The Inspector General CHIEF financial relations with the European Union having regard to law no 183, April 16, 1987 on the coordination of policies regarding membership of Italy at the European communities and the adaptation of domestic law to Community legislation; Having regard to the Decree of the President of the Republic December 29, 1988, n. 568 and subsequent modifications and additions concerning the regulation on organization and administrative procedures of the Revolving Fund, pursuant to law No. 183/1987 and in particular the Decree of the Minister of finance April 2, 2007, concerning the review of payment procedures; Having regard to law No 52 February 6, 1996 concerning measures to meet the obligations resulting from Italy's membership of the European Communities (Community law 1994); Having regard to Act May 17, 1999, n. 144, which, under art. 3, involved the transfer of technical and financial management tasks already entrusted to the CIPE, authorities, official for this area; Having regard to the CIPE n. 141/99 of August 6, 1999, concerning the reorganization of responsibilities of CIPE, which devolves to the Treasury, budget and economic planning-in agreement with the competent authorities-the determination of national quota of programmes, projects and other initiatives cofinanced by the European Union; Having regard to the Decree of the Minister of the Treasury, budget and economic planning May 15, 2000 on the allocation of quotas to national cofinancing borne of law no 183/1987 for Community policy which, in order to ensure the agreement referred to above CIPE n. 141/99, established an ad hoc working group at the Department of State accounting-I.G.R.U.E.; Having regard to the CIPE n. 89/2000 of August 4, 2000 on comprehensive guidelines for the intervention of the Revolving Fund for the implementation of Community policies, as referred to in law no 183/1987, in favour of programmes, projects and actions-financing with the European Union; Having regard to Regulation EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of the European Union # 614/2007, establishing a financial instrument for the environment (LIFE +) and which provides specific objectives under the three components: LIFE + nature and biodiversity; Life + environment policy and governance; Life + information and communication; View the grant agreement # LIFE13 ENV/IT/000813 to complete a special project, concluded on July 17, 2014 between the European Commission and the Ministry of agricultural food and forestry policies-state forestry, coordinating beneficiary, which includes the associated beneficiaries the agricultural research Council, the National Research Council-Institute for the study of ecosystems and the University of Florence , whose total cost is equal to 2,206,527.00 euro, partly funded with EU resources from LIFE + and partly with national resources; Having regard to the note from the Ministry of agricultural food and forestry policies-state forestry # 50678 of October 31, 2014, which quantifies in 588,923.00 euros on total eligible expenditure of its competence, related to the project, which lasts 43 months from 1 September 2014; View the same note from the Ministry of agricultural food and forestry policies-state forestry # 50678 of October 31, 2014 that community fees amounted to 294,462.00 euros, quantifies the financial needs in 294,461.00 euro, representing 50 percent of the total eligible cost of its share of the project approved; Having regard to the note from the Ministry of agricultural food and forestry policies # 26802 of November 27, 2014, referring to the request by the Council for research and experimentation in agriculture, sent by note No. 67409 of October 30, 2014, which quantifies in 535,648.00 euros on total eligible expenditure of its competence, related to the project; View the same note of the Council for research and experimentation in agriculture # 67409 of October 30, 2014 that community fees amounted to 267,824.00 euros, quantifies the financial needs in 267,824.00 euro, representing 50 percent of the total eligible cost of its share of the project approved; Having regard to the note of the Ministry of education, University and research # 29507 of December 12, 2014, which quantifies in 706,668.00 euros the total eligible costs of the National Research Council-Institute for the study of ecosystems, related to the project; View the same note Ministry of education, University and research # 29507 of December 12, 2014, that community fees amounted to 353,334.00 euros, quantifies the financial needs in 353,334.00 euro, representing 50 percent of total eligible costs of the National Research Council-Institute for the study of ecosystems of the project approved; Given the need to resort to such national public needs at availability of the Revolving Fund for the implementation of Community policies, including the aforementioned law no 183/1987, taking into account that the difference for the actions of the University of Florence is payable by the same; Having regard to the findings of the Working Group at the Department of State accounting-I.G.R.U.E., referred to the Decree of the Minister of the Treasury May 15, 2000, at its meeting of December 15, 2014:

Decrees: 1. For the purposes of achieving the works relating to the project LIFE + SMART4Action "Sustainable monitoring And Reporting To Inform Forest-and Environmental Awareness and Protection" (LIFE13 ENV/IT/000813), which lasts 43 months, approved by the European Commission under the financial instrument for the Environment LIFE + specified circumstances, is authorized, drains on my Revolving Fund referred to in law No. 183/1987, 915,619.00 State cofinancing euro, so divided:-I-P.A.A.F. -State forestry 294,461.00 euro-Council for research and experimentation in agriculture-National Research Council 353,334.00 euro euro 267,824.00---------------TOTAL 915,619.00 euros 2. Disbursements, on co-financing referred to in paragraph 1 are carried out in accordance with the terms provided by law, on the basis of requests made by the Ministry of agricultural food and forestry policies (State forestry and CRA) and the Ministry of education, University and research (National Research Council). 3. the Ministry of agriculture, food and forestry and the Ministry of education, University and research shall carry out all the controls about the occurrence, even on the part of beneficiaries, of the conditions and legal requirements that justify the disbursements referred to in point 2, as well as check that EU funding and national are used within the deadlines and in compliance with community and national legislation in force. 4. the Ministry of agriculture, food and forestry and the Ministry of education, University and research shall notify to the State General Accounting Department-I.G.R.U.E. resource reductions made by the European Commission, in order to adapt the corresponding share borne by the Revolving Fund. 5. In the event of a refund, for any reason, of community resources to the European Commission, these Ministries are also activated for returning to the Revolving Fund, referred to in point 1, the corresponding shares of national cofinancing already dispensed. 6. At the end of the intervention the Ministry of agriculture, food and forestry and the Ministry of education, University and research shall forward to the State General Accounting Department-I.G.R.U.E. a progress report on the implementation of the same, with evidence of the amounts recognized by the European Commission and any amounts to be decommitted under the authorisation of expenditure from the Revolving Fund, referred to in point 1 of this Decree. 7. this Decree shall be transmitted to the Court of Auditors for recording and subsequently published in the official journal of the Italian Republic.
Rome, December 22, 2014 the Inspector General boss: Das Recorded the Court of Auditors the Audit Office January 16, 2015 acts Ministry of economy and finance, Reg.ne Prev. # 100