TITLE III

Within three months of the date of notification to the Member State of the decision adopting an OP II, the Member State shall set up or appoint a committee, in accordance with the institutional, legal and financial framework of the Member State concerned to monitor the implementation of the programme, in agreement with the managing authority. Each monitoring committee shall draw up and adopt its rules of procedure in accordance with the institutional, legal and financial framework of the Member State concerned. The composition of the monitoring committee shall be decided by the Member State, provided that the monitoring committee is composed of representatives of the relevant Member State authorities and intermediate bodies and of all relevant stakeholders as well as where appropriate of representatives of the competent regional, local and other public authorities. Representatives of the competent regional, local and other public authorities as well as of relevant stakeholders shall be delegated to be part of the monitoring committee by the respective organisation through transparent processes. Each member of the monitoring committee may have a voting right. The list of members of the monitoring committee shall be published. The Commission shall participate in the work of the monitoring committee in an advisory capacity. The monitoring committee shall be chaired by a representative of the Member State or of the managing authority. The monitoring committee shall meet at least once a year and shall review implementation of the programme and progress made towards achieving its specific objectives. In doing so, it shall have regard to the financial data, common and programme -specific indicators, including changes in the value of result indicators and progress towards quantified target values, and, where relevant, the results of qualitative analyses. The monitoring committee shall examine all issues that affect the performance of the programme. It shall examine in particular: progress made towards achieving the specific targets of the operational programme on the basis of the documents submitted by the managing authority, including evaluation findings; implementation of the information and communication actions; actions, which take into account and promote equality between men and women, equal opportunities and non-discrimination. The monitoring committee shall examine and approve: the methodology and criteria for selection of operations in line with the guiding principles as set out in point (f) of Article 7(3); the annual and final implementation reports; any proposal by the managing authority for an amendment to the operational programme. The monitoring committee may make observations to the managing authority regarding implementation of the programme and its evaluation. It shall monitor actions taken as a result of its observations. From 2015 to 2023, the Member States shall submit to the Commission, by 30 June of each year, an annual implementation report for the operational programme implemented in the previous financial year. The Member States shall draft the annual implementation report in accordance with the delegated act referred to in paragraph 6, including the list of common indicators, and for the social inclusion operational programmes, of the programme specific indicators. The Member States shall consult the relevant stakeholders, while avoiding conflicts of interest, on the implementation reports of OP I. A summary of the comments of those relevant stakeholders shall be annexed to the report. The annual implementation reports shall be admissible where they contain all the information required in accordance with the delegated act referred to in paragraph 6. The Commission shall inform the Member State concerned within 15 working days from the date of receipt of the annual implementation report if it is not admissible. Where the Commission has not informed the Member State within the time limit, the report shall be deemed admissible. The Commission shall examine the annual implementation report and inform the Member State of its observations within two months of the receipt of the annual implementation report. Where the Commission does not provide observations to the Member State within this time limit, the reports shall be deemed to be accepted. The Member State shall submit a final report on implementation of the operational programme by 30 September 2024. The Member States shall draft the final implementation report in accordance with the delegated acts referred to in paragraph 6. The Commission shall examine the final implementation report and inform the Member State of its observations within five months of receipt of the final report. Where the Commission does not provide observations to the Member State within that time limit, the reports shall be deemed to have been accepted. The Commission shall be empowered to adopt delegated acts, in accordance with Article 62, laying down the content of the annual and final implementation reports, including the list of common indicators, by 17 July 2014. The Commission may address observations to a Member State concerning the implementation of the operational programme. The managing authority shall within three months inform the Commission of the corrective measures taken. The managing authority shall make public a summary of the contents of each annual and final implementation report. The Commission shall present a summary of the annual implementation reports and the final implementation reports to the European Parliament and to the Council in due course. The procedure concerning implementation reports shall not be excessive in comparison to the resources allocated and to the nature of the support and shall not cause unnecessary administrative burdens. The Commission and the Member States shall meet every year from 2014 to 2023, unless otherwise agreed, to review the progress made in implementing the operational programme, taking account of the annual implementation report and the Commission's observations referred to in Article 13(7), where applicable. The review meeting shall be chaired by the Commission. The relevant stakeholders shall be invited to participate in review meetings of OP I except for the parts of that meeting when their participation would lead to conflicts of interest or breach of confidentiality related to audit matters. The Member State shall ensure that appropriate follow-up is given to any comments of the Commission following the review meeting and shall refer to that follow-up in the implementation report of the following financial year or, as appropriate, years. Member States shall provide the resources necessary for carrying out evaluations, and shall ensure that procedures are in place to produce and collect the data necessary for evaluations, including data related to the common indicators referred to in Article 13. Evaluations shall be carried out by experts that are functionally independent of the authorities responsible for operational programme implementation. All evaluations shall be made public in their entirety but shall under no circumstances include information regarding the identity of end recipients. The evaluations shall not be excessive in comparison to the resources allocated or to the nature of the support and shall not cause unnecessary administrative burdens. Member States shall carry out an ex ante evaluation of each operational programme. Ex