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INFSO-RI-026753

ETICS Periodic Review – ETICS Periodic Review – Administrative and Financial Administrative and Financial requirementsrequirementsKarin Burghauser, CERNKarin Burghauser, CERN

Project AdminProject Admin

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End of Project Reporting

• Periodic Reporting at end of Period 2Periodic Reporting at end of Period 2– Form C– Audit Certificate

• TimelineTimeline– Form C & Audit Certificate for the 2nd Reporting period will be

due end of January 2008 (should be submitted to EC before the Review)

– To make sure your auditors are available early January, please make the appointment with them will in advance


Form C

• Form CForm C– Period 2 (January – December 2007)– Possible to make “adjustments to previous period” if necessary – Correct template will be circulated to partners and some of the

data pre-filled

• Audit CertificateAudit Certificate– Must cover whole duration of the project (Period 1 & 2)


Audit Certificate

• The following documents must be provided to the The following documents must be provided to the auditors:auditors:– Contract with all Annexes– Form C – FP6 Financial guidelines– Audit certificate guidance note– All timesheets for personnel working on the project

(submitted and validated by the supervisor in PPT) – Documents supporting the personnel costs claimed– Documents supporting the travel, subsistence and other costs

claimed

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Audit Certificate II

• The Audit Certificate must be in English and contain the following elements:– Period covered by the audit (P1+P2)– Total amount of eligible costs claimed on the Form C (P1+P2)– Cost model, project name & project number– The conversion rate used (only for partners having costs in a

currency other than EUR) – Amount paid for audit certificate including VAT and showing the

amount of VAT included in the total amount – Amounts should not be rounded, should have 2 decimals– Form C & audit certificate should be signed and stamped and

sent in 3 copies to coordinator– For more details about the scope of the audit and the

recommended format of an audit certificate see Audit Certificate Guidance Note


Important deadlines

• Timesheets– Important that All timesheets are submitted and validated by

the supervisors in PPT by the end of the project. Please make sure you submit these before Christmas! The data will be extracted and used to produce effort reports required for D1.3

• Deliverables & other documents to be submitted – All P2 Deliverables to be submitted to reviewers & Commission

10 working days before the review date– Form C & Audit Certificates to Commission in time for the review – Final review agenda – Review presentations to Reviewers & EC Project Officer at the

review


Final project deliverables

• Final project deliverables– D1.3 Final project report (project activity report & periodic

management report for P2) & final reports – Due at PM24– For the Periodic Management Report we will need estimated

budget figures from ALL partners. A message will be sent to request this information

– As last year, a “provisional” version of the Periodic Management Report with estimated figures will be submitted to reviewers & Commission if not possible to provide Form C 10 working days before review

– The final version will be submitted as soon as the Form C are available