Appendix: task 2 framework questionnaire

• Author: Michie, Rona; Wishlade, Fiona; Mendez, Carlos
• Pages: 41-42

Fact-finding studyon the GBERtransparency re quirement

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APPENDIX:TASK2FRAMEWORKQUESTIONNAIRE

1.What ar e yourvie ws on th ecurrent requir emen ts for reportingindi vidual

aw ards under the GBER and the r elevant St ate aid Gui delines?

•Are t here g eneral obst acles to implem enting th e tr ansparency requir emen ts

and rep ort ing? Are t hese technical, legal, org anisational, adm inist rat ive…?

•What specific difficulties, if any, are encountered? What is the nature of

th ese? Practi cal, techn ical, in terpreta tion , comp lexity , dupl icati on…?

•What would alleviate these difficulties? (other than the transparency

req uirem ent being d ropp ed)

•Has transparency proven useful for any other activity of the public

administration in your Member State related to public finance/investment?

For inst ance, is t he data colle cted / collat ed used for other purposes such as

eva luat ion or audit?

2.To what ext ent, ifat all, dodifferen ces in repor ting re quire ment s bet wee n

aid measures approved under different legal bases complicate aid

adm inistration ? Would a h armonised transparency r equir ement for all St ate aid

Guidelines (apart from those for agriculture and fisheries) facilitate the

publication of aid awards? [see below for explanation ofcontext for this

question] .

3.What would be the effect of the Com mission r emoving the individual aid

reporting thresholds under the transparency requirement? In other words,

requiring all aw ard s to be repo rte d, i rrespecti ve of size?

•Wou ld t his facil itate r epor ting because selecti on w as n o lo nger required?

•Do you ant icip at e an y o bsta cles t o rem ovi ng the th resh old or any op erat ion al

diffi cult ies, such as v olum e of dat a?

4.Coul d addition al investm ent in digital t echnologiesfacilitate the reporting

in t he TA M wh ile re duci ng adm i nist ra tiv e b ur den ? Wou ld yo u su ppo rt t hi s sol ut ion

if ad opted a t t he l evel of t he European Com mission ?

5.Are th ere way s in w hich th e t ran spa re ncy r equ ir em en ts coul d lin k in be tt er

wi th rela ted m onit ori ng and rep ort ing mecha nism s?

•For example, could this link with monitoring for de minimis support, even if

retained only for dom esti c purp oses?

•Are th ere appr oache s to rep ort ing th at woul d fi t b ett er wit h d omest ic needs?

•Coul d r epo rti ng of indi vid ual aid aw ard s un der t ran spar ency re qui rem ent s b e

linked more closely to annual expenditure reporting for domestic purposes

and / or for St ate aid sco rebo ard rep orting?

6.Are thereany other changes to Commission requirementsa nd

ar ra nge me nt s th at would f acilit ate com pli ance a nd r epor ting?