Progetto

In Switzerland, audits by the Court of Auditors shall be carried out in liaison with national audit bodies or, if these do not have the necessary powers, with the competent national departments. The Court of Auditors and the national audit bodies of Switzerland shall cooperate in a spirit of trust while maintaining their independence. These bodies or departments shall inform the Court of Auditors whether they intend to take part in the audit.

The Court of Auditors shall have at least the same rights as the Commission as laid down in Article 5(7) of Regulation (EU) No 514/2014 and Article 7 of this Agreement.

Article 9

Public procurement

Switzerland shall apply its national law on public procurement in accordance with the provisions of Annex 4 to the Agreement Establishing the World Trade Organization (Agreement on Government Procurement)⁸ and the Agreement between the European Community and the Swiss Confederation on certain aspects of government procurement⁹.

Switzerland shall provide the Commission with a description of its public procurement procedures.

Moreover, it shall provide information on the public procurement procedures applied in each annual implementation report referred to in Article 54 of Regulation (EU) No 514/2014.

Article 10

Financial contributions

1. For the years 2016 to 2018, Switzerland shall make annual payments to the budget of

the ISF-Borders and Visa in accordance with the following table:

(All amounts in EUR)

2016 20172018

Switzerland 25 106 140 25 106 140 25 106 140

2. The contributions of Switzerland for the years 2019 and 2020 shall be calculated in

accordance with its respective Gross Domestic Product (GDP) as a percentage of the GDP of all States participating in the ISF-Borders and Visa in accordance with the formula described in the Annex.

3. The financial contributions referred to in this Article shall be due by Switzerland

irrespective of the date of adoption of its national programme referred to Article 14 of Regulation (EU) No 514/2014.