The blog about the most common issues faced by applicants and funding recipients.
I cover, among other things, adverse assessments of funding applications, formal protests, project controls, financial corrections, repayment of funding, project modifications, liability of management board members for repayment of funding, and project-related disputes with funding institutions.
Objections to a post-control report allow the funding recipient to challenge the project control findings and present its own position. They become particularly important where the institution’s findings may lead to repayment of funds.
Receiving notice of a financial correction may mean that the funding institution has challenged part of the project expenditure and will reduce the amount of funding. It does not, however, mean that the matter is already determined or that the institution’s position is necessarily correct.
Is an authority demanding repayment of a grant from the state budget? I explain when Article 169 of the Public Finance Act applies, what significance control findings have and what to check after receiving such a letter.
A negative assessment of a funding application does not necessarily bring the matter to an end. Learn when you can lodge a protest, how the appeal procedure works and when a complaint to an administrative court is available.
SAFE is not a support programme for businesses, but a mechanism for financing Member States’ defence expenditure. For companies, this means that access to these funds will be possible through participation in public procurement procedures carried out by the state. How does this mechanism work in practice?
In many cases, even a commercially justified project modification may lead to expenditure being challenged if it was introduced without the funding institution’s prior approval.
Dr Anna Kulińska is an attorney-at-law specialising in State aid law, administrative law, EU law, and the legal aspects of public funding. She advises businesses and organisations implementing projects financed from EU funds and national support programmes, in particular on project modifications, project controls, audits, and administrative proceedings concerning repayment of funding.
