Article 4

1. Member States shall designate the authorities and bodies which they shall empower to effect, from the date of application of this Regulation, the expenditure referred to in Articles 2 and 3. They shall communicate to the Commission, as soon as possible after the entry into force of this Regulation, the following particulars concerning those authorities and bodies: - their name and, where appropriate, their statutes; the administrative and accounting conditions in accordance with which payments are made relating to the implementation of Community rules within the framework of the common organisation of agricultural markets. (1)OJ No L 253, 16.10.1968, p. 1. They shall inform the Commission forthwith of any change in those particulars. 2. The Commission shall make available to Member States the necessary credits so that the designated authorities and bodies may, in accordance with Community rules and national legislation, make the payments referred to in paragraph 1. The Member States shall ensure that those credits are used without delay and solely for the purposes laid down. 3. The authorities and bodies shall at least once a year draw up reports and a summary of accounts relating to the expenditure referred to in paragraph 1. Member States shall communicate those reports and accounts to the Commission and shall attach to them to any report or part of a report drawn up by the competent auditing or supervisory authorities dealing with such expenditure. 4. Detailed rules for the application of this Article shall, as far as is necessary, be adopted in accordance with the procedure laid down in Article 13.

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Source: EUR-Lex (Cellar) · retrieved 2026-11-10 · Text as adopted (Official Journal); later amendments are not incorporated in this text.