Translation of "Phase de réalisation des matériels " (French → English) :

They shall comprise a feasibility phase, a development and validation phase, and an implementation phase to be implemented in accordance with Article 7.

They shall comprise a feasibility phase, a development and validation phase, and an implementation phase to be implemented in accordance with Article 7.

For this reason, the CoR suggests that programmes such as CARDS should "increase the involvement" of local and regional authorities "in both the programming and implementation phases", in particular through the Network of National Associations of Local Authorities of South-East Europe (NALAS-SEE) developed by the CLRAE.

The definition phase was completed at the end of 2000 ; three phases remain: development until 2005, deployment until 2007, followed by operation and application.

7. Notes that, after an initial phase of implementing the internal market, by opening up national networks to competition, a phase which has not yet been completed, the Union is now entering a second phase in which the expansion of cross-border trade and the emergence of pan-European operators and networks makes it necessary to define powers and responsibilities at European Union level for services of general interest;

The programme measures are principally as follows: - a wide range of incentives for SMEs, involving a substantial volume of investment (approx. ECU 137 million) given the concentration of the programme over a very short period; - environmental improvement measures, ranging from the rehabilitation of derelict sites to the construction of major facilities for the city of Genoa and its surroundings; - second stage of a project to exploit the area's natural advantages with a view to implementing an ambitious plan to establish the region as a focus for marine technology.