Dis­burse­ment and proof of use audits

Advice and sup­port with audits of dis­burse­ments and where-used lists under grant law

The legal­ly com­pli­ant use of pub­lic funds is of cen­tral impor­tance for both fund­ing providers and recip­i­ents. Dis­putes or com­plaints in con­nec­tion with audits of dis­burse­ments or proof of use can have con­sid­er­able finan­cial and legal con­se­quences. Our law firm for pub­lic pro­cure­ment and grant law offers com­pre­hen­sive sup­port to pro­tect your rights and oblig­a­tions in this sen­si­tive area.

Ser­vices for spon­sors

Exam­i­na­tion of pay­ment requests

• Legal assess­ment: We check whether the costs claimed in the appli­ca­tion for dis­burse­ment are in line with the fund­ing guide­lines and the approved funds.
• Com­pli­ance with pub­lic pro­cure­ment law: Analy­sis of whether the require­ments of pub­lic pro­cure­ment law were com­plied with in the case of pub­lic con­tracts financed from the grant funds.
• Doc­u­men­ta­tion con­trol: Ensur­ing that all required evi­dence and doc­u­ments have been prop­er­ly sub­mit­ted.

Where-used list checks

• Legal audit of the use of funds: We ana­lyze whether the grant funds were used in accor­dance with the require­ments of the approval notice and the rel­e­vant reg­u­la­tions.
• Prepa­ra­tion of com­plaint reports: Sup­port in the for­mu­la­tion and sub­stan­ti­a­tion of com­plaints if vio­la­tions are iden­ti­fied.
• Check­ing the cor­rect­ness of doc­u­ments: check­ing invoic­es, con­tracts and receipts for com­pli­ance with require­ments.

Train­ing and con­sult­ing

• Rais­ing aware­ness of legal require­ments: Train­ing cours­es for fund­ing providers on the legal basis and typ­i­cal sources of error in pay­ment and where-used lists.
• Devel­op­ment of test cri­te­ria: Devel­op­ment of clear and legal­ly com­pli­ant cri­te­ria for the assess­ment of evi­dence.