Commission Decision 2014/792/EU

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This text since 4 Dec 2014law://eu/dec/2014/792/art_7@2026-11-12

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Article 7Timing of the consultation of the EWS#

The authorising officer responsible shall verify if there is a warning in the EWS concerning a person at the following stages:

(a)before an individual budgetary commitment is entered;

(b)before a global budgetary commitment is entered if the person is known at that stage;

(c)in the case of provisional budgetary commitments, before concluding the legal commitment giving rise to an entitlement to subsequent payments unless it concerns payment of staff and the reimbursement of travel expenditure related to participation in meetings and competitions;

(d)in the case of procurement or grant award procedures, prize contests and calls for expression of interests, at the latest before the award decision;

(e)in the case of procurement, if the contracting authority limits the number of candidates invited to submit a tender, before the selection of candidates has been completed;

(f)before any payment unless it concerns payment of staff and the reimbursement of travel expenditure related to participation in meetings and competitions.

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Type: Decision · 2014/792
Adopted: 13 Nov 2014
In force: 4 Dec 2014
Made by: European Commission
Official: EUR-Lex 32014D0792 · ELI

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database European Commission executive agency financial control fraud against the EU general budget (EU)information highway information system Budget Financial provisions ECSC Information and verification

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data subject
means an identifiable person as referred to in Regulation (EC) No 45/2001 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 18 December 2000 on the protection of individuals with regard to the processing of personal data by the Community institutions and bodies and on the free movement of such data;
findings
means established facts discovered during the implementation of a legal commitment, or recorded in the context of audits or investigations carried out by the Court of Auditors, the Anti-Fraud Office (OLAF), the Internal Audit Service (IAS) or any other audit or control made under the responsibility of the authorising officer responsible;
legal commitment
means a commitment entered into by the Commission under Titles V to VIII of Part 1, and Part 2 of Regulation (EU, Euratom) No 966/2012;
person
means any natural person or any legal person or any association without legal personality as listed below:
professional misconduct
means violation of laws or regulations or of ethical standards of the profession to which the person belongs, as well as any wrongful conduct which has an impact on its professional credibility;
Subcontractor
means an economic operator who is proposed by a candidate or tenderer or contractor to perform part of a contract, while the contracting authority has no direct legal commitment with it;
substantial error or irregularity
means a substantial error or irregularity as defined in Article 166(2) of Delegated Regulation (EU) No 1268/2012;
the accounting officer
means the accounting officer of the Commission or the subordinate member of staff to whom the accounting officer has delegated certain tasks pursuant to Article 69 of Regulation (EU, Euratom) No 966/2012;
the authorising officer responsible
means the authorising officer by delegation of the Commission within the meaning of Article 65 of Regulation (EU, Euratom) No 966/2012 responsible in accordance with the internal rules for the implementation of the general budget of the European Union (‘the budget’), including directors of executive agencies, authorising officers by subdelegation within the meaning of Article 65 of that Regulation exercising the function of director, and the Heads of Union Delegations acting as Commission authorising officers by subdelegation in accordance with Article 56(2) of that Regulation;
warning contact person
means the person within the service responsible for the request who is in charge of the warning file until its removal.