CELEX: 51999PC0181
Language: en
Date: 1999-04-13
Title: Amended proposal for a Council Decision on a Joint Action adopted by the Council on the basis of Article K.3 of the Treaty on European Union establishing measures to provide pratical support in relation to the reception and the voluntary repatriation of refugees, displaced persons and asylum applicants, including emergency assistance to persons who have fled as a result of recent events in Kosovo

COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
                                                         Brussels, 13.04.1999
                                                         COM(1999) 181 final
                                                         98/0357 (CNS)
                                     Amended proposal for a
                                     COUNCIL DECISION
 on a Joint Action adopted by the Council on the basis of Article K.3 of the Treaty on European
  Union establishing measures to provide practical support in relation to the reception and the
voluntary repatriation of refugees, displaced persons and asylum applicants, including emergency
            assistance to persons who have fled as a result of recent events in Kosovo
                   (presented by the Commission pursuant to Article 189 a (2)
                                        of the EC-Treaty)
 ---pagebreak---                              EXPLANATORY MEMORANDUM
 On 16 December 1998, the Commission put forward a proposal for a legal basis for
 budget line B5-803 on the reception and voluntary repatriation of refugees, displaced
 persons and asylum applicants
 In response to recent events in Kosovo, an extraordinary meeting of the Council
 (Justice and Home Affairs) was held on 7 April 1999. Presidency conclusion of that
 Council states that:
 «It (the Council) invites the Commission to come forward with a proposal which
 would enable financial assistance to be provided from the Community budget, if
 needed, to those Member States which agree to accept refugees from the conflict
 region ».
 The Commission therefore proposed to amend its original proposal to make specific
 provision for emergency assistance in Member States which receive a significant
 number of displaced persons, asylum applicants and refugees who have fled from
 Kosovo as a result of recent events in that region. These changes are fully in line with
 the budgetary commentary on budget line B5-803, and with the report of the
rapporteur in the Civil Liberties Committee of the European Parliament on the
 Comission's original proposal.
 1
   Proposal for a Council Decision on a Joint Action adopted by the Council on the basis of Article K3
of the Treaty on European Union establishing measures to provide practical support in relation to the
reception and voluntary repatriation of refugees, displaced personsand asylum applicatns,
COM( 1998)733 final
 ---pagebreak---                                               Amended Proposal for a
                                               COUNCIL DECISION
    on a Joint Action adopted by the Council on the basis of Article K.3 of the Treaty on European Union
 establishing measures to provide practical support in relation to the reception and the voluntary repatriation
 of refugees, displaced persons and asylum applicants, including emergency assistance to persons who have
                                    fled as a result of recent events in Kosovo
THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN UNION,
Having regard to the Treaty on European Union and, in particular, Articles K.3(2)(b) and K.8(2) thereof,
Having regard to the proposal from the Commission( ),
Having regard to the opinion of the European Parliament ),
(l)Whereas, pursuant to Article K. 1 of the Treaty, asylum policy is regarded as a matter of common interest
         by the Member States;
(2)Whereas it is important to grant refugees appropriate protection, in keeping with Member States' common
         humanitarian tradition and in accordance with the Convention relating to the Status of Refugees of
         28 July 1951, as amended by the New York Protocol of 31 January 1967;
(3)Whereas account should be taken of the Member States' obligations under the European Convention for
         the Protection of Human Rights and Fundamental Freedoms of 4 November 1950;
(4)Whereas it is necessary to ensure appropriate conditions for the reception of asylum applicants, and to
         facilitate access to asylum procedures which are fair and efficient, in order to protect the rights of
        refugees;
(5)Whereas it is necessary to provide practical support in order to create or improve the conditions in which
        refugees, displaced persons and asylum applicants who wish to return from the Member States to
        their countries of origin are able to do so;
(5a)Whereas it may be necessary to provide emergency assistance for the reception in the Member States of
        the European Union of displaced persons, asylum applicants and refugees who have fled from
        Kosovo as a result of recent events in that region or who have fled from other regions in comparable
        circumstances;
(5b)Whereas it is useful to promote the exchange of good practice and comparable experience in order to
        develop new synergies which cannot be achieved at national levels;
(6)Whereas it is appropriate to provide for financing from the Community budget for measures adopted
        under this Joint Action;
(7)Whereas taking joint action in relation to the reception of asylum applicants and displaced persons and
        the voluntary repatriation of asylum applicants, displaced persons and refugees will promote the
        sharing of responsibility and the reinforcement of cooperation between the Member States,
HAS ADOPTED THIS JOINT ACTION:
