Division (Qualified opinion)X1

Based on the examination referred to above, it is my opinion that, for the abovementioned period, the management and control systems established for the programme … (name of operational programme, CCI code number, period) complied with the applicable requirements of Articles 58 to 62 of Council Regulation (EC) No 1083/2006 and Section 3 of Commission Regulation (EC) No 1828/2006 and functioned effectively so as to provide reasonable assurance that statements of expenditure presented to the Commission are correct and, as a consequence, reasonable assurance that the underlying transactions are legal and regular, except in the following respects: … ^f1 .

My reasons for considering that this (these) aspect(s) of the systems did not comply with the requirements and/or did not operate in such a way as to give a reasonable assurance on the correctness of the statements of expenditure presented to the Commission are as follows … ^f2 .

I estimate the impact of the qualification(s) to be … of the total expenditure declared. The Community contribution affected is thus … .