Executive summary
Author | Naldini, Andrea; Pompili, Marco; Peruccacci, Eleonora |
Pages | 8-17 |
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Executive Summ ary
TheFact-finding study on the
implementation of the evaluation
requirem ents foreseen by t he GBER and
relevant guidelinesanalyses the
implementation of theevalu ation
requirements as defined by both the
General Block Exemption Regulation
(GBER) and the European Com mission’s
( EC) re lev ant g uid elin es t o inf orm th e EC
policymaking with findings andlessons
learnt. In particular, the studyaims to
assess the efficiency ofthe
implementation of the evaluation
requirements froma legal,
organisat ion al and t ech nica l p ers pect iv e.
To achieve this goal the studyanalyses
the national requirements fo r the
ev aluat ion of St at e ai din th e 2 7MSsand
the UK(undertask 1) and the
implementation of the evaluation
requirements in the 14MSsand the UK
for which an evaluation plan was either
under discussion or approvedby a
Commission decision, by the end of
Decem ber 201 9 ( under t ask 2).
Th e m ain r esult s of t ask 1
Task 1 focused on the nat iona l ru les and
capacityin the evaluation of State aid
schemes.The firstfinding of task1
concer ns the possibleadm inistrative
burdenderiving fromtheevaluationof
Statea id sc hem es:in cou ntr ies cove ring
around 70%oft he EU State aid
expenditure, obligations to evaluate
already existand, consequently, a
higher quota of St ate aidschemes cou ld
be evaluated without excessive
add itional burden.
On theotherhand, if the m ain pri ority is
t o in vol ve all th e co unt ri es i n ev alu at ions
ofState aid, the potential burden could
be sign if icant i n so me of th em . Ho wev er,
the evaluationunits created forESI F
programmes are widespread and
relatively developed inmany countries;
a mor e di rect inv olve men t of t hese u nit s
inState aidevaluationmay reduce the
administrative impact of new
evaluations.
Monetary costs of the evaluations are
modest andrepresenta minimal quota
of t he b udget for State aid .
Consequen tly, we can statethat
administrative costs do not represent a
significant obstacle tothe evaluationof
aid schemes;however,theymustbe
consider ed from the perspective of
reinforcing eva luat ion act ivities.
A second im portant aspect concerns the
type of evaluation. Inpractice, all MSs
implement some kind of evaluation of
State aidschemes. In countries where
impactevaluations are notcarriedout,
ex-ante assessments to verify
com pliance with EU rules and national
budgetconstraints are generally
im plem ented. Every countryhas set up
a more or less sophist icated aid scheme
monitoring systemto verifyState aid
expenditures, identifybeneficiaries and
to provide the EC with the required
information. Expanding and
consolidat ing these systems a nd th e ex -
post assessments in their regular
activities would be a logical integration
of the existing national systems for
controlling State aidandthe
organisation thereofwould notrequire
excessiveeffort.
A third aspect concernst he willingness
to evaluate.The analysis shows how
countries withobligations to evaluate
have builtup their evaluation capacity
over manyyears of political and
administrative commitmentto assess
public policies. Instead, in some
cou nt ries wit hou t eval uat ion obl igat ion s,
the managementof State aidis
organised more to address EC requests
and com ply wit h EU r ules rather than to
examine the efficiency and the
effectiveness of the aidschemes.It is
not easy to improve andreinforce the
commitment to evaluate. As all the
national managementsystems of State
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