Common agricultural policy CAP: information measures (Regulation (EC) No 1258/99)

COMMUNITY MEASURE : Commission Regulation 2208/2002 laying down detailed rules for applying Council regulation 814/2000/EC on information measures relating to the common agricultural policy. CONTENT : This Regulation lays down detailed rules for applying information measures relating to the common agricultural policy in the form of work programmes and specific measures eligible for a Community grant, as referred to in Regulation 814/2000/EC. It provides that by 31 July each year, the Commission must publish a Call for Proposals for information measures specifying, inter alia, the priority topics, types of measure and target audiences, the means of implementing them, the period allowed for implementing the operations involved in the measures, the eligibility requirements, the selection and award criteria, the eligible costs and the method for evaluating applications. The Regulation also sets out the eligibility criteria for applicants and grounds for disqualification. The maximum rate for Community financing will be 50% of the eligible costs. For each specific information measure, the maximum rate of Community financing may be increased to 75% of the eligible costs where it is of exceptional interest. ENTRY INTO FORCE : 13/12/2002.