{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-regulation-2014-897/article-25",
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  "legislation": "eur/2014/897",
  "legislation_title": "Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) No 897/2014 of 18 August 2014 laying down specific provisions for the implementation of cross-border cooperation programmes financed under Regulation (EU) No 232/2014 of the European Parliament and the Council establishing a European Neighbourhood Instrument",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-regulation-2014-897",
  "path": "article/25",
  "kind": "article",
  "number": "25",
  "heading": "Designation",
  "text": "1. The Managing Authority that has been selected by the participating countries of the programme shall undergo a designation procedure in the Member State in which it is located by decision at the appropriate level.\n2. The designation procedure shall be based on a report and an opinion of an independent audit body that assesses the compliance of the management and control systems, including the role of intermediate bodies therein, with the designation criteria laid down in Annex I to this Regulation. The audit body shall take into account, where relevant, whether the management and control systems for the programme are similar to those in place for the previous programming period, as well as any evidence of their effective functioning.\nThe independent audit body shall be the Audit Authority, or another public or private law body with the necessary audit capacity, which is functionally independent of the Managing Authority. It shall carry out its work in accordance with internationally accepted audit standards.\n3. The Member State shall submit the formal decision referred to in paragraph 1 to the Commission as soon as possible after the programme adoption by the Commission.\n4. Within two months of receipt of the formal decision referred to in paragraph 1, the Commission may request the report and the opinion of the independent audit body and the description of the management and control system as regards, in particular, those parts concerning project selection. If the Commission does not intend to request these documents, it shall notify the Member State as soon as possible. If the Commission requests these documents, it may make observations within two months of receipt of these documents which shall be reviewed taking into account the observations. When the Commission does not have any initial or further observations it shall notify the Member State as soon as possible.\n5. Where existing audit and control results show that the designated authority no longer complies with the criteria referred to in paragraph 2, the Member State shall, at an appropriate level, set the necessary remedial action and fix a period of probation according to the severity of the problem, during which such remedial action shall be taken.\nWhere the designated authority fails to implement the required remedial action within the period of probation determined by the Member State, the Member State, at an appropriate level, shall end its designation.\nThe Member State shall notify the Commission without delay when:\na designated authority is put under probation, and provide information on the remedial actions and the respective probation period, or\nfollowing implementation of remedial actions the probation is ended, or\nthe designation of an authority is ended.\nThe notification that a designated body is put under probation by the Member State shall not, without prejudice to the application of Article 61, interrupt the handling of payment requests.\nWhere the designation of a Managing Authority is ended, the participating countries shall appoint a new authority or body, as referred to in Article 20(1), to take over the functions of the Managing Authority. That body or authority shall undergo the designation procedure foreseen in paragraph 2 and the Commission shall be notified thereof in conformity with paragraph 4. This change shall require a revision of the programme pursuant to Article 6.",
  "extent": "E+W+S+N.I.",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
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    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/eur/2014/897/article/25",
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  },
  "licence": "Open Government Licence v3.0",
  "licence_url": "https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/",
  "attribution": "Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives."
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