Article 78Responsibilities of the Monitoring Committee
The Monitoring Committee shall satisfy itself as to the effectiveness of the implementation of the rural development programme. To that end, the Monitoring Committee:
shall be consulted, within four months of the decision approving the programme, on the selection criteria for financed operations. The selection criteria shall be revised according to programming needs;
shall periodically review progress made towards achieving the specific targets of the programme, on the basis of the documents submitted by the Managing Authority;
shall examine the results of implementation, particularly achievement of the targets set for each axis and ongoing evaluations;
shall consider and approve the annual progress report and the last progress report before they are sent to the Commission;
may propose to the Managing Authority any adjustment or review of the programme aimed at achieving the Objectives of the EAFRD defined in Article 4 or improving its management, including its financial management;
shall consider and approve any proposal to amend the content of the Commission decision on the contribution from the EAFRD.