TITLE VIIIMPLEMENTATION UNDER SHARED MANAGEMENT

CHAPTER VI Monitoring, evaluation, information and communication

Section 3 Monitoring

Article 112Monitoring procedures

1.

The managing authority referred to in Article 97 of this Regulation and the monitoring committee referred to in Article 47 of Regulation (EU) No 1303/2013 shall monitor the quality of programme implementation.

2.

The managing authority and the monitoring committee shall carry out monitoring of the operational programme by means of financial, output and result indicators.

Article 113Functions of the monitoring committee

In addition to the functions provided for in Article 49 of Regulation (EU) No 1303/2013, the monitoring committee shall verify the performance of the operational programme and the effectiveness of its implementation. For that purpose, the monitoring committee shall:

  1. (a)

    be consulted and shall approve, within six months of the decision approving the programme, the selection criteria for the financed operations; the selection criteria shall be revised in accordance with programming needs;

  2. (b)

    examine the activities and outputs related to the evaluation plan of the programme;

  3. (c)

    examine actions in the programme relating to the fulfilment of specific ex ante conditionalities;

  4. (d)

    examine and approve the annual implementation reports before they are sent to the Commission;

  5. (e)

    examine actions to promote equality between men and women, equal opportunities, and non-discrimination, including accessibility for disabled persons.

The monitoring committee shall not be consulted on the work plans for data collection referred to in Article 21.

Article 114Annual implementation report

1.

By 31 May 2016, and by 31 May of each subsequent year up to and including 2023, Member States shall submit to the Commission an annual implementation report on the implementation of the operational programme in the previous calendar year. The report submitted in 2016 shall cover the calendar years 2014 and 2015.

2.

In addition to the provisions of Article 50 of Regulation (EU) No 1303/2013, annual implementation reports shall include:

(a)

information on financial commitments and expenditure by measure;

(b)

a summary of the activities undertaken in relation to the evaluation plan;

(c)

information on the actions taken in cases of serious infringements as referred to in Article 10(1) of this Regulation, and of non-respect of the conditions laid down in Article 10(2) of this Regulation, as well as on remedy actions;

(d)

information on actions taken to comply with Article 41(10) of this Regulation.;

(e)

information on the actions taken to ensure the publication of beneficiaries in accordance with Annex V to this Regulation, for natural persons in accordance with national law, including any applicable threshold.

3.

The Commission shall adopt implementing acts laying down rules concerning the format and presentation of the annual implementation reports. Those implementing acts shall be adopted in accordance with the examination procedure referred to in Article 127(3).