The principle of sound financial management is set forth in Article 30 of Financial Regulation No 966/2012. It is also referred to in the provisions of the EU primary legislation (Article 287 (2), Article 310 (5) and Article 317 of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union) and the EU secondary legislation, setting out the principles of the EU funds spending. The article attempts to reconstruct the contents of the principle of sound financial management and to present its functioning in the EU law, including the consequences of its breach, as provided for in the EU regulations and the judicature of the Court of Justice of the European Union.
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