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ange of instruments to provide policy support and investment finance through loans,guarantees, etc.Donor coordination is led by the European Commission.Regional Meetings are held on regular basis. In addition, there are more frequent meetings ofdonors in individual countries when the need arises to ensure a common approach.At present, more than 100 projects in the energy sector are in progress or have been recentlycompleted.2.d Horizontal issuesNot applicable2.e ConditionsNot applicable2.f Benchmarks2008EUNF*Contribution/subscription 1 1Contracting Rate (%) 100% 100%* In case of parallel national co-financing3. BUDGET (amounts in EUR)According to Article 73 of the Energy Community Treaty each Party to the Treaty shallcontribute to the budget of the Energy Community. EC as being a Party to the Treaty has tocontribute the 98.1% (according to Annex IV of the Treaty as modified by the Procedural ActNo 2006/05 of the Ministerial Council of the Energy Community) of the total budget.For 2008 the proposed budget is €2,548,420. The EC contribution is €2,500,000 (98,1%). Thiscontribution will be paid partly (€1,200,000) by the funds committed in the 2006 CARDSRegional Programme and partly (€1,300,000) by the IPA 2008 budget, which shall be paidduring the first quarter of the budget year.The obligation of each Party to pay its contribution to the Energy Community budget isindependent of whether or not the other Parties have fulfilled their obligation. The proceduralAct No 2006/03 of the Ministerial Council of 17 November 2006 "on the adoption of EnergyCommunity Procedures for the Establishment and Implementation of Budget, Auditing andEN 4 EN
Inspection" foresees in article 2, paragraph 4, that the Ministerial Council shall determine theexistence of a breach to the articles of the Treaty.3.1 Principle of Co-Financing applying to the projects funded under the programmeThe Community contribution has been calculated in relation to the total eligible expenditure.The co-financing principle is fulfilled through the parallel contributions of the beneficiarycountries to the budget of the Energy Community.In accordance with Article 73 of the Treaty establishing the Energy Community 2 and itsAnnex IV, as modified by the Procedural Act No 2006/05 of the Ministerial Council of theEnergy Community, the European Community has to contribute to the budget of the EnergyCommunity by 98,1%.4. IMPLEMENTATION ARRANGEMENTS4.1 Method of implementationThe programme will be implemented on a centralised basis by the European Commission inaccordance with Article 53a of the Financial Regulation 3 and the corresponding provisions ofthe Implementing Rules 4 .4.2 General rules for procurement and grant award proceduresProcurement shall follow the provisions of Part Two, Title IV of the Financial Regulation andPart Two, Title III, Chapter 3 of its Implementing Rules as well as the rules and procedures forservice, supply and works contracts financed from the general budget of the EuropeanCommunities for the purposes of cooperation with third countries adopted by the Commissionon 24 May 2007 (C(2007)2034).The contribution of the European Community to the Energy Community budget constitutes asubscription to a body of which it is a member in the meaning of 108(2)(d) of the FinancialRegulation.5. MONITORING AND EVALUATION5.1 MonitoringNot applicable5.2 EvaluationNot applicable234Council Decision 2006/500/EC of 29 May 2006 (OJ L 198, 20.7.2006, p. 15).OJ L 248, 16.9.2002, p.1. Regulation as amended by Regulation (EC, Euratom) No 1995/2006 (OJ L 390,30.12.2006, p.1).OJ L 357, 31.12.2002, p. 1 Regulation as last amended by Regulation (EC, Euratom) No 478/2007 (OJ L111, 28.04.2007, p. 13).EN 5 EN
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