0        OJ .
0        OJ.
 ---pagebreak---                                                    CHAPTER I
                                              OBJECT AND SCOPE
                                                     Article 1
                                    Principles and objectives of the measures
l.The Union shall support projects and measures in relation to the reception and the voluntary repatriation
        of refugees, displaced persons and asylum applicants, which shall qualify for Community financial
        support.
2.The general objectives of the projects and measures shall be:
        (a)    to improve the conditions in which asylum applicants, displaced persons and refugees are
               received in the Member States, and to support asylum procedures which are fair, efficient and
               accessible to persons in need of international protection;
        (b)    to assist the voluntary repatriation of asylum applicants, displaced persons and refugees from
               the Member States to their countries of origin, and their reintegration there.
3.Measures taken under this joint action may also include emergency assistance in Member States which
               receive a significant number of displaced persons, asylum applicants and refugees who have
               fled from Kosovo as a result of recent events in that region or who have fled from other
               regions in comparable circumstances.
                                                   Article 1 bis
The financial reference amount for the implementation of this programme for the year 1999 shall be EURO
15 million.
                                                     Article 2
                                                    Definitions
1.      For the purpose of Article l(2)(a), Article 3 and Article 4bis:
        (a)    "refugees" means persons who have obtained refugee status within the meaning of Article 1 of
               the Convention relating to the Status of Refugees of 28 July 1951, as amended by the New
               York Protocol of 31 January 1967;
        (b)    "displacedpersons" means persons granted permission to stay in a Member State under
               temporary protection, or under subsidiary forms of protection or persons benefiting from other
               forms of protection in accordance with Member States' international obligations and national
               law and persons seeking permission to remain on such grounds who are awaiting a decision on
               their status;
        (c)    "asylum applicants" means persons who have requested protection from a Member State by
               claiming refugee status within the meaning of Article 1 of the Convention relating to the
               Status of Refugees of 28 July 1951, as amended by the New York Protocol of 31 January
               1967, and in respect of whose requests a final decision has not yet been taken.
2.      For the purpose of Article l(2)(b) and Article 4:
        (a)    "refugees" means persons who have obtained refugee status within the meaning of Article 1 of
              the Convention relating to the Status of Refugees of 28 July 1951, as amended by the New
              York Protocol of 31 January 1967;
 ---pagebreak---         (b)    " displaced persons" means persons granted permission to stay in a Member State under
               temporary protection, or under subsidiary forms of protection or persons benefiting from other
               forms of protection in accordance with Member States' international obligations and national
               law, including persons in respect of whose requests a final negative decision has been taken,
               but who have not yet departed from the territory of the Member States;
        (c)    "asylum applicants" means persons who have requested protection from a Member State by
               claiming refugee status within the meaning of Article 1 of the Convention relating to the
               Status of Refugees of 28 July 1951, as amended by the New York Protocol of 31 January
               1967, including persons in respect of whose requests a final negative decision has been taken,
               but who have not yet departed from the territory of the Member States.
                                                    Article 3
                                                    Reception
Measures to improve the conditions in which asylum applicants, displaced persons and refugees are received
in the Member States and to support asylum procedures which are fair, efficient and accessible to persons in
need of international protection shall primarily cover the following areas:
(a)     measures to support the creation or improvement of infrastructures in the Member States for the
        reception of asylum applicants, displaced persons and refugees;
(b)     the enhancement of the fairness and efficiency of administrative and judicial asylum procedures and
        the facilitation of access to them, including the provision of: legal assistance and other counselling
        services; interpretation services; information on the procedure to be followed, and the rights and
        obligations of the asylum applicant during the procedure; access to precise and up-to-date country
        information;
(c)     the ensuring of a basic standard of living conditions for asylum applicants, displaced persons and
        refugees, including accommodation, medical care, education and training;
(d)     special assistance to vulnerable groups, such as unaccompanied minors, victims of torture or rape,
        and people requiring special medical treatment;
(e)     the provision of information to the public on Member States' obligations to persons seeking
        international protection and the European Union's asylum policy, including public awareness
        measures complementing other measures financed under this Joint Action.
