Amendment of the MAFAs
Article 9
1. Article 7(8) of Section A of the Annex to the MAFAs is replaced by the following: ‘The final balance of the programme shall be paid: (a) if the National Authorising Officer submits to the Commission within the deadline for payment laid down in the final Annual Financing Agreement, a certified statement of expenditure actually paid in accordance with Article 9 of this Section; (b) if the final report on implementation has been submitted to and approved by the Commission; (c) when the Decision referred to in Article 11 of this section has been adopted. The payment shall not prejudice the adoption of a subsequent decision pursuant Article 12 of this section.’ 2. The following subparagraph is added to Article 10(3) of section A of the Annex to the MAFAs: ‘However, interest not accounted for by projects assisted under the programme of the Czech Republic, Estonia, Hungary, Latvia, Lithuania, Poland, Slovakia and Slovenia, respectively, shall be paid to the Commission in euro.’ 3. Article 12(7) of Section A of the Annex to the MAFA is replaced by the following: ‘The amount to be recovered in accordance with the conformity clearance Decisions, shall be communicated to the National Authorising Officer who shall, on behalf of the Member States, ensure that the amount is credited to the Sapard euro account within two months of the date the conformity clearance Decision was taken. The Commission may, however, on a case by case basis, decide that any amount to be credited to it shall be offset against payments due to be made by the Commission to the Member States under any Community instrument.’