Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2022/246 of 13 December 2021 amending Implementing Regulation (EU) 2017/39 as regards the aid applications, payment of the aid and on-the-spot checks

‘2 Aid relating to the accompanying educational measures, monitoring, evaluation and publicity shall only be paid upon delivery of the material or services concerned and upon submission of the related documentary evidence as required by the competent authority or, if the Member State authorises the use of standard scales of unit costs, flat-rate financing and/or lump sums, on presentation of evidence that the material or services have been delivered.’;

‘1 On-the spot checks shall in particular include verification of: (a) the records referred to in Article 6 of Delegated Regulation (EU) 2017/40, by corroborating and complementing the administrative checks with relevant documentation including financial documents such as purchase and sales invoices, delivery notes, bank extracts or other proof of payment and their recording in the accountancy; (b) the use of the products in accordance with Regulation (EU) No 1308/2013, Delegated Regulation (EU) 2017/40 and this Regulation; (c) the implementation of accompanying educational measures to support the distribution of products, where the on-the-spot check takes place at the premises of the educational establishment or where the on-the-spot check concerns aid applied for relating to accompanying educational measures; (d) the use of suitable publicity tools, where the on-the-spot check takes place at the premises of the educational establishment.’.

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