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On the proposal for a regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council establishing the Erasmus+ programme for the period 2028-2034, and repealing Regulations (EU) 2021/817 and (EU) 2021/888
Document CONT-AD-785266 · COM(2025)0549 – C100170/2025 – 2025/0222(COD)
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- Opinion parliamentary committee CONT-AD-785266
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- 15 June 2026
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- Committee on Budgetary Control
- Rapporteur
- Daniel Freund
- Dossier
- 2025-0222
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The Committee on Budgetary Control gives its opinion on the proposed Erasmus+ regulation for 2028-2034, which also repeals Regulations (EU) 2021/817 and (EU) 2021/888. It proposes amendments to protect the programme's core mobility mission, strengthen inclusion funding, and reinforce transparency, audit rights and protection of the Union's financial interests. The amendments also cover suspension of funds, complementarity with other Union instruments, detailed budget allocations, and association of third countries including the United Kingdom.
Position. The Committee on Budgetary Control supports the proposal's objectives but proposes amendments to safeguard accessibility, financial sustainability, transparency and sound financial management, and submits them to the Committee on Culture and Education as the committee responsible.
Key points
- High-cost scholarships in strategic fields must rely on co-financing from other Union instruments whose objectives they primarily serve, so they do not divert resources from general mobility.
- Financial support for participants with fewer opportunities must reflect actual living and subsistence costs, taking account of regional variations, and recognition of learning outcomes and digitalised application procedures are strengthened.
- Implementing partners must cooperate fully with the Commission, OLAF, the European Court of Auditors and, where applicable, the European Public Prosecutor's Office, with traceability through the single electronic data interchange area and the single gateway.
- Suspension of funds under the Conditionality Regulation or other instruments should not harm individual beneficiaries; the Commission should keep implementing the programme while respecting financial-interest measures.
- The amendments require complementarity with other Union instruments, including the successor to Horizon Europe and the European Competitiveness Fund, and more detailed indicative budget allocations.
- Association of third countries, including the United Kingdom from 2027, must come with full transparency on financial contributions, governance arrangements and audit rights.
- The Commission should ensure Union funds are not granted to entities engaged in activities incompatible with Article 2 of the Treaty on European Union or in serious criminal or security-related activities.
- Simplified cost options should be used to the maximum extent, supported by robust result indicators, without hindering audit and investigation rights, and should be regularly updated to reflect actual living and subsistence costs.
- Performance measurement should rely on verifiable, quantitative data, with intervention fields linked to policy objectives, user-friendly performance summaries and a mid-term evaluation transmitted to Parliament and the Council.
- Annual work programmes should be adopted by delegated acts under Article 290 TFEU, and the Commission should transmit draft work programmes to Parliament's committee and the Council's working group for scrutiny.
- National agencies must minimise administrative burden through digitalisation, the 'once only' principle and proportionate reporting, and apply anti-fraud and conflict-of-interest measures including risk-scoring and data checks.
- The Commission must publish information on beneficiaries and final recipients in the Financial Transparency System in a searchable, downloadable and machine-readable format, and report annually to Parliament and the Council.
Who is affected
- Erasmus+ participants with fewer opportunities, who would receive grants reflecting actual living and subsistence costs.
- National agencies and national authorities, which would face requirements on anti-fraud, conflict-of-interest prevention, digital traceability and reporting.
- Third countries associating to the programme, including the United Kingdom, which would face transparency and audit-right conditions.
- Implementing partners and beneficiaries, who must cooperate with the Commission, OLAF, the European Court of Auditors and, where applicable, the EPPO.
- Entities receiving Union funds, which must not engage in activities incompatible with Article 2 of the Treaty on European Union or in serious criminal or security-related activities.
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Short justification
The proposal for a Regulation establishing the Erasmus+ programme for 2028–2034 seeks to strengthen learning mobility, cooperation and inclusion across education, training, youth and sport, while integrating the European Solidarity Corps into a single programme architecture. The Rapporteur supports these objectives but identifies several budgetary control related areas where the proposal requires clarification to safeguard accessibility, financial sustainability, transparency and sound financial management.
The amendments aim to ensure that the expansion of Erasmus+ does not undermine its core mission as a broad, inclusive mobility programme. In particular, they address concerns that high-cost scholarships in strategic fields could divert resources from general mobility. The amendments therefore clarify that such scholarships must rely on co-financing from other Union instruments whose objectives they primarily serve.
To reinforce the programme’s inclusiveness, the amendments strengthen provisions on financial support for participants with fewer opportunities, ensuring that grants reflect actual living and subsistence costs, taking account of regional variations. They also enhance support for recognition and validation of learning outcomes, and promote more user friendly, digitalised and streamlined application procedures.
Given the Programme’s scale and the diversity of implementing actors, the amendments reinforce transparency, accountability and the protection of the Union’s financial interests. They introduce explicit references to the obligations implementing partners to cooperate fully with the Commission, OLAF, the European Court of Auditors and, where applicable, the European Public Prosecutor’s Office. They also ensure that the programme is implemented in full respect of the Union’s budget protection framework, with appropriate traceability of operations and data availability through the single electronic data interchange area and the single gateway.
Special attention is given to the suspension of funds to protect the financial interests of the Union, whether it is under the Conditionality Regulation or any other instrument, that should not go to the detriment of individual beneficiaries. The proposed amendments seek to allow the Commission to continue to implement the Programme to the benefit of EU citizens, with full respect of the measures taken to protect the Union's financial interests.
The amendments further clarify the need for complementarity between Erasmus+ and other Union instruments, including the successor to Horizon Europe and the European Competitiveness Fund, particularly in areas where objectives overlap. They also introduce more detailed indicative budget allocations, drawing on the current programme structure, to facilitate parliamentary scrutiny and ensure continuity in the distribution of resources across sectors.
Finally, the amendments highlight the importance of transparency and clarity in the association of third countries, including the United Kingdom, ensuring full visibility on financial contributions, governance arrangements and audit rights.
