Other expenditure, including technical assistance
Article 7
The EAGF and EAFRD may, either on the initiative of the Commission or on its behalf, each directly finance the preparatory, monitoring, administrative and technical support activities, and the evaluation, audit and inspection, required to implement the CAP. That includes, in particular: (a) measures required for the analysis, management, monitoring, information exchange and implementation of the CAP, including assessing its impacts, environmental performance and progress towards Union targets, as well as measures relating to the implementation of control systems and technical and administrative assistance; (b) the acquisition by the Commission of satellite data required for the area monitoring system in accordance with Article 24; (c) the actions taken by the Commission through remote-sensing applications used for the monitoring of agricultural resources in accordance with Article 25; (d) measures required to maintain and develop methods and technical means for information, interconnection, monitoring and control of the financial management of the funds used to finance the CAP; (e) the provision of information on the CAP in accordance with Article 46; (f) studies on the CAP and evaluations of measures financed by the EAGF and EAFRD, including the improvement of evaluation methods and the exchange of information on best practices under the CAP and consultations with the relevant stakeholders, as well as studies carried out with the European Investment Bank (EIB); (g) where relevant, contribution to executive agencies that are set up in accordance with Council Regulation (EC) No 58/2003 ( 27 ) and act in connection with the CAP; (h) contribution to measures which relate to the dissemination of information, raising awareness, promoting cooperation and exchanging experiences with the relevant stakeholders at Union level, and which are taken in the context of interventions for rural development, including the networking of the parties concerned; (i) information technology networks focusing on information processing and exchange, including corporate information technology systems, needed in connection with the management of the CAP; (j) measures required for the development, registration and protection of logos within the framework of the Union quality schemes in accordance with Article 44(2) of Regulation (EU) No 1151/2012 of the European Parliament and of the Council ( 28 ) and for the protection of intellectual property rights linked to it, and the necessary developments in information technology.