# Regulation (EU) No 1306/2013 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 17 December 2013 on the financing, management and monitoring of the common agricultural policy and repealing Council Regulations (EEC) No 352/78, (EC) No 165/94, (EC) No 2799/98, (EC) No 814/2000, (EC) No 1290/2005 and (EC) No 485/2008, Article 85: Special departments

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

1. A special department shall may be responsible for monitoring the application of this Chapter in each constituent nation. Where the relevant authority so decides, instead of establishing a special department, it may allow the functions of the special department to be carried out by a special department established in a different constituent nation. The special department shall, in particular, be responsible for:
(a) the performance of the scrutiny provided for in this Chapter by officials employed directly by that special department; or
(b) the coordination and general surveillance of the scrutiny carried out by officials belonging to other departments.
Scrutiny to be carried out pursuant to this Chapter may be allocated between the special department and other departments, provided that the special department is responsible for its coordination.
2. The department or departments responsible for the application of this Chapter shall be organised in such a way as to be independent of the departments or branches of departments responsible for the payments and the scrutiny checks carried out prior to payment.
3. In order to ensure that this Chapter is properly applied, the special department referred to in paragraph 1 shall take all the measures necessary, and it shall be entrusted ... with all the powers necessary, to perform the tasks referred to in this Chapter.
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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/eur/2013/1306/article/85 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/eu-regulation-2013-1306/article-85
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