Fulfilment of enabling condition
Enabling condition
Specific objective
Fulfilment of criteria
Reference to relevant documents
Fund
Criteria
Justification
complete self-declarations and to provide supporting documents as appropriate. Awarding bodies will be able to validate information against national databases (see above), accountant’s certificates and/or audit reports. The Managing Authorities will review the checks carried out and documented at the level of the operation by the awarding bodies as part of the MA management verification process and using an approved sampling methodology. The State Aid Unit in the Department of Enterprise Trade and Employment (DETE) provides guidance on interpretation of state aid rules and state aid training. EMFAF’s parent department and several ERDF intermediary bodies have in-house expertise in relation to State Aid. DETE will provide advice, where relevant, on schemes at design stage and during the implementation phases of programmes. Advice is available to all public service bodies and the unit operate a case management system to ensure service delivery. If the issue is particularly complex or Managing Authority decide to seek another opinion they can deploy technical assistance to procure state aid advice including legal advice or specialist training. The State Aid Unit will provide tailored training to Managing Authorities and public bodies delivering schemes upon request subject to capacity. The
Companies Registration Office (CRO) https://www.cro.ie/en-ie/ Charities Regulator https://www.charitiesregu lator.ie
2. Through access to expert advice and guidance on State aid matters, provided by State aid experts of local or national bodies.
Yes
https://enterprise.gov.ie/ en/What-We-Do/EU- Internal-Market/EU-State- Aid-Rules/ GBER schemes are published on the website of the Granting Authority (and the relevant information is made available to the Commission as part the information note required within 20 days of the granting of aid under the scheme). DETE is currently considering creating a centralised website for all GBER schemes.
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