The Committee on Budgetary Control submits the following to the Committee on Culture and Education, as the committee responsible:
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| Having regard to the opinion of the European Court of Auditors1a, | |
| 1a European Court of Auditors, opinion 12/2026 “concerning the proposal for a regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council establishing the Erasmus+ programme for the period 2028-2034, and repealing Regulations (EU) 2021/817 and (EU) 2021/888 (COM/2025/549 final)”, Publications Office of the European Union, 2026. |
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| (6a) In accordance with Opinion 12/2026 of the European Court of Auditors, and in order to ensure that the final recipients of Union funds comply with the specific obligations relating to the audit rights of the European Court of Auditors, the Commission should require that all obligations arising from a Union grant agreement be incorporated into all agreements concluded between the direct beneficiaries and the indirect beneficiaries of Union funds where applicable. |
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| (9) In a rapidly changing economic, social and geopolitical environment, experience has shown the need for a more flexible multiannual financial framework and Union spending programmes. To that effect, and in line with the objectives of the Erasmus+ programme, the funding should duly consider the evolving policy needs and Union’s priorities as identified in relevant documents published by the Commission, in Council conclusions and European Parliament resolutions, while ensuring sufficient predictability for the budget implementation. | (9) Experience shows that, in a rapidly changing economic, social and geopolitical environment, Union spending programmes should be able to respond to evolving needs. The adaptation of the budget to specific needs must concern a limited and clearly defined share of the funding and align with the objectives of the Erasmus+ programme and the Union’s priorities as identified in relevant documents published by the Commission, in Council conclusions and European Parliament resolutions, while ensuring sound financial management, legal certainty, sufficient transparency, accountability, sustainability and predictability for the budget implementation, in particular for final beneficiaries, as well as effective parliamentary scrutiny. |
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| (10) The Programme should support the implementation of the Union of Skills6 and the overall strategic frameworks for Union policy cooperation in the fields of education and training, including the policy agendas for school education, higher education, vocational education and training and adult learning, including up-skilling and re-skilling, to allow citizens to develop competences and skills at all stages of their life to thrive in society. | (10) The Programme should support the implementation of the Union of Skills6 and the overall strategic frameworks for Union policy cooperation, in accordance with the principle of subsidiarity, in the fields of education and training, including the policy agendas for school education, higher education, vocational education and training and adult learning, including up-skilling and re-skilling, to allow citizens to develop competences and skills at all stages of their life to thrive in society. |
| 6 Communication from the Commission to the European Parliament, the European Council, the Council, the European Economic and Social Committee and the Committee of the Regions the Union of Skills (COM/2025/90 final). | 6 Communication from the Commission to the European Parliament, the European Council, the Council, the European Economic and Social Committee and the Committee of the Regions the Union of Skills (COM/2025/90 final). |
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| (15) The international dimension of the Programme should aim to offer opportunities for learning mobility, cooperation and policy dialogue with third countries not associated to the Programme, building on the experience of predecessor programmes, including to contribute to competitiveness of the Union, while ensuring protection of the Union’s economic security interests. To increase the impact of those activities, it is important to enhance synergies between the Programme and Global Europe, taking into account the enlargement of the Union, the Global Gateway Strategy and the education and training, youth and sport policy frameworks. | (15) The international dimension of the Programme should aim to offer opportunities for learning mobility, cooperation and policy dialogue with third countries not associated to the Programme, building on the experience of predecessor programmes, including to contribute to competitiveness of the Union, while ensuring protection of the Union’s economic security interests and upholding Union values and standards in all international partnerships. To increase the impact of those activities, it is important to enhance synergies between the Programme and Global Europe, taking into account the enlargement of the Union, the Global Gateway Strategy and the education and training, youth and sport policy frameworks. Appropriate safeguards should be available where serious deficiencies relating to the rule of law, fraud, corruption or misuse of Union funds risk affecting sound financial management or the protection of the Union’s financial interests. |
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| (16a) The Commission should ensure, in close cooperation with national agencies and authorities, that Union funds are not granted, directly or indirectly, to entities engaged in activities incompatible with the values enshrined in Article 2 of the Treaty on European Union or in serious criminal or security-related activities, in accordance with Union law. To that end, the Commission should deploy due diligence, monitoring and control mechanisms to guarantee the respect of EU values in programmes financed by the Union. |
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| (27) Europe faces a growing challenge in meeting the demand for skilled talent in strategic and evolving sectors like clean and circular technologies, transport, energy, water resilience, healthcare, digital technologies, aerospace and defence. To address this key need, it is essential to develop, attract and retain talented individuals in these fields. In line with the Union of skills, the Programme should among other support EU students to pursue studies in such critical sectors and attract as well top talent to Europe by enhancing the attractiveness of education and training and offering scholarships to students, including through Erasmus Mundus scholarships. This would contribute to address the skills needs for the labour market, including for sectors suffering severe staff shortages. | (27) Europe faces a growing challenge in meeting the demand for skilled talent in strategic and evolving sectors like clean and circular technologies, transport, energy, water resilience, healthcare, digital technologies, aerospace and defence. To address this key need, it is essential to develop, attract and retain talented individuals in these fields. In line with the Union of skills, the Programme should among other support EU students to pursue studies in such critical sectors as long as costs beyond Erasmus mobility grants according to Article 4(1) are co-financed from other sources and attract as well top talent to Europe by enhancing the attractiveness of education and training and offering scholarships to students, including through Erasmus Mundus scholarships. By supporting EU students in pursuing studies in such critical sectors the programme should contribute to gender balance and increasing the participation of women in STEM and emerging technology fields ensuring equal opportunities and transparency in the allocation of funding. While the Erasmus+ structures can assist the framework necessary for implementation of these scholarships, the Programmes should fund the scholarships whose objectives are best served by them. This would contribute to address the skills needs for the labour market, including for sectors suffering severe staff shortages. |
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| (38a) Regulation (EU, Euratom) 2020/2092 applies to this Programme. It establishes a general regime of conditionality for the protection of the Union’s budget in the case of breaches of the principles of the Rule of Law in the Member States. |
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| (38b) The choice of management mode for each action shall be determined by considerations of cost-effectiveness, proximity to beneficiaries and sound financial management. Overall, a substantially appropriate amount of the Programme budget should be implemented under indirect management by the national agencies. |
