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The first commitment is implemented
when the Commission decides to approve the intervention. The following
commitments are usually established yearly prior to April 30.
The paying authority will ensure that the final beneficiaries receive the amounts of the share of the funds to which they are entitled. Payment may be made through advance payments, intermediate payments or balance payments.
Member states will ensure that the applications for intermediate payments are presented to the Commission grouped together three times a year, the last on the 31st of October at the latest. Applications for intermediate payment will specify, for each priority, expenses paid in the regions or areas benefiting from the transitory assistance.
Each CSF or SPD and each Operational Programme will be supervised by a Monitoring Committee. The managing authority and the Monitoring Committee monitor by means of physical and financial indicators defined in the Operational Programme, the SPD or the programme complement. Said indicators include the specific objectives, the stage of the intervention with regard to performance, results or impacts, and the state of implementation of the finance plan. Every year, a report prepared and approved by the Monitoring Committee is sent to the Commission, including any changes in the general conditions affecting the implementation of the intervention; the situation of the application of the priority and the measures which correspond to each Fund, in relation to their specific objectives; the financial implementation of the intervention; the provisions made to ensure the quality and effectiveness of the application; and the measures taken to guarantee compatibility with community policies. The Commission and the management authority analyse the main results together, following which they may make observations and recommendations for adjustments to be made for the purpose of improving monitoring activities or management of the intervention. Follow-up Bulletin of
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The effectiveness of the actions is measured in accordance with the global impact on the objectives established in the Treaty, and specifically, the strengthening of the economic and social cohesion of the Community, as well as the impact of the priorities included in the plans and provided for in the community support frameworks..
To that end, the member states carry out regular controls of the interventions. In addition, the Commission, as the body responsible for the application of the general budget of the European Union, is entitled to implement on-site controls of the operations it finances and of the management and control systems applied. The Commission and the member states co-operate to co-ordinate the programs, the methodology and the application of controls for the purpose of maximising their usefulness. Once a year they examine and assess the results of the controls carried out; the observations that may have been made by other national or community control bodies or institutions; and the financial repercussions of any existing irregularities, the measures taken or needed to correct them and, if appropriate, the modifications of management and control systems. In the event of possible irregularities, the member state is responsible for investigating and taking action, implementing the appropriate financial corrections, with total or partial elimination of community participation.
In each programme and in each SPD, the programme complement will include the measures intended to guarantee the information and publicity regarding the intervention. In their yearly reports and in the final ones on the implementation of the interventions, the Monitoring Committees must include elements concerning provisions made for the publicity of the intervention. Information and publicity measures are those related to development plans, community support frameworks, operational programmes, single programming documents and community initiative programmes. The European Commission publishes a Guidebook regarding information and publicity rules for activities related to Structural Funds and the FIFG. The UAFSE publishes a Guide of Information and Communication about the norms of information and publicity for the activities of FSE. For graphic specifications about
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The budgetary commitments of the Community are established yearly
on the basis of the decision of participation of the Funds. 
The Commission will transfer to the paying authority the share of
the Funds in accordance with budgetary commitments. 
Throughout the
intervention, the paying authority will make use of advance
payments to cover community participation in the expenses related
to that intervention
The managing authority will be responsible for ensuring effective
and proper management and implementation of the actions. 
For the purpose of evaluating the effectiveness of the structural
intervention, community actions will be subject to an ex-ante evaluation,
an intermediate evaluation and an ex-post evaluation. In addition,
at the initiative of the Member States or of the Commission, complementary
evaluations can be carried out, focusing on specific themes, so
as to define experiences which can be transferred.
The
social and economic situation
Each member state assumes responsibility for the financial control
of the interventions, including:
Verification
that efficient and acceptable use of Community Funds is guaranteed,
informing the Commission of provisions made to that respect
The management authority and those in charge of implementing structural
community interventions are responsible for ensuring the publicity
of said intervention and of informing of the possibilities offered
potential final beneficiaries, professional organisations, social
and economic agents, bodies devoted to the promotion of equal opportunities
for men and women and non-governmental organisations. Furthermore,
they are responsible for informing public opinion regarding the
role of the Community in the interventions. 
