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Certifying Authority
Certifying Authorities (CA) perform their tasks on the basis of Article 61 of Regulation (EC) No1083/2006.
Functions of the CA
The main functions include drawing up and submitting to the Commission certified statements of expenditure, maintaining the accounting records for the expenditure declared to the Commission in computerised form and keeping an account of amounts withdrawn, recovered, to be recovered and amounts considered irrecoverable. To find out more about the functions of Certifying Authorityies consult the COCOF Guidance Document on the Functions of the Certifying Authority for the 2007 – 2013 programming period.
Additionally, you will find information on the functions of CA in the following presentation:
The certification and payment function of the Certifying Authority, the submission of payment claims to the Commission, reporting on withdrawals and recoveries, Presentation by Frank Rawlinson, European Commission, DG Regional Policy
Delivering reasonable assurance
CA must deliver reasonable assurance and at the same time ensure that the tasks of First Level Controllers or any other programme body are not duplicated. Please find below two presentations on delivering reasonable assurance which were presented by the representatives of the European Commission during two events for Certifying Authorities organised in 2009 and 2010 by INTERACT.
How the Certifying Authority can deliver assurance, Presentation by Frank Rawlinson, European Commission, DG Regional Policy
Reasonable assurance of the Certifying Authority, Presentation by Claude Tournier, European Commission, DG Regional Policy
Reporting on withdrawals and recoveries
Additional information
Here are the links to all the materials related to INTERACT events for Certifying Authorities
Please note that this DG Regional Policy mailing of 30 March 2010 also concerns CA reporting function:
