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Work programme
1. The Programme shall be implemented through multiannual work programmes as referred to in Article 110(2) of the Financial Regulation. 2. The multiannual work programmes shall be adopted by the Commission by means of implementing acts. Those implementing acts shall be adopted in accordance with the procedure referred to in Article 18(2).
Monitoring and reporting
1. Indicators to report on the progress of the Programme towards the achievement of the specific objectives laid down in Article 3(2) are set out in Annex II. 2. To ensure the effective assessment of the Programme’s progress towards the achievement of its objectives, the Commission is empowered to adopt delegated acts, in accordance with Article 17, to amend Annex II to review or complement the indicators where considered necessary and to supplement this Regulation with provisions on the establishment of a monitoring and evaluation framework. 3. The performance reporting system shall ensure that data for monitoring the implementation and the results of the Programme are collected efficiently, effectively and in a timely manner. To that end, proportionate reporting requirements shall be imposed on recipients of Union funds.
Evaluation
1. Evaluations of the Programme shall be carried out so that they feed into the decision-making process in a timely manner. The Commission shall make the evaluations publicly available. 2. Once there is sufficient information available about the implementation of the Programme, but no later than four years after the start of its implementation, the Commission shall carry out an interim evaluation of the Programme. 3. At the end of the implementation of the Programme, but no later than four years after the end of the period referred to in Article 1, the Commission shall carry out a final evaluation of the Programme. 4. The Commission shall communicate the conclusions of the interim and final evaluations, including its observations, to the European Parliament, to the Council, to the European Economic and Social Committee and to the Committee of the Regions.
Protection of the financial interests of the Union
Where a third country participates in the Programme by means of a decision adopted pursuant to an international agreement or on the basis of any other legal instrument, the third country shall grant the necessary rights and access required for the authorising officer responsible, OLAF and the Court of Auditors to comprehensively exercise their respective competences. In the case of OLAF, such rights shall include the right to carry out investigations, including on-the-spot checks and inspections, as provided for in Regulation (EU, Euratom) No 883/2013.
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