                                                    Article 4
                                              Voluntary repatriation
1.      Measures to assist the voluntary repatriation of asylum applicants, displaced persons and refugees from
        the Member States to their countries of origin, and their reintegration there, shall primarily cover the
        following areas:
        (a)      the collection and dissemination of information on all aspects relevant to return, including the
                 economic and administrative situation in the country of origin, employment opportunity,
                 property rights and other legal matters;
        (b)      counselling to assist both persons who are considering whether to return voluntarily to their
                 country of origin and persons who have decided in principle to return;
        (c)      training and education, with the aim of providing refugees, displaced persons and asylum
                 applicants with skills which will be of benefit on return to the country of origin.
 ---pagebreak--- 2.      As a component of an integrated project facilitating voluntary repatriation, and in particular one
                 covering one or more of the areas mentioned in paragraph 1, the following may also be
                 eligible for financing:
        (a)      transport costs associated with repatriation;
        (b)      measures to support the reintegration in their country of origin of persons returning from the
                 Member States, including post-repatriation monitoring.
                                                  Article 4 bis
                Emergency assistance to persons displaced following recent events in Kosovo
Emergency assistance in Member States which receive a significant number of displaced persons, asylum
applicants and refugees who have fled from Kosovo as a result of recent events in that region or who have
fled from other regions in comparable circumstances shall consist of financial assistance contributing for a
duration of six months to:
        (a) Accommodation needs;
        (b) Means of subsistence, including food and clothing;
        (c) Medical, psychological or other personal assistance;
        (d) The costs of personnel administering and implementing the assistance.
Such measures may integrate actions to facilitate the voluntary return of displaced persons when conditions
permit. Particular attention shall be given to the needs of vulnerable groups such as women, unaccompanied
minors and victims of atrocities.
                                                    Article 5
                                               Financing criteria
The projects or measures to be financed from the Community budget shall be subject to a selection
procedure taking into account in particular the following criteria:
(a)     The range of varying situations and needs in the Member States;
(b)     cost-effectiveness and value for money, taking account of the number of persons targeted by the
        project or measure.
(c)     the innovative nature of projects or measures and the potential for making use of the results to
        reinforce co-operation between Member States or for other Member States to apply the lessons
        learned;
(d)     experience, expertise and reliability of the applicant organisation and any partner organisations; and
(e)     complementarity of the projects or measures with other measures funded under the Community
        budget or from national programmes.
 ---pagebreak---                                                   CHAPTER II
                                         FINANCIAL PROVISIONS
                                                    Article 6
                                                Financial control
    Financing decisions and the contracts derived therefrom in conformity with the financial
    regulations applicable to the budget of the European Communities shall provide in particular for
    monitoring and financial control by the Commission and audits by the Court of Auditors.
                                                    Article 7
                                         Level of Community finance
 1. Financial support from the Community budget shall not exceed 80% of the total cost of the project or
    measure.
2.  All types of expenditure which are directly attributable to implementation of a project or measure and
    incurred during a specific, contractually defined period shall be eligible, subject to conditions to be
    specified in guidelines which shall be established by the Commission, up to the ceiling of
    appropriations authorised under the annual budgetary procedure.
                                                    Article 8
                                            Financial management
 1. Measures adopted under this Joint Action and financed by the budget of the European Communities
    shall be managed by the Commission in conformity with the Financial Regulation of 21 December
    1977 applicable to the general budget of the European Communities'1).
2.  When presenting the financing proposals, the Commission shall take account of the principles of sound
    financial management and in particular of economy and cost-effectiveness as required by Article 2 of
    the Financial Regulation.
