# Commission Decision of 19 December 2007 laying down rules for the implementation of Decision No 573/2007/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council establishing the European Refugee Fund for the period 2008 to 2013 as part of the General programme ‘Solidarity and Management of Migration Flows’ as regards Member States’ management and control systems, the rules for administrative and financial management and the eligibility of expenditure on projects co-financed by the Fund (notified under document number C(2007) 6396) (Only the Bulgarian, Czech, Dutch, English, Estonian, Finnish, French, German, Greek, Hungarian, Italian, Latvian, Lithuanian, Maltese, Polish, Portuguese, Romanian, Slovak, Slovenian, Spanish and Swedish texts are authentic) (2008/22/EC), Article 21: Revision of the description of management and control systems

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

1. The responsible authority shall notify the Commission by formal letter of any substantial change in the management and control system and shall send a revised description of the management and control system to the Commission as soon as possible and at the latest at the time any such change takes effect.
2. Substantial changes are changes which are likely to have an impact on the separation of functions, on the effectiveness of selection, award, control and payment mechanisms and on communication with the Commission. They shall include, in particular, changes in one of the designated authorities, in the accounting system and in the payment and certification processes.
3. Revision of the management and control systems shall follow the same procedure as laid down in Article 20.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/eudn/2008/22/article/21 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/eu-decision-2008-22/article-21
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