Article 52 Structures and authorities
United Kingdom
The following structures shall be involved in the management of cross-border cooperation programmes in the IPA II beneficiaries:
the NIPACs of the countries participating in the cross-border cooperation programme as referred to in Article 4 and, where applicable, the territorial cooperation coordinators;
the NAO and the management structure as referred to in Article 7 of the participating IPA II beneficiary in which the contracting authority is located when the cross-border programme is implemented in indirect management;
the operating structures in all the participating countries which shall cooperate closely in the programming and implementation of the relevant cross-border cooperation programme. In case of indirect management the operating structure shall include a contracting authority;
the audit authority as referred to in Article 7(3) when the cross-border programme is implemented in indirect management. Where it does not have the authorisation to carry out the functions provided for in Article 12, it shall be assisted by a group of auditors comprising a representative of each country participating in the cross-border cooperation programme.
The IPA II beneficiaries and countries under the European Neighbourhood Instrument participating in a cross-border cooperation programme shall establish a JMC which shall also fulfil the role of the sectoral monitoring committee referred to in Article 19.
A Joint Technical Secretariat shall be set up to assist the Commission, the operating structures and the JMC.
The roles and responsibilities of these structures shall be defined in the Framework Agreement referred to in Article 5.
Under indirect management, the participating countries shall conclude a bilateral arrangement setting out their respective responsibilities for implementing the relevant cross-border cooperation programme. The minimum requirements for such bilateral arrangement shall be defined in the Framework Agreement referred to in Article 5.