Decision No 573/2007/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council
of 23 May 2007
establishing the European Refugee Fund for the period 2008 to 2013 as part of the General programme ‘Solidarity and Management of Migration Flows’ and repealing Council Decision 2004/904/EC (repealed)

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Repealed by Regulation (EU) No 516/2014 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 16 April 2014 establishing the Asylum, Migration and Integration Fund, amending Council Decision 2008/381/EC and repealing Decisions No 573/2007/EC and No 575/2007/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council and Council Decision 2007/435/EC.

CHAPTER I SUBJECT-MATTER, OBJECTIVES AND ACTIONS

Article 1 Subject matter and scope
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Article 2 General objective of the Fund
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Article 3 Eligible actions in the Member States
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Article 4 Community actions
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Article 5 Emergency measures
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Article 6 Target groups
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CHAPTER II PRINCIPLES OF ASSISTANCE

Article 7 Complementarity, consistency and compliance
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Article 8 Programming
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Article 9 Subsidiary and proportional intervention
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Article 10 Implementation methods
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Article 11 Partnership
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CHAPTER III FINANCIAL FRAMEWORK

Article 12 Global resources
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Article 13 Annual distribution of resources for eligible action in the Member States
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Article 14 Financing structure
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Article 15 Technical assistance at the initiative of the Commission
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Article 16 Technical assistance at the initiative of the Member States
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CHAPTER IV PROGRAMMING

Article 17 Adoption of strategic guidelines
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Article 18 Preparation and approval of national multiannual programmes
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Article 19 Revision of multiannual programmes
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Article 20 Annual programmes
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Article 21 Special provisions concerning emergency measures
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Article 22 Mid-term review of the multiannual programme
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CHAPTER V MANAGEMENT AND CONTROL SYSTEMS

Article 23 Implementation
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Article 24 General principles of management and control systems
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Article 25 Designation of authorities
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Article 26 Responsible authority
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Article 27 Tasks of the responsible authority
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Article 28 Delegation of tasks by the responsible authority
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Article 29 Certifying authority
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Article 30 Audit authority
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CHAPTER VI RESPONSIBILITIES AND CONTROLS

Article 31 Responsibilities of the Member States
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Article 32 Management and control systems
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Article 33 Responsibilities of the Commission
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Article 34 Cooperation with the audit authorities of the Member States
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CHAPTER VII FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT

Article 35 Eligibility — declarations of expenditure
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Article 36 Completeness of payment to final beneficiaries
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Article 37 Use of the euro
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Article 38 Commitments
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Article 39 Payments — Pre-financing
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Article 40 Payment of balance
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Article 41 Withholding of payments
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Article 42 Suspension of payments
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Article 43 Conservation of documents
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CHAPTER VIII FINANCIAL CORRECTIONS

Article 44 Financial corrections by Member States
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Article 45 Audit of accounts and financial corrections by the Commission
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Article 46 Criteria for the corrections
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Article 47 Repayment
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Article 48 Obligations of Member States
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CHAPTER IX MONITORING, EVALUATION AND REPORTS

Article 49 Monitoring and evaluation
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Article 50 Reporting obligations
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Article 51 Final report on the implementation of the annual programme
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CHAPTER X FINAL PROVISIONS

Article 52 Committee
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Article 53 Review
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Article 54 Transitional provisions
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Article 55 Repeal
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Article 56 Entry into force and application
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Article 57 Addressees
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ANNEX List of the specific common Union resettlement priorities for 2013
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Repealed by Regulation (EU) No 516/2014 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 16 April 2014 establishing the Asylum, Migration and Integration Fund, amending Council Decision 2008/381/EC and repealing Decisions No 573/2007/EC and No 575/2007/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council and Council Decision 2007/435/EC.