Division 1 EURAMET shall be responsible for implementing EMPIR, subject to Article 3. It shall manage the Union’s financial contribution to EMPIR and shall be responsible for preparing and implementing the annual work plan, the organisations of calls for proposals, the handling of proposal evaluation and ranking and any other activities resulting from the annual work plan. EURAMET shall be responsible for grant management including signature of grant agreements, the receipt, allocation and monitoring of the use of the Union’s financial contribution and payments to EMPIR participants in the selected projects.
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The monitoring of the Union’s financial contribution shall cover all the activities of control and audit, ex-ante and/or ex-post control, necessary to carry out the tasks delegated to EURAMET by the Commission. Those activities shall aim to provide reasonable assurance as to the legality and regularity of the underlying transactions and the eligibility of the costs declared under grant agreements.