[{"bbox": [84, 129, 709, 162], "category": "Section-header", "text": "# 4 IMPLEMENTATION ARRANGEMENTS"}, {"bbox": [84, 195, 382, 226], "category": "Section-header", "text": "## 4.1 Financing Agreement"}, {"bbox": [97, 243, 1060, 269], "category": "Text", "text": "In order to implement this action, it is envisaged to conclude a Financing Agreement with the Philippines"}, {"bbox": [84, 329, 511, 361], "category": "Section-header", "text": "## 4.2 Indicative Implementation Period"}, {"bbox": [97, 378, 1134, 458], "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": [97, 458, 1134, 512], "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": [84, 597, 440, 629], "category": "Section-header", "text": "## 4.3 Implementation Modalities"}, {"bbox": [97, 655, 1134, 734], "category": "Text", "text": "The Commission will ensure that the EU appropriate rules and procedures for providing financing to third parties are respected, including review procedures, where appropriate, and compliance of the action with EU restrictive measures³²."}, {"bbox": [84, 763, 428, 790], "category": "Section-header", "text": "### 4.3.1 Direct Management (Grants)"}, {"bbox": [135, 832, 1134, 885], "category": "List-item", "text": "(a) **Purpose of the grant(s):** The twinning grants will contribute to achieving SO1 and SO2, and respectively output 1.1 and 2.2 as identified in section 3."}, {"bbox": [135, 885, 1003, 912], "category": "List-item", "text": "(b) **Type of applicants targeted:** EU Member State administrations or their mandated bodies."}, {"bbox": [84, 953, 484, 980], "category": "Section-header", "text": "### 4.3.2 Direct Management (Procurement)"}, {"bbox": [97, 1022, 1134, 1102], "category": "Text", "text": "The procurement will contribute to SO4, namely outputs 4.1 and 4.2 as identified in section 3. The global budgetary envelope reserved for procurement is indicated in section 4.5. Some elements might be done in synergies with entities implementing activities under SO 1 and SO 3."}, {"bbox": [84, 1143, 617, 1170], "category": "Section-header", "text": "### 4.3.3 Indirect management with a pillar assessed entity"}, {"bbox": [97, 1187, 1134, 1240], "category": "Text", "text": "A part of this action will be implemented in indirect management with pillar assessed entities, to be selected by the Commission's services via the following criteria:"}, {"bbox": [97, 1266, 362, 1293], "category": "Text", "text": "Applicable to SO1 and SO2:"}, {"bbox": [135, 1293, 903, 1320], "category": "List-item", "text": "- demonstrates how the circular plastics economy can function in the Philippines;"}, {"bbox": [135, 1320, 699, 1347], "category": "List-item", "text": "- has experience in similar interventions in the Philippines;"}, {"bbox": [135, 1347, 1134, 1399], "category": "List-item", "text": "- is specialised in strengthening incubation services and technopreneurs, innovation of waste reduction and management strategies;"}, {"bbox": [135, 1399, 969, 1426], "category": "List-item", "text": "- has expertise in the integration of environmental and economic policies and incentives."}, {"bbox": [97, 1453, 1134, 1533], "category": "Text", "text": "The implementation by this entity entails focus on SO1 and respectively outputs 1.1, 1.2, 2.1 and 2.2 as identified in section 3, and will contribute to achieving all four SOs (and outputs respectively), by enabling coordination, complementarity, knowledge exchange and dissemination."}, {"bbox": [84, 1572, 1144, 1647], "category": "Footnote", "text": "³² 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, 1681, 1142, 1706], "category": "Page-footer", "text": "Page 26 of 31"}]