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| (39) In accordance with Regulation (EU, Euratom) 2024/2509, Regulation (EU, Euratom) No 883/2013 of the European Parliament and of the Council13 , Council Regulation (EC, Euratom) No 2988/9514 , Council Regulation (Euratom, EC) No 2185/9615 and Council Regulation (EU) 2017/193916 , the financial interests of the Union are to be protected through proportionate measures, including the prevention, detection, correction and investigation of irregularities and fraud, the recovery of funds lost, wrongly paid or incorrectly used and, where appropriate, the imposition of administrative sanctions. In particular, in accordance with Regulation (EU, Euratom) No 883/2013 and (EC, Euratom) No 2185/96 the European Anti-Fraud Office (OLAF) may carry out investigations, including on-the-spot checks and inspections, with a view to establishing whether there has been fraud, corruption or any other illegal activity affecting the financial interests of the Union. In accordance with Regulation (EU) 2017/1939, the European Public Prosecutor's Office (EPPO) may investigate and prosecute fraud and other illegal activities affecting the financial interests of the Union as provided for in Directive (EU) 2017/1371 of the European Parliament and of the Council17 . In accordance with Regulation (EU, Euratom) 2024/2509, any person or entity receiving Union funds is to fully cooperate in the protection of the Union’s financial interests, to grant the necessary rights and access to the Commission, OLAF, EPPO and the European Court of Auditors and to ensure that any third parties involved in the implementation of Union funds grant equivalent rights. | (39) In accordance with Regulation (EU, Euratom) 2024/2509, Regulation (EU, Euratom) No 883/2013 of the European Parliament and of the Council13 , Council Regulation (EC, Euratom) No 2988/9514 , Council Regulation (Euratom, EC) No 2185/9615 and Council Regulation (EU) 2017/193916 , the financial interests of the Union are to be protected through proportionate measures, including the prevention, detection, correction and investigation of irregularities and fraud, the recovery of funds lost, wrongly paid or incorrectly used and, where appropriate, the imposition of administrative sanctions. In particular, in accordance with Regulation (EU, Euratom) No 883/2013 and (EC, Euratom) No 2185/96 the European Anti-Fraud Office (OLAF) may carry out investigations, including on-the-spot checks and inspections, with a view to establishing whether there has been fraud, corruption or any other illegal activity affecting the financial interests of the Union. In accordance with Regulation (EU) 2017/1939, the European Public Prosecutor's Office (EPPO) may investigate and prosecute fraud and other illegal activities affecting the financial interests of the Union as provided for in Directive (EU) 2017/1371 of the European Parliament and of the Council17 . In accordance with Regulation (EU, Euratom) 2024/2509, any person or entity receiving Union funds is to fully cooperate in the protection of the Union’s financial interests, to grant the necessary rights and access to the Commission, OLAF, EPPO and the European Court of Auditors and to ensure that any third parties involved in the implementation of Union funds grant equivalent rights, including for participants and entities in third countries. |
| 13 Regulation (EU, Euratom) No 883/2013 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 11 September 2013 concerning investigations conducted by the European Anti-Fraud Office (OLAF) and repealing Regulation (EC) No 1073/1999 of the European Parliament and of the Council and Council Regulation (Euratom) No 1074/1999 (OJ L 248, 18.9.2013, p. 1, ). | 13 Regulation (EU, Euratom) No 883/2013 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 11 September 2013 concerning investigations conducted by the European Anti-Fraud Office (OLAF) and repealing Regulation (EC) No 1073/1999 of the European Parliament and of the Council and Council Regulation (Euratom) No 1074/1999 (OJ L 248, 18.9.2013, p. 1, ). |
| 14 Council Regulation (EC, Euratom) No 2988/95 of 18 December 1995 on the protection of the European Communities financial interests (OJ L 312, 23/12/1995, p. 1). | 14 Council Regulation (EC, Euratom) No 2988/95 of 18 December 1995 on the protection of the European Communities financial interests (OJ L 312, 23/12/1995, p. 1). |
| 15 Council Regulation (Euratom, EC) No 2185/96 of 11 November 1996 concerning on-the-spot checks and inspections carried out by the Commission in order to protect the European Communities' financial interests against fraud and other irregularities (OJ L 292, 15.11.1996, p. 2). | 15 Council Regulation (Euratom, EC) No 2185/96 of 11 November 1996 concerning on-the-spot checks and inspections carried out by the Commission in order to protect the European Communities' financial interests against fraud and other irregularities (OJ L 292, 15.11.1996, p. 2). |
| 16 Council Regulation (EU) 2017/1939 of 12 October 2017 implementing enhanced cooperation on the establishment of the European Public Prosecutor’s Office (‘the EPPO’) (OJ L 283, 31.10.2017, p. 1). | 16 Council Regulation (EU) 2017/1939 of 12 October 2017 implementing enhanced cooperation on the establishment of the European Public Prosecutor’s Office (‘the EPPO’) (OJ L 283, 31.10.2017, p. 1). |
| 17 Directive (EU) 2017/1371 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 5 July 2017 on the fight against fraud to the Union's financial interests by means of criminal law (OJ L 198, 28.7.2017, p. 29). | 17 Directive (EU) 2017/1371 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 5 July 2017 on the fight against fraud to the Union's financial interests by means of criminal law (OJ L 198, 28.7.2017, p. 29). |
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| (39a) In accordance with Regulation (EU, Euratom) 2024/2509, any person or entity receiving any type of Union funding under this Regulation is to fully cooperate in the protection of the Union’s financial interests, to grant the necessary rights and access to the Commission, OLAF, the European Court of Auditors and, as appropriate, to the EPPO, and to ensure that any third parties involved in the implementation of Union funds grant equivalent rights. |
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| (39b) The Programme should be implemented in full respect of the Union framework to protect the budget, including Regulation (EU, Euratom) 2020/2092. The Commission should ensure appropriate transparency and reporting to the European Parliament and the Council on measures affecting the Programme spending adopted under that framework. In particular, the Commission should ensure that the control framework enables full traceability of operations and recipients and that data necessary for checks, audits and investigations are complete, reliable and made available through the single electronic data interchange area and the single gateway referred to in Article X of Regulation (EU) [Performance Regulation]. |
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| (40) In order to simplify requirements for beneficiaries, simplified cost options in the form of lump sums, unit costs and flat rates should be used to the maximum possible extent. Simplified cost options to support learning mobility under the Programme should take into account the living and subsistence costs in the host country. In accordance with national law, Member States should be encouraged to exempt those grants from any taxes and social levies; grants awarded to individuals by public or private legal entities should be treated in the same manner. | (40) In order to simplify requirements for beneficiaries, simplified cost options in the form of lump sums, unit costs and flat rates should be used to the maximum possible extent, provided that such mechanisms are supported by robust result indicators and attribution methods, do not hinder the audit and investigation rights of OLAF, the EPPO, and the European Court of Auditors, and do not reduce the level of assurance available to the discharge authority. The methodologies underlying lump sums and unit costs should be subject to periodic review and adjustment to reflect actual cost levels, and the Commission should maintain error rate monitoring even where simplified cost options are the predominant funding mode. Simplified cost options to support learning mobility under the Programme shall be regularly updated to reflect actual living and subsistence costs. In accordance with national law, Member States should be encouraged to exempt those grants from any taxes and social levies; grants awarded to individuals by public or private legal entities should be treated in the same manner. In order to maximise accessibility and ensure effective participation, the Programme should ensure that National Agencies are adequately resourced to and have tools to support institutions at all stages of the implementation process, thus facilitating targeted support to beneficiaries, in particular first-time applicants. |
