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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-regulation-2014-236/article-13",
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  "legislation": "eur/2014/236",
  "legislation_title": "Regulation (EU) No 236/2014 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 11 March 2014 laying down common rules and procedures for the implementation of the Union's instruments for financing external action",
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  "number": "13",
  "heading": "Annual report",
  "text": "1. The Commission shall examine the progress made in implementing the measures of the Union's external financial assistance and, from 2015 onwards, shall submit to the European Parliament and to the Council an annual report on the achievement of the objectives of each Regulation by means of indicators, measuring the results delivered and the efficiency of the relevant Instrument. That report shall also be submitted to the European Economic and Social Committee and to the Committee of the Regions.\n2. The annual report shall contain information relating to the previous year on the measures financed, the results of monitoring and evaluation exercises, the involvement of the relevant partners, and the implementation of budgetary commitments and of payment appropriations broken down by country, region and cooperation sector. It shall assess the results of the Union's financial assistance using, as far as possible, specific and measurable indicators of its role in meeting the objectives of the Instruments. In the case of development cooperation, the report shall also assess, where possible and relevant, the adherence to aid-effectiveness principles, including for innovative financial instruments.\n3. The annual report prepared in 2021 shall contain consolidated information from annual reports concerning the period from 2014 to2020 on all funding governed by this Regulation, including external assigned revenues and contributions to trust funds, and offering a breakdown of spending by beneficiary country, use of financial instruments, commitments and payments.",
  "extent": "E+W+S+N.I.",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
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    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/eur/2014/236/article/13",
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  "licence": "Open Government Licence v3.0",
  "licence_url": "https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/",
  "attribution": "Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives."
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