Reviews and audits. 1. The Union shall have the right to conduct, in accordance with the applicable acts of one or more Union institutions or bodies and as provided in relevant agreements and/or contracts, technical, scientific, financial, or other types of reviews and audits on the premises of any natural person residing in or any legal entity established in New Zealand and receiving Union funding, as well as any third party involved in the implementation of Union funds residing or established in New Zealand. Such review and audits may be carried out by the agents of the institutions and bodies of the Union, in particular of the European Commission and the European Court of Auditors, or by other persons mandated by the European Commission. When exercising their duties in the territory of New Zealand, the agents of the institutions and bodies of the Union and the other persons mandated by the European Commission shall act in a manner consistent with New Zealand law. 2. When implementing paragraph 1, the agents of the institutions and bodies of the Union, in particular of the European Commission and the European Court of Auditors, and the other persons mandated by the European Commission, shall have appropriate access to sites, works and documents (in electronic and paper versions) and to all the information required in order to carry out such audits, including the right of obtaining a physical/electronic copy of, and extracts from, any document or the contents of any data medium held by the audited natural or legal person, or by the audited third party. 3. New Zealand shall not prevent or raise any particular obstacle to the right of entrance into New Zealand and to the access to the premises of the agents and other persons referred to in paragraph 2 on the grounds of the exercise of their duties referred to in this Article. 4. The reviews and audits may be carried out also after the suspension of application of a Protocol to this Agreement pursuant to Article 15(4) of this Agreement, the cessation of provisional application or the termination of this Agreement, on the terms laid down in the applicable acts of one or more Union institutions or bodies and as provided for in relevant agreements and/or contracts in relation to any legal commitment implementing the Union budget entered into by the Union before the date on which the suspension of application of the relevant Protocol, the cessation of provisional application or the termination of this Agreement takes effect.
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Samples: Agreement on the Participation of New Zealand in Union Programmes, Agreement on Participation in Union Programmes, Agreement on the Participation of New Zealand in Union Programmes
