Article 8 Implementing measures
United Kingdom
The Commission shall implement the Community financial support in accordance with the Regulation (EC, Euratom) No 1605/2002, hereinafter referred to as ‘the Financial Regulation’.
To implement the Programme, the Commission shall, within the limits of the general objectives set out in Article 2, adopt an annual work programme, by the end of September specifying its specific objectives, thematic priorities, a description of accompanying measures envisaged in Article 7(3) and if necessary a list of other actions.
The annual work programme for 2007 shall be adopted three months after taking of effect of this Decision.
The annual work programme shall be adopted in accordance with the management procedure laid down in Article 11.
The evaluation and award procedures relating to grants for actions shall take into account, inter alia, the following criteria:
conformity with the annual work programme, the general objectives as specified in Article 2 and measures taken in the different domains as specified in Articles 3 and 4;
quality of the proposed action regarding its conception, organisation, presentation and expected results;
amount requested for community financing and its appropriateness as to expected results;
impact of the expected results on the general objectives defined in Article 2 and on measures taken in the different domains as specified in Articles 3 and 4.
The applications for operating grants, referred to in Article 4(c) and (d), shall be assessed in the light of:
consistency with the Programme objectives;
quality of the planned activities;
likely multiplier effect on the public of these activities;
geographic impact of the activities carried out;
citizen involvement in the organisation of the bodies concerned;
cost/benefit ratio of the activity proposed.
Decisions related to actions submitted under Article 4(1)(a) shall be adopted by the Commission in accordance with the management procedure laid down in Article 11. Decisions related to actions submitted under Article 4(1)(b) to (e) shall be adopted by the Commission in accordance with the advisory procedure laid down in Article 10.
Decisions on applications for grants involving profit-oriented bodies or organisations shall be adopted by the Commission in accordance with the management procedure laid down in Article 11.
Pursuant to Article 113(2) of the Financial Regulation, the principle of gradual reduction shall not apply to the operating grant given to the European Judicial Training Network since it pursues an objective of general European interest.