SECTION 5FINAL PROVISIONS

Article 24Repeal

Decision 2008/969/EC, Euratom on the Early Warning System for the use of authorising officers of the Commission and the executive agencies is repealed.

Article 25Transitional provisions

1.

Exclusion warnings registered under Decision 2008/969/EC, Euratom shall remain active until the end of their duration in accordance with that decision.

2.

W1, W2 and W3b warnings registered under Decision 2008/969/EC, Euratom shall be regarded as verification warnings under this Decision.

3.

W3a and W4 warnings shall continue to be registered until 1 July 2015 under the conditions set out in Decision 2008/969/EC, Euratom. For the application of Section 4 of this Decision, warnings W3a and W4 shall be regarded as verification warnings under this Decision. Decision 2008/969/EC, Euratom shall continue to apply to warnings W5b until 1 July 2015.

Article 26Publication

This Decision shall be published in the Official Journal of the European Union.