Intelligent energy – Europe programme (2003 to 2006): external strand - Coopener The budget implementation forecast for the entire Intelligent energy (Coopener) programme reveals a probable under-spend in payment appropriations of €1.7 million due to the impossibility of predicting, at the time the budget is drawn up, the precise rate of individual commitments and hence of payment of pre-financing for which DG TREN has introduced a strict policy of bank guarantees.
Par ailleurs, il convient de rappeler que la Commission a souhaité confier la gestion administrative du programme EIE (Etude d’impact sur l’environnement) à une agence exécutive, dont la mise en place a été retardée par rapport au planning initialement envisagé.