“three-party payment card scheme” means a payment card scheme where both the issuing and the acquiring of payment transactions under the scheme’s brand are performed by the entity governing the card scheme in which payments are made from a payment account held by the scheme on behalf of the cardholder to a payment account held by the scheme on behalf of the payee, and card based transactions based on the same structure.When If a three party payment card scheme licenses other payment service providers for the issuance of its card based payment instruments and/or the acquiring of payment cards its card based payment transactions, it is con ...[+++]sidered as a four party payment card scheme; ’

“four-party payment card scheme” means a payment card scheme where issuing and acquiring services are provided by entities other than the entity governing the card scheme in which payments are made from the payment account of a cardholder to the payment account of a payee through the intermediation of the scheme, a payment card issuing payment services provider (on the card holder's side) and an acquiring payment services provider (on the payee's side), and card based transactions based on the same structure; ’

“four party payment card scheme” means a payment card scheme in which payments are made from the payment account of a cardholder to the payment account of a payee through the intermediation of the scheme, a payment card issuing payment services provider (on the card holder’s side) and an acquiring payment services provider (on the payee’s side), and card based transactions based on the same structure; ’

2. The Commission may adopt implementing acts, reducing or suspending the monthly or interim payments to a Member State if one or more of the key components of the national control system in question do not exist or are not effective due to the gravity or persistence of the deficiencies found, or if there are similar serious deficiencies in the system for the recovery of irregular payments and if one of the following conditions is met:

2. The Commission may adopt implementing acts, reducing or suspending the monthly or interim payments to a Member State if one or more of the key components of the national control system in question do not exist or are not effective due to the gravity or persistence of the deficiencies found, or if there are similar serious deficiencies in the system for the recovery of irregular payments and if one of the following conditions is met:

These projects have involved help with the design of application forms and control checklists; training in payment procedures under SAPARD; elaboration of book-keeping procedures; setting-up the internal control system; on-the-spot and ex post control systems; procurement procedures and risk-evaluation methodology,