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9 October 2008 Inese Šteina Head of Finance Control Department

Compliance assessment of the EU Structural Funds and Cohesion Fund management and control system set up for the programming period 2007 – 2013. 9 October 2008 Inese Šteina Head of Finance Control Department. Contents. Accreditation progress Auditors' opinion Accreditation report

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9 October 2008 Inese Šteina Head of Finance Control Department

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  1. Compliance assessment of the EU Structural Funds and Cohesion Fund management and control system set up for the programming period 2007 – 2013 9 October 2008 Inese Šteina Head of Finance Control Department

  2. Contents • Accreditation progress • Auditors' opinion • Accreditation report • Implementation status of recommendations 5. Sending documents to the European Commission

  3. Accreditation progress (1) Objective of accreditation: Assess compliance of the EU Funds management and control system of the Managing Authority, Paying authority, Certification Body, Audit Body, Responsible Authority, Cooperation Authority and the Procurement Monitoring Bureau set up for the programming period 2007. – 2013 to the EU acquis: Articles 58-62 of Regulation (EC) No 1083/2006 Article 25 of Regulation (EC) No 1828/2006

  4. Accreditation progress (2) The accreditation is conducted by the Ministry of Finance in line with Paragraphs 17 and 18 of the Cabinet Regulation No 455 of 17 June 2008 "Procedure for Conducting Functions of the Audit Body in Management of EU Funds”. The accreditation was carried out by SIA “Ernst & Young Baltic” in line with the contract signed with the Ministry of Finance. As a result of accreditation The report and opinion shall be sent to the European Commission Latvia will qualify for receiving EU Funds payments from the European Commission

  5. Accreditation progress (3) • Three reports • Inception report – 28/12/2007 • Interim progress report - 03/03/2008 • Final report and opinion – 15/09/2008 Threestages: • 1st stage: Assessment of project application selection procedures • 2nd stage: System compliance assessment • 3rd stage: Assessment of deficiencies that have been averted

  6. Auditors' opinion In line with the opinion of SIA “Ernst&Young Baltic” submitted on 15/09/2008 on EU Funds management and control system in Latvia: The European Union Funds management and control system for the three operational programmes "is in compliance with the requirements of the Council Regulation (EC) No 1083/2006 and Commission Regulation (EC) No 1828/2006"

  7. Accreditation report The report drafted by SIA “Ernst&Young Baltic” on EU Funds management and control system in Latvia has been elaborated according to the European Commission guidelines and includes: • Executive summary • Introduction • Methods used and scope of work • Risk analysis • Assessment results for each institution/structural unit • General conclusions • Implementation status of recommendations from the interim report in the institutions.

  8. Implementation status of recommendations Implementation status of recommendations from the interim report in the institutions: All top and medium priority recommendations have been implemented regarding averting deficiencies in the EU Funds management and control system. There are still some low priority recommendations to be implemented but they do not affect commencement of EU Funds payments, however, they have to be implementedby the time the accreditation report and opinion is sent to the European Commission.

  9. Sending documents to the EC In line with the Paragraph 22 of the Cabinet Regulation No 455 of 17 June 2008 "Procedure for Conducting Functions of the Audit Body in Management of EU Funds" the Ministry of Finance no later than by 18 December of this year send to the European Commission the following documents: • final report of the accreditation and the opinion; • information on implementation progress of low priority recommendations; • description of the EU Funds management and control system. For Latvia to start receiving payments from the EU Funds on time the European Commission has been informed about the deadline for submission of documents - 15/11/2008.

  10. Thank you! Inese Šteina The Ministry of Finance Head of Finance Control Department

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