                                                 CHAPTER in
                                       MANAGEMENT PROVISIONS
                                                    Article 9
                                       General management provisions
    The Commission shall be responsible for managing measures under this Joint Action and shall
    take such steps as are necessary to that end.
    In particular, in order to ensure that this Joint Action is implemented efficiently and effectively,
    the Commission may have recourse to technical assistance which may be financed from the
    appropriations available for measures under this Joint Action. The Commission will regularly
    inform the Committee referred to in art. 11 of the measures taken to that end.
                                                   Article 10
                                    Submission of projects and measures
    Projects and measures for which financing is requested shall be submitted to the Commission for
    scrutiny within a time limit to be determined by the Commission.
(')    OJL356, 31.12.1977, p. 1.
                                                                                                            >
 ---pagebreak---                                                   Article 11
                                                  Procedure
1. Where the financing is less than EUR 200000, the Commission shall keep the Council informed of the
   number of requests received for the financing of specific projects and measures, the principles applied
   in granting support thereto and the results of such projects and measures.
2. Where the financing is EUR 200 000 or more and is less than EUR 1 million, the Commission shall be
   assisted by a Committee consisting of one representative from each Member State and chaired by a
   representative of the Commission. The Commission shall submit to the Committee a list of the projects
   and measures which have been submitted to it. It shall indicate the projects and measures it selects and
   shall give reasons for its selection. The Committee, acting by the majority provided for in the second
   subparagraph of Article K.4(3) of the Treaty, shall deliver its opinion on the various projects and
   measures within a period of two weeks. The Chairman shall not vote. The opinion shall be recorded in
   the minutes; moreover, each Member State shall have the right to ask that its position be recorded in
   the minutes. The Commission shall take full account of the opinion delivered by the Committee. It shall
   inform the Committee of how it has done so.
3. Where the financing is EUR 1 million or more, the Commission shall submit to the Committee referred
   to in paragraph 2 a list of the projects and measures which have been submitted to it. It shall indicate
   the projectsand measures it selects and shall give reasons for its selection. The Committee, acting by
   the majority provided for in the second subparagraph of Article K.4(3) of the Treaty, shall deliver its
   opinion on the various projects and measures within a period of two weeks. The Chairman shall not
   vote. If a favourable opinion is not delivered within the time-limit, the Commission shall either
   withdraw the projectAneasure(s) concerned or submit it (them), with any opinion from the Committee,
   to the Council, which, acting by the majority provided for in the second subparagraph of Article K.4(3)
   of the Treaty, shall take a decision within one month.
                                           FINAL PROVISIONS
                                                  Article 12
                                         Monitoring and evaluation
   1. The Commission shall be responsible for the monitoring and evaluation of projects and
         measures financed under this joint action. Monitoring and evaluation may be financed from
         the appropriations available for measures under this joint action
   2. The Commission shall prepare a summary report of the measures undertaken and the
         evaluation carried out, to be sent to the European Parliament and the Council.
                                                  Article 13
                                               Entry into force
   This Joint Action shall enter into force on the day of its adoption.
   It shall be applicable until 31 December 1999.
                                                  Article 14
                                                 Publication
   This Joint Action shall be published in the Official Journal of the European Communities.
   Done at Brussels,                                                                  For the Council
                                                                                        The President
 ---pagebreak---                                FINANCIAL STATEMENT
1.       TITLE OF OPERATION
Joint action establishing measures to provide practical support in relation to
the reception and voluntary repatriation of refugees, displaced persons and asylum
applicants, including emergency assistance to persons who have fled as a result of
recent events in Kosovo
2.       BUDGET HEADINGS INVOLVED
         (1999 general budget nomenclature)
         B 5-803:        European Fund for Refugees
3.       LEGAL BASIS
         Article K.3(2) of the Treaty on European Union
4.       DESCRIPTION OF OPERATION
•    General objective
             The purpose of this joint action is to provide the Union with an instrument
             for providing support for projects and measures on :
a) improving reception conditions and access to asylum procedures ;
b) facilitating voluntary repatriation and reintegration ;
c) providing emergency assistance for the reception in the Member States of the
     European Union of displaced persons, asylum applicants and refugees who have
     fled from Kosovo as a result of recent events in that region or who have fled from
     other regions in comparable circumstances
It also takes account of the principle of shared responsibility between Member States.
