# Commission Regulation (EC) No 951/2007 of 9 August 2007 laying down implementing rules for cross-border cooperation programmes financed under Regulation (EC) No 1638/2006 of the European Parliament and of the Council laying down general provisions establishing a European Neighbourhood and Partnership Instrument, Article 46: Closure of the programme

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

1. A joint operational programme shall be considered closed after:
(a) all the contracts concluded under the programme have been closed;
(b) the final balance has been paid or reimbursed;
(c) remaining appropriations have been decommitted by the Commission.
2. 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.
3. Where the Joint Managing Authority has not been able to declare to the Commission final amounts because of:
(a) projects suspended by a legal proceeding or by an administrative appeal having suspensory effect; or
(b) 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.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/eur/2007/951/article/46 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/eu-regulation-2007-951/article-46
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