[{"bbox": [129, 163, 753, 196], "category": "Section-header", "text": "# 4 IMPLEMENTATION ARRANGEMENTS"}, {"bbox": [129, 228, 415, 259], "category": "Section-header", "text": "## 4.1 Financing Agreement"}, {"bbox": [141, 278, 1134, 306], "category": "Text", "text": "In order to implement this action, it is envisaged to conclude a financing agreement with the partner country."}, {"bbox": [129, 353, 541, 383], "category": "Section-header", "text": "## 4.2 Indicative Implementation Period"}, {"bbox": [141, 403, 1134, 483], "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 60 months from the date of entry into force of the financing agreement."}, {"bbox": [141, 509, 1134, 563], "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": [129, 578, 740, 608], "category": "Section-header", "text": "## 4.3 Implementation of the Budget Support Component"}, {"bbox": [129, 626, 172, 649], "category": "Text", "text": "N/A"}, {"bbox": [129, 675, 484, 705], "category": "Section-header", "text": "## 4.4 Implementation Modalities"}, {"bbox": [141, 733, 1134, 812], "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 measures¹⁸."}, {"bbox": [129, 839, 471, 866], "category": "Section-header", "text": "### 4.4.1 Direct Management (Grants)"}, {"bbox": [141, 882, 428, 908], "category": "Section-header", "text": "**Grants: (direct management)**"}, {"bbox": [141, 935, 373, 961], "category": "Section-header", "text": "#### 4.4.1.1 Twinning Grant"}, {"bbox": [141, 987, 400, 1014], "category": "Section-header", "text": "**(a) Purpose of the grant(s)**"}, {"bbox": [141, 1015, 1134, 1148], "category": "Text", "text": "One **Twinning Grant** is foreseen to implement a part of output 2.1 \"Enhanced capacity of regulatory and institutional bodies in food safety and quality control in line with international standards and best practices\". With an aim at increasing the safety of Gambian agri-food systems, a Twinning Grant will be developed, indicatively, with the Food Quality and Safety Authority, in order to support Gambian Public Institutions mandated to develop and implement Phytosanitary regulations and standards and perform controls."}, {"bbox": [141, 1174, 445, 1200], "category": "Section-header", "text": "**(b) Type of applicants targeted**"}, {"bbox": [141, 1201, 1134, 1280], "category": "Text", "text": "EU member States Administrations or mandated organisations (to develop and implement food safety standards and to perform controls) selected on the basis of criteria that will be spelt out in the Twinning Fiche to be published through a Call for Proposals targeting Member State Administrations."}, {"bbox": [141, 1331, 273, 1356], "category": "Section-header", "text": "#### 4.4.1.2 Grant"}, {"bbox": [141, 1372, 400, 1398], "category": "Section-header", "text": "**(a) Purpose of the grant(s)**"}, {"bbox": [141, 1398, 1134, 1529], "category": "Text", "text": "A Grant contributing to achieve all the Specific Objectives of the Action, namely: SO1. Increase investments, productivity, income opportunities and working conditions for women, young people and people from the bottom 40 per cent of the population of targeted agri-food value chains, with a specific emphasis in the horticulture sector; SO2. Improve plant health, food safety, control and quality management systems, processes and sustainable agro-ecological practices of producers and processors (particularly women and"}, {"bbox": [129, 1573, 1144, 1646], "category": "Footnote", "text": "¹⁸ 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": [1027, 1682, 1144, 1706], "category": "Page-footer", "text": "Page 26 of 30"}]