http://www.legislation.gov.uk/eur/2014/514/article/26Regulation (EU) No 514/2014 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 16 April 2014 laying down general provisions on the Asylum, Migration and Integration Fund and on the instrument for financial support for police cooperation, preventing and combating crime, and crisis managementRegulation (EU) No 514/2014 of the European Parliament and of the CouncilRegulation (EU) No 514/2014 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 16 April 2014 laying down general provisions on the Asylum, Migration and Integration Fund and on the instrument for financial support for police cooperation, preventing and combating crime, and crisis management2020-12-12King's Printer of Acts of Parliamenthttps://webarchive.nationalarchives.gov.uk/eu-exit/https://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/EN/TXT/?uri=CELEX:02014R0514-20201027texttext/xmlen2020-10-27 CHAPTER IV <Strong>NATIONAL PROGRAMMES</Strong> SECTION 2 <Strong> <Emphasis>Management and Control</Emphasis> </Strong> Designation of Responsible Authorities Article 26 1 Member States shall notify the Commission of the formal designation, in accordance with Article 59(3) of Regulation (EU, Euratom) No 966/2012, at ministerial level of the Responsible Authorities in Member States responsible for the management and control of expenditure under this Regulation, as soon as possible after the approval of the national programme. 2 The designation referred to in paragraph 1 shall be made subject to the body complying with the designation criteria on internal environment, control activities, information and communication, and monitoring laid down in or on the basis of this Regulation. 3 The designation of a Responsible Authority shall be based on an opinion of an audit body, which may be the Audit Authority, that assesses the Responsible Authority’s compliance with the designation criteria. That body may be the autonomous public institution responsible for monitoring, evaluating and auditing the administration. The audit body shall function independently of the Responsible Authority and shall carry out its work in accordance with internationally accepted audit standards. In accordance with Article 59(3) of Regulation (EU, Euratom) No 966/2012, Member States may base their decision on designation on whether the management and control systems are essentially the same as those in place for the previous period and whether they have functioned effectively. If the existing audit and control results show that the designated bodies no longer comply with the designation criteria, Member States shall take the necessary measures to ensure that deficiencies in the implementation of the tasks of those bodies are remedied, including by ending the designation. 4 To ensure the sound operation of this system, the Commission shall be empowered to adopt delegated acts in accordance with Article 58 concerning: a minimum conditions for the designation of the Responsible Authorities with regard to the internal environment, control activities, information and communication, and monitoring, as well as rules on the procedure for making and ending the designation; b rules relating to supervision and the procedure for reviewing the designation of Responsible Authorities; c the obligations of the Responsible Authorities as regards public intervention, as well as on the content of their management and control responsibilities.