The following items are included in this release:
Changes:
Quarterly declaration of expenditure (EAFRD)
- DOE EQFRD (14414) - The Validation rule 219 now excludes financial instruments from checks. The rest of the checks for negative amounts is kept, only the contribution paid to financial instruments will be ignored.
Accounts (IGJ, ETC, IPACBC, EMFF)
ACC IGJ ETC IPACBC EMFF (14417) - In the context of STEP a 12 months extension has been granted to MS to submit their final assurance package / closure package. Hence, the validation rule 2.3 was changed to:
Final assurance packages can be submitted at any moment before 15th of February 2026. For accounts submitted by 15th of February 2025 the Commission will inform Member States if accounts can be accepted by 31st of May 2025. For accounts submitted after that date, the Commission will inform Member States if accounts can be accepted by 31st of May 2026.
Bug:
Accounts (ALL)
- ACC ALL (14456) - The Accounts were linked to wrong the Programme version. This is now fixed.