Council of the European Union and European Parliament 23 May 2007, Decision No 574/2007/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 23 May 2007 establishing the External Borders Fund for the period 2007 to 2013 as part of the General programme Solidarity and Management of Migration Flows

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CHAPTER I. SUBJECT MATTER, OBJECTIVES AND ACTIONS
Article 1. Subject matter and scope
Article 2. Definitions
Article 3. General Objectives of the Fund
Article 4. Specific objectives
Article 5. Eligible actions in the Member States
Article 6. Special Transit Scheme
Article 7. Community actions
CHAPTER II. PRINCIPLES OF ASSISTANCE
Article 8. Complementarity, consistency and compliance
Article 9. Programming
Article 10. Subsidiary and proportional intervention
Article 11. Implementation methods
Article 12. Partnership
CHAPTER III. FINANCIAL FRAMEWORK
Article 13. Global resources
Article 14. Annual distribution of resources for eligible actions in the Member States
Article 15. Risk Analysis carried out by the Agency for the purpose of the annual distribution of resources
Article 16. Financing structure
Article 17. Technical assistance at the initiative of the Commission
Article 18. Technical assistance at the initiative of Member States
Article 19. Specific actions
CHAPTER IV. PROGRAMMING
Article 20. Adoption of strategic guidelines
Article 21. Preparation and approval of national multiannual programmes
Article 22. Revision of multiannual programmes
Article 23. Annual programmes
Article 24. Mid-term review of the multiannual programme
CHAPTER V. MANAGEMENT AND CONTROL SYSTEMS
Article 25. Implementation
Article 26. General principles of management and control systems
Article 27. Designation of authorities
Article 28. Responsible authority
Article 29. Tasks of the responsible authority
Article 30. Delegation of tasks by the responsible authority
Article 31. Certifying Authority
Article 32. Audit Authority
CHAPTER VI. RESPONSIBILITIES AND CONTROLS
Article 33. Responsibilities of the Member States
Article 34. Management and control systems
Article 35. Responsibilities of the Commission
Article 36. Cooperation with the audit authorities of the Member States
CHAPTER VII. FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT
Article 37. Eligibility — declarations of expenditure
Article 38. Completeness of payment to final beneficiaries
Article 39. Use of the euro
Article 40. Commitments
Article 41. Payments — Prefinancing
Article 42. Payment of balance
Article 43. Withholding of payments
Article 44. Suspension of payments
Article 45. Conservation of documents
CHAPTER VIII. FINANCIAL CORRECTIONS
Article 46. Financial corrections by Member States
Article 47. Audit of accounts and financial corrections by the Commission
Article 48. Criteria for the corrections
Article 49. Repayment
Article 50. Obligations of Member States
CHAPTER IX. MONITORING, EVALUATION AND REPORTS
Article 51. Monitoring and evaluation
Article 52. Reporting obligations
Article 53. Final report on the implementation of the annual programme
CHAPTER X. TRANSITIONAL PROVISIONS
Article 54. Preparation of the multiannual programme
Article 55. The preparation of the 2007 and 2008 annual programmes
CHAPTER XI. FINAL PROVISIONS
Article 56. Committee
Article 57. Review
Article 58. Entry into force and application
Article 59. Addressees

6.6.2007

Official Journal of the European Union

L 144/22

DECISION No 574/2007/EC OF THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT AND OF THE COUNCIL

of 23 May 2007

establishing the External Borders Fund for the period 2007 to 2013 as part of the General programme ‘Solidarity and Management of Migration Flows’

THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT AND THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN UNION,

Having regard to the

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