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53. (c) roads built may have had different characteristics and initial completion time schedules. difficult geomorphological conditions, complexity of project design and construction, number and position of engineering objects, environmental aspects, etc should also be taken into account when assessing the delivery of projects. 
53. c) De vägar som byggs kan ha olika egenskaper och inledande tidsplaner för färdigställande. Svåra geomorfologiska förhållanden, komplicerad projektutformning och konstruktion, antal och placering av tekniskt utformade delar, miljöaspekter osv. bör också tas med i beräkningen vid bedömning av projektleveranser.
54. the exclusion of abnormally low offers is in line with public procurements rules, as far as the exclusion of an offer is not made automatically and each candidate has been given the possibility to explain the reasons that allowed the offer of a lower price (see point 73, case Lombardini (c-285/99)). 
54. Att utesluta onormalt låga anbud ligger i linje med reglerna för offentlig upphandling, såvida anbudet inte utesluts automatiskt och förutsatt att alla kandidater fått chansen att förklara orsaken till att de kunnat erbjuda ett så lågt pris (se punkt 73, mål C-285/99, Lombardini).
Having phased out the procurement system based on the mathematical formula, in spain currently the winning bid is not only chosen because of being the lowest financial offer. there are other criteria, such as quality, execution deadline, environmental requirements, functional characteristics of the works, the availability and cost of replacements, etc. due to the financial correction applied by the commission for the use of mathematical formulas in Greece and the subsequent phasing out of this practice, the risk of providing services based on higher unit prices by excluded companies within joint ventures is reduced. in addition, road infrastructure projects have an expected lifetime of approximately 30 years. their return on investment should be based on traffic data for the whole lifetime and not only on the first few years of usage (up to 2010). 
Efter att ha fasat ut det upphandlingssystem som baserades på en matematisk formel väljer man i Spanien inte längre ut det vinnande anbudet enbart på grundval av att det har det lägsta priset.
44 55. demand forecasts and therefore the related cost per use take into consideration the very specific context of the regions. in regions lagging behind, where depopulation is a recent trend, the building of new roads is often a measure to improve the accessibility of such remote areas (‘désenclavement’), since the road’s objective is to serve as an incentive with an effect over time. 
44 55. Efterfrågeprognoser, och därmed den tillhörande nyttjandekostnaden, tar hänsyn till regionernas specifika förhållanden. I regioner som släpar efter, där avfolkning är en aktuell trend, är nya vägar ofta ett sätt att öka tillgängligheten i avlägsna områden (désenclavement) och målet är att vägen ska fungera som ett incitament som har effekt över tid.
JaspErs, in their work with major projects look into unit costs and compare them with unit costs in other projects in the sector as well as other international practice. the commission will consider the issue of unit costs in the update of the commission’s guide on cost-benefit analysis for the next programming period for the benefit of all types of projects included under co-financed programmes. 
I sin bedömning av större projekt under innevarande programperiod kontrollerar kommissionen enhetskostnaderna jämfört med andra liknande projekt och ställer frågor där det behövs ytterligare motiveringar. Jaspers undersöker i sitt arbete med stora projekt enhetskostnader och jämför dem med enhetskostnader i andra projekt inom sektorn samt med övrig internationell praxis.
Reply of the CoMMISSIoN recommendation 2 (a) the commission shares the view that road projects should have clear objectives accompanied by appropriate indicators and considers this recommendation as already implemented for major projects. in the current period this information is required as part of major projects’ description, as well as in the cost-benefit analysis. the commission proposal for the structural and investment funds for the next programming period contains a comprehensive performance framework and conditionality which, if adopted, will help in ensuring that future road projects will contain clear objectives accompanied by indicators. the commission considers that the effects on the economy will depend not only on road projects but also the contribution of other economic and social factors. in this regard the commission recalls that this contribution of the road project to the economic effect can be disentangled from other contributions by means of an evaluation not an indicator. recommendation 2 (b) the commission agrees with this recommendation and considers it as partly implemented. in the current period the selection of reasonable and cost-effective technical solutions is considered as part of the feasibility study and option analysis carried out for each major project which should result in selecting the best solution. 
KOMMISSIONENS SVAR Rekommendation 2 a) Kommissionen delar uppfattningen att vägprojekt bör ha ett tydligt mål som åtföljs av lämpliga indikatorer och anser att den rekommendationen redan genomförts för större projekt. Under den innevarande perioden ställs det krav på att denna information ska ingå i beskrivningen av större projekt samt i kostnadsnyttoanalysen. Kommissionens förslag angående struktur-och investeringsfonderna för nästa programperiod innehåller en omfattande prestationsram och villkor, och om det antas kommer det att bidra till att säkerställa att framtida vägprojekt innehåller tydliga mål som åtföljs av indikatorer.