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| (40a) Simplification for beneficiaries and participants should not be limited to financial support but also be aimed at administrative procedures to apply for support. To this end the national agency should strive to make the application process user friendly to the maximum extent by digitalising procedures and making sure beneficiaries need to provide information only once. This ensures a more effective use of the financial resources. |
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| (44a) Performance measurement under the Programme should rely on verifiable, quantitative data. The intervention fields listed in Annex I of the [Performance Regulation] should be explicitly linked to the relevant policy objectives of the Programme they are intended to support, to ensure a clear and verifiable link between expenditure and the objectives of the Programme and to demonstrate value for money. The allocation of Programme resources across actions should also take into account such performance results, where available, so that funding can be directed, whenever possible, to the measures that deliver the greatest impact per euro spent, with clear, user-friendly performance summaries of the Programme, including one-page overviews and interactive dashboards with machine-readable datasets, for each pillar of the Programme. The Commission should conduct a comprehensive mid-term evaluation of the Programme and transmit it to the European Parliament and the Council in sufficient time for the findings to inform any legislative proposal for the subsequent programming period. |
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| (44b) Sufficiently detailed and sound legislation, with an appropriate level of governance, is a condition for adequate parliamentary oversight during budget implementation; in this context, the annual work programmes, referred to in Article 15 of this Regulation, should be adopted by means of delegated acts pursuant to article 290 TFEU, in order to ensure transparency, democratic oversight and respect for the institutional balance. |
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| (45a) Scholarships in strategic educational field should also be financed or co-financed by other relevant Union programmes or instruments, in order to avoid placing a disproportionate burden on the Erasmus+ budget and to preserve sufficient resources for the Programme's core objectives, notably learning mobility, inclusion, broad access and cooperation in education, training, youth and sport. |
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| (46a) The Programme should allow for the association of third countries meeting the conditions laid down in this Regulation. In this context, the United Kingdom’s association to Erasmus+ from 2027, following the conclusion of negotiations, should be accompanied by full transparency on the financial contribution, governance arrangements and audit rights. |
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| (49) Measures should be taken to streamline the management of the Programme and achieve economies of scale including by limiting and reducing the number of national agencies. | (49) Measures should be taken to streamline the management of the Programme and achieve economies of scale including by limiting and reducing the number of national agencies, while preserving adequate national agency coverage to ensure accessible and locally embedded programme delivery across all Member States and regions. |
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| (a) Erasmus+ scholarships in strategic educational fields, including in joint study programmes; | (a) Erasmus+ scholarships, in strategic educational fields, including joint study programmes. Funding for these scholarships from Erasmus+ shall be limited to the maximum amount of mobility grants according to Article 4(1) to preserve the core aims of this programme. Co-funding by Union programmes and other public and private sources shall avoid duplication and ensure transparency and traceability. The limit of Erasmus+ funding to the regular mobility grant protects the broad and inclusive access to the programme; |
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| (b) Programme implementation including synergies with, and support to other Union policies and programmes, online platforms, tools for virtual cooperation and tools to facilitate learning mobility; | (b) Programme implementation including synergies with, and support to other Union policies and programmes, online platforms, tools for virtual cooperation and tools to facilitate learning mobility; as well as monitoring and evaluation mechanisms to ensure evidence-based programme management and accountability; |
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| 3. The Commission shall support access to the Programme from an early age and independent of socio-economic background. To achieve that, it shall ensure the provision of measures to facilitate the participation of people with fewer opportunities, including financial support mechanisms, where relevant. | 3. The Commission shall support access to the Programme from an early age and independent of socio-economic background. To achieve that, it shall ensure the provision of measures, such as improved programme design, reduced administrative barriers and simplified application procedures, to facilitate the participation of people with fewer opportunities, including ultimately financial support mechanisms, where relevant. |
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| 5. The costs of measures to facilitate or support the participation of people with fewer opportunities shall not justify the rejection of an application under the Programme. | 5. Applications under the programme shall be assessed based on their merits, and the inclusion of measures to facilitate or support the participation of people with fewer opportunities shall not be a ground for their rejection nor create disproportionate administrative burden. |
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| 7. The Commission shall monitor on a regular basis the implementation of the inclusion and diversity measures, including the national inclusion and diversity plans. | 7. The Commission shall monitor on a regular basis the implementation of the inclusion and diversity measures, including the national inclusion and diversity plans, in accordance with the scrutiny conditions set out in Article 15. |
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| 7a. The Commission shall set, in the work programmes, measurable inclusion targets for participants with fewer opportunities and shall report annually on delivery, including by country and sector, and on the effectiveness of support measures. |
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| 2a. For the sake of transparency, traceability, accountability and effectiveness, the budgetary allocation shall be broken down in more detail, reflecting the specific programme objectives in Article 3 (2). In case of any re-allocation of funds triggered by unforeseen events and/or budgetary assessment the budgetary authority shall be informed. |
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| 4. The financial envelope referred to in paragraph 1 and 2 of this Article and the amounts of additional resources referred to in Article 10 may also be used for technical and administrative assistance for the implementation of the Programme, such as preparatory, monitoring, control, audit and evaluation activities, specific and corporate information technology systems and platforms, information and communication activities, including corporate communication on the political priorities of the Union, and all other technical and administrative assistance or staff-related expenses incurred by the Commission for the management of the Programme. | 4. The financial envelope referred to in paragraph 1 and 2 of this Article and the amounts of additional resources referred to in Article 10 may also be used for technical and administrative assistance for the implementation of the Programme, such as preparatory, monitoring, control, audit and evaluation activities, specific and corporate information technology systems and platforms, information and communication activities, including corporate communication on the political priorities of the Union, and all other technical and administrative assistance or staff-related expenses incurred by the Commission for the management of the Programme, provided that the total amount used for such purposes is proportionate and does not exceed a rate to be determined by the competent committee(s), expressed as a percentage of the total financial envelope referred to in paragraphs 1 and 2 of this Article and the amounts of additional resources referred to in Article 10. The Commission shall report annually to the European Parliament and the Council on the use of those appropriations. |
