S.L. 595.30 Art. 4AResponsibilities of the National Authority. 

(1) The National Authority shall be responsible for the monitoring and supervision of the management of the National Agency at national level in the implementation of the programme for European

Union action in the Erasmus+ Programme and the European Solidarity Corps, in accordance with applicable European Union Regulations and national provisions.

(2) In the exercise of its functions, the National Authority shall in particular:

(a) ensure the proper monitoring and supervision of the National Agency in order to guarantee that its operations are fully aligned with European Union Regulations, guidelines and national priorities;

(b) ensure that the National Agency manages all financial resources entrusted to it in a transparent, accurate, and accountable manner, in compliance with European Union and national financial Regulations and requirements.

(3) The National Authority shall provide adequate co-financing for the operations of its national agency to ensure that the Erasmus + Programme and the European Solidarity Corps are managed in compliance with the applicable European Union Regulations.

(4) Without prejudice to any other action that the National Authority is required to initiate or to take under any other European Union or national law, where the National Authority identifies through its check that serious irregularities or fraud has taken place, it shall immediately inform the Minister to withhold or partially withhold any further payments of national funds.