Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2020/2043 of 11 December 2020 derogating from Implementing Regulation (EU) 2017/39 in respect of school years 2019/2020 and 2020/2021 as regards on-the-spot checks on the premises of aid applicants or educational establishments for the purposes of the school scheme

1 By way of derogation from the second to the fifth subparagraphs of Article 10(3) of Implementing Regulation (EU) 2017/39, where due to the measures put in place to address the COVID-19 pandemic Member States are not in a position to carry out on-the-spot checks on the premises of aid applicants or educational establishments in respect of school years 2019/2020 and 2020/2021, those checks may be carried out remotely.

2 By way of derogation from Article 10(6) of Implementing Regulation (EU) 2017/39, where the on-the-spot checks are carried out remotely in accordance with paragraph 1 of this Article, the competent control authority shall also include a justification on the need for such derogation and report on its use in the control report.

This Regulation shall enter into force on the third day following that of its publication in the Official Journal of the European Union.