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Fund for the period 2007 to 2013 as part of the General programme ‘Solidarity and Management of Migration Flows’ (repealed)

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Repealed by Regulation (EU) No 515/2014 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 16 April 2014 establishing, as part of the Internal Security Fund, the instrument for financial support for external borders and visa and repealing Decision No 574/2007/EC.

CHAPTER I SUBJECT MATTER, OBJECTIVES AND ACTIONS

Article 1 Subject matter and scope
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Article 2 Definitions
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Article 3 General Objectives of the Fund
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Article 4 Specific objectives
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Article 5 Eligible actions in the Member States
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Article 6 Special Transit Scheme
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Article 7 Community actions
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CHAPTER II PRINCIPLES OF ASSISTANCE

Article 8 Complementarity, consistency and compliance
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Article 9 Programming
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Article 10 Subsidiary and proportional intervention
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Article 11 Implementation methods
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Article 12 Partnership
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CHAPTER III FINANCIAL FRAMEWORK

Article 13 Global resources
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Article 14 Annual distribution of resources for eligible actions in the Member States
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Article 15 Risk Analysis carried out by the Agency for the purpose of the annual distribution of resources
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Article 16 Financing structure
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Article 17 Technical assistance at the initiative of the Commission
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Article 18 Technical assistance at the initiative of Member States
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Article 19 Specific actions
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CHAPTER IV PROGRAMMING

Article 20 Adoption of strategic guidelines
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Article 21 Preparation and approval of national multiannual programmes
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Article 22 Revision of multiannual programmes
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Article 23 Annual programmes
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Article 24 Mid-term review of the multiannual programme
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CHAPTER V MANAGEMENT AND CONTROL SYSTEMS

Article 25 Implementation
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Article 26 General principles of management and control systems
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Article 27 Designation of authorities
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Article 28 Responsible authority
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Article 29 Tasks of the responsible authority
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Article 30 Delegation of tasks by the responsible authority
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Article 31 Certifying Authority
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Article 32 Audit Authority
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CHAPTER VI RESPONSIBILITIES AND CONTROLS

Article 33 Responsibilities of the Member States
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Article 34 Management and control systems
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Article 35 Responsibilities of the Commission
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Article 36 Cooperation with the audit authorities of the Member States
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CHAPTER VII FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT

Article 37 Eligibility — declarations of expenditure
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Article 38 Completeness of payment to final beneficiaries
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Article 39 Use of the euro
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Article 40 Commitments
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Article 41 Payments — Prefinancing
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Article 42 Payment of balance
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Article 43 Withholding of payments
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Article 44 Suspension of payments
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Article 45 Conservation of documents
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CHAPTER VIII FINANCIAL CORRECTIONS

Article 46 Financial corrections by Member States
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Article 47 Audit of accounts and financial corrections by the Commission
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Article 48 Criteria for the corrections
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Article 49 Repayment
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Article 50 Obligations of Member States
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CHAPTER IX MONITORING, EVALUATION AND REPORTS

Article 51 Monitoring and evaluation
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Article 52 Reporting obligations
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Article 53 Final report on the implementation of the annual programme
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CHAPTER X TRANSITIONAL PROVISIONS

Article 54 Preparation of the multiannual programme
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Article 55 The preparation of the 2007 and 2008 annual programmes
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CHAPTER XI FINAL PROVISIONS

Article 56 Committee
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Article 57 Review
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Article 58 Entry into force and application
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Article 59 Addressees
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Repealed by Regulation (EU) No 515/2014 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 16 April 2014 establishing, as part of the Internal Security Fund, the instrument for financial support for external borders and visa and repealing Decision No 574/2007/EC.