AssuMpTIons and pre-condITIons. Agreement on the 2012 and 2013 IPA component I National Programme will depend on the Croatian Government confirming the availability of sufficient resources, including national co-financing, and adequate organisational structures in the decentralised implementation system authorities, in particular in the National IPA Coordinator (NIPAC) and Programme Authorising Officer (PAO) offices, to carry out programme monitoring effectively. The capacity of Senior Programme Officers to effectively oversee implementation will be cheeked by the PAO prior to the implementation of projects. The PAO will verify that project level conditionalities are respected before contracts are concluded. The National Authorising Offieer (NAO) and XXX are committed to maintain the proeurement timetables of the projects and will take effective correetive measures in case of delays. The NIPAC shall inform the Commission on changes to project results while XXX shall inform the Commission on the use of fimds after the completion of contracts and following the submission of the final report for the programme. Any infringement of the applicable rules may lead to a review of the eligibility of EU financing provided. The PAO is responsible for implementing the procurement plan in accordance with its deadlines. The PAO will take into account the planning, preparation and control of tender documents and contracts, ex xxxx control by European Commission services including rejections, requesting and granting of derogations, the time required for translation and publication and other events whieh may affect the project preparation and procurement time line. If for any particular project a step in the tendering and contraeting process does not materialise before its deadline, the PAO will immediately inform the NAO, XXXXX and the Commission of the case and reason for delays. If delays are not justified by exeeptional / unforeseen circumstances, whieh fall outside the competence of the Government, the Commission reserves the right to take remedial action such as reallocation to another project (only if time allows and in view of a project in conformity with priorities as established in the Accession Partnership, screening reports and subsequent negotiations per acquis chapter and meeting the criteria of adequate design, readiness for implementation as well as eo-fmancing requirements) or cease the project without reallocation. In order to support management and follow-up of the procurement proeess, ...
