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Adaption of Cohesion Policy to the Enlarged Europe and the Lisbon and Gothenburg Objectives

This is the provisional version of a study produced by the Directorate-General for Internal Policies' Structural and Cohesion Policy Unit on regional development in January 2005.

Appendices to the European Commission Audit Manual

This is a file containing the appendices to the European Commission Audit Manual.

C(2001)476 on financial corrections

Guidelines on the principles, criteria and indicative scales to be applied by Commission departments in determining financial corrections under Article 39(3) of Regulation (EC) No 1260/1999

COCOF Document on reporting of categorisation data under article 11 of Regulation (EC) No 1828/2006

Information Note No 09-0008-02: Reporting of categorisation data under Article 11 of Regulation N° 1828/2006

COCOF Document on simplified cost options (Article 7(4) of Regulation (EC) NO 1080/2006

This is the final version of the COCOF document on simplified cost options: - Indirect costs declared on a flat rate basis - Flat rate costs calculated by application of standard scales of unit costs - Lump sums

Checklist for the Compliance Assessment for Article 71

Member States' management and control systems for structural funds.

Communicating European Territorial Cooperation: Obligations, Expectations, Solutions

This is a presentation given by Viktoria Varga Lencses from the Territorial Cooperation Unit at DG Regional Policy during the "Demonstrating the Benefits of Territorial Cooperation Event" hosted by INTERACT on 23-24 March 2009.

Communication Indicators

This document contains a set of communication indicators extracted from Gruppo Soges Sheets. It includes activity, result and impact indicators.

Communication from the Commission on a temporary framework for State aid measures

This is the Communication from the Commission of 17 December 2008 on a temporary framework for state aid measures to support access to finance in the current financial and economic crisis.

Conclusions: A Proposal for a Reformed Cohesion Policy

This document contains conclusions from the Third Report on Economic and Social Cohesion.

DG Regio: Assessing a Communication Plan

This is a DG Regio checklist on assessing a communication plan, intended to be used by programmes to measure their compliance with Article 69 before sending the plan to the Commission.

DG Regional Policy Questions Response

Response of DG Regional Policy to questions posed by the Lithuanian authorities on the ERDF Closure Guidelines for the 2004-06 programming period.

Directive 2001/42/EC

This is directive 2001/42/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council on the assessment of the effects of certain plans and programmes on the environment. It was issued in Luxembourg on 27 June 2001.

ETC 2007-13 Strategic Issues

Presentation by Patrick Salez, DG Regio, 27 February 2006 Milan.

EU guidelines on financial corrections for non-compliance with the rules on public procurement

This is the COCOF document no 07/0037/03-EN

Eligibility for Structural Fund 2000-2006

This is a guide to eligibility for Structural Funds 2000-2006.

European Commission Letter

This is a letter from the European Commission regarding the adherence of the INTERREG IVB Programme to Article 71.

European Transparency Initiative - Note to the COCOF 07-0071-03-EN

This is the Final version, dated 23.04.2008, of the "European Transparency Initiative: Implementation of the Financial Regulation regarding the publication of data on beneficiaries of Community Funds under the shared management mode"

Evaluation and Interreg

This is a presentation given by Veronica Gaffey, Head of Evaluation for DG Regional Policy, during the Event "Demonstrating the Benefits of Territorial Cooperation" hosted by INTERACT on 23-24 March 2009.

Executive Summary of the Third Cohesion Report on Economic and Social Cohesion

This is the executive summary of the Third Cohesion Report, produced by the European Commission in February 2004.

Financial Management Handbook

The is a financial management handbook for European Territorial Cooperation 2007-13, produced by INTERACT Point Qualification and Transfer in January 2007.

From INTERREG III to European Territorial Cooperation: a Situation Report

This is a situation report by Moray Gilland, given in Riga on 16 June 2006.

Guidance Document on Management Verifications

Guidance document on management verifications to be carried out by member states on operations co-financed by the Structural Funds and the Cohesion Fund for the 2007-2013 programming period.

Guidance Note on Closure of INTERREG III Programmes 2000-2006

This is the French version of the Commission guidance notes on the closure of INTERREG III programmes, to be used as a complement to the general guidelines.

Guidance Note on Closure of INTERREG III Programmes 2000-2006

This is the English version of the Commission guidance notes on the closure of INTERREG III programmes, to be used as a complement to the general guidelines.

Guidance Note on the Compliance Assessment Exercise Under Article 71

This is a European Commission guidance note on the compliance assessment exercise under Article 71 of Regulation (EC) No. 1083/2006.

Guidance Note on the Compliance Assessment Exercise Under Article 71 of Regulation (EC) No 1083/2006

The purpose of this note is to give practical guidance to the Member States (mainly their audit authorities and/or independent audit bodies) on their responsibilities with regard to the compliance assessment and the preparation of the report and opinion required under Article 71 of Regulation (EC) No 1083/2006.

Guidance on Common Methodology for the Assessment of Management and Control Systems in the Member States

For the 2007-2013 programming period, final version, European Commission

Guidance on Compliance Assessment

European Commission, DG Regional Policy, Caroline Callens, INTERACT Seminar Sofia 9 July 2008

Guidelines for Determining Financial Corrections

This document contains guidelines for determining financial corrections to be made to expenditure co-financed by the structural funds or the cohesion fund for non-compliance with the rules on public procurement. It was produced by the European Commission.

Guidelines for Preparing CBC Programmes Under the ENPI

The European Neighbourhood and Partnership Instrument Cross-border Cooperation, How to Prepare Programmes.

Guidelines on Closure of Assistance (2000-2006) from Structural Funds

This document is a set of guidelines from the European Commission on the closure of assistance (2000-2006) from structural funds. The introduction is in French but the main document is in English.