Competences of the Commission
Article 3
1. The Commission shall be responsible for the implementation of the programme. 2. The Commission shall draw up a work programme on the basis of this Decision. 3. In the implementation of the programme, the Commission shall, in close cooperation with the Member States, ensure that it is generally consistent with and complementary to other relevant Community policies, programmes and actions, in particular the Community research and technological development programmes and the Daphne II ( 9 ) , Modinis ( 10 ) and eContentplus ( 11 ) programmes. 4. The Commission shall act in accordance with the procedure referred to in Article 4(2) for the purposes of the following: (a) adoption and modifications of the work programme; (b) breakdown of budgetary expenditure; (c) determination of the criteria and content of calls for proposals, in accordance with the objectives set out in Article 1; (d) assessment of the projects proposed following calls for proposals for Community funding where the estimated Community contribution is equal to, or more than, EUR 500 000; (e) any departure from the rules set out in Annex III; (f) implementation of measures for evaluating the programme. 5. The Commission shall inform the Committee referred to in Article 4 of progress with the implementation of the programme.