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For the operational programmes referred to in paragraph 1, a Member State may in addition exercise the option to establish according to national rules the bodies and procedures for carrying out: the functions of the managing authority in relation to the verification of the co-financed products and services and expenditure declared under Article 60(b); the functions of the certifying authority under Article 61; and the functions of the audit authority under Article 62. Where a Member State exercises this option it need not designate a certifying authority and an audit authority under Article 59(1) (b) and (c). Article 71 shall apply mutatis mutandis. When the Commission adopts implementing rules for Articles 60, 61 and 62, it shall specify the provisions which shall not apply to operational programmes for which the option in this paragraph has been exercised by the Member State concerned.

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Source: EUR-Lex (Cellar) · retrieved 2026-11-01 · Text as adopted (Official Journal); later amendments are not incorporated in this text.