Article 46 Closure of the programme
United Kingdom
A joint operational programme shall be considered closed after:
all the contracts concluded under the programme have been closed;
the final balance has been paid or reimbursed;
remaining appropriations have been decommitted by the Commission.
The closure of the operational programme shall not prejudice the Commission's right to undertake, at a later stage, financial corrections vis-à-vis the Joint Managing Authority or the project beneficiaries if the final amount of the programme or the projects has to be readjusted as a result of controls carried out after the closure date.
Where the Joint Managing Authority has not been able to declare to the Commission final amounts because of:
projects suspended by a legal proceeding or by an administrative appeal having suspensory effect; or
reasons of force majeure seriously affecting the implementation of all or part of the programme;
the ending date of the execution period as set in paragraph 1 of Article 43 shall not apply to part of the programme concerned by points (a) or (b) of this paragraph.