{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-decision-2018-1220/article-22",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-decision-2018-1220/article-22.json",
  "legislation": "eudn/2018/1220",
  "legislation_title": "Commission Decision (EU) 2018/1220 of 6 September 2018 on the rules of procedure of the panel referred to in Article 143 of Regulation (EU, Euratom) 2018/1046 of the European Parliament and of the Council",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-decision-2018-1220",
  "path": "article/22",
  "kind": "article",
  "number": "22",
  "heading": "Permanent secretariat of the Panel",
  "text": "1. The provisions of Article 7, except for those in paragraph 2(k) thereof, shall apply.\n2. In particular, the secretariat shall:\n(a) where the Panel is directly informed of a case by a staff member, ensure that the file is sent to the appointing authority and shall notify this to the staff member who transmitted the information, as specified in Article 23(2);\n(b) where a case is referred to the Panel, verify the capacity of the referring authority and of its designated representatives;\n(c) identify, in agreement with the Chair, the three additional members of the Panel and the observers and verify their capacity;\n(d) verify that the files are complete and contain all the necessary documents and information, in particular the information sheet, a description of the facts and the alleged irregularity, and the supporting documents, including the investigation reports;\n(e) verify that the staff member concerned has been properly heard by the appointing authority or the authorising officer responsible, as appropriate;\n(f) draw up the draft opinions to be submitted for examination by the Panel for a decision and send them to the Chair, to the other members and to the observers who have been called upon to participate in settling a case;\n(g) send the recommendations referred to in Article 93(3) of Regulation (EU, Euratom) 2018/1046 to the authorising officer responsible and the internal audit service responsible;\n(h) where the Panel considers that the case is a matter for OLAF, transmit the file to the appointing authority without delay and inform OLAF.",
  "extent": "E+W+S+N.I.",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/eudn/2018/1220/article/22",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-11-01T15:13:00.827042+00:00"
  },
  "licence": "Open Government Licence v3.0",
  "licence_url": "https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/",
  "attribution": "Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives."
}