Paying Authority
The function of the Paying Authority, according to Article 9 (o) and Article 32 of Council Regulation (EC) 1260/1999, point 25 and 31 of the INTERREG Guidelines and Regulations n° 448/2001, will be carried out by the Italian Ministry of Infrastructures – DiCoTer – (General Direction responsible for spatial co-ordination).
General Direction Responsible for Spatial Co-ordination (DiCoTer) – section PA
Ministry of Infrastructures
Via Nomentana 2
I-00161 Roma
The Paying Authority:
- draws up and submits ERDF payment applications;
- receives ERDF payments from the Commission;
- monitors commitments and payments of ERDF funds at programme level;
- monitors financial implementation of the projects (ERDF funds);
- pays out ERDF-funds to the final beneficiaries in accordance with Article 32 of Council Regulation (EC) n° 1260/1999.
Therefore it is responsible for:
- the management of ERDF funds;
- certification of total expenses, on the basis of certification made by project lead partners;
- payments related to ERDF funds;
- activities related to Commission Regulation n° 448/2001 on financial corrections;
- repetition of eventual undue payments;
- financial monitoring;
- harmonisation of monitoring systems for all European funds involved in CADSES;
- virtual monitoring of the total project, in particular of all the funds involved;
- to verify that those bodies taking part in the management and implementation of the assistance maintain either a separate accounting system or an adequate accounting code for all transactions related to the assistance.
A more detailed description of the tasks of the Paying Authority (PA) can be found in the Programme Complement.