Commission Regulation (EC) No 718/2007Show full title

Article 112 Annual report and final report on implementation

1. By 30 June each year at the latest, the managing authority shall submit to the Commission an annual report on the implementation of the cross-border programme approved by the joint monitoring committee. The first annual report shall be submitted in the second year following the adoption of the programme.

The managing authority shall submit a final report on the implementation of the cross border programme by 31 December of the fourth year following the last budgetary commitment at the latest.

2. The reports referred to in paragraph 1 shall include the following information:

(a) the progress made in implementing the cross-border programme and priorities in relation to their specific, verifiable targets, with a quantification, wherever and whenever they lend themselves to quantification, using the indicators referred to in Article 94(1)(d) at the level of the priority axis;

(b) the financial implementation of the cross-border programme, detailing for each priority axis:

(i)

the expenditure paid out by the beneficiary included in application for payments sent to the managing authority and the corresponding public contribution;

(ii)

the total payments received from the Commission and quantification of the financial indicators referred to in Article 111(2); and

(iii)

the expenditure paid out by the body responsible for making payments to the beneficiaries;

(c) the steps taken by the managing authority or the joint monitoring committee to ensure the quality and effectiveness of implementation, in particular:

(i)

monitoring and evaluation measures, including data collection arrangements;

(ii)

a summary of any significant problems encountered in implementing the cross-border programme and any measures taken, including the response to comments made under Article 113 where appropriate;

(iii)

the use made of technical assistance;

(d) the measures taken to provide information on and publicise the cross-border programme;

(e) information about significant problems relating to the compliance with Community rules which have been encountered in the implementation of the cross-border programme and the measures taken to deal with them;

(f) the use made of assistance which, following financial corrections as referred to in Article 138, has been made available to the managing authority or to another public authority during the period of implementation of the cross-border programme;

(g) in case of programmes implemented under the transitional arrangements referred to in Article 99, the progress made towards the implementation under shared management in the whole territory of the cross-border programme.

Where appropriate, the information referred to in points (a) to (g) of this paragraph may be provided in summary form.

Information referred to in points (c) and (f) need not be included if there has been no significant modification since the previous report.

3. The Commission shall inform the participating countries of its opinion on the content of an annual report on implementation submitted by the managing authority within three months from the date of receipt. For the final report on a cross-border programme, the time limit shall be a maximum of five months from the date of receipt of the report. If the Commission does not respond within the time limit laid down, the report shall be deemed to be accepted.