PART IIU.K.SPECIFIC PROVISIONS

TITLE IIU.K.CROSS–BORDER COOPERATION COMPONENT

CHAPTER IIIU.K.Implementation

Section 1 U.K. General provisions

Article 99U.K.Transitional arrangements

1.For cross-border cooperation referred to under Article 86(1)(a) where the participating countries are not yet ready to implement the entire cross-border programme in shared management with Member States according to the provisions laid down in Section 2 of this Chapter, the programme shall be implemented according to the transitional arrangements laid down in this Article.

2.The financing plan included in the cross-border programme referred to in the first subparagraph of Article 94(2) shall contain:

(a)a table covering all participating Member States, and

(b)a table for each of the participating beneficiary countries.

3.The part of the cross-border programme concerning the participating Member States shall be implemented according to the provisions referred to in Section 2 of this Chapter.

The part of the cross-border programme concerning the participating beneficiary countries shall be implemented according to the provisions referred to in Section 3 of this Chapter, with the exception of Article 142. The provisions concerning the joint monitoring committee of Article 110 shall apply.

4.The implementing provisions contained in the cross-border programme as referred to in Article 94(1)(h) shall differentiate between the modalities applying to participating Member States and those applying to participating beneficiary countries.

5.Following the selection of joint operations in accordance with the provisions of Article 95, the managing authority shall issue a grant to the lead beneficiary of the participating Member States.

In the event of decentralised management, the operating structures in the participating beneficiary countries shall issue grants to the lead beneficiaries of their respective countries.

In the event of centralised management, the Commission shall issue a grant to the lead beneficiary in each participating beneficiary country.