Implementation of expenditure
Article 33
1. To implement expenditure, the authorising officer shall make budgetary commitments and legal commitments, shall validate expenditure and authorise payments and shall undertake the preliminary steps for the implementation of appropriations. 2. Every item of expenditure shall be committed, validated, authorised and paid. Validation of expenditure is the act whereby the authorising officer responsible confirms a financial operation. Authorisation of expenditure is the act by which the authorising officer responsible, having verified that the appropriations are available, instructs the accounting officer to pay the validated expenditure. 3. In respect of any measure which may give rise to expenditure chargeable to the budget of the PPP body, the authorising officer responsible shall make a budgetary commitment before entering into a legal commitment with third parties. 4. The annual work programme of the PPP body shall provide the authorisation by the governing board for the operational expenditure of the PPP body on the activities it covers, provided that the elements set out in this paragraph are clearly identified. The annual work programme shall comprise detailed objectives and expected results including performance indicators. It shall contain the following: (a) a description of the activities to be financed; (b) an indication of the amount allocated to each activities; (c) information on the overall strategy for the implementation of the programme entrusted to the PPP body; (d) a strategy for achieving efficiency gains and synergies; (e) a strategy for the organisational management and internal control systems including their anti-fraud strategy as last updated and an indication of measures to prevent recurrence of cases of conflict of interest, irregularities and fraud, in particular where weaknesses have led to critical recommendations reported under Article 23 or 28(6). The PPP body shall adopt its annual work programme for a particular year by the end of the previous year. The annual work programme shall be published on the website of the PPP body. Any substantial amendment to the annual work programme shall be adopted by the same procedure as the initial work programme, in accordance with the provisions of the constituent act. The governing board may delegate the power to make non-substantial amendments to the work programme to the authorising officer of the PPP body.