# Commission Regulation (EC) No 1737/2006 of 7 November 2006 laying down detailed rules for the implementation of Regulation (EC) No 2152/2003 of the European Parliament and of the Council concerning monitoring of forests and environmental interactions in the Community, Article 36: Statements

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

1. The competent bodies shall submit to the Commission statements of the payments made under the national programme, using the models set out in Annex V. Those statements shall be accompanied by a statement concerning the progress of the activities undertaken under the national programme. The statements shall be submitted not later than 15 months after the date of notification of the Commission decision, and cover expenditure made in the previous year.
2. Eligible expenditures which comply with the provisions of Section 1 of this Chapter and is identified in the annual statement shall be offset by the Commission against the pre-financing to the Member States under the national programmes.
Where the statements exceed the related pre-financing the Commission shall make an interim payment.
In no circumstances may those interim payments exceed 30 % of the annual Community assistance for the national programme.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/eur/2006/1737/article/36 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/eu-regulation-2006-1737/article-36
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