Submission of actions
Actions shall be submitted to the Commission in accordance with the detailed rules issued under Article 6. Submissions shall contain all the information necessary to enable the Commission to make its selection in accordance with Article 9.
Selection of actions for financial assistance
Submitted actions shall be evaluated by the Commission. When selecting actions for financial assistance under the Programme, the Commission shall take account of the following:
(a)
the objectives referred to in Article 1;
(b)
the conditions set out in Annexes I and II, as appropriate;
(c)
the contribution of the actions to reducing road congestion;
(d)
the relative environmental merits of the actions, including their contribution to reducing negative environmental effects caused by short sea shipping, rail and inland waterway transport. Specific attention will be paid to projects going beyond legally binding environmental requirements;
(e)
the overall sustainability of the actions.
The decision to grant financial assistance shall be adopted in accordance with the procedure referred to in Article 10(2).
The Commission shall inform the beneficiaries of its decision.