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| 2. Resources allocated to Member States under shared management may, at their request, be made available to the Programme. The Commission shall implement those resources directly or indirectly in accordance with Article 62(1), point (a) or (c) of Regulation (EU, Euratom) 2024/2509. They shall be additional to the amount referred to in Article 9(1). Those resources shall be used for the benefit of the Member State concerned. Where the Commission has not entered into a legal commitment under direct or indirect management for additional amounts thus made available to the Programme, the corresponding uncommitted amounts may, at the request of the Member State concerned, be transferred back to one or more respective source programmes or their successors. | 2. Resources allocated to Member States under shared management may, at their request, be made available to the Programme. The Commission shall implement those resources directly or indirectly in accordance with Article 62(1), point (a) or (c) of Regulation (EU, Euratom) 2024/2509. They shall be additional to the amount referred to in Article 9(1). Those resources shall be used for the benefit of the Member State concerned. Where the Commission has not entered into a legal commitment under direct or indirect management for additional amounts thus made available to the Programme, the corresponding uncommitted amounts may, at the request of the Member State concerned, be transferred back to one or more respective source programmes or their successors. Any such transfer shall be based on a prior written assessment by the Commission of its expected impact on the Programme and on the source programme, including on the achievement of their objectives, absorption capacity, control arrangements and audit trail. The Commission shall inform the European Parliament and the Council without delay of any such transfer. |
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| 1. The Programme shall be implemented in synergy with other Union programmes. An action that has received a Union contribution from another programme may also receive a contribution under the Programme. The rules of the relevant Union programme shall apply to the corresponding contribution, or a single set of rules may be applied to all contributions and a single legal commitment may be concluded. If the Union contribution is based on eligible costs, the cumulative support from the Union budget shall not exceed the total eligible costs of the action and may be calculated on a pro-rata basis in accordance with the documents setting out the conditions for support. | 1. The Programme shall be implemented in synergy with other Union programmes. Such synergies shall be pursued on the basis of additionality, simplification, transparency and sound financial management, and ensuring that no expenditure item is financed twice from the Union budget, for example by using a unique identifier allowing for improved traceability across programmes. An action that has received a Union contribution from another programme may also receive a contribution under the Programme provided that a clear audit trail and traceability of the respective contributions are ensured. The rules of the relevant Union programme shall apply to the corresponding contribution, or a single set of rules may be applied to all contributions and a single legal commitment may be concluded. If the Union contribution is based on eligible costs, the cumulative support from the Union budget shall not exceed the total eligible costs of the action and may be calculated on a pro-rata basis in accordance with the documents setting out the conditions for support. Where possible, a single set of rules and proportionate reporting requirements shall apply to all contributions. |
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| (c) performance, calculated based on the most recent data available. | (c) performance, calculated on the basis of transparent, measurable and proportionate indicators, taking into account the capacity constraints of smaller and/or less developed educational systems. |
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| (ca) the quality of the management and control system, including the results of audits and the level of residual error and irregularities, in accordance with the single audit principle. |
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| 2a. The Commission shall establish guidelines and common standards to ensure that potential final beneficiaries comply with the programme objectives set out in Article 3. National agencies and evaluators shall apply these guidelines and standards when assessing applications. |
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| 5. Where Union funding is provided in the form of a grant, funding shall be provided as financing not linked to costs or, where necessary, simplified cost options, in accordance with Regulation (EU, Euratom) 2024/2509. Funding may be provided in the form of actual eligible cost reimbursement only where the objectives of an action cannot be achieved otherwise. | 5. Where Union funding is provided in the form of a grant, funding shall be provided as simplified cost options, in accordance with Article 125 of Regulation (EU, Euratom) 2024/2509, provided such mechanisms are supported by robust result indicators and attribution methods, and: |
| (a) a clear and adequate audit trail is ensured; | |
| (b) the respective roles and responsibilities at Union and national level are clearly defined; | |
| (c) transparency, accountability, traceability and legal certainty in relation to the use of Union funds are safeguarded; | |
| (d) the need to reduce administrative burden, in particular for first-time applicants, grassroots organisations and small beneficiaries. | |
| Reimbursement of actual eligible costs shall remain available where justified by the nature of the action or necessity to ensure sound financial management. | |
| The Commission shall, on the basis of a documented risk assessment, establish proportionate ex post verification mechanisms for actions funded through simplified cost options. |
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| (d) guarantee the rights of the Union to ensure sound financial management and to protect its financial interests; | (d) guarantee the rights of the Union to ensure sound financial management and to protect its financial interests including by explicitly granting full audit access and the necessary investigative powers, within their respective competences, to the European Public Prosecutor’s Office (EPPO), the European Anti-Fraud Office (OLAF), the European Court of Auditors, and the Commission, as regards all final recipients in the third country; |
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| (ea) shall make the role of institutions of the third country conditional upon compliance with democracy, the rule of law, fundamental rights and the values of the Union, as well as the effective implementation of safeguards relating to academic freedom, integrity of research and non-discrimination, and appropriate cooperation with the Union and its Member States; |
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| (eb) provide for ways the Commission can protect the participation of beneficiaries of a third country failing to fulfil the conditions of (f) itself, including by transferring them to others not affected, or otherwise as a last resort appropriate suspension, restriction or corrective measures in the event of a failure by the third country to comply with the commitments undertaken under the agreement, or where higher education institutions established on its territory act in a way that is not compatible with the Union’s fundamental values, or where serious and persistent deficiencies risk affecting sound financial management, the protection of the Union’s financial interests, or the values on which the Union is founded; |
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| For the purposes of point (d) , the third country shall grant the necessary rights and access required under Regulations (EU, Euratom) 2024/2509 and (EU, Euratom) No 883/2013, and guarantee that enforcement decisions imposing a pecuniary obligation on the basis of Article 299 TFEU, as well as judgements and orders of the Court of Justice of the European Union, are enforceable. | For the purposes of point (d) , the third country shall grant the necessary rights and access required under Regulations (EU, Euratom) 2024/2509 and (EU, Euratom) No 883/2013, including the audit rights of the European Court of Auditors pursuant to Article 287 of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union, and guarantee that enforcement decisions imposing a pecuniary obligation on the basis of Article 299 TFEU, as well as judgements and orders of the Court of Justice of the European Union, are enforceable. |
