[{"bbox": [85, 129, 709, 163], "category": "Section-header", "text": "# 4 IMPLEMENTATION ARRANGEMENTS"}, {"bbox": [85, 196, 382, 227], "category": "Section-header", "text": "## 4.1 Financing Agreement"}, {"bbox": [97, 242, 1089, 269], "category": "Text", "text": "In order to implement this action, it is envisaged to conclude a financing agreement with the partner country."}, {"bbox": [85, 283, 510, 314], "category": "Section-header", "text": "## 4.2 Indicative Implementation Period"}, {"bbox": [97, 329, 1133, 409], "category": "Text", "text": "The indicative operational implementation period of this action, during which the activities described in section 3 will be carried out and the corresponding contracts and agreements implemented, is 48 months from the date of entry into force of the financing agreement."}, {"bbox": [97, 409, 1123, 462], "category": "Text", "text": "Extensions of the implementation period may be agreed by the Commission's responsible authorising officer by amending this Financing Decision and the relevant contracts and agreements."}, {"bbox": [85, 477, 756, 508], "category": "Section-header", "text": "## 4.3 Implementation of the Budget Support Component: N/A"}, {"bbox": [85, 523, 440, 554], "category": "Section-header", "text": "## 4.4 Implementation Modalities"}, {"bbox": [97, 581, 1133, 636], "category": "Text", "text": "The Commission will ensure that the EU rules and procedures for providing financing to third parties are respected, including review procedures, where appropriate, and compliance of the action with EU restrictive measures¹³."}, {"bbox": [85, 661, 578, 689], "category": "Section-header", "text": "### 4.4.1 Indirect Management with an entrusted entity"}, {"bbox": [97, 716, 1133, 770], "category": "Text", "text": "This action may be implemented in indirect management with an entity, which will be selected by the Commission's services using the following criteria:"}, {"bbox": [134, 782, 633, 809], "category": "List-item", "text": "- Recognised partners by the Government of Nepal;"}, {"bbox": [134, 822, 1082, 849], "category": "List-item", "text": "- Extensive experience in agriculture value chain and local economic development of at least 4 years;"}, {"bbox": [134, 862, 770, 889], "category": "List-item", "text": "- Possibility to provide significant co-financing to the intervention;"}, {"bbox": [134, 901, 1133, 981], "category": "List-item", "text": "- Having the procedural capacity to implement EU funding and a solid understanding of local government planning and budgetary processes, including merging EU or EU Member States budget with federal and local budgets;"}, {"bbox": [134, 993, 979, 1020], "category": "List-item", "text": "- Knowledge of the geographical areas of the intervention and of the diverse stakeholders."}, {"bbox": [85, 1046, 1131, 1101], "category": "Section-header", "text": "### 4.4.2 Changes from indirect to direct management mode (and vice versa) due to exceptional circumstances (one alternative second option)"}, {"bbox": [97, 1117, 1133, 1170], "category": "Text", "text": "In case the Action cannot be implemented through indirect management due to circumstances outside of the Commission's control Direct Management will be used as alternative implementation modality (Procurement)."}, {"bbox": [85, 1184, 813, 1215], "category": "Section-header", "text": "## 4.5 Scope of geographical eligibility for procurement and grants"}, {"bbox": [97, 1243, 1133, 1324], "category": "Text", "text": "The geographical eligibility in terms of place of establishment for participating in procurement and grant award procedures and in terms of origin of supplies purchased as established in the basic act and set out in the relevant contractual documents shall apply."}, {"bbox": [97, 1335, 1133, 1443], "category": "Text", "text": "The Commission's authorising officer responsible may extend the geographical eligibility on the basis of urgency or of unavailability of services in the markets of the countries or territories concerned, or in other duly substantiated cases where application of the eligibility rules would make the realization of this action impossible or exceedingly difficult (Article 28(10) NDICI-Global Europe Regulation)."}, {"bbox": [85, 1572, 1144, 1646], "category": "Footnote", "text": "¹³ www.sanctionsmap.eu. Please note that the sanctions map is an IT tool for identifying the sanctions regimes. The source of the sanctions stems from legal acts published in the Official Journal (OJ). In case of discrepancy between the published legal acts and the updates on the website it is the OJ version that prevails."}, {"bbox": [1016, 1655, 1144, 1682], "category": "Page-footer", "text": "Page 20 of 23"}]