Document ID: 32001D0275

Commission Decision
of 20 March 2001
laying down detailed rules for the implementation of Council Decision 2000/596/EC as regards the eligibility of expenditure and reports on implementation in the context of actions co-financed by the European Refugee Fund
(notified under document number C(2001) 736)
(2001/275/EC)
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community,
Having regard to Council Decision 2000/596/EC of 28 September 2000 establishing a European Refugee Fund(1), and in particular Article 14(2), Article 20(3) and Article 24(2) thereof,
Having consulted the Advisory Committee referred to in Article 21(1) of Decision 2000/596/EC,
Whereas:
(1) In order to ensure the efficient implementation of the Fund in the Community, in accordance with the principles of sound management, a series of common rules should be adopted on the eligibility of expenditure from the Fund.
(2) In order to ensure that the reports required under Article 20(2) of Decision 2000/596/EC serve the purpose of securing proper monitoring of the implementation of the Fund, standard models should be produced,
HAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION:
CHAPTER 1
Scope
Article 1
This Decision shall apply to the co-financing of implementation programmes provided for in Article 8 of Decision 2000/596/EC, which are managed by the Member States.
Article 2
For the purposes of this Decision:
(a) "measure" shall mean one of the areas referred to in Article 4 of Decision 2000/596/EC;
(b) "action" shall mean the means whereby a Member State implements the measures referred to in point (a) to achieve the objective of the European Refugee Fund. An action may consist of several different projects;
(c) "project" shall mean the specific, practical means deployed to implement all or part of an action by the beneficiaries of subsidies. Each project will have a well-defined description, duration, budget, goals, staff assigned to it, and will be implemented by a named organisation, or a group of organisations;
(d) "beneficiaries of subsidies" shall mean the organisations (NGOs, federal, national, regional or local authorities, other non-profit organisations) responsible for implementing projects.
CHAPTER 2
Rules on eligibility
Article 3
The rules set out in Annex I to this Decision shall be used to determine the eligibility of expenditure under the implementing programmes referred to in Article 8 of Decision 2000/596/EC.
The provisions of this Decision shall not prevent Member States from applying stricter national eligibility rules than those contained in this Decision.
CHAPTER 3
Reports on implementation
Article 4
1. The summary report on implementation of the action in progress, referred to in Article 20(2) of Decision 2000/596/EC shall be presented using the model provided in Annex II.
2. The financial accounts and report on implementation of the action referred to in Article 20(3) of Decision 2000/596/EC shall be presented using the model provided in Annex III.
Article 5
This Decision is addressed to the Member States.
Done at Brussels, 20 March 2001.

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