Common use of Qualified Opinion Clause in Contracts

Qualified Opinion. (If there have been limitations on the scope of the examination and/or the error rates and cases of irregularity and the way they have been dealt with by the NAO calls for a qualified opinion but do not justify an unfavourable opinion for all the expenditure concerned) [Based on the examination referred to above covering the audit work carried out in accordance with Article 29(2)(b) IPA IR [and the additional work I have performed], it is my opinion that the accounts submitted to the Commission for the operations under the IPA component [1 to 5] for the period from (date) to (date) are presented fairly in all material respects - <including those pertaining to the legality and regularity of the underlying transactions>7 [and the internal control procedures have operated satisfactorily]3- except in the following respects:

Qualified Opinion. (If there have been limitations on the scope of the examination and/or the error rates and cases of irregularity and the way they have been dealt with by the NAO calls for a qualified opinion but do not justify an unfavourable opinion for all the expenditure concerned) [Based on the examination referred to above covering the audit work carried out in accordance with Article 29(2)(b) IPA IR [and the additional work I have performed], it is my opinion that the accounts submitted to the Commission for the operations under the IPA component [1 to 5] for the period from (date) to (date) are presented pre- sented fairly in all material respects - – <including those pertaining to the legality and regularity of the underlying transactions>7 [and the internal control procedures have operated satisfactorily]3- satisfactorily]3 – except in the following respects:

Qualified Opinion. (If there have been limitations on the scope of the examination and/or the error rates and cases of irregularity and the way they have been dealt with by the NAO calls for a qualified opinion but do not justify an unfavourable opinion for all the expenditure concerned) [Based on the examination referred to above covering the audit work carried out in accordance with Article 29(2)(b) IPA IR [and the additional work I have performed], it is my opinion that the accounts submitted to the Commission for the operations under the IPA component [1 to 5] for the period from (date) to (date) are presented fairly in all material 27 to be included optionally for components where applicable (see foot-note 6 above). respects - <including those pertaining to the legality and regularity of the underlying transactions>7 [and the internal control procedures have operated satisfactorily]3- except in the following respects: