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However, some Member States drew attention to a number of legal problems that the Commission had insufficient time to address in detail (see paragraph 44). 
Men medlemsstaterna ptalade att det fanns juridiska problem med detta och kommissionen hade inte lngre tid att frdjupa sig i dem (se punkt 44).
In January 2003, the Commission launched a study of legal instruments that might be used in the field of trans-European cooperation. 
I januari 2003 inledde kommissionen en underskning om de rttsliga instrument som skulle kunna anvndas inom ramen fr det transeuropeiska samarbetet.
Regarding objectives and indicators, the ex post evaluation of Interreg I drew attention to: (a) the need to clarify the purpose of cooperation, since Interreg programmes pursue the same objectives as traditional programmes. However, the latter can call on far more generous financial resources, and the eligible regions are not all affected by development difficulties; (b) the absence of clear, quantified initial objectives; (c) the need to establish relevant indicators. 
Redan i utvrderingen i efterhand av Interreg I ptalades fljande i frga om ml och indikatorer: a) Det r ndvndigt att klargra syftet med samarbetet eftersom Interreg-programmen r utformade p ett sdant stt att de har samma ml som de traditionella programmen trots att dessa frfogar ver betydligt strre finansiella resurser och trots att inte alla stdberttigade omrden berrs av utvecklingsproblem. b) Det saknas tydliga och kvantifierade utgngsml. c) Det r ndvndigt att infra relevanta indikatorer.
In anticipation of a Parliament opinion on the Interreg III guidelines, the Commission prepared a brief information paper consisting of an initial review of Interreg II (4). 
I vntan p Europaparlamentets yttrande ver riktlinjerna fr Interreg III utarbetade kommissionen ett kortfattat informationsblad som var en frsta rapport om Interreg II (4).
However, this document is very general and focuses on matters of implementation. 
Det r dock mycket allmnt hllet och gller frgor om genomfrandet.
Usually, despite the studies referred to in paragraph 15 and the results of the Interreg II interim evaluation, no analysis of the specific situation of eligible areas or information concerning the progress made towards attaining the CI objectives or the specific CIP objectives under either Interreg I or Interreg II (4) ÔCommunity Initiative Interreg II 1994-1999: an initial evaluationŐ, January 2000, European Union Ń regional policy. 7.12.2004 EN Official Journal of the European Union C 303/9 was available to the Commission. 
Trots analyserna som nmns i punkt 15 och resultaten frn utvrderingen efter halva tiden av Interreg-programmen hade kommissionen i allmnhet inte tillgng till ngon analys av den srskilda situation som de stdberttigade omrdena befann sig i och inte (4) ÓCommunity Initiative Interreg II 1994Đ1999: an initial evaluationÓ, januari 2000, Europeiska unionen, regionalpolitik. 7.12.2004 SV Europeiska unionens officiella tidning C 303/9 heller ngon information om de framsteg som gjorts nr det gllde att uppn initiativets ml eller de srskilda mlen fr programmen fr gemenskapsinitiativet, vare sig fr Interreg I eller Interreg II.
This situation hampered the setting of specific concrete objectives. 
Denna situation gjorde att det inte gick att faststlla konkreta srskilda ml.
Objectives and indicators 19. 
Ml och indikatorer 19.
In the Interreg III guidelines, each Strand has many far-reaching specific objectives (see Table 3). 
I riktlinjerna fr Interreg III r de srskilda mlen fr varje del omfattande (se tabell 3).
The Commission has entrusted the authorities responsible for CIPs in the Member States with the task of setting concrete objectives on the basis of an analysis of the problems facing border areas. It has established operational rules (see paragraphs 7,15 and 16) but no specific measurable objectives. 
Kommissionen verlt ansvaret t myndigheterna i de medlemsstater som har hand om programmen fr gemenskapsinitiativet att faststlla konkreta ml utifrn en analys av de problem som beror p grnserna. ven om kommissionen faststllde operativa regler (se punkterna 7, 15 och 16) faststllde den inte ngot srskilt och mtbart ml.
It is therefore especially important that, when examining the Member StatesŐ programme proposals, it should ensure that substantiated, targeted choices have been made. 
Nr kommissionen granskar medlemsstaternas programfrslag r det sledes srskilt viktigt att den ser till att man har gjort vlgrundade och riktade val.
The documents produced in order to guide the authorities preparing CIPs through the ex ante evaluation and the selection of indicators specific to Interreg (1) should have focused above all on key ideas translating the CommissionŐs priorities, with a view in particular to the ex post evaluation. 
I de dokument som r avsedda att hjlpa myndigheterna att utarbeta programmen fr gemenskapsinitiativet nr det gller frhandsbedmning och indikatorer som r anpassade till Interreg (1) borde man frmst ha klargjort vad det r fr grundtankar som speglas i kommissionens prioriteringar, srskilt infr utvrderingen i efterhand.
With this in mind, and on the basis of the experience acquired during the two previous generations of the CI, it would have been helpful, say, to devise a minimum common system of indicators that could be applied to all programmes under the same strand. 
P den grunden och utifrn de erfarenheter som frvrvats under initiativets tv fregende generationer hade det varit vrdefullt om man hade faststllt en gemensam minimistruktur av indikatorer fr samtliga program inom en och samma del.
Although interregional cooperation projects had been in receipt of ERDF support since 1995, the Commission had no access to the relevant evaluations when preparing the Strand C guidelines. Targeting of measures 22. 
Trots att projekt fr interregionalt samarbete har ftt std frn ERUF sedan 1995 hade inte kommissionen tillgng till ngra utvrderingar om dem nr den utarbetade riktlinjerna fr del C. Riktade tgrder 22.
Where the InitiativeŐs Strand A is concerned, the Commission guidelines contain a list of purely discretionary measures. 
Fr del A i initiativet innehller kommissionens riktlinjer endast en preliminr tgrdslista.
While, along the lines of the intervention programmes run under Objectives 1 and 2, these may include economic, social, cultural and environmental measures, their implementation is subject to special conditions that aim at strengthening cross-border cooperation. 
I likhet med stdprogrammen fr ml 1 och ml 2 kan de inbegripa tgrder inom det ekonomiska, sociala, kulturella och miljrelaterade omrdet, men de tfljs av srskilda villkor fr genomfrandet som skall strka det grnsverskridande samarbetet.
Given these considerations, there is all the more reason (see paragraph 20) for the Commission to ensure, when examining the Member StatesŐ programme proposals, that measures are targeted (see paragraphs 59 to 63). 
Dessa omstndigheter r ett ytterligare skl (se punkt 20) fr kommissionen att se till att insatserna r riktade nr den granskar medlemsstaternas programfrslag (se punkterna 59Đ63).
As regards Strand B, the guidelines call for attention to be given to the CommunityŐs policy priorities, and above all to the trans-European networks and the territorial development recommendations contained in the European Spatial Development Perspective (ESDP Ń see glossary). 
Nr det gller del B anges i riktlinjerna att det skall tas hnsyn till gemenskapens politiska prioriteringar, ssom transeuropeiska nt samt rekommendationerna fr territoriell utveckling som formulerats inom ramen fr ÓRegional utvecklingsplanering i europeiskt perspektivÓ (European Spatial Development Perspective, ESDP) (se ordlistan).
Where Strand C is concerned, the CommissionŐs initial guidelines outline a single general objective, namely, to improve the effectiveness of policies and instruments for regional development and cohesion (see Table 3). 
I kommissionens frsta riktlinjer fr del C formuleras endast ett allmnt ml, nmligen att man skall gra politik och instrument fr regional utveckling och sammanhllning mer effektiva (se tabell 3).
A second communication published on 15 May 2001 delimitated the content of cooperation by identifying five themes for interregional cooperation (2), among them a heading of ÔOther subjectsŐ. 
I ett andra meddelande, som offentliggjordes den 15 maj 2001, klargjorde man innehllet genom att ange fem interregionala samarbetsomrden (2), bland annat under rubriken Ó vrigtÓ.
(2) ÔActivitiessupportedunderObjective1and2oftheStructuralFundsŐ, ÔInterregional cooperation linking public authorities or equivalent bodies involved in other Interreg programmesŐ, ÔInterregional cooperation in the field of urban developmentŐ, ÔInterregional cooperation linking regions involved under one or several of the three themes of the regional innovative actions for 2000 to 2006Ő and ÔOther subjects appropriate to interregional cooperationŐ. 
(2) Verksamheter som ftt std enligt strukturfondernas ml 1 och ml 2, Interregionalt samarbete som knyter offentliga myndigheter eller likvrdiga organ till andra Interreg-program, Interregionalt samarbete p omrdet utveckling i stderna, Interregionalt samarbete som knyter deltagande omrden till ett eller flera av de nyskapande regionala tgrdernas tre teman fr 2000Đ2006 och vriga teman som passar det interregionala samarbetet.
C 303/10 EN Official Journal of the European Union 7.12.2004 25. 
C 303/10 SV Europeiska unionens officiella tidning 7.12.2004 25.