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| 5a. Where, due to the application of Union measures adopted to protect the Union’s Financial Interests, certain entities in a Member State are temporarily ineligible to enter into new legal commitments under the Programme, the Commission shall, in consultation with the national authority and without prejudice to those measures, ensure that individual participants may continue to access Programme opportunities through alternative eligible entities, including via arrangements enabling hosting/sending by other eligible institutions or organisations, and by direct management modalities where necessary, subject to equivalent audit rights and safeguards. |
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| 5b. Simplification measures shall not reduce the clarity of eligibility conditions, reporting obligations, and/or control requirements on the transparency of specific actions. |
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| The Programme shall be implemented by work programmes referred to in Article 110 Regulation (EU, Euratom) 2024/2509. | The Programme shall be implemented by work programmes referred to in Article 110 Regulation (EU, Euratom) 2024/2509. |
| Those work programmes shall set out, in a clear and sufficiently detailed manner, for each action, | |
| (a) the priorities and objectives pursued, the expected outputs and results, | |
| (b) the approach and suitable indicators for assessing them, in line with the [Performance Regulation], | |
| (c) the indicative budgetary allocations, the main eligibility and selection criteria, | |
| (d) the implementation arrangements, monitoring requirements, | |
| (e) transparency obligations and control measures, as well as the performance, control, audit, anti-fraud and reporting requirements, | |
| (f) the progress on the national inclusion and diversity plans, | |
| (g) simplification measures for applicants and beneficiaries, where appropriate. |
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| Before adopting a work programme, the Commission shall transmit the draft work programme, sufficiently in advance to allow meaningful scrutiny, to the European Parliament’s committee responsible, the Council’s working group responsible and stakeholders among those actors implementing Erasmus+ as described in Article 20 (8c) (new). The Commission shall take due account of the recommendations and observations submitted by them, in particular on budgetary transparency and execution, auditability, compliance risks, synergies with other Union instruments and sound financial management, and shall provide a written explanation of how they have been addressed in the adopted annual work programme and publish a statement in writing in case it would not follow them. |
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| 3a. The Commission shall ensure the publication in the Financial Transparency system, in a searchable, downloadable and machine-readable format, of information on all beneficiaries and, where applicable, final recipients and second-level recipients of Union funding under the programme, including the name of the recipient, the country, the type of action, the amount awarded, the amount paid and the management mode. The Commission shall also publish project-level information in a format enabling analysis of successful and, in anonymised format, rejected projects by organisation type, budget amounts, lead country and project type, in compliance with data-protection rules. |
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| 1a. The Commission, together with the National Authority and the National Agency, shall publish information on recipients of EU funds under indirect management in the Financial Transparency System. |
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| 2. The national authority and the national agency shall both be considered as implementing bodies under point (c) of Article 62(1) of the Financial Regulation to the extent of their responsibility for budget implementation tasks as agreed with the Commission, with the national authority retaining principal responsibility towards the Commission for the overall implementation of EU funds by the national agency it designates and supervises as referred to in Article 18(10). | 2. The national authority and the national agency shall both be considered as implementing bodies under point (c) of Article 62(1) of the Financial Regulation to the extent of their responsibility for budget implementation tasks as agreed with the Commission, with the national authority retaining principal responsibility towards the Commission for the overall implementation of EU funds by the national agency it designates and supervises as referred to in Article 18(10), with full respect of the separation of duties described in Articles 18 and 19. The national authority shall only exercise its budget implementation duties in exceptional cases in accordance with Article 18 (5). |
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| 2a. The arrangements for indirect management shall ensure a clear separation of functions, effective internal control, prevention of conflicts of interest, timely exchange of information with the Commission and a complete, reliable and accessible audit trail. The national authority shall retain principal responsibility towards the Commission for the overall implementation of Union funds by the national agency which it designates and supervises. |
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| 4. The national authority shall provide the Commission with an appropriate ex ante assessment that the national agency satisfies the minimum requirements set out in Article 157(1) to (5) of Regulation (EU, Euratom) 2024/2509 and the Union requirements for internal control standards for national agencies and rules for the management of Programme funds. | 4. The national authority shall provide the Commission with an appropriate ex ante assessment that the national agency satisfies the minimum requirements set out in Article 157(1) to (5) of Regulation (EU, Euratom) 2024/2509 and the Union requirements for internal control standards for national agencies and rules for the management of Programme funds, including arrangements concerning anti-fraud, conflict-of-interest prevention, digital traceability and data protection. |
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| (b) have the adequate management capacity, staff and infrastructure to fulfil its tasks satisfactorily, ensuring efficient and effective management of the Programme and sound financial management of Union funds; | (b) have the adequate management capacity, staff and infrastructure to fulfil its tasks satisfactorily, ensuring efficient and transparent and results-oriented management of the Programme and sound financial management of Union funds; |
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| (ea) maintain effective arrangements for anti-fraud, prevention of conflicts of interest, whistleblowing and digital traceability; |
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| 2. The national agency shall adequately plan its tasks for the implementation of the relevant actions as set out in the work programme referred to in Article 15 and the relevant agreements with the Commission, as well as for the information, communication and dissemination activities referred to in Article 16(2. | 2. The national agency shall adequately plan its tasks for the implementation of the relevant actions as set out in the work programme referred to in Article 15 and the relevant agreements with the Commission, as well as for the information, communication and dissemination activities referred to in Article 16(2), ensuring broad awareness of mobility opportunities and equitable access for potential beneficiaries across all regions and sectors. |
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| 3. The national agency shall manage all the stages of the project lifecycle of the Programme actions under its responsibility in accordance with Article 62(1), point (c) of Regulation (EU, Euratom) 2024/2509 and the relevant agreements with the Commission. | 3. The national agency shall manage all the stages of the project lifecycle of the Programme actions under its responsibility in accordance with Article 62(1), point (c) of Regulation (EU, Euratom) 2024/2509 and the relevant agreements with the Commission, using transparent and timely procedures. |
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| 4a. The national agency shall minimise the administrative burden for beneficiaries by: | |
| (a) digitalisation of the application procedures, including the Erasmus without Papers platform, | |
| (b) applying the “once only” principle, re-using information already submitted by applicants, | |
| (c) making reporting and audit requirements proportionate to the size and nature of the grant. |
