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ag tabhairt dá haire, thairis sin, ó thuarascáil na Cúirte, mar gheall ar an éagsúlacht shuntasach atá ann idir na modheolaíochtaí agus na nósanna imeachta arna n-úsáid ag údaráis cistithe náisiúnta na Stát Rannpháirteach, nach féidir leis an gComhghnóthas aon ráta earráide ualaithe iontaofa ná ráta earráide iarmhar a ríomh i leith íocaíochtaí leis an Seachtú Clár Réime; ag tabhairt a haire, i gcás thionscadail an Seachtú Clár Réime, gurbh ionann na híocaíochtaí a rinne an Comhghnóthas in 2020 agus EUR 14287435 (i gcomparáid le EUR 20305796 in 2019), arbh ionann iad agus 7,7 % (i gcomparáid le 11,2 % in 2019) d’iomlán na n-íocaíochtaí oibríochtúla a rinne an Comhghnóthas in 2020; ag tabhairt dá haire, maidir leis na híocaíochtaí sin, gur chuir an Chúirt an ráta earráidí iarmharacha i bhfeidhm arna bhunú ag Ard-Stiúrthóireacht an Taighde agus na Nuálaíochta don Seachtú Clár Réime ina iomláine, arbh ionann agus 3,51 % é; ag tabhairt dá haire gur thug an Comhghnóthas freagra gur ghlac sé céimeanna chun dul i ngleic leis an toradh athfhillteach sin agus á mheas go bhfuil na bearta sin (ráitis bliantúla NFA i scríbhinn) leormhaith, rud a dhearbhaíonn an t-údarás buiséadach, agus go ndearnadh foráil i rialacháin bhunaidh na gComhghnóthas “go bhféadfaidh Ballstáit ARTEMIS/ENIAC aon seiceálacha agus iniúchtaí eile a dhéanamh i measc fhaighteoirí a gcistithe náisiúnta a mheasann siad is gá agus cuirfidh siad na torthaí in iúl do Chomhghnóthas ARTEMIS/ENIAC”;
Notes, from the Court’s report, moreover, that the significant variation in the methodologies and procedures used by the used by the Participating States’ national funding authorities does not allow the Joint Undertaking to calculate a single reliable weighted error rate or a residual error rate for Seventh Framework programme payments; notes that for Seventh Framework programme projects, the payments made by the Joint Undertaking in 2020 amounted to EUR 14287435 (compared to EUR 20305796 in 2019), which represented 7,7 % (compared to 11,2 % in 2019) of the total operational payments made by the Joint Undertaking in 2020; notes that, for those payments, the Court applied the residual error rate established by the directorate-general for research and innovation for the whole Seventh Framework programme, which was 3,51 % at the end of 2020; notes the Joint Undertaking’s reply that it took steps to address this recurring finding and considers that these measures (yearly NFA written statements) are adequate, as confirmed by the budgetary authority, and that the Joint Undertakings’ founding regulations provided that ‘the ARTEMIS/ENIAC Member States may carry out any other checks and audits among the recipients of their national funding as they deem necessary and shall communicate the results to the ARTEMIS/ENIAC Joint Undertaking’;