Moreover, the working documents that are made available do not offer sufficient support to project managers setting up suitable operational indicators for assessing how well the objectives have been attained. 
I de arbetsdokument som finns tillgngliga ptalar man inte i tillrcklig grad att de frvaltningsansvariga br infra operativa och lmpliga indikatorer fr att man skall kunna mta om mlen har uppfyllts.
Eligible measures are therefore heterogeneous and result in a wide disparity of projects. 
Fljden blir att tgrderna r olikartade och gr att projekten har en stor spridning.
When implementing CIPs, unless they were selected with a view to setting concrete objectives and restricting the scope of operations, it will be necessary to spread resources very thinly and extremely difficult to measure the progress achieved. Are the eligible areas clearly defined? 
D det inte gjorts ngra val p programniv fr att faststlla konkreta ml och begrnsa handlingsutrymmet kommer genomfrandet av programmen att leda till att resurserna frdelas p flera mottagare och att det blir mycket svrt att mta de framsteg som gjorts. r de stdberttigade omrdena vl definierade?
When the new guidelines were being prepared, the matter of defining eligible areas was raised in respect of Strand A. The effectiveness of cross-border cooperation starts to decline some 50 to 70 km from the border. 
Nr de nya riktlinjerna utarbetades vcktes frgan om hur de stdberttigade omrdena fr del A skulle definieras. Utanfr ett omrde p 50 till 70 kilometer frn grnsen blir det grnsverskridande samarbetet allt mindre effektivt.
In the absence of a more subtle zoning instrument, the areas were once again defined on the basis of the NUTS III nomenclature (see glossary). As a result, some areas extend up to 200 km from the border, and further in certain Member States. 
Eftersom det inte finns ngot instrument fr att gra en mer detaljerad indelning av territoriet i geografiska omrden definierades omrdena p nytt p grundval av NUTS III-nomenklaturen (se ordlistan) och drigenom faststlldes till slut omrden som strckte sig upp till 200 kilometer frn grnsen och mer i vissa medlemsstater.
Almost all of the Strand A CIPs examined cover eligible areas stretching more than 70 km from the border (Ems-Dollart Region, Alps, Ireland-Wales and Spain-Portugal). 
Av de program fr gemenskapsinitiativet som granskades inom del A omfattade nstan alla stdberttigade omrden som strckte sig mer n 70 kilometer frn grnsen (region Ems-Dollart, Alperna, IrlandĐWales, SpanienĐPortugal).
This issue does not arise for Strands B and C, which, unlike Strand A, do not cover cooperation between neighbouring regions. Were the guidelines and methodology documents made available to the Member States at the appropriate time? 
Delarna B och C berrs inte av denna frga eftersom de inte faller under ett nrsamarbete, vilket r fallet fr del A. Fick medlemsstaterna tillgng till riktlinjer och metoddokument i tid?
The Commission first gave thought to the strategy for Interreg III at the end of 1997. 
Kommissionens frsta strategiska reflektioner om Interreg III r frn slutet av 1997.
A document setting out the basic options was drawn up in March 1998 (1). 
Ett dokument dr basalternativen presenterades utarbetades i mars 1998 (1).
The Commission guidelines were not finalised until January/May 2000, or, in the case of Strand C, the early months of 2001. 
Kommissionens riktlinjer frdigstlldes inte frrn mellan januari och maj 2000 och nr det gller del C s sent som under de frsta mnaderna av 2001.
However, given the particular difficulties associated with the preparation of Interreg programmes, the Member States had already set to work. 
Men med tanke p de srskilda svrigheterna med att utarbeta ett Interreg-program hade medlemsstaterna redan pbrjat sitt arbete.
An analogous situation emerged with regard to the various methodological working papers that the Commission prepared specifically for Interreg (see paragraph 21). 
En liknande situation uppstod nr det gllde de olika metodhandledningar som r specifika fr Interreg och som utarbetats av kommissionen (se punkt 21).
Owing to the complexity of the Interreg CI, the late availability of the guidelines and working papers contributed to the fact that the CIPsŐ effective launch was delayed. 
Med tanke p att gemenskapsinitiativet Interreg r s komplext bidrog det faktum att riktlinjerna och metoddokumen-ten gjordes tillgngliga s sent till att det faktiska pbrjandet av programmen fr gemenskapsinitiativet frsenades.
(1) ÔTrans-European cooperation initiative for balanced developmentŐ, 6.3.1998, DG XVI/A/1. 
(1) ÓTrans-european co-operation initiative for balanced developmentÓ, 6 mars 1998, generaldirektorat XVI/A/1.
