Information, communication and publicity
1. The beneficiary Member States shall make publicly available on the websites of the relevant departments of their administrations information on the investments supported under this Regulation, in order to inform the public of the role and objectives of the Modernisation Fund. Such information shall include an explicit reference to the Modernisation Fund support received.
2. The beneficiary Member States shall ensure that the final recipients of the Modernisation Fund support provide coherent, relevant and targeted information on the Modernisation Fund support received to multiple audiences, including the media and the public.
3. The Modernisation Fund name shall be used for all communication activities and appear on notice boards at strategic places visible to the public.
4. The beneficiary Member States and the Commission shall perform information, communication and promotion actions relating to the Modernisation Fund support and results. Such actions shall facilitate exchanges of experience, knowledge and best practices as regards the design, preparation and implementation of investments under the Modernisation Fund.
Transparency
1. Without prejudice to paragraph 2, the secretariat of the Investment Committee shall arrange for the publication on the Modernisation Fund website of the following information:
(a)
the names of the members and observers to the Investment Committee, and their affiliation;
(b)
the curricula vitae and the declarations of interest of the members of the Investment Committee;
(c)
the confirmations of the EIB concerning priority investments;
(d)
the recommendations of the Investment Committee concerning non-priority investments;
(e)
the disbursement decisions of the Commission;
(f)
the annual reports submitted by the beneficiary Member States under Article 13;
(g)
the annual reports submitted by the Investment Committee under Article 14;
(h)
the Commission’s review and evaluation of the Modernisation Fund under Article 15.
2. Member States, the Commission and the EIB shall not disclose any commercially confidential information included in any document, information or other material submitted by them or by any third party in connection with implementation of the Modernisation Fund.
Entry into force
This Regulation shall enter into force on the twentieth day following that of its publication in the Official Journal of the European Union .
