Annex List of indicators for the report on the application of Regulation (EC) No 1082/2006 on a European grouping of territorial cooperation (EGTC)

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Assessment criterion	Indicator name	Unit
E.g. Euroregional Cooperation Grouping (Council of Europe); Euroregions, Eurodistricts; Zweckverband (German law), Consorcio (Spanish law), Groupement local de coopération transfrontalière (French law).
‘Own staff’ as opposed to staff delegated by members of the EGTC.
Percentage based on the number of staff, no need to take account of full-time equivalents.
Effectiveness	Conformity of Member States' national rules with this Regulation	Number of Member States having adopted revised implementation rules at the cut-off date for the report
	Increase of EGTCs set up (Baseline: number of EGTCs as of 21 June 2014: X)	Number of EGTCs at the cut-off date for the report
	Increase of EGTC members in existing EGTCs (Baseline: number of EGTC members at first setting-up)	Number of EGTC members at the cut-off date for the report
	Increase of EGTC members per category (Baseline: number of members as of 21 June 2014: X) Sub-indicators per category: Member States authorities at national level regional authorities local authorities public undertakings undertakings entrusted with operations of services of general economic interest associations consisting of bodies belonging to one or more of these categories national, regional or local authorities, or bodies or undertakings, equivalent to those above from third countries or overseas countries or territories	Number at the cut-off date for the report
	Increase of services provided as a result of EGTCs (Baseline: number of services provided as of 21 June 2014: X) Sub-indicators per category: Health Education and training Environment, energy, nature protection Transport Research Other	Number at the cut-off date for the report
Efficiency	Costs for the setting-up of an EGTC compared to costs for setting-up comparable structures under international or national law^f1	EUR
	Costs for the functioning of an EGTC compared to costs for the functioning of comparable structures under international or national law	EUR
	Approval procedure for the set-up of EGTC's compared to the approval procedure for comparable bodies under international or national law	Number of months
Relevance	Use of EGTC for the implementation of a cooperation programme (as managing authority) (Baseline: number of EGTC's being a managing Authority as of 21 June 2014: X)	Number of EGTCs designated as managing authority of a cooperation programme at the cut-off date for the report
	Use of EGTC to implement part of a cooperation programme (e.g. sub-programmes, Small-project-funds, people-to-people projects, Integrated Territorial Investments, Joint Action Plans) (Baseline: number of EGTC's being a Managing Authority as of 21 June 2014: X)	Number of EGTCs designated to implement part of a cooperation programme at the cut-off date for the report
	Use of EGTC to implement an operation (Baseline: number of EGTC's being a Managing Authority as of 21 June 2014: X) Sub-indicators per category: operation under a cooperation programme (cross-border, transnational or interregional) operation supported by the Union through the European Regional Development Fund under an Investment for Growth and Jobs Goal programme operation supported by the Union through the European Social Fund operation supported by the Union through the Cohesion Fund operation/project supported by the Union outside Cohesion Policy programmes	Number at the cut-off date for the report
	Use of the different options for the choice of the applicable law: applicable law with regard to the interpretation and enforcement of the convention (Article 8(2)(g)); applicable law to the organs' acts (Article 8(2)(h)); and law directly relevant to the EGTC's activities (Article 8(2)(j))	Qualitative
	Use of own staff as a percentage of the total staff^f2	Percentage^f3
	Motivating factors in choosing to set up an EGTC, for those bodies who have formally entered into an EGTC agreement	Qualitative
Sustainability	EGTCs registered without performing activities	Number
EU added value	Number of territorial cooperation structures and networks which have been set up because the EGTC tool was offered under Regulation (EC) No 1082/2006	Quantitative/qualitative
EU added value	Advantages of a legal body set up under EU law compared to legal bodies existing under international or national law	Qualitative
Simplification introduced by the instrument	Average length of time to set up an EGTC (phase 1: up to the submission of the draft convention) before and after the amendment of this Regulation	Months
	Average length of time to set up an EGTC (phase 2: submission of the draft convention up to the final approval) before and after the amendment of this Regulation	Months
	Number of approvals via tacit approval by national authorities other than in the Member State of EGTC's registered office	Number (and qualitative)

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Footnotes

f1: E.g. Euroregional Cooperation Grouping (Council of Europe); Euroregions, Eurodistricts; Zweckverband (German law), Consorcio (Spanish law), Groupement local de coopération transfrontalière (French law).
f2: ‘Own staff’ as opposed to staff delegated by members of the EGTC.
f3: Percentage based on the number of staff, no need to take account of full-time equivalents.