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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-regulation-2014-908/article-47",
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  "legislation": "eur/2014/908",
  "legislation_title": "Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) No 908/2014 of 6 August 2014 laying down rules for the application of Regulation (EU) No 1306/2013 of the European Parliament and of the Council with regard to paying agencies and other bodies, financial management, clearance of accounts, rules on checks, securities and transparency",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-regulation-2014-908",
  "path": "article/47",
  "kind": "article",
  "number": "47",
  "heading": "Special departments",
  "text": "1. The special departments referred to in Article 85 of Regulation (EU) No 1306/2013 shall be responsiblemay, in addition to the tasks referred to in that Article , for:\n(a) trainingtrain the national officials responsible for carrying out the scrutiny referred to in this Section, to enable them to acquire sufficient knowledge to perform their duties;\n(b) administeringadminister the scrutiny reports and any other documents relating to the scrutinies carried out and provided for under Chapter III of Title V of Regulation (EU) No 1306/2013\n(c) the preparation and communication ofprepare and communicate the programmes referred to in Article 84 of Regulation (EU) No 1306/2013 and the reports referred to in Article 86(1) of that Regulation.\n2. Special departments shall be entrusted by a relevant authority with all the powers necessary to perform the tasks referred to in paragraph 1.\nThey shall consist of a sufficient number of officials who are suitably trained to carry out those tasks.\n3. A relevant authority where the minimum number of undertakings to control is less than 10 shall not be required to establish a special department.",
  "extent": "E+W+S+N.I.",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "Word in Art. 47(1) substituted (E.) (1.1.2024) by The Agriculture (Removal of Cross-Compliance and Miscellaneous Revocations and Amendments, etc.) (England) Regulations 2023 (S.I. 2023/816), regs. 1(1), 7(3)(a)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F2",
      "text": "Word in Art. 47(1) omitted (E.) (1.1.2024) by virtue of The Agriculture (Removal of Cross-Compliance and Miscellaneous Revocations and Amendments, etc.) (England) Regulations 2023 (S.I. 2023/816), regs. 1(1), 7(3)(b)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F3",
      "text": "Word in Art. 47(1)(a) substituted (E.) (1.1.2024) by The Agriculture (Removal of Cross-Compliance and Miscellaneous Revocations and Amendments, etc.) (England) Regulations 2023 (S.I. 2023/816), regs. 1(1), 7(3)(c)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F4",
      "text": "Word in Art. 47(1)(b) substituted (E.) (1.1.2024) by The Agriculture (Removal of Cross-Compliance and Miscellaneous Revocations and Amendments, etc.) (England) Regulations 2023 (S.I. 2023/816), regs. 1(1), 7(3)(d)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F5",
      "text": "Words in Art. 47(1)(c) substituted (E.) (1.1.2024) by The Agriculture (Removal of Cross-Compliance and Miscellaneous Revocations and Amendments, etc.) (England) Regulations 2023 (S.I. 2023/816), regs. 1(1), 7(3)(e)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F6",
      "text": "Words in Art. 47(2) substituted (31.12.2020 in so far as it relates to common organisation of the markets and rural development measures) by The Common Agricultural Policy (Financing, Management and Monitoring Supplementary Provisions) (Miscellaneous Amendments) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 (S.I. 2019/765), regs. 1, 4(22)(i); 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F7",
      "text": "Words in Art. 47(3) substituted (31.12.2020 in so far as it relates to common organisation of the markets and rural development measures) by The Common Agricultural Policy (Financing, Management and Monitoring Supplementary Provisions) (Miscellaneous Amendments) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 (S.I. 2019/765), regs. 1, 4(22)(ii); 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/eur/2014/908/article/47",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-11-01T14:47:21.525089+00:00"
  },
  "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."
}