[{"bbox": [217, 119, 1084, 176], "category": "List-item", "text": "food security for smallholder farmers, women and the most vulnerable groups in Uzbekistan."}, {"bbox": [144, 189, 1086, 509], "category": "List-item", "text": "(5) The action entitled ‘Improving Governance in Uzbekistan’ aims to improve national policy as well as legal and institutional frameworks with robust preventive, enforcement and punitive measures, in line with best international practices. It aims to strengthen integrity capacities of the national, regional, district and local government authorities with more dynamic anti-corruption transformations and to enhance effectiveness of the implementation of the National Anticorruption Strategy by fostering civic monitoring and promoting zero-tolerance towards corruption by raising public awareness. The action would also pursue a strengthened organisational, administrative, technical and legal capacity of the Ministry of Justice to ensure high quality, predictable and accountable regulatory framework and the establishment of a high-quality and compact system of normative and technical regulations."}, {"bbox": [144, 519, 1086, 782], "category": "List-item", "text": "(6) The action entitled ‘European Union Assistance to Uzbekistan in Green Transition and Growth’ aims to enhance coherence between economic policies and environmental objectives within the inclusive green economy framework as well as reallocate the consumption and investment of government and firms towards green goods and projects through fiscal policies and public financial management reforms. The action also aims to enhance effectiveness of mechanisms and tools for the management of hazardous chemicals, wastes and reduction of use of dangerous pesticides in agriculture, including agriculture practises and awareness for reducing the use of pesticides."}, {"bbox": [144, 793, 1086, 996], "category": "List-item", "text": "(7) The action entitled ‘Budget Support for the development of Uzbekistan’s agri-food sector and resilient rural livelihoods’ aims to support the implementation framework of the agri-food development strategy enabling inclusive development of a climate smart agri-food sector and sustainable livelihood opportunities, food security and nutrition, decent jobs and access to markets for the most vulnerable (smallholders, Mirco, Small and Medium-sized Enterprised (MSMEs), youth, women, disabled, migrants)."}, {"bbox": [144, 1008, 1084, 1067], "category": "List-item", "text": "(8) Pursuant to Article 26(1) of Regulation (EU) 2021/947 indirect management is to be used for the implementation of the action."}, {"bbox": [144, 1078, 1086, 1196], "category": "List-item", "text": "(9) The Commission is to ensure a level of protection of the financial interests of the Union with regards to entities and persons entrusted with the implementation of Union funds by indirect management as provided for in Article 154(3) of the Financial Regulation."}, {"bbox": [217, 1207, 1086, 1323], "category": "Text", "text": "To this end, such entities and persons are to be subject to an assessment of their systems and procedures in accordance with Article 154(4) of the Financial Regulation⁵ and, if necessary, to appropriate supervisory measures in accordance with Article 154(5) thereof before a contribution agreement can be signed."}, {"bbox": [144, 1335, 1086, 1394], "category": "List-item", "text": "(10) It is necessary to allow for the payment of interest due for late payment on the basis of Article 116(5) of the Financial Regulation."}, {"bbox": [144, 1405, 1086, 1494], "category": "List-item", "text": "(11) In order to allow for flexibility in the implementation of the action plan, it is appropriate to allow changes which should not be considered substantial for the purposes of Article 110(5) of the Financial Regulation."}, {"bbox": [144, 1544, 1084, 1596], "category": "Footnote", "text": "⁵ Except for the cases of Article 154(6) of Regulation (EU, Euratom) 2018/1046, where the Commission may decide, not to require an ex-ante assessment."}, {"bbox": [59, 1637, 126, 1683], "category": "Page-footer", "text": "EN"}, {"bbox": [606, 1658, 624, 1683], "category": "Page-footer", "text": "2"}, {"bbox": [1104, 1637, 1170, 1683], "category": "Page-footer", "text": "EN"}]