Member states are expected to apply the same principles on non-major projects, for example through the selection criteria. in addition, the Guide to cost-Benefit analysis of investment projects, issued in 2008 by the commission (directorate-General for regional and urban policy), applies to all types of projects and not only to major projects. the commission will consider methods of sharing best practices in the field, for example through the use of JaspErs know-how. 
Medlemsstaterna förväntas tillämpa samma principer på mindre projekt, t.ex. genom urvalskriterier. Dessutom gäller den vägledning för kostnadsnyttoanalys av investeringsprojekt som kommissionen publicerade 2008 (generaldirektoratet för regional-och stadspolitik) för alla typer av projekt, inte bara större projekt.
45 recommendation 2 (c) the commission considers this recommendation as implemented. the Eu directives on public procurement aim at ensuring the principles of fair and open competition throughout the Eu, equal treatment of all economic operators without giving undue advantages or creating barriers, obtaining the best value for public money, etc. co-financing from cohesion policy is subject to conformity with these principles of Eu directives on public procurement and Eu policies. the commission monitors that these are implemented in practice and takes corrective actions when necessary. for the next programming period, ex ante conditionality linked to public procurement is foreseen. recommendation 3 the commission agrees with this recommendation and considers it as partly implemented. in the current programming period traffic forecasts are required as part of the demand analysis presented in the application form and cost-benefit analysis for each major project in road sector, which are then carefully assessed by the commission to ensure they are realistic. the commission’s Guide to cost-Benefit analysis of investment projects, which applies to all projects, also gives guidance on carrying out traffic forecasts. the commission will also invite JaspErs to consider this topic for planning their future networking platform meetings with Member states to promote the exchange of best practices. recommendation 4 the commission acknowledges the need for making available more detailed unit costs information and will consider the issue in the update of the commission’s Guide to cost Benefit analysis for the next programming period. 
45 Rekommendation 2 c) Kommissionen anser att denna rekommendation är genomförd. EU:s direktiv om offentlig upphandling syftar bl.a. till att säkerställa principerna om rättvis och öppen konkurrens i EU och lika behandling av alla ekonomiska aktörer utan otillbörliga fördelar eller onödiga hinder, samt till att erhålla bästa värde för offentliga medel.
Reply of the CoMMISSIoN Special report No 5/2013 – are Eu Cohesion policy funds well spent on roads? 
KOMMISSIONENS SVAR Särskild rapport nr 5/2013 – Används EU:s sammanhållningsmedel väl på vägar?
European Court of auditors special report no 5/2013 are eu cohesion Policy funds well spent on roads? luxembourg: publications office of the European union 2013 — 45 pp. — 21 × 29.7 cm ISBN 978-92-9241-270-8 doi:10.2865/71435 
Europeiska revisionsrätten Särskild rapport nr 5/2013 Används EU:s sammanhållningsmedel väl på vägar? Luxemburg: Europeiska unionens publikationsbyrå 2013 — 45 s. — 21 × 29,7 cm ISBN 978‐92‐9241‐286‐9 doi:10.2865/83930
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EuropEaN Court of audItorS QJ-aB-13-006-EN-C 
EUROPEISKA REVISIONSRÄTTEN QJ-AB-13-006-SV-C
EuropEaN Court of audItorS EN HavE tHE MEMbEr StatES aNd tHE CoMMISSIoN aCHIEvEd valuE for MoNEy wItH tHE MEaSurES for dIvErSIfyINg tHE rural ECoNoMy? Special report No 6 2013 ISSN 1831-0834 
europeiska revisionsrätten sv Har åtgärderna för att diversifiera ekonomin på landsbygden gett medlemsstaterna ocH kommissionen valuta för pengarna? särskild rapport nr 6 2013 issn 1831-0990
Special report No 6 2013 HavE tHE MEMbEr StatES aNd tHE CoMMISSIoN aCHIEvEd valuE for MoNEy wItH tHE MEaSurES for dIvErSIfyINg tHE rural ECoNoMy? (pursuant to article 287(4), second subparagraph, tfEu) EuropEaN Court of audItorS 
särskild rapport nr 6 2013 Har åtgärderna för att diversifiera ekonomin på landsbygden gett medlemsstaterna ocH kommissionen valuta för pengarna? (i enlighet med artikel 287.4 andra stycket i euf‐fördraget) europeiska revisionsrätten
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3 CoNtENtS Paragraph I–VIII 1–10 11–13 14–84 14–43 18–22 23–24 25–26 27–38 39–40 41–43 44–71 49–62 49–50 51–57 58–62 Glossary ExEcutIVE summary IntroductIon audIt scopE and approach obsErVatIons part onE — arE dIVErsIfIcatIon mEasurEs dEsIGnEd and ImplEmEntEd In such a way as to makE an EffEctIVE contrIbutIon to Growth and jobs? 
