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1. Where more than one paying agency is accredited in a Member State, that Member State shall designate a public coordinating body, to which it shall assign the following tasks:

(a) to collect the information to be provided to the Commission and to send that information to the Commission;

(b) to supply to the Commission the annual performance report referred to in Article 54(1) of this Regulation and Article 134 of Regulation (EU) 2021/2115;

(c) to take or coordinate actions with a view to resolving any deficiencies of a common nature and to inform the Commission of any follow-up;

(d) to promote and, where possible, ensure the harmonised application of Union rules.

2. As regards the processing of the information of a financial nature referred to in paragraph 1, point (a), the coordinating body shall be subject to specific accreditation by the Member State.

3. The annual performance report referred to in paragraph 1, point (b), of this Article shall be covered by the scope of the opinion referred to in Article 12(2) and it shall be submitted to the Commission together with a management declaration covering the compilation of the entire report.