Special departments
Article 47
1. The special departments referred to in Article 85 of Regulation (EU) No 1306/2013 shall be responsible, in addition to the tasks referred to in that Article, for: (a) training the national officials responsible for carrying out the scrutiny referred to in this Section, to enable them to acquire sufficient knowledge to perform their duties; (b) administering the scrutiny reports and any other documents relating to the scrutinies carried out and provided for under Chapter III of Title V of Regulation (EU) No 1306/2013 (c) the preparation and communication of the programmes referred to in Article 84 of Regulation (EU) No 1306/2013 and the reports referred to in Article 86(1) of that Regulation. 2. Special departments shall be entrusted by Member States with all the powers necessary to perform the tasks referred to in paragraph 1. They shall consist of a sufficient number of officials who are suitably trained to carry out those tasks. 3. Member States where the minimum number of undertakings to control is less than 10 shall not be required to establish a special department.