Council Regulation (EC) No 1698/2005 (repealed)Show full title

Article 82 U.K. Annual progress report

1. For the first time in 2008 and by 30 June each year, the Managing Authority shall send the Commission an annual progress report on the implementation of the programme. The Managing Authority shall send a last progress report on the implementation of the programme to the Commission by 30 June 2016.

2. Each annual progress report shall contain the following elements:

(a) any change to the general conditions having a direct impact on the conditions for implementing the programme as well as any change to Community and national policies affecting consistency between the EAFRD and other financial instruments;

(b) the progress of the programme in relation to the objectives set, on the basis of output and result indicators;

(c) the financial implementation of the programme giving, for each measure, a statement of the expenditure paid to beneficiaries; if the programme covers regions eligible under the Convergence Objective, expenditure shall be identified separately;

(d) a summary of the ongoing evaluation activities in accordance with Article 86(3);

(e) the steps taken by the Managing Authority and the Monitoring Committee to ensure the quality and effectiveness of programme implementation, in particular:

(i)

monitoring and evaluation measures;

(ii)

a summary of the major problems encountered in managing the programme and any measures taken, including in response to comments made under Article 83;

(iii)

use of technical assistance;

(iv)

steps taken to ensure that the programme is publicised in accordance with Article 76;

(f) a declaration on compliance with Community policies in the context of the support, including identification of the problems encountered and the measures adopted to deal with them;

(g) where applicable, re-utilisation of aid recovered under Article 33 of Regulation (EC) No 1290/2005.

3. The report shall be judged admissible with a view to applying Article 26 of Regulation (EC) No 1290/2005 if it contains all the elements listed in paragraph 2 and enables programme implementation to be appraised.

The Commission shall have two months to comment on the annual progress report after it has been sent by the Managing Authority. That time limit shall be increased to five months for the last report of the programme. If the Commission does not respond within the time limit set, the report shall be deemed accepted.

4. Details concerning annual progress reports for specific programmes pursuant to Article 66(3) shall be fixed in accordance with the procedure referred to in Article 90(2).