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| 6. The national agency shall, each year, provide its national authority and the Commission with a management declaration, a report and any other documents as required in accordance with Article 158 of Regulation (EU, Euratom) 2024/2509. | 6. The national agency shall, each year, provide its national authority and the Commission with a management declaration, a report and any other documents as required in accordance with Article 158 of Regulation (EU, Euratom) 2024/2509. Those documents shall include an overview of administrative costs, management contributions and fees, a summary of risks identified, corrective measures taken, fraud-prevention measures and key implementation data. |
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| 7. The national agency shall implement in due time the observations issued by the Commission following its analysis of the yearly management declaration and report and of the independent audit opinion thereon. | 7. The national agency shall implement in due time the observations issued by the Commission following its analysis of the yearly management declaration and report and of the independent audit opinion thereon, and shall report on the follow-up given. |
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| 7a. National agencies shall apply proportionate anti-fraud and conflict-of-interest measures, including risk-scoring and data checks using Union tools (e.g. EDES and ARACHNE+) where available, and shall ensure and verify the existence of effective internal procedures to prevent, detect and correct conflicts of interest in selection and grant management. |
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| 3. The Commission shall provide the national authorities and the national agencies with appropriate information and guidance in order to ensure consistent and high-quality implementation and management of the Programme. In particular, it shall specify planning, project management and reporting arrangements and ensure that these arrangements follow simple procedures. | 3. The Commission shall provide the national authorities and the national agencies with appropriate information and guidance in order to ensure transparent, consistent and high-quality implementation and management of the Programme. In particular, it shall specify planning, project management and reporting arrangements and ensure that these arrangements are simple, proportionate, predictable and, where possible, standardised across actions, with a view to reducing the administrative burden on applicants, participants and implementing bodies, ensuring accountability. |
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| (b) a contribution in support of the national agency’s Programme management tasks; | (b) a contribution in support of the national agency’s Programme management tasks, set at a level that is proportionate to the Programme funds entrusted to the national agency and justified on the basis of a documented assessment of management needs, carried out in consultation with the European Court of Auditors; |
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| 7. Where the Commission does not accept the yearly management declaration or the independent audit opinion thereon, or in the event of unsatisfactory implementation by the national agency of the Commission’s observations, the Commission may implement any precautionary and corrective measures necessary to safeguard the Union’s financial interests in accordance with Article 132 of Regulation (EU, Euratom) 2024/2509. | 7. Where the Commission does not accept the yearly management declaration or the independent audit opinion thereon, or in the event of unsatisfactory implementation by the national agency of the Commission’s observations, the Commission may implement any precautionary and corrective measures necessary to safeguard the Union’s financial interests in accordance with Article 132 of Regulation (EU, Euratom) 2024/2509. Those measures shall be proportionate, risk-based and, where possible, targeted to the deficiencies identified, while seeking to avoid undue disruption for final beneficiaries acting in good faith. |
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| 8a. The Commission shall make public, in a timely manner and in accordance with applicable data-protection rules, a user-friendly summary of the main findings from the national authorities’ management declarations, including a comparative overview of national agencies’ administrative costs, as provided for in Article 19 (6) and other relevant implementation data. |
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| 8b. In Member States where Article 14 (5a) is applicable, the Commission can designate a national agency. The Member State government shall remain bound to cooperate with an agency chosen by the Commission. |
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| 8c. The Commission shall call meetings to consult stakeholders from among the actors implementing this programme before a work programme is adopted, on the development of information technology systems and all other aspects of Erasmus+ implementation. |
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| (a) have the necessary professional competence to carry out public sector audits; | (a) have the necessary professional competence to carry out public sector audits and, where relevant, demonstrate experience in auditing Union-funded programmes or equivalent complex multi-beneficiary funding arrangements; |
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| 2. The independent audit body shall issue an audit opinion on the yearly management declaration as referred to in Article 158(1) of Regulation (EU, Euratom) 2024/2509. It shall form the basis of the overall assurance pursuant to Article 127 of Regulation (EU, Euratom) 2024/2509. | 2. The independent audit body shall issue an audit opinion on the yearly management declaration as referred to in Article 158(1) of Regulation (EU, Euratom) 2024/2509. It shall form the basis of the overall assurance pursuant to Article 127 of Regulation (EU, Euratom) 2024/2509. It shall also issue, where appropriate, a management letter setting out the principal weaknesses identified and recommendations for remedial action. Audits shall be conducted according to the same high-level standards across all Member States to ensure the reliability of the single audit model. |
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| 3a. Where the independent audit body identifies facts liable to constitute serious irregularities, fraud or a serious risk to the Union’s financial interests, it shall inform without delay the national authority, the Commission and, where appropriate, the competent national authorities, in accordance with applicable law. |
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| 1. The Commission shall be responsible for the supervisory controls with regard to the Programme actions and activities managed by the national agencies. The Commission shall set the minimum requirements for the controls by the national agency and the independent audit body. | 1. The Commission shall be responsible for the supervisory controls with regard to the Programme actions and activities managed by the national agencies. The Commission shall set the minimum requirements for the controls by the national agency and the independent audit body. Those minimum requirements shall facilitate accountability, traceability, be proportionate, risk-based and regularly reviewed to reflect lessons learned from previous programme generations and audit findings, to correct control failures and to reduce, where possible, unnecessary administrative burden on national agencies and beneficiaries. These controls shall also specifically evaluate the effectiveness of the inclusion and diversity measures adopted under Article 8. |
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| 3a. The Commission shall prepare an annual summary of the main control findings, systemic weaknesses identified and corrective measures taken. |
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| 3b. The coordination of controls on the basis of the single audit principle shall not reduce the level of documentation, reporting, transparency or evidence necessary to verify legality and regularity, sound financial management and performance. The Commission shall ensure that common minimum control standards, documentation requirements and reporting templates are applied across all implementing bodies. |
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| Article 22 a (new) | |
| Protection of the EU Financial Interests | |
| 1. The Commission shall take appropriate measures to ensure that, when actions financed under this Regulation are implemented, the financial interests of the Union are protected by the application of preventive measures against fraud, corruption and any other illegal activities, by effective controls and, if irregularities are detected, by the recovery of the amounts wrongly paid and, where appropriate, by effective, proportionate and dissuasive administrative and financial penalties. | |
