Article 15 Principle of transparency

The budget of the PPP body shall be established and implemented and the accounts presented in accordance with the principle of transparency.

The budget of the PPP body including the establishment plan and any amending budgets, as adopted, including any adaptations as provided in Article 17(1), shall be published on the internet site of the PPP body within four weeks of their adoption and shall be transmitted to the Commission and the Court of Auditors.

The PPP body shall make available on its website no later than 30 June of the year following the financial year in which the funds were legally committed, information on the recipients of funds financed from the budget of the PPP body, including the experts contracted pursuant to Article 44 of this Regulation, in accordance with Article 38 of Regulation (EU, Euratom) 2018/1046, and following a standard presentation, subject to any specific procedure laid down in the basic act of the programme the implementation of which is entrusted to the PPP body.

The published information shall be easily accessible, transparent and comprehensive. The information shall be made available with due observance of the requirements of confidentiality and security, in particular the protection of personal data laid down in Regulation (EU) 2018/1725 of the European Parliament and of the Council^f1.