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Types of financing
1. Financing may take one or more of the forms provided for by Regulation (EU, Euratom) No 966/2012, including: (a) grants for multi-programmes; (b) contracts for the measures implemented on the initiative of the Commission. 2. The Union shall finance information provision and promotion measures implemented on the basis of multi programmes or on the initiative of the Commission pursuant to point (a) of Article 4(2) of Regulation (EU) No 1306/2013.
Evaluation of multi programmes
The proposals for multi programmes shall be evaluated and selected on the basis of the criteria announced in the call for proposals referred to in Article 8(2).
Information on the implementation of multi programmes
The Commission shall provide the Committee referred to in Article 23, and thereby the Member States, with timely information on all the programmes that are proposed or selected.
Financial provisions relating to multi programmes
1. The Union’s financial contribution to multi programmes shall be 80 % of the eligible expenditure. The remaining expenditure shall be borne exclusively by the proposing organisations. 2. The percentage referred to in paragraph 1 shall be increased to 85 % in the event of serious market disturbance, loss of consumer confidence or other specific problems referred to in point (e) of Article 2(2). 3. By way of derogation from paragraphs 1 and 2, for proposing organisations established in Member States receiving on or after 1 January 2014 financial assistance in accordance with Article 136 and 143 TFEU, the percentages referred to in paragraphs 1 and 2 shall be 85 %, and 90 % respectively. The first subparagraph shall only apply to those programmes decided upon by the Commission before the date from which the Member State concerned no longer receives such financial assistance.
Procurement with regard to measures implemented on the initiative of the Commission
Any procurement effected by the Commission in its own name or jointly with Member States shall be subject to the procurement rules set out in Regulation (EU, Euratom) No 966/2012 and Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) No 1268/2012 ( 16 ) .
Protection of the financial interests of the Union
1. The Commission shall take appropriate measures to ensure that, when measures financed under this section are implemented, the financial interests of the Union are protected by the application of preventive measures against fraud, corruption and any other illegal activities, by effective checks and, if irregularities are detected, by the recovery of the amounts wrongly paid and, where appropriate, by effective, proportionate and dissuasive administrative and financial penalties. 2. The Commission or its representatives and the Court of Auditors shall have the power to audit, on the basis of documents and on-the-spot, all grant beneficiaries, contractors and subcontractors who have received Union funds. 3. The European Anti-Fraud Office (OLAF) may carry out investigations, including on-the-spot checks and inspections, in accordance with the provisions and procedures laid down in Regulation (EU, Euratom) No 883/2013 of the European Parliament and of the Council ( 17 ) and Council Regulation (Euratom, EC) No 2185/96 ( 18 ) in order to establish whether there has been fraud, corruption or any other illegal activity affecting the financial interests of the Union in connection with a grant agreement or grant decision or a contract relating to Union funds. 4. Without prejudice to paragraphs 1, 2 and 3, cooperation agreements with third countries and with international organisations, contracts, grant agreements and grant decisions resulting from the implementation of a programme under this Regulation shall contain provisions expressly empowering the Commission, the Court of Auditors and OLAF to conduct such audits and investigations, in accordance with their respective competences.
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