             More specifically it aims to:
-    provide financial assistance to Member States which receive a significant number
    of displaced persons, asylum applicants and refugees who have fled from Kosovo
    as a result of recent events in that region or who have fled from other regions in
    comparable circumstances. The financial assistance would be limited in time to six
    months following arrival and would mainly cover costs such as immediate
    accomodation, means of subsistence and medical expenses ;
-      provide the individuals and groups concerned with appropriate protection in
    accordance with the common traditions of the Member States and with the
    obligations incumbent upon them, particularly by virtue of the Convention for the
    Protection of Human Rights and Fundamental Freedoms of 4 November 1950 and
 ---pagebreak---    the Geneva Convention of 28 July 1951 relating to the Status of Refugees, as
   amended by the New York Protocol of 31 January 1967;
- provide appropriate reception conditions for asylum seekers and facilitate access
   to fair and efficient procedures to protect the rights of refugees;
- create conditions in which refugees, displaced persons and asylum seekers who
   wish to return voluntarily from the Member States to their countries of origin are
   able to do so;
- ensure a balance of effort between the Member States to deal with the reception
   and voluntary return of refugees and displaced persons.
• Period covered
a") Emergency assistance to persons displaced following recent events in Kosovo : six
    months following arrival of target population.
b) Other projects : one year from the entry into force of the legal basis.
At the end of that period, an evaluation will be made to see whether it is necessary to
continue the action or redirect it.
The European Parliament will be informed about the implementing measures adopted.
5.      CLASSIFICATION OF EXPENDITURE
       1.    Compulsory/Non-compulsory expenditure
             Non-compulsory
        •    Differentiated/Non-differentiated appropriations
            Differentiated
        •    Type of revenue involved
            Not applicable
6.      TYPE OF EXPENDITURE
        Grant for joint financing with other sources. Financial support from the
        Community budget may not exceed 80% of the total cost of the project. This
        ceiling will be reached only in the case of projects of special interest in terms
        of the objectives of the joint action or the priorities identified in the
        programme (the measures) presented by the Commission to the Committee of
        Representatives of the Member States assisting it.
7.      FINANCIAL IMPACT
        •    Method of calculating total cost of the operation (link between
            individual costs and total cost)
a) Emergency assistance to persons displaced following recent events in Kosovo : the
    expenditure will cover the immediate accomodation needs, means of subsistence,
    medical care and related administrative costs for a limited period of time (six
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 ---pagebreak---     months). At the moment it is impossible to quantify the need, due to the fluidity of
    the situation in Kosovo.
b) Other projects : a more precise estimate of the financial impact of the measures
    envisaged must, in principle, be based on an evaluation of the exploratory
    measures carried out with appropriations allocated in 1997 and 1998. For the
    moment, the evaluation can only be limited. In 1997, Joint Actions 97/447/JHA
    and 97/478/JHA were adopted by the Council on 22 July. On these bases, projects
    were selected following meetings of the Committee of the representatives of the
    Member States in September and November 1997.
The implementation of these relatively new projects was delayed, on valid grounds for
the most part. Nevertheless it was possible to make an initial evaluation on the basis
of the interim reports communicated to the Commission. The result of the evaluation
is summarised in the attached note (Annex I) which was handed out to the
reprentatives of the Member States at the meeting of the Management Committee on
28 September 1998. A final evaluation report will be prepared during the first half of
1999 on the basis of the information received in the meantime.
•   Itemised breakdown of cost
        This operation can be broken down as follows:
•   as regards ordinary or emergency reception procedures, and access to asylum
    procedures, it is proposed that support be provided for measures which enhance
    the fairness and efficiency of such procedures (including access to these
    procedures), ensure that asylum seekers and displaced persons are able to benefit
    from social provisions which guarantee basic living conditions, and provide
    special assistance for the most vulnerable groups. It is also planned to finance
    projects to improve reception infrastructures so that, in the medium term, asylum
    seekers and people requesting international protection on the territory of any
    Member State of the European Union can be provided with satisfactory
    accommodation. Consideration should also be given to financing measures to
    increase public awareness of the problems of asylum;
    as regards voluntary repatriation and reintegration into the country of origin, the
    intention is primarily to allow Community financing of information campaigns,
    counselling services, and initiatives in the field of training and education. As
    ancillary measures, transport costs associated with return and assistance with
    reintegration in the country of origin could also be considered, marking the sole
    exception to the principle that the effect of this joint action should be confined to
    the European Union.
