Article 85

1. The Commission shall adopt the financing decision corresponding to a programming document in accordance with the standards set out in the Financial Regulation applicable to the 11th EDF and following the procedure provided for in Article 87. 2. The Commission shall implement OCTs 11th EDF resources in any of the ways set out in the Financial Regulation applicable to the 11th EDF and in accordance with the conditions set out in this Decision and in the measures implementing that Decision. To this end, it shall conclude financing agreements with the relevant authorities of the OCTs. 3. The OCTs authorities shall be responsible for: preparing, negotiating and concluding contracts; implementing and managing projects and programmes; and maintaining projects and programmes and ensuring their sustainability. 4. The relevant authorities of the OCTs and the Commission shall be jointly responsible for: ensuring equality of conditions for participation in invitations to tender and contracts; monitoring and evaluating the effects and results of projects and programmes; and ensuring the proper, prompt and efficient execution of projects and programmes. 5. To facilitate the exchanges of views, technical meetings shall be held at least once a year between the Territorial Authorising Officers, the Member States concerned and representatives of the Commission involved in the programming, notably through the use of modern technologies or, if possible, as an extension of the OCTs-EU Forum dialogue. 6. Actions financed under the 11th EDF may be implemented with parallel or joint co-financing subject to provisions of the Financial Regulation applicable to the 11th EDF.

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Source: EUR-Lex (Cellar) · retrieved 2026-11-02 · Text as adopted (Official Journal); later amendments are not incorporated in this text.