3 inneHållsförteckning Punkt i– Viii 1–10 11–13 14–84 14–43 18–22 23–24 25–26 27–38 39–40 41–43 44–71 49–62 49–50 51–57 58–62 Ordförklaringar Sammanfattning inledning reViSiOnenS inriktning Och Omfattning Samt reViSiOnSmetOd iakttagelSer del ett – UtfOrmaS Och genOmförS diVerSifieringSåtgärderna Så att de bidrar på ett ändamålSenligt Sätt till tillVäxt Och jObb?
5 gloSSary axes: rural development in the 2007–13 programming period is implemented under three thematic axes, which represent coherent groups of rural development measures, and one horizontal axis dedicated to the Leader approach (Leader axis). cmEf: common Monitoring and Evaluation framework. community strategic guidelines: With these strategic guidelines the council identifies the European union’s priorities under the European agricultural fund for rural development (Eafrd). it establishes a link with the objectives set up by the Lisbon and Goteborg European councils and translates them into rural development policy. the idea is to ensure the consistency of rural development with other Eu policies, in particular in the field of cohesion and environment, and accompany the implementation of the new common agricultural policy (cap) and the restructuring involved. deadweight: a situation where a subsidised project would have been wholly or partly undertaken without the grant aid. displacement: the degree to which an activity promoted by public support is offset by reductions in activity elsewhere. 
5 ordförklaringar axlar: Landsbygdsutvecklingen under programplaneringsperioden 2007–2013 genomförs inom tre tematiska axlar, som bildar sammanhängande grupper av landsbygdsutvecklingsåtgärder, och en övergripande axel som avser Leadermodellen (Leaderaxel). dödviktseffekter: Uppstår när ett bidragsfinansierat projekt skulle ha genomförts helt eller delvis utan bidraget. ejflU: Europeiska jordbruksfonden för landsbygdsutveckling. gemenskapens strategiska riktlinjer: Genom dessa strategiska riktlinjer fastställer rådet Europeiska unionens prioriteringar inom Europeiska jordbruksfonden för landsbygdsutveckling (EJFLU).
Eafrd: European agricultural fund for rural development. ftE: full-time Equivalent, a unit used to measure employed persons in a way that makes them comparable although they may work a different number of hours per week. the unit is obtained by comparing an employee’s average number of hours worked to the average number of hours of a full-time worker. 
Man får fram enheten genom att jämföra en anställds genomsnittliga antal arbetade timmar med det genomsnittliga antalet timmar för en heltidsanställd. landsbygdsutvecklingsprogram: Ett programdokument som utarbetas av en medlemsstat och godkänns av kommissionen för planering och genomförande av EU:s landsbygdsutvecklingspolitik.
GVa: Gross value added. measure: an aid scheme for implementing a policy. a measure defines the rules for the projects that can be financed within an axis. measure 311: the measure for ‘diversification into non-agricultural activities’. measure 312: the measure for ‘business creation and development intended for microenterprises’. measure 313: the measure for ‘encouragement of tourism activities’. mtE: Mid-term evaluation report. nsp: the national strategy plan is a document prepared by a Member state which shall ensure that community aid for rural development is consistent with the community strategic guidelines and that community, national and regional priorities all coordinate. the national strategy plan shall be a reference tool for preparing Eafrd programming. it shall be implemented through the rural development programmes. programming period: Multiannual framework to plan and implement Eu policies such as rural development policy; the current rural development period runs from 2007 to 2013. rdp: rural development programme, a programming document prepared by a Member state and approved by the commission to plan and implement the Eu’s rural development policy. a rdp may be prepared on regional or national level. 
Undanträngningseffekter: Den omfattning i vilken nyttan av en verksamhet som får offentligt stöd upphävs av minskad verksamhet på annat håll. åtgärd: Ett stödsystem för att genomföra en politik. En åtgärd fastställer reglerna för de projekt som kan finansieras inom en axel. åtgärd 311: Åtgärden för ”diversifiering till annan verksamhet än jordbruk”. åtgärd 312: Åtgärden för ”stöd för etablering och utveckling av mikroföretag”. åtgärd 313: Åtgärden för ”främjande av turismverksamhet”. särskild rapport nr 6/2013 – Har åtgärderna för att diversifiera ekonomin på landsbygden gett medlemsstaterna och kommissionen valuta för pengarna?