THE COMMISSIONŐS PROCEDURE FOR EXAMINING CIP PROPOSALS 30. 
KOMMISSIONENS F RFARANDE F R ATT GRANSKA F RSLAG TILL PROGRAM F R GEMENSKAPSINITIATIVET 30.
The Commission checks that all CIPs conform to the guidelines. 
Kommissionen undersker om programmen fr gemenskapsinitiativet stmmer verens med riktlinjerna.
The Court feels that the examination procedure needs to be sufficiently detailed and that the shortcomings that are revealed should lead to improvements in the CIPs. 
Enligt revisionsrttens uppfattning mste kontrollfrfarandet vara tillrckligt detaljerat, och de brister som upptcks br leda till frbttringar i programmen.
Lastly, it is crucial that the CIPs be adopted on time in order to avoid interrupting the cooperation established by Interreg II and allow utilisation of the available appropriations. 
Slutligen r det viktigt att programmen fr gemenskapsinititiativet antas utan frseningar s att det inte blir ett avbrott i det samarbete som pbrjats under Interreg II och s att de tillgngliga anslagen kan utnyttjas.
Did examination help to enhance CIP quality? 
Bidrog denna underskning till att hja kvaliteten p programmen fr gemenskapsinitiativet?
The second stage focuses on programme quality and serves as a basis for the improvements that will be agreed to programme content in the course of negotiations with the Member States. 
Den andra gller programmens kvalitet och anvnds som grund fr de frbttringar av innehllet som skall gras under frhandlingarna med medlemsstaterna.
The Commission services applied a list of criteria for examining CIP proposals during the first stage only. 
Kommissionens avdelningar anvnde sig endast av en frteckning ver granskningskriterier fr programfrslagen under den frsta etappen.
The list in question is fairly general, and the sole purpose of checking was to obtain assurance that certain formal elements were present in the programme proposals. 
Frteckningen r ganska allmnt hllen och det enda syftet med kontrollerna var att se till att programfrslagen innehll vissa formella delar.
The Court was unable during its audit to source clearly every one of the observations made during the second examination stage and forwarded by the Commission to the Member States. 
Vid revisionsrttens granskningar gick det inte att klart och tydligt hrleda de iakttagelser som redovisats under den andra etappen och som kommissionen hade verlmnat till medlemsstaterna.
Records did not always include a monitoring document indicating to what extent a response had been made to the requests or observations contained in the letter to the Member States (save in the cases of Ireland-Wales, Alpenrhein-Bodensee-Hochrhein and Ems-Dollart Region and, in part, Western Mediterranean). 
Handlingarna innehll inte alltid ett uppfljningsdokument som visade i vilken utstrckning frfrgningarna eller kommentarerna i kommissionens brev till medlemsstaterna hade besvarats (frutom fr IrlandĐWales, AlpenrheinĐBodenseeĐHochrhein, region Ems-Dollart och delvis fr Vstra Medelhavsomrdet).
The procedure for examining CIP proposals did not always result in the desired improvements in CIP quality: (a) the concerns that had caused a first programme proposal to be judged inadmissible were not always sufficiently taken into account. 
Frfarandet fr att granska programfrslagen har inte alltid lett till nskvrda frbttringar av programmens kvalitet: a) De aspekter som ledde till att ett frsta programfrslag avvisades beaktades inte alltid i tillrcklig utstrckning.
In the case of the Spain-Portugal CIP it had been ruled that the JTS was not functioning as required by the guidelines. 
Nr det gller programmet fr gemenskapsinitiativet SpanienĐPortugal gjorde man bedmningen att det gemensamma tekniska sekretariatet inte fungerade enligt riktlinjerna.
This matter re-emerged during the CommissionŐs negotiations with the Member States. 
Denna punkt dk upp igen under kommissionens frhandlingar med medlemsstaterna.
Although no substantive changes were made, the Commission subsequently adopted the programme proposal; (b) notwithstanding the many changes that were made to the CIP proposals, serious failings were not redressed. However, shortcomings concerning strategy and indicators, for example, had been identified as early as the first stage of examination (Alps, Spain-Portugal and Western Mediterranean). 
Trots att programfrslaget inte hade ndrats p ngot vsentligt stt antogs det senare av kommissionen. b) ven om det gjordes mnga ndringar i programfrslagen tgrdade man inte allvarliga brister trots att man hade ptalat dessa svagheter redan under den frsta kontrolletappen, till exempel i frga om strategi och indikatorer (Alperna, SpanienĐPortugal, Vstra Medelhavsomrdet).
