CHAPTER III

FINANCIAL PROVISIONS, MANAGEMENT AND MONITORING

Implementation
Article 12
1
The Commission shall be responsible for the management and implementation of the ARGO programme, in partnership with the Member States.
2
The Commission shall manage the ARGO programme in accordance with the Financial Regulation.
3
To implement the ARGO programme, the Commission shall, within the scope of the general objectives set out in Article 3:
a
prepare an annual work programme comprising specific objectives, thematic priorities, the objective criteria referred to in Article 10(1a)(b), definition of the indicative maximum share of the annual budget available for the actions referred to in Article 10(1a), a description of the actions referred to in Article 10(3) which the Commission intends to undertake and, if necessary, a list of other actions;
b
evaluate and select the actions proposed by national agencies.
4
The annual work programme including the actions proposed by the Commission and the specific actions provided for in Article 9 shall be adopted according to the procedure referred to in Article 13(2).
As regards the actions referred to in Article 10(1) and (1a), the list of selected actions shall be adopted according to the procedure referred to in Article 13(3).
5
The Commission shall evaluate and select actions proposed by the national agencies on the basis of the following criteria:
a
conformity with the annual work programme, the general objectives set out in Article 3 and the activities in the respective policy area set out in Articles 4, 5, 6 or 7;
b
the European dimension of the proposed action and/or scope for participation by the candidate countries;
c
compatibility with the work undertaken or planned within the framework of the Community's political priorities in the areas covered by Articles 62 and 63;
d
complementarity to other past, present or future administrative cooperation actions;
e
the ability of national agencies to implement the proposed action;
f
the inherent quality of the proposed action in terms of its conception, organisation, presentation and expected results;
g
amount of the support requested under the ARGO programme and proportionality with the expected results;
h
impact of the expected results on the general objectives set out in Article 3 and on the activities in the respective policy area set out in Articles 4, 5, 6 or 7.
Substituted by Council Decision of 13 December 2004 amending Decision 2002/463/EC adopting an action programme for administrative cooperation in the fields of external borders, visas, asylum and immigration (ARGO programme) (2004/867/EC).