8. Notes that the ex-ante control on activities performed by the Joint Undertaking's members
identified one case when, contrary to the provisions of the
Joint Undertaking's financial rules and its manual of procedures, the same staff member performed the procedure for validating the commitment in the capacity of both verifying ag
ent and authorising officer; notes furthermore that one payment was made under the conditions described
...[+++] above; acknowledges that the Joint Undertaking has updated the financial back-up system by introducing new actors to perform the roles of financial verifier and authorising officer, and that the initiation and verification/authorisation functions are kept separate; notes moreover a second case identified by the ex-ante control in which the technical assessment report was not available in the GMT tool;