        The following breakdown can be made on the basis of the preparatory
        measures carried out in 1997 and 1998 and by increasing the allocations
        envisaged for ^Infrastructures » and « Aid to vulnerable groups », which are
        the most relevant items for emergency assistance to person displaced
        following recent events in Kosovo. In any case, taking account the uncertainty
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 ---pagebreak---         of the situation in Kosovo as well as of the differencies in size of the projects
        which might be subsidised, the following table constitutes a provisional
        estimate of the division of expenditure.
        B5 - 803
              BREAKDOWN                       PDB 1999
                                        (EUR 15 million) (*)
                                      estimated % of budget
         Infrastructures                            30
         Asylum procedures                          10
         Minimum rights                             10
         Aid to vulnerable                          20
         groups
         Information                                10
         Advice                                     10
         Training/Education                         10
         TOTAL                                     100
        (*)     It should be noted that the budgetary authority, by a decision of the
                Committee on Budgets of 8 December 1998, has authorised the
                utilisation of up to EUR 800 000 under this item for technical and
                administrative assistance, for the benefit of the Commission and the
                beneficiaries of this operation in as much as they do not concern
                routine public service tasks but are related to the preparation of
                management, follow-up and auditing of the programme or projects.
                Such assistance will not exceed the duration of the programme.
8.      FRAUD PREVENTION MEASURES
        The grant application form will ask for details of the identity and nature of the
        potential beneficiaries so that their reliability can be assessed in advance.
        Fraud prevention measures (on-the-spot inspections, interim and final reports)
        are included in the agreements or contracts between the Commission and
        beneficiaries of the operation. The Commission will study the reports and
        ensure that the work has been properly carried out before the interim and final
        payments are made.
 9.     ELEMENTS OF COST-EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS
•    Target population
-    Refugees, displaced persons and asylum seekers as defined in Article 2 of the
    proposal.
- Public opinion in the Member States.
                                                                                          II
 ---pagebreak--- -  Members of public sector bodies (including decentralised authorities) and private
  organisations involved in the fields concerned.
•  Grounds for the operation
           The proposed action is intended, firstly, to underpin national policies to
           assist persons seeking international protection and, secondly, to encourage
           the voluntary return of holders of a temporary residence permit or
           beneficiaries of temporary protection in a Member State of the European
           Union, in particular refugees from Kosovo. In both cases, there is a need
           to promote the idea of shared responsibility between Member States for
           the overall effort to assist these categories of person, given that situations
           may differ widely.
           In accordance with the first subparagraph of Article K.8(2) of the Treaty
           on European Union, administrative expenditure which the provisions
           relating to the areas referred to in Title VI entail for the institutions will be
           charged to the budget of the European Communities. As regards
           operational expenditure to which the implementation of those provisions
           gives rise, the Council may either decide unanimously that it is to be
           charged to the Community budget or may determine that it should be
           charged to the Member States.
           By virtue of Article K.3(2), the Council may, on the initiative of any
           Member State or of the Commission depending on the area concerned,
           adopt joint action in so far as the objectives of the Union can be attained
           better by joint action than by the Member States acting individually on
           account of the scale of effects of the action envisaged.
          Under Article K.l(3) of the Treaty, asylum policy is considered to be a
          matter of common interest by Member States. By virtue of the Treaty of
          Amsterdam it will be for the Council to adopt measures establishing
          minimum standards on the reception of asylum seekers in Member States
           (Article 63(l)(b)) and procedures for granting or withdrawing refugee
           status (Article 63(l)(d)). It will also be required to adopt measures on
          refugees and displaced persons in the areas of minimum standards for
          giving temporary asylum to displaced persons and on promoting a balance
          of effort between Member States (Article 63(2)(a) and (b)).