| 2. The European Anti-Fraud Office (OLAF) may carry out investigations related to all types of funding under this Regulation, including on-the-spot checks and inspections, with a view of establishing whether there has been fraud, corruption or any other illegal activities affecting the financial interests of the Union. Furthermore, the European Public Prosecutor’s Office (EPPO) is competent to investigate and prosecute fraud and other criminal offences affecting the financial interests of the Union. | |
| 3. Any person or entity receiving Union funds under this Regulation shall fully cooperate in the protection of the Union’s financial interests. It shall grant the necessary rights and access to the Commission, OLAF, ECA and as appropriate the EPPO, and shall ensure that any third parties involved in the implementation of Union funds grant equivalent rights. | |
| 4. Where funds are managed by implementing partners, the Commission shall ensure, by including relevant provisions in its agreements with the implementing partners, that the above-mentioned rights of OLAF, ECA and as appropriate the EPPO are fully respected. | |
| 5. The Commission shall inform the European Parliament and the Council, in their capacity as the budgetary authority, without delay of any serious irregularity identified, as well as of the corrective measures envisaged or adopted. | |
| 6. Where a third country participates in the Programme by virtue of a decision adopted under an international agreement or on the basis of any other legal instrument, that third country shall ensure that all rights mentioned in this article are applied. |
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| Article 22 b (new) | |
| Reporting by the Commission | |
| 1. Without prejudice to Regulation (EU) [Performance Regulation] and Regulation (EU, Euratom) 2024/2509, the Commission shall transmit to the European Parliament and the Council, by 30 June each year, an annual report on the implementation of the Programme for the preceding financial year, enabling the exercise of budgetary control and discharge responsibilities stipulated in the Treaties. | |
| 2. The intervention fields listed in Annex I of Regulation (EU) [Performance Regulation] shall be explicitly linked to the relevant policy objectives of the Programme they are intended to support, so as to ensure a clear and verifiable correlation between expenditure and the objectives of the Programme and to safeguard value for money in its implementation. | |
| 3. The annual report shall include, at least, the following information on the implementation of the Programme: | |
| (a) financial implementation by policy window, component, instrument, management mode, as well as any reallocations between policy windows or financial years, the form of support, including simplified cost options and actual costs; | |
| (b) information on the geographical distribution of the Programme support per objective among Member States, associated countries and, where applicable, third countries, including the type of funding instrument used; | |
| (c) the use of additional resources referred to in Article 5, including reflows, recoveries and repayments, and their allocation; | |
| (d) the results of the stakeholder consultations established under Article 20.8c (new) of this Regulation; | |
| (e) the specific measures taken to simplify the use of the programme for final beneficiaries, including estimated time required to complete application, reporting and audit procedures; | |
| (f) the correspondence between expenditure under each intervention field listed in Annex I of Regulation (EU) [Performance Regulation] and the policy objective of the Programme that field is intended to support, including, where data are available, the cost per measurable outcome achieved. | |
| 4. The annual report shall further include specific information on the Programme, more concretely information on signed and disbursed amounts, and management fees and other costs charged by implementing partners. | |
| 5. The annual report shall also cover: | |
| (a) information on errors, irregularities, suspected and established fraud, and the main results of audits and controls; | |
| (b) the number and main types of cases leading to exclusion, early detection or other protective measures under Regulation (EU, Euratom) 2024/2509, including where applied by entrusted entities and implementing partners; | |
| (c) a summary of detected cases of conflicts of interest and the mitigating measures adopted; | |
| (d) the number of waivers and recoveries and outstanding recoveries, the amounts recovered during the year, and the average time taken to implement recoveries and financial corrections; | |
| (e) the main findings from the national authorities’ management declarations as provided for in Article 19; | |
| (f) and other relevant implementation data, in accordance with applicable data-protection rules. |
Back matter, 1
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Annex: declaration of input 4 blocks
Pursuant to Article 8 of Annex I to the Rules of Procedure, the rapporteur for opinion declares that he included in his opinion input on matters pertaining to the subject of the file that he received, in the preparation of the opinion, prior to the adoption thereof in committee, from the following interest representatives falling within the scope of the Interinstitutional Agreement on a mandatory transparency register, or from the following representatives of public authorities of third countries, including their diplomatic missions and embassies:
| 1. Interest representatives falling within the scope of the Interinstitutional Agreement on a mandatory transparency register |
| Sanja Posavec and Antonija Gladovic, Croatian Agency for mobility and EU programmes - AMPEU |
| Standing Working Group of Erasmus+ Experts for KA2/KA3 of the NA-DAAD |
| Stephan Geifes und Erasmus+ Expert*innen der Profilgruppe Digitalisierung, DAAD - Deutscher Akademischer Auslandsdienst: 55906747924-11, also Member of the Academic Cooperation Association 791937418045-95 |
| Susanne Gittel-Avehounkpan, with many years of experience as Erasmus+ coordinator at a large German university (in her private capacity only) |
| Alenka Flander, Slovenian National Agency for European Community Programmes and International Mobility Programmes - CMEPIUS, Member of the Academic Cooperation Association 791937418045-95 |
| Josef Heriban, Czech National Agency for International Education and Research - Dům zahraniční spolupráce (DZS), Member of the Academic Cooperation Association 791937418045-95 |
| Ismene Tramontano, Italian Erasmus+ National Agency - INAPP |
| European University Viadrina Frankfurt (Oder) |
| Dagmara Paciorek-Herrmann, Europa-Universität Flensburg |
| EUA - European University Association 81122172998-09, coordinator of a joint position of several organisations from across the European higher education sector, including Coimbra Group: 361887338852-62 CESAER: 484959115993-15 European Association for the Applied Sciences in Higher Education (EURASHE): 622449913391-69 Erasmus Student Network: 45445593026-68 European Students’ Union (ESU): 947001511571-77 The Guild of European Research-Intensive Universities: 265942623347-90 |
| 2. Representatives of public authorities of third countries, including their diplomatic missions and embassies |
| N/A |
Where natural persons are identified in the list by their name, by their function or by both, the rapporteur for opinion declares that he has submitted to the natural persons concerned the European Parliament's Data Protection Notice No 484 (https://www.europarl.europa.eu/data-protect/index.do), which sets out the conditions applicable to the processing of their personal data and the rights linked to that processing.
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Procedure – committee asked for opinion 1 block
| Title | Establishing the Erasmus+ programme for the period 2028-2034, and repealing Regulations (EU) 2021/817 and (EU) 2021/888 |
| References | COM(2025)0549 – C10-0170/2025 – 2025/0222(COD) |
| Committee(s) responsible Date announced in plenary | CULT 23.10.2025 |
| Opinion by Date announced in plenary | CONT 23.10.2025 |
| Rapporteur for opinion Date appointed | Daniel Freund 7.1.2026 |
| Discussed in committee | 24.3.2026 |
Final vote by roll call by the committee asked for opinion 3 blocks
21 · For
- EPP
- Georgios Aftias, Paulo Cunha, András Tivadar Kulja, Jacek Protas, Andreas Schwab, Susana Solís Pérez, Angelika Winzig, Tomáš Zdechovský
- Renew
- Gilles Boyer, Olivier Chastel, Michal Wiezik
- S&D
- Delara Burkhardt, Mohammed Chahim, Christophe Clergeau, Giuseppe Lupo, Marit Maij, Csaba Molnár
- The Left
- Jonas Sjöstedt, Pasquale Tridico
- Greens
- Daniel Freund, Rasmus Nordqvist
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