LegalizeCommission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2015/1386 of 12 August 2015 laying down detailed rules implementing Regulation (EU) No 223/2014 of the European Parliament and of the Council as regards the models for the management declaration, the audit strategy, the audit opinion and the annual control report
THE EUROPEAN COMMISSION,
Having regard to the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union,
Having regard to Regulation (EU) No 223/2014 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 11 March 2014 on the Fund for European Aid to the Most Deprived (1), and in particular Articles 32(10) and 34(6) thereof,
After consulting the Committee for the Fund for European Aid for the Most Deprived,
Whereas:
(1) Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2015/341 (2) lays down provisions necessary for the submission of certain information to the Commission. In order to ensure implementation of the programmes financed by the Fund for European Aid to the Most Deprived (the ‘FEAD’), it is necessary to lay down further provisions for the application of Regulation (EU) No 223/2014. To facilitate a comprehensive view and the access to those provisions, those provisions should be set out in one implementing act.
(2) To harmonise standards for the preparation and presentation of the management declaration for which a managing authority is responsible pursuant to point (e) of Article 32(4) of Regulation (EU) No 223/2014, it is necessary to set out uniform conditions for its content in the form of a standard model.
(3) To harmonise standards for the preparation and presentation of the audit strategy, the audit opinion and the annual control report for which an audit authority is responsible pursuant to Article 34(4) and the first subparagraph of Article 34(5) of Regulation (EU) No 223/2014, a model should be provided setting out uniform conditions for the structure, and specifying the nature and the quality of the information to be used in their preparation.
(4) In order to allow for the prompt application of the measures provided for in this Regulation, this Regulation should enter into force on the day following that of its publication in the Official Journal of the European Union,
HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:
Article 1
Model for the management declaration
The management declaration referred to in point (e) of Article 32(4) of Regulation (EU) No 223/2014 shall be submitted for each operational programme in accordance with the model set out in Annex I to this Regulation.
Article 2
Models for the audit strategy, the audit opinion and the annual control report
The audit strategy referred to in Article 34(4) of Regulation (EU) No 223/2014 shall be prepared in accordance with the model set out in Annex II to this Regulation.
The audit opinion referred to in point (a) of the first subparagraph of Article 34(5) of Regulation (EU) No 223/2014 shall be drawn up in accordance with the model set out in Annex III to this Regulation.
The annual control report referred to in point (b) of the first subparagraph of Article 34(5) of Regulation (EU) No 223/2014 shall be drawn up in accordance with the model set out in Annex IV to this Regulation.
Article 3
Entry into force
This Regulation shall enter into force on the day following its publication in the Official Journal of the European Union.
This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States.
Done at Brussels, 12 August 2015.
For the Commission The President Jean-Claude JUNCKER
(2) Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2015/341 of 20 February 2015 laying down detailed rules for implementing Regulation (EU) No 223/2014 of the European Parliament and of the Council as regards the models for submission of certain information to the Commission (OJ L 60, 4.3.2015, p. 1).
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