In some cases (Spain-Portugal and Western Mediter-ranean), the Commission services with particular responsibility for regional policy evaluation had even recommended declaring the CIP proposals inadmissible. 
I vissa fall (Spa-nienĐPortugal, Vstra Medelhavsomrdet) ansg de avdelningar vid kommissionen med srskilt ansvar fr utvrderingen av regionalpolitiken att vissa programfrslag borde ha frklarats otilltliga.
7.12.2004 EN Official Journal of the European Union C 303/11 34. 
7.12.2004 SV Europeiska unionens officiella tidning C 303/11 34.
Given the number of programmes to be examined and the complexity of the examination procedure, improvements to CIP content could have been achieved through a more structured approach based on detailed criteria and aimed at obtaining a transparent, homogeneous evaluation (see paragraphs 51 to 78). 
Med tanke p att det antal program som skulle granskas var s stort och att detta arbete var s komplext hade en mer strukturerad metod som bygger p detaljerade kriterier och mjliggr en ppen och enhetlig utvrdering kunnat bidra till att frbttra innehllet i programmen (se punkterna 51Đ78).
These criteria should then have been communicated to the Member States, in one of the working documents drawn up by the Commission, before they embarked on the task of preparing the CIPs (see paragraph 21). 
Dessa kriterier borde sedan ha meddelats medlemsstaterna i ett av de arbetsdokument som utarbetats av kommissionen innan medlemsstaterna brjade utarbeta programmen (se punkt 21).
Did the Commission approve the CIPs within the agreed deadlines? 
Godknde kommissionen programmen fr gemenskapsinitiativet inom de faststllda tidsfristerna?
The programme complements contain a good deal of repetition and placed significant constraints on the preparation process (1). 
Programkomplementet innehll mnga upprepningar och frsvrade kraftigt frberedelsearbetet (1).
Delays in programme adoption do not affect the start of the eligibility period of the final beneficiariesŐ expenditure in the Member States. 
Frseningarna med att anta programmen pverkade inte starten fr den stdberttigande utgiftsperioden fr de slutliga stdmottagarna i medlemsstaterna.
This period is ruled to start on the date on which the Commission receives an admissible CIP proposal. 
Denna period faststlls p grundval av det datum d kommissionen tar emot ett tilltligt programfrslag.
The reason is that beneficiaries prefer to wait for their applications to be approved before starting to implement their projects, and this is only possible after the Commission has adopted the programme and other elements, such as the project selection criteria, have been agreed and put in place. 
Stdmottagarna vntar faktiskt hellre p att deras anskan skall godknnas innan de brjar genomfra sitt projekt, vilket inte r mjligt frrn kommissionen har antagit programmet och andra delar har faststllts och infrts, till exempel urvalskriterier fr projekten.
These delays, combined with the belated publication of the guidelines, were in part responsible for the fact that the commitment appropriations for 2000 were reallocated and the payment appropriations made available in 2001, 2002 and 2003 were under-utilised (see Table 2). (a) (b) the Member States were to submit proposals no later than six months after the date of publication of the CommissionŐs Communication in the Official Journal of the European Communities, i.e., by 22 November 2000 in the case of Strands A and B and 14 November 2001 in the case of Strand C; the Commission was to decide whether to adopt no later than five months after the date of receipt of an admissible proposal, i.e., by 21 April 2001 in the case of Strands A and B and 13 April 2002 in the case of Strand C. COOPERATION IMPLEMENTATION DURING PREPARATION AND 36. erable margin. 
Dessa frseningar, i kombination med det sena offentliggrandet av riktlinjerna, kan rknas till de faktorer som ledde till att tagandebemyndiganden fr 2000 frdelades om och till att de tillgngliga betalningsbemyndigandena fr 2001, 2002 och 2003 underutnyttjades (se tabell 2). SAMARBETET VID UTARBETANDET OCH GENOMF RANDET 40.
The guidelines state that the preparation and implementation of CIPs must be carried out on a cooperative basis, the aim being in particular to promote the emergence of a common strategy for the eligible area and thereby enhance the quality of beneficiariesŐ projects. 
Enligt riktlinjerna skall man samarbeta vid utarbetandet och genomfrandet av program fr gemenskapsinitiativet, frmst fr att man skall komma verens om en gemensam strategi fr det stdberttigade omrdet och p s stt hja kvaliteten p stdmottagarnas projekt.
The guidelines encourage the private sector, universities and non-governmental organisations to participate as early as the preparation stage. 
I riktlinjerna uppmuntras den privata sektorn, universitet och icke-statliga organisationer att medverka redan vid utarbetandet av programmen.