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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-regulation-2014-254/article-13",
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  "legislation": "eur/2014/254",
  "legislation_title": "Regulation (EU) No 254/2014 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 26 February 2014 on a multiannual consumer programme for the years 2014-20 and repealing Decision No 1926/2006/EC",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-regulation-2014-254",
  "path": "article/13",
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  "number": "13",
  "heading": "Evaluation and dissemination",
  "text": "1. At the request of the Commission, Member States shall submit to it information on the implementation and impact of the Programme.\n2. The Commission shall:\n(a) by 30 September 2017:\n(i) review the achievement of the objectives of all the measures (at the level of results and impacts), the state of play regarding the implementation of the eligible actions set out in Article 4 and the specific actions referred to in Annex I, the allocation of funds to the beneficiaries in accordance with the conditions set in Article 5, the efficiency of the use of resources and its European added value, taking into consideration developments in the area of consumer protection, with a view to a decision on the renewal, modification or suspension of the measures;\n(ii) submit the evaluation report on the review undertaken to the European Parliament and the Council;\n(b) by 31 December 2017, if appropriate, submit a legislative proposal or, subject to paragraph 3, adopt a delegated act.\nThe evaluation report shall additionally address the scope for simplification, its internal and external coherence, the continued relevance of all objectives, as well as the contribution of the measures to the Union priorities of smart, sustainable and inclusive growth. It shall take into account evaluation results on the long-term impact of the predecessor programme.\nThe longer-term impacts and the sustainability of effects of the Programme shall be evaluated with a view to feeding into a decision on a possible renewal, modification or suspension of a subsequent programme.\n3. For the purposes of taking into account the situation whereby the evaluation report under paragraph 2 concludes that the specific actions set out in Annex I have not been implemented by 31 December 2016 and cannot be implemented by the end of the Programme, including when those specific actions are no longer relevant for the achievement of the objectives set out in Articles 2 and 3, the Commission shall be empowered to adopt delegated acts in accordance with Article 15 to amend Annex I by removing the specific actions concerned.\n4. The Commission shall make the results of actions undertaken pursuant to this Regulation publicly available.",
  "extent": "E+W+S+N.I.",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
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  "outstanding_effects": [],
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    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/eur/2014/254/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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