Article 40

General provisions 1. In order to gauge its effectiveness, Community structural assistance shall be the subject of ex-ante, mid-term and ex-post evaluation designed to appraise its impact with respect to the objectives set out in Article 1 and to analyse its effects on specific structural problems. 2. The effectiveness of the operations of the Funds shall be measured by the following criteria: their overall impact on the goals set out in Article 158 of the Treaty, and in particular the strengthening of the economic and social cohesion of the Community; the impact of the priorities proposed in the development plans and of the priorities incorporated in each Community support framework and in each case of assistance. 3. The competent authorities of the Member States and the Commission shall assemble the appropriate resources and collect the data required to ensure that this evaluation can be carried out in the most effective manner. In this connection, evaluation shall make use of the various particulars that the monitoring arrangements may yield, supplemented where necessary by the gathering of information to improve its relevance. On the initiative of the Member States or the Commission, after informing the Member State concerned, supplementary evaluations, if appropriate on a specific topic, may be launched with a view to identifying transferable experience. 4. The results of the evaluation shall be made available to the public, on request. As regards the results of the evaluation provided for in Article 42, the Monitoring Committee's agreement shall be required according to the institutional arrangements of each Member State. 5. The evaluation procedures shall be laid down in the Community support frameworks and forms of assistance.

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Source: EUR-Lex (Cellar) · retrieved 2026-11-08 · Text as adopted (Official Journal); later amendments are not incorporated in this text.