Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2022/1475 of 6 September 2022 laying down detailed rules for implementation of Regulation (EU) 2021/2115 of the European Parliament and of the Council as regards the evaluation of the CAP Strategic Plans and the provision of information for monitoring and evaluation
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Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2023/2157of 17 October 2023amending and correcting Implementing Regulation (EU) 2022/1475 as regards the description of the budget code structure and the type and format of information to be provided for monitoring and evaluation of the CAP Strategic Plans, 32023R2157, October 18, 2023
Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2022/1475of 6 September 2022laying down detailed rules for implementation of Regulation (EU) 2021/2115 of the European Parliament and of the Council as regards the evaluation of the CAP Strategic Plans and the provision of information for monitoring and evaluationTITLE IEVALUATION OF CAP STRATEGIC PLANSArticle 1Assessment of evaluation criteria1.When evaluating their CAP Strategic Plans, Member States shall define evaluation questions and factors of success to assess the evaluation criteria of effectiveness, efficiency, relevance, coherence and Union added value referred to in Article 140(1) of Regulation (EU) 2021/2115.2.When assessing the effectiveness of their CAP Strategic Plans, Member States shall use the key evaluation elements set out in Annex I to this Regulation in accordance with the CAP Strategic Plans’ intervention logic and, where relevant for their CAP Strategic Plans, the recommended factors of success set out in that Annex.3.When assessing the efficiency of their CAP Strategic Plans, Member States shall analyse whether the effects or benefits of the CAP Strategic Plans were achieved at a reasonable cost and shall assess simplification both for beneficiaries and for the administration, with special focus on administrative costs and on the use of digital tools and satellites.Article 2Evaluations of CAP Strategic Plans during the implementation periodMember States shall carry out the evaluations of their CAP Strategic Plans during the implementing period referred to in Article 140(1) of Regulation (EU) 2021/2115 as follows:(a)Member States shall plan the evaluations of the specific objectives referred to in Article 6(1) and (2) of Regulation (EU) 2021/2115 which are addressed in their CAP Strategic Plans, in accordance with the CAP Strategic Plan’s intervention logic, by objective or by comprehensive evaluations covering several objectives, or provide a justification of why a specific objective has not been evaluated during the implementing period;(b)Member States shall assess their CAP Strategic Plans using the relevant evaluation criteria and assess the impacts of their CAP Strategic Plans taking into account the scope, the type and the uptake of the CAP Strategic Plan’s interventions;(c)where relevant, Member States shall take into account the territorial scope of interventions, particularly for those interventions not implemented at national level, but at regional or local level;(d)where relevant, based on Member States’ evaluation needs and taking into account the CAP Strategic Plan’s intervention logic and implementation, Member States shall assess also specific interventions or topics of the CAP Strategic Plans, such as the environmental and climate architecture referred to in Article 109(2), point (a), of Regulation (EU) 2021/2115, added value of LEADER as defined in Article 3, point (15), of that Regulation, CAP networks referred to in Article 126 of that Regulation or the Agricultural Knowledge and Innovation System (AKIS) defined in Article 3, point (9), of that Regulation;(e)Member States shall carry out evaluations in time to be able to prepare the subsequent CAP Strategic Plan’s period. Where relevant, Member States shall use also data of the previous programming period.Article 3Ex post evaluations of CAP Strategic Plans1.Ex post evaluations referred to in Article 140(6) of Regulation (EU) 2021/2115 shall contain a comprehensive assessment of the CAP Strategic Plans and their implementation.2.Ex post evaluations shall include the assessment of the CAP Strategic Plans and their implementation based on each of the evaluation criteria of effectiveness, efficiency, relevance, coherence and Union added value and impact referred to in Article 140(1) of Regulation (EU) 2021/2115 in relation to the CAP Strategic Plan’s contribution to achieving the general objectives set out in Article 5 of that Regulation and those specific objectives set out in Article 6(1) and (2) of that Regulation which are addressed by the CAP Strategic Plan.3.After completing the ex post evaluation, Member States shall