-term review of the multiannual programme . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## Chapter V: MANAGEMENT AND CONTROL SYSTEMS ## 23 Implementation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 24 General principles of management and control systems . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 25 Designation of authorities . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 26 Responsible authority . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 27 Tasks of the responsible authority . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 28 Delegation of tasks by the responsible authority . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 29 Certifying authority . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 30 Audit authority . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## Chapter VI: RESPONSIBILITIES AND CONTROLS ## 31 Responsibilities of the Member States . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 32 Management and control systems . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 33 Responsibilities of the Commission . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 34 Cooperation with the audit authorities of the Member States . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## Chapter VII: FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT ## 35 Eligibility — declarations of expenditure . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 36 Completeness of payment to final beneficiaries . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 37 Use of the euro . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 38 Commitments . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 39 Payments — Pre-financing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 40 Payment of balance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 41 Withholding of payments . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 42 Suspension of payments . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 43 Conservation of documents . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## Chapter VIII: FINANCIAL CORRECTIONS ## 44 Financial corrections by Member States . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 45 Audit of accounts and financial corrections by the Commission . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 46 Criteria for the corrections . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 47 Repayment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 48 Obligations of Member States . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## Chapter IX: MONITORING, EVALUATION AND REPORTS ## 49 Monitoring and evaluation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 50 Reporting obligations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 51 Final report on the implementation of the annual programme . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## Chapter X: FINAL PROVISIONS ## 52 Committee . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 53 Review . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 54 Transitional provisions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 55 Repeal . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 56 Entry into force and application . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 57 Addressees . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## List of the specific common Union resettlement priorities for 2013 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . --- Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/eudn/2007/573 (the official version) Page: https://openlegislation.uk/eu-decision-2007-573 Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. 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