
COMMISSION DECISION of 16 December 2008 on the Early Warning System for the use of authorising officers of the Commission and the executive agencies (2008/969/EC, Euratom) (repealed) 

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SECTION 1
GENERAL PROVISIONS
Subject matter
Article 1 
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Definitions
Article 2 
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EWS warnings
Article 3 
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Administration of the EWS
Article 4 
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Requests for registration, modification or removal of warnings
Article 5 
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Access to and the use of the EWS
Article 6 
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EWS officers
Article 7 
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Data protection and rights of data subjects
Article 8 
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SECTION 2
INFORMATION ENTERED IN THE EWS
Categories of warning
Article 9 
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W1 warnings
Article 10 
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W2 warnings
Article 11 
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W3 warnings
Article 12 
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W4 warnings
Article 13 
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W5 warnings
Article 14 
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SECTION 3
CONSEQUENCES OF EWS WARNINGS AS REGARDS BUDGET IMPLEMENTATION
Effect of EWS warnings on budget transactions
Article 15 
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Consequence of a W1 warning
Article 16 
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Consequences of a W2, W3b or W4 warning on contract or grant award procedures
Article 17 
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Consequences of a W2, W3b or W4 warning as regards existing contracts or grants
Article 18 
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Consequences of a W3a warning
Article 19 
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Consequences of a W4 warning
Article 20 
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Consequences of a W5 warning as regards contracts and grant award procedures
Article 21 
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Specific consequences of a W5 warning on existing contracts or grants
Article 22 
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Referral to the Commission
Article 23 
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SECTION 4
TRANSITIONAL AND FINAL PROVISIONS
Transitional provisions
Article 24 
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Repeal of the Decision on the Early Warning System
Article 25 
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Application
Article 26 
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Publication
Article 27 
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ANNEX
Request by AOD of the Commission, executive agency, IAS, OLAF for data entry into the exclusion database/EWS, its modification or removal

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