# Commission Regulation (EC) No 2222/2000 of 7 June 2000 laying down financial rules for the application of Council Regulation (EC) No 1268/1999 on Community support for pre-accession measures for agriculture and rural development in the applicant countries of central and eastern Europe in the pre-accession period, Article 15: Recording and control provision

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

1. Documents shall be kept by the Sapard agency and the national fund at the disposal of the Commission for a period of five years after the date of final payment to the beneficiary has been made.
2. When controls are carried out under Article 9 of Regulation (EC) No 1268/1999, the provisions of Regulation (Euratom, EC) No 2185/96 and of Article 8(1) and (2), and Article 9(1) and (2) of Regulation (EC) No 1258/1999, shall apply mutatis mutandis for the execution of the Sapard programme.
3. Applicant countries will be required to apply the rules contained in Commission Regulation (EC) No 1681/94 concerning irregularities and the organisation of an information system in this field.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/eur/2000/2222/article/15 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/eu-regulation-2000-2222/article-15
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