          On 7 April 1999 the Council of Ministers on Justice and Home Affairs
          invited the Commission to come forward with a proposal which would
          enable financial assistance to be provided from the Community budget to
          those Member States which agree to accept refugees from Kosovo.
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 ---pagebreak--- •   Monitoring and evaluation of the operation
           The Commission will carry out regular evaluation and monitoring of
           operations financed under this instrument to ensure that they correspond to
           the objectives and priorities set, and to draw up guidelines with a view to
           improving project selection criteria. At the end of each financial year, it will
           report to the European Parliament and the Council on the action taken and
           on the assessment of this action.
           There will be external evaluation of assisted projects in the second half of
           1999. A call for tender was published on 12 February 1999. The conclusion
           of the award procedure is scheduled for June 1999.
           The evaluation will be an interim evaluation of projects financed in 1997
           and 1998 and will provide the basis for a comprehensive evaluation in
           2001. The external evaluation will be without prejudice to internal
           evaluations by the Commission (managing department or DG XX).
           The purpose of the evaluation, which will focus on substance, will be to
           ascertain how far the programme's objectives have been attained, to supply
           quantitative and qualitative information serving as a basis for reorientation
           and, if necessary, adaptation of the programme, and to adopt, if need be,
           evaluation methods so that the programme's impact can be measured.
10.     ADMINISTRATIVE EXPENDITURE (Section III of the general budget)
        The administrative resources required will be mobilised via the annual
        Commission decision allocating resources, having regard among other things
        to the additional staff and financial resources granted by the budgetary
        authority.
        10.1    Impact on number of posts
Type of posts               Staff to be assigned to                   Of which              Dura
                              manage operation                                              tion
                        Permanent       Temporary         Using           Using additional
                        posts           posts             existing        resources
                                                          resources of
                                                          DGor
                                                          department
                                                          concerned
Officials or        A          1.5                              1.5
temporary staff
                     B         1.5                  -           0.5                1
                     C         1.5                              0.5                1
Other resources
Total                          4.5                  -           2.5                2
                                                                                             M
 ---pagebreak---        10.2     Overall financial impact of additional human resources
                                    Amount                    Method of calculation
Officials                        EUR 486 000             4.5 x EUR 108 000
Temporary staff
Other resources (specify
budget heading)
                          Total EUR 486 000
       10.3 Increase in other administrative expenditure resulting from operation
      Budget classification          Amount            Method of calculation
     (number and heading)
A-7030 (expert meetings)          EUR 13 000              2 x 1 0 people @ EUR 650
A-7031 (Management                EUR 29 250              3 x 1 5 people @ EUR 650
Committee)
A-7010 (Missions)                 EUR 13 600              20 missions @ EUR 680
                           Total  EUR 55 850
                                                                                    lb
 ---pagebreak---                                            ANNEX I
                  (based on the budget nomenclature applicable in 1997 and 1998)
                    B5-803                                          B7-6008
  BREAKDOWN               1997 BUDGET            BREAKDOWN                   1997 BUDGET
                          (EUR 3.75 million)                                 (EUR 10 million)
                      % of budget                                        % of budget
                      Number                                             Number
                                     of                                               of
                      actions                                            actions
Infrastructures         43               7      Information                  25            9
Asylum                    5              1     Advice                         6            3
procedures
Minimum rights           16              4     Training/Education            69           20
Aid to vulnerable        10              4
groups
Information for         26               5
the public
TOTAL                  100              21     TOTAL                        100           32
                      B5-803                                        B7-6008
                          1998 BUDGET            BREAKDOWN                   1998 BUDGET
    BREAKDOW              (EUR 3.75 million)                                 (EUR 13 million)
   N
                      % of budget                                        % of budget
                      Number                                             Number
                                     of                                               of
                      actions                                            actions
   Infrastructures      47              6      Information                   15            7
   Asylum               20              7      Advice                        50           22
   procedures
   Minimum              23              6      Training/Education            35           23
   rights
   Aid to               10              6
   vulnerable
   groups
   Information           0              0
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