Regulation (EU) No 508/2014 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 15 May 2014 on the European Maritime and Fisheries Fund and repealing Council Regulations (EC) No 2328/2003, (EC) No 861/2006, (EC) No 1198/2006 and (EC) No 791/2007 and Regulation (EU) No 1255/2011 of the European Parliament and of the Council (c. 508)

TITLE VII U.K. IMPLEMENTATION UNDER SHARED MANAGEMENT

CHAPTER VI U.K. Monitoring, evaluation, information and communication

Section 3 U.K. Monitoring

Article 113 U.K. Functions of the monitoring committee

In addition to the functions provided for in Article 49 of Regulation (EU) No 1303/2013, the monitoring committee shall verify the performance of the operational programme and the effectiveness of its implementation. For that purpose, the monitoring committee shall:

(a)

be consulted and shall approve, within six months of the decision approving the programme, the selection criteria for the financed operations; the selection criteria shall be revised in accordance with programming needs;

(b)

examine the activities and outputs related to the evaluation plan of the programme;

(c)

examine actions in the programme relating to the fulfilment of specific ex ante conditionalities;

(d)

examine and approve the annual implementation reports before they are sent to the Commission;

(e)

examine actions to promote equality between men and women, equal opportunities, and non-discrimination, including accessibility for disabled persons.

The monitoring committee shall not be consulted on the work plans for data collection referred to in Article 21.