Paying Authority (PA) Authoritiy designated by the Member State for the purposes of drawing up and submitting payments applications and receiving payments from the Commission. The EU Member States participating in the INTERREG IIIC Programmes have designated the following institutions to act as Paying Authorities: INTERREG IIIC North Programme: Investitionsbank Schleswig-Holstein INTERREG IIIC East Programme: Magistrat der Stadt Wien INTERREG IIIC South Programme: Generalitat Valencia INTERREG IIIC West Programme: Nord-Pas de Calais Regional Directorate