report the evaluation findings to the Commission.Article 4Evaluation plan1.Member States shall draft an evaluation plan referred to in Article 140(4) of Regulation (EU) 2021/2115 in accordance with the CAP Strategic Plan’s intervention logic. The evaluation plan shall comply with the minimum requirements set out in Annex II to this Regulation.2.Member States shall identify in the evaluation plan relevant stakeholders to be taken into account when planning evaluation and capacity building activities. Where relevant, Member States shall identify stakeholders other than the monitoring committee’s members.Article 5Reporting evaluation activities and findingsMember States shall share the information on evaluation activities and findings referred to in Articles 124(3), point (d), and 124(4), point (c), of Regulation (EU) 2021/2115 with the Commission after the examination by the monitoring committee, including the result of that examination, no later than one month before the annual review meeting referred to in Article 136 of that Regulation.Article 6Assessment of the contribution of CAP Strategic Plans1.Evaluations of CAP Strategic Plans shall be based on the relevant common output, result, impact and context indicators set out in Annex I to Regulation (EU) 2021/2115. Member States shall analyse the effects of the CAP Strategic Plans on specific objectives referred to in Article 6(1) and (2) of that Regulation.2.In addition, Member States may use in their evaluations specific indicators other than those set out in Annex I to Regulation (EU) 2021/2115 or any other relevant quantitative and qualitative information to drawing relevant conclusions on the impact of the CAP Strategic Plans.3.Where common result indicators are expressed in terms of a share or a number of relevant units subject to certain interventions, Member States shall estimate the outcomes of the CAP Strategic Plans using the potential effects of these interventions.4.When assessing an intervention not linked to any result indicator in accordance with Article 111, second paragraph, of Regulation (EU) 2021/2115, Member States shall provide a sound assessment of this intervention based on relevant information on the intervention outcomes and its effects with regard to the specific objectives referred to in Article 6(1) and (2) of that Regulation.5.Member States shall base their assessment of the contribution of the CAP Strategic Plans on the development of the impact indicators set out in Annex I to Regulation (EU) 2021/2115. Member States shall quantify the contribution of the CAP Strategic Plans to the development of at least the common impact indicators set out in Annex III to this Regulation.Article 7Data and technical support for evaluations1.Member States shall ensure the availability of data for evaluators to fulfil their monitoring and evaluation related obligations.2.Member States shall make the necessary arrangements with national and, where relevant, regional statistical units, research centres, undertakings and data providers to ensure data availability. Such arrangements shall take into account the territorial scope relevant for the evaluations and include the statistical use of data from administrative registers referred to in Article 143(3) of Regulation (EU) 2021/2115.3.Member States shall identify the needs for support of the stakeholders and administrations involved in the implementation and evaluation of the CAP Strategic Plans at national, regional and local level, including the LAGs referred to in Article 33 of Regulation (EU) 2021/1060 of the European Parliament and of the CouncilRegulation (EU) 2021/1060 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 24 June 2021 laying down common provisions on the European Regional Development Fund, the European Social Fund Plus, the Cohesion Fund, the Just Transition Fund and the European Maritime, Fisheries and Aquaculture Fund and financial rules for those and for the Asylum, Migration and Integration Fund, the Internal Security Fund and the Instrument for Financial Support for Border Management and Visa Policy (OJ L 231, 30.6.2021, p. 159)., taking into account the diverse capacity of institutions and stakeholders in terms of monitoring and evaluation.4.Based on the needs identified, Member States shall set up support activities, including training, guidelines and any other relevant capacity building activities, to be implemented by or in collaboration with the national CAP network(s) referred to in Article 126(1) of Regulation (EU) 2021/2115.5.The Commission shall establish an annual work programme with competent Member States’ authorities, evaluators and other stakeholders, based on their needs for support, to be implemented by or in collaboration with the European CAP network referred to in Article 126(2) of Regulation (EU) 2021/2115.