http://www.legislation.gov.uk/eur/2014/250/chapter/IIIRegulation (EU) No 250/2014 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 26 February 2014 establishing a programme to promote activities in the field of the protection of the financial interests of the European Union (Hercule III programme) and repealing Decision No 804/2004/ECRegulation (EU) No 250/2014 of the European Parliament and of the CouncilRegulation (EU) No 250/2014 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 26 February 2014 establishing a programme to promote activities in the field of the protection of the financial interests of the European Union (Hercule III programme) and repealing Decision No 804/2004/EC2020-12-13King's Printer of Acts of Parliamenthttps://webarchive.nationalarchives.gov.uk/eu-exit/https://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/EN/TXT/?uri=CELEX:32014R0250texttext/xmlen2014-02-26 CHAPTER III <Strong>MONITORING, EVALUATION AND DELEGATED POWERS</Strong> Monitoring and evaluation Article 13 1 The Commission shall provide the European Parliament and the Council, on an annual basis, with information on the implementation of the Programme, including on the achievement of the objectives of the Programme and the results. Information on cooperation and coordination between the Commission and the Members States and on consistency and complementarity with other relevant programmes and actions at Union level shall be included. The Commission shall on an ongoing basis disseminate, including on relevant websites, the results of the activities supported under the Programme to increase transparency on the use of the funds. 2 The Commission shall carry out a thorough evaluation of the Programme and present to the European Parliament and to the Council: a by 31 December 2017, an independent mid-term evaluation report on the achievement of the objectives of all the actions, results and impacts, the effectiveness and efficiency of the use of resources and its added value to the Union, in view of a decision on the renewal, modification or suspension of the actions; the mid-term evaluation report shall additionally address the scope for simplification, internal and external coherence of the Programme, the continued relevance of all objectives of the Programme, as well as the contribution of the actions to the Union’s priorities of smart, sustainable and inclusive growth; it shall also take into account evaluation results on the achievements of the objectives of the Hercule II programme; b by 31 December 2021, a final evaluation report on the achievement of the objectives of the Programme, including its added value; furthermore, the long-term impacts and the sustainability of effects of the Programme shall be evaluated with a view to feeding into a decision on a possible renewal, modification or suspension of any subsequent programme. 3 All participating countries and other beneficiaries shall provide the Commission with all the data and information necessary to increase transparency and accountability and to permit the monitoring and evaluation, including on cooperation and coordination, of the Programme as referred to in paragraphs 1 and 2. Exercise of the delegation Article 14 1 The power to adopt delegated acts is conferred on the Commission subject to the conditions laid down in this Article. 2 The power to adopt delegated acts referred to in Article 9 shall be conferred on the Commission for a period of seven years from 21 March 2014. 3 The delegation of power referred to in Article 9 may be revoked at any time by the European Parliament or by the Council. A decision to revoke shall put an end to the delegation of the power specified in that decision. It shall take effect the day following the publication of the decision in the Official Journal of the European Union or on a later date specified therein. It shall not affect the validity of any delegated acts already in force. 4 As soon as it adopts a delegated act, the Commission shall notify it simultaneously to the European Parliament and to the Council. 5 A delegated act adopted pursuant to Article 9 shall enter into force only if no objection has been expressed either by the European Parliament or the Council within a period of two months of notification of that act to the European Parliament and the Council or if, before the expiry of that period, the European Parliament and the Council have both informed the Commission that they will not object. That period shall be extended by two months at the initiative of the European Parliament or of the Council.