The accounting officer of a municipality, department or region may not make his payment actions subject to an assessment of the appropriateness of the decisions taken by the authorising officer.
His control is limited to verifying that, at the time of payment, he has all the documents required under the nomenclature of supporting documents and that the documents are, on the one hand, complete and accurate and, on the other hand, consistent with the category of expenditure defined in the applicable nomenclature and the nature and purpose of the expenditure as authorised.
Failing this, he suspends payment and informs the authorising officer by reasoned decision.