Implementation

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8.2 Management and Monitoring Arrangements

8.2.5 Annual Implementation Review

In accordance with Art. 34.2 of the regulation, every year when the annual implementation report is submitted, the Commission shall review the main outcomes of the previous year with the Managing Authority and the Department of Finance.

After this review, the Commission may make comments to the Managing Authority and the Department of Finance. The Managing Authority, with the agreement of the Department of Finance, shall inform the Commission of the action taken on these comments. Where in duly substantiated cases, the Commission considers that the Measures taken are inadequate, it may make recommendations to the Managing Authority for adjustments aimed at improving the effectiveness of the monitoring or management arrangements for the programme, together with the reasons for any such recommendations. If it receives any such recommendations, the Managing Authority, with the agreement of the Department of Finance, shall subsequently demonstrate the steps taken to improve the monitoring or management arrangements or it shall explain why such steps have not been taken.

According to Art. 32.3, one of the conditions subject to which interim payments shall be made by the Commission is the degree to which the national authorities have acted upon the Commissions recommendations within the specified time period (or have communicated the reasons why no Measures have been taken), where those recommendations are intended to remedy serious shortcomings in the monitoring or management system which undermine proper financial management of the programme.

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