TITLE III

PROGRAMMING, IMPLEMENTATION AND CONTROL

On-the-spot checks by the Commission
Article 37
The Secretary of State, with the consent of the Scottish Ministers and the Welsh Ministers, may organise joint on-the-spot checks with the EU Commission in Great Britain at the premises of any beneficiary of EU expenditure incurred or committed before IP completion day, with a view to verifying in particular:
1. the effective implementation of the measures benefitting from the EU financial contribution;
2. the compliance of administrative practices with EU rules;
3. the existence of the requisite supporting documents and their correlation with the measures benefitting from an EU contribution.
Words in Art. 37 substituted (31.12.2020) by The Exotic Disease (Amendment etc.) (EU Exit) Regulations 2018 (S.I. 2018/1410), regs. 1, 18(3)(a) (as amended by S.I. 2020/1388, regs. 1(2)(a), 25(14)(a)); 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)
Word in Art. 37(a)(b) substituted (31.12.2020) by The Exotic Disease (Amendment etc.) (EU Exit) Regulations 2018 (S.I. 2018/1410), regs. 1, 18(3)(b); 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)
Words in Art. 37(c) substituted (31.12.2020) by The Exotic Disease (Amendment etc.) (EU Exit) Regulations 2018 (S.I. 2018/1410), regs. 1, 18(3)(c); 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)