ante evaluation shall be carried out under the responsibility of the authority responsible for preparing the operational programme. It shall be submitted to the Commission at the same time as the operational programme, together with an executive summary. Ex ante evaluations of OP I shall appraise the following elements: the contribution to the Union objective of at least 20 million fewer people living in poverty or at risk of poverty and social exclusion by 2020, having regard to the selected type of material deprivation to be addressed and taking into account national circumstances in terms of poverty and social exclusion and material deprivation; the internal coherence of the proposed operational programme and its relation with other relevant financial instruments; the consistency of the allocation of budgetary resources with the objectives of the operational programme; the contribution of the expected outputs to the results and thus to the objectives of the Fund; the involvement of relevant stakeholders; the suitability of the procedures for monitoring the operational programme and for collecting the data necessary to carry out evaluations. Ex ante evaluations of OP II shall appraise the following elements: the contribution to the promotion of social cohesion and poverty reduction in accordance with the Europe 2020 strategy, taking into account national needs; the internal coherence of the proposed programme and its relation with other relevant instruments, in particular the ESF; the consistency of the allocation of budgetary resources with the objectives of the programme; the relevance and clarity of the proposed programme specific indicators; how the expected outputs will contribute to results; whether the quantified target values for indicators are realistic, having regard to the support from the Fund envisaged; the rationale for the form of support proposed; the adequacy of human resources and administrative capacity for management of the programme; the suitability of the procedures for monitoring the programme and for collecting the data necessary to carry out evaluations; the adequacy of planned measures to promote equal opportunities between men and women and to prevent any discrimination. The Commission shall present a mid-term evaluation of the Fund to the European Parliament and to the Council by 31 December 2018. The Commission may, at its own initiative, evaluate operational programmes. During the programming period, the managing authority of an OP I may evaluate the effectiveness and efficiency of the operational programme. The managing authority of an OP I shall carry out a structured survey on end recipients in 2017 and 2022, in accordance with the template adopted by the Commission. The Commission shall adopt implementing acts establishing the template after the consultation of relevant stakeholders. Those implementing acts shall be adopted in accordance with the advisory procedure referred to in Article 63(2). The managing authority of an OP II shall carry out at least one evaluation before 31 December 2022. The evaluation shall assess the effectiveness, efficiency and impact of the operations supported. Appropriate follow up shall be ensured. At its own initiative and in close cooperation with the Member States, the Commission shall carry out, with the assistance of external experts, an ex-post evaluation, to assess the effectiveness and efficiency of the Fund and the sustainability of results obtained, as well as to measure the added value of the Fund. This ex post evaluation shall be completed by 31 December 2024. The Commission and the Member States shall provide information on and promote the actions supported by the Fund. The information shall, in particular, be addressed to the most deprived persons, as well as to the wider public and the media. It shall highlight the role of the Union and ensure that the contribution from the Fund, the Member States and the partner organisations regarding the Union's social cohesion objectives is visible without stigmatising end recipients. The managing authority shall, in order to ensure transparency in the support of the Fund, maintain a list of operations supported by the Fund in a spread sheet data format, which allows the data to be sorted, searched, extracted, compared and easily published on the internet. The list of operations shall include at least the following information: the name and address of the beneficiary; the allocated amount of Union funding; for OP I, the type of material deprivation addressed. The managing authority shall update the list of operations at least every twelve months. During the implementation of an operation, the beneficiaries and partner organisations shall inform the public about the support obtained from the Fund by placing either at least one poster with information about the operation (minimum size A3), including about the financial support from Union or a Union emblem of reasonable size, at a location readily visible to the public. This requirement shall be fulfilled, without stigmatising end-recipients, at each place of delivery of OP I and/or OP II, unless this is not possible due to the circumstances of the distribution. Beneficiaries and partner organisations which have websites shall also provide a short description of the operation on their website, including its aims and results, and highlighting the financial support from the Union. All information and communication measures undertaken by the beneficiary and the partner organisations shall acknowledge support from the Fund to the operation by displaying the emblem of the Union together with a reference to the Union and the Fund. The managing authority shall inform beneficiaries of publication of the list of operations in accordance with paragraph 2. The managing authority shall provide information and communication tools, including templates in electronic format, to help beneficiaries and partner organisations to meet their obligations as set out in paragraph 3. In the case of OP II: the Member State or the managing authority shall be responsible for organising: a main information activity to publicise the launch of the operational programme; and at least one main information activity a year to promote the funding opportunities and the strategies pursued and/or present the achievements of the operational programme, including, where relevant, examples of operations; during implementation of an operation, the beneficiary shall inform the public about the support obtained from the Fund by ensuring that those taking part in the operation have been informed of the support from the Fund; any document, including any attendance or other certificate, concerning an operation shall include a statement to the effect that the operational programme was supported by the Fund; the managing authority shall ensure that potential beneficiaries have access to the relevant information on the funding opportunities, the launching of application calls and conditions thereof and the criteria for selecting the operations to be supported. In processing personal data pursuant to Articles 15 to 19 of this Regulation, the managing authority as well as the beneficiaries and partner organisations shall comply with Directive 95/46/EC.

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Source: EUR-Lex (Cellar) · retrieved 2026-11-01 · Text as adopted (Official Journal); later amendments are not incorporated in this text.