Subdirección General de Certificación y Pagos

Assistant Director General Jerónimo Rios Boeta

Addresses

Telefono.: 91 583 76 94

Functions

Shall perform the functions set out in the following paragraphs:

• Those relating to certification, accounting and payments, in respect of the ERDF, the Just Transition Fund, the Cohesion Fund, the Solidarity Fund, the European Economic Area Financial Instrument and any other Fund or instrument assigned to it, which, under the various European Regulations and for the different programming periods, are the responsibility of the Certifying Authority or the body responsible for the accounting function of the operational programmes co-financed by those funds. It will mainly include the preparation and submission of declarations of expenditure, payment applications, statements and accounts of expenditure and the processing of proposals for payment to the beneficiaries of actions co-financed by these funds. It will also include those payments of funds to Spanish recipients in European Territorial Cooperation operational programmes where Spain is not the Certifying Authority or equivalent body.
• Management and monitoring of economic and financial information with an impact on budgetary implementation, as regards programming co-financed by the European Funds, whether or not included in the Association Agreement, by means of tools designed to integrate this information.

And those which, by virtue of its competencies, apply to it in the following paragraphs:

• Carrying out economic analyses and studies in the field of the European Funds.
• Legislative and regulatory implementation related to the management and supervision of assistance from the ERDF, the Cohesion Fund, the Just Transition Fund and other funds assigned to it, as well as the drafting of rules on the eligibility of expenditure.
• Negotiating with the European Commission and other institutions on matters relating to the regulation of the ERDF, the Just Transition Fund, European Territorial Cooperation, the Cohesion Fund and other funds assigned to it.
• Cooperation and coordination with the territorial authorities, as regards the management and monitoring of actions carried out with the ERDF, European Territorial Cooperation, the Cohesion Fund, the Just Transition Fund and other funds assigned to it.
• Representation on coordination committees and working groups for the European funds and other committees or member bodies where it has authority and coordination and promotion of the Thematic Networks related to the ERDF and other funds assigned to it.
• All actions necessary for the completion and closure of operational programmes of the ERDF, the Just Transition Fund, European Territorial Cooperation, Cohesion Fund and other funds assigned to it.

This will be developed with full functional independence. It is the Certifying Authority or equivalent body responsible for the accounting function of operational programmes financed by the ERDF, and of other Funds and programmes of a similar nature where it has been designated in advance or where European regulations require it to be assessed for compliance with the requirements.