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1.Assistance may be granted for activities related to the preparation, monitoring, evaluation, information and control activities which are necessary for the implementation of the programme. These activities shall include in particular:
(a)meetings and other activities necessary to discharge the responsibilities of the sectoral monitoring committee for this component, such as studies contracted and realised via expert assistance;
(b)information and publicity campaigns;
(c)translation and interpretation at the request of the Commission, not including those required pursuant to the application of the framework, sectoral and financing agreements;
(d)visits and seminars;
(e)activities related to the preparation of measures in the programme to ensure their effectiveness, including those measures whose application is foreseen at a later stage;
(f)the interim evaluation of the programme;
(g)the establishment and operation of a national network to coordinate activities developed under Article 178 as well as of a future national rural development network consistent with Article 68 of Council Regulation (EC) No 1698/2005.
[F12. The sectoral monitoring committee for this component shall be consulted on the technical assistance activities. It shall approve each year an annual action plan for the implementation of technical assistance activities.]
3.Each visit and seminar referred to in paragraph 1(d) not made at the initiative of the Commission shall require the submission of a written report to the sectoral monitoring committee for this component.