The secretary shall be chosen from the members of the Joint Managing Authority.

examine any contentious cases of recovery brought to its attention by the Joint Managing Authority.

The Joint Managing Authority shall have an internal audit service which shall be independent from the departments performing authorising-officer, accounting-officer and management functions.

The internal audit service of the Joint Managing Authority shall each year implement a control programme to check the internal circuits and ensure procedures have been correctly applied within the Joint Managing Authority.

It shall draw up an annual report and send it to the representative of the Joint Managing Authority.

the provisional budget (commitments and expenditure) of the Joint Managing Authority for the following year.

identify the body appointed by the participating countries to perform the role of Joint Managing Authority

The account shall be set up in such a way that the transactions require signatures of both the authorising officer and the accounting officer.

The Joint Managing Authority is organized in three units:

Commission communicates its opinion to the Joint Managing Authority within 15 working days.

only be renewed by invitation of the Management Committee)

The Joint Managing Authority may also be a body governed by private law with a public-service mission.

a president representing the Joint Managing Authority, without voting right;

a secretary, member of the Joint Managing Authority, without voting right;

The adoption of each joint operational programme shall be taken as an ex ante accreditation by the Commission of the management and control structures set up by the Joint Managing Authority.