ANNEX ISupplementary provisions
Financial table for 2003 >TABLE> ANNEX II I. Provisions on the implementation of the programme - monitoring and assessment I. Monitoring Committee 1. Establishment Independent of the financing of this action, a monitoring committee for the programme shall be set up, composed of representatives of France and the Commission. It shall review implementation of the programme regularly and, in appropriate cases, propose any adjustments required. 2. The Committee shall establish its own internal procedures within one month of the notification of the present decision to France. 3. Competence of Monitoring Committee The Committee: - shall have as its general responsibility the satisfactory progress of the programme towards attainment of the objectives set. Its competence shall embrace the programme measures within the limits of the Community aid granted. It shall keep watch with respect to the regulatory provisions, including those on eligibility of operations and projects, - shall, on the basis of information on the selection of projects already approved and implemented, reach an opinion on application of the selection criteria set out in the programme, - shall propose any action required to accelerate implementation of the programme should the information furnished periodically by the interim monitoring and assessment indicators reveal a delay, - shall give its opinion on the adjustments proposed to the Commission, - shall issue an opinion on technical assistance projects scheduled in the programme, - shall give its opinion on the final report, - shall report during the relevant period to the Standing Committee on Plant Health on the progress of the programme and expenditure incurred. II. Monitoring and assessment of the programme during the implementation period (continuous monitoring and assessment) 1. The national agency responsible for implementation shall also be responsible for continuous monitoring and assessment of the programme. 2. By continuous monitoring is meant an information system on the state of progress of the programme. Continuous monitoring will cover the measures contained in the programme. It involves reference to the financial and physical indicators structured so as to permit assessment of the correspondence between expenditure on each measure and predefined physical indicators showing the degree of realisation. 3. Continuous assessment of a programme will involve analysis of the quantitative results of implementation on the basis of operational, legal and procedural considerations. The purpose is to guarantee correspondence between measures and programme objectives. Implementation report and scrutiny of programme 4. France shall notify to the Commission, within one month of adoption of the programme, the name of the authority responsible for compilation and presentation of the final implementation report. The final report shall contain a concise evaluation of the entire programme (degree of achievement of physical and qualitative objectives and of progress accomplished) and an assessment of the immediate phytosanitary and economic impact. The final report on the present programme will be presented by the competent authority to the Commission on 15 October 2004 at the latest and shall thereafter be presented to the Standing Committee on Plant Health as soon as possible after that date. 5. The Commission may jointly with France call in an independent assessor who shall, on the basis of the continuous monitoring, carry out the continuous assessment referred to in point 3. He may submit proposals for adjustment of the sub-programmes and/or measures, and amending the selection criteria for projects, etc., in the light of difficulties encountered in the course of implementation. On the basis of monitoring of management he shall give an opinion on the administrative measures to be taken. II. Compliance with Community policies The programme shall be implemented in accordance with the provisions on coordination of and compliance with Community policies. The following information must be supplied by France in the final report. Protection of the environment a) General information: - description of the main environmental features and problems of the region concerned, giving, inter alia, a description of the important conservation areas (sensitive zones), - a comprehensive description of the major beneficial and harmful effects that the programme, given the investments planned, is likely to have on the environment, - a description of the action planned to prevent, reduce or offset any serious harmful effects on the environment, - a report on consultations with the responsible environmental authorities (opinion of the Ministry for the Environment or its equivalent) and, if there were any such consultations, with the public concerned. b) Description of planned activities For programme measures liable to have a significantly harmful effect on the environment: - the procedures which will be applied for assessing individual projects during implementation of the programme, - the mechanisms planned for monitoring environmental impact during implementation, assessing results and eliminating, reducing or offsetting harmful effects.