6 i. the Eu rural development policy intends to address rural problems such as depopulation, scarcity of economic opportunities and unemployment. it provides funding in order to support growth, employment and sustainable development in rural areas. ii. one of the three thematic axes of Eu rural development policy aims to improve the quality of life in rural areas and diversify the rural economy; it is known as axis 3. under this axis, three specific measures are intended to diversify the rural economy: — diversification into non-agricultural activities (measure 311); — support for the creation and development of micro-enterprises with a view to promoting entrepreneurship and developing the economic fabric (measure 312); and — encouragement of tourism activities (measure 313). iii. the Eu budget for these measures amounts to 5 billion euro for the period 2007–13. this Eu funding is supplemented by a further 2 billion euro programmed to come from national funds. 
Syftet med EU:s landsbygdsutvecklingspolitik är att komma till rätta med problem som avfolkning, brist på ekonomiska möjligheter och arbetslöshet. Finansiering tillhandahålls för att stödja tillväxt, sysselsättning och hållbar utveckling i landsbygdsområden. ii. En av de tre tematiska axlarna inom EU:s landsbygdsutvecklingspolitik syftar till att förbättra livskvaliteten och diversifiera ekonomin på landsbygden och är känd under namnet axel 3.
EXECutIvE SuMMary v. the court concludes that overall the commission and the Member states have, only to a limited extent, achieved value for money through the measures for diversifying the rural economy, as the aid was not systematically directed to the projects that were most likely to achieve the purpose of the measures. this was due to a lack of clear needs for intervention or specific objectives set in the rdps, broad eligibility criteria adopted that did not limit the projects to those most likely to achieve diversification and selection criteria that did not choose the most effective projects or were not applied at all. too often, and particularly at the start of the programming period, the selection of projects was driven more by a need to spend the allocated budget than by the quality of the projects themselves. in some Member states, all eligible projects were funded where sufficient budget was available regardless of how the project was assessed. vi. 
Revisionsrätten konstaterar generellt att åtgärderna för att diversifiera ekonomin på landsbygden endast i begränsad utsträckning har gett kommissionen och medlemsstaterna valuta för pengarna, eftersom stödet inte systematiskt riktades in på de projekt som med störst sannolikhet skulle uppfylla målen för åtgärderna.
Member states did not sufficiently mitigate the risks of deadweight and displacement, thus they did not ensure the most efficient use of resources. 
Medlemsstaterna minskade inte tillräckligt riskerna för dödvikts-och undanträngningseffekter och såg därmed inte till att resurserna användes så effektivt som möjligt.
Member states checks on reasonableness of costs did not sufficiently reduce the risk of inflated costs and there were examples of an excessive administrative burden on applicants and delays in payments. vii. there was a lack of effective monitoring and evaluation of the measures so that there is a real risk that the results of the funding allocated to the projects will not be known. the Eu’s strategic priority of job creation was not well targeted and there was a lack of active management when it was apparent that the targets set would not be met. iv. the court’s audit examined whether the commission and the Member states achieved value for money with the measures for diversifying the rural economy. in particular, the court assessed whether these three measures were designed and implemented in such a way as to make an effective contribution to growth and jobs and whether the most effective and efficient projects were chosen for financing. furthermore, the court assessed whether the available monitoring and evaluation information provided reliable, complete and timely information on the outcomes of the measures. 
Medlemsstaternas kontroller av om kostnaderna var rimliga minskade inte tillräckligt risken för alltför höga kostnader, och det fanns exempel på en onödigt tung administrativ börda för de sökande och på försenade utbetalningar. vii. Åtgärderna övervakades och utvärderades inte på ett ändamålsenligt sätt, vilket skapar en reell risk för att man inte får reda på vilka resultat de medel som fördelats till projekten har lett till.
viii. the court therefore recommends that: — in their rural development programmes (rdps), Member states should clearly identify how and why public intervention for investments in non-agricultural activities will help to redress for example market failures related to barriers to employment and growth. the Member states should then set specific and measurable objectives in relation to these needs. the commission should approve only those rdps that present substantiated and comprehensive strategies with a clear rationale that show how policy intervention will contribute to strategic aims of creating growth conditions and employment opportunities. — Member states should establish and consistently apply criteria to ensure the selection of the most effective, sustainable projects with respect to the Member states’ specific objectives. the commission should ensure that these criteria are correctly and continuously applied, not only in cases of budgetary shortage. — the commission and Member states should promote the adoption of best practices in respect of mitigating the risks of deadweight and displacement. the commission should encourage Member states to adopt the practice whereby expenditure for investments would be eligible only as of the date of grant approval. — the commission should ensure that Member states have effective systems to carry out checks on reasonableness of costs. 
viii. Revisionsrätten rekommenderar därför följande: — Medlemsstaterna bör i sina landsbygdsutvecklingsprogram klart och tydligt ange hur och varför offentlig intervention för investeringar i annan verksamhet än jordbruk ska hjälpa till att råda bot på till exempel marknadsmisslyckanden som rör hinder för sysselsättning och tillväxt.