European Refugee Fund: period 2005-2010 (Decision 2000/596/EC)

LEGISLATIVE ACT : Commission Decision 2006/399/CE laying down detailed rules for the implementation of Council Decision 2004/904/EC as regards the eligibility of expenditure within the framework of actions co-financed by the European Refugee Fund implemented in the Member States.

CONTENT : In order to ensure the efficient implementation of the European Refugee Fund in the Member States, in accordance with the principles of sound financial management, the Commission has adopted a series of common rules on the eligibility of expenditure from the Fund.

Both the United Kingdom and Ireland take part in Decision 2004/904/EC and by consequence in this present decision. By contrast, Denmark is not bound by Decision 2004/904/EC and does not part in this Decision.

This Decision applies to the co-financing of actions provided for in Articles 5, 6 and 7 of Decision 2004/904/EC, which are managed by the Member States. The rules set out in the Annex to this Decision will be used to determine the eligibility of expenditure of actions financed under the annual programmes referred to in Article 16 of Decision 2004/904/EC, and include the following:

- categories of eligible costs (at project level);

- ineligible expenditure;

- categories of management, implementation, monitoring and control expenditure eligible for financing under technical and administrative assistance.

It should be noted that Member States may apply national eligibility rules that are more rigorous than those prescribed in this Decision.