# 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, Article 47: Special departments

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

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:
(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;
(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
(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.
2. Special departments shall be entrusted by a relevant authority with all the powers necessary to perform the tasks referred to in paragraph 1.
They shall consist of a sufficient number of officials who are suitably trained to carry out those tasks.
3. A relevant authority where the minimum number of undertakings to control is less than 10 shall not be required to establish a special department.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/eur/2014/908/article/47 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/eu-regulation-2014-908/article-47
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