29.12.2000 Official Journal of the European Communities L 333/63 COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 2879/2000 of 28 December 2000 laying down detailed rules for applying Council Regulation (EC) No 2702/1999 on measures to provide information on, and to promote, agricultural products in third countries THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES, Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community, Having regard to Council Regulation (EC) No 27021999 of 14 December 1999 on measures to provide information on, and to promote, agricultural products in third countries ('), and in particular Article 11 thereof, Whereas: 1) Detailed rules should be laid down for applying the measures to provide information on, and to promote, agricultural products and secondarily foodstuffs in third countries. In the interests of sound management, the frequency at which lists of products and markets eligible under the abovementioned measures are to be drawn up should be specified. In order to prevent any risk of distortion of competition, guidelines should be drawn up on the way the specific origin of products covered by promotion and informa- tion campaigns is to be referred to. The procedure for presenting programmes and selecting implementing bodies should be determined with a view to ensuring the broadest possible competition and free movement of services. Criteria governing the selection of programmes by the Member States and their approval by the Commission should be established with a view to ensuring that the Community rules are complied with and that the meas- ures to be implemented are effective, in particular in the light of Council Directive 92/50/EEC of 18 June 1992 relating to the coordination of procedures for the award of public service contracts (), as last amended by Euro- pean Parliament and Council Directive 97/52/EC of 13 October 1997 amending Directives  92/50/EEC, 93/36/EEC and 93/37/EEC concerning the coordination of procedures for the award of public service contracts, public supply contracts and public works contracts respectively (3). The same rules should be applied to measures to be implemented by the international organisations referred to in Article 6 of Regulation (EC) No 2702/1999. 327, 21.12.1999, p. 7. oj L 0] L 209, 24.7.1992, p. 1. oj L 328, 28.11.1997, p. 1. ) (10) (11) (12) (14) (16) With a view to ensuring that the Community measures are effective, the Member States must ensure that the programmes approved are consistent with, and comple- ment, their national and regional programmes. To that end, preferential criteria must be laid down for selecting programmes so as to optimise their impact. In the case of programmes of interest to more than one Member State, provision must be made for measures to ensure that the Member States concerned cooperate in submitting and scrutinising programmes. The consequences must be spelled out for cases where a programme is rejected for a lack of part-financing by a Member State and the second subparagraph of Article 9(3) of Regulation (EC) No 2702/1999 does not apply. Detailed rules must be laid down on the way the Monitoring Group provided for in Article 8(3) of Regu- lation (EC) No 2702/1999 is to operate. The checks to be carried out by the Member States in respect of programmes managed directly by them are to be determined. Detailed rules on the Community's financial contribu- tion must be laid down in the interests of sound finan- cial management. The various arrangements to ensure that the commit- ments entered into are fulfilled must be laid down in contracts to be concluded between the parties concerned and the competent national authorities within a reason- able time limit on the basis of standard contracts supplied by the Commission. With a view to the proper performance of the contracts, contractors must lodge a security equal to 15 % of the Community contribution in favour of the competent authority. To the same end, a security must be lodged where an advance payment is applied for. The primary requirement within the meaning of Article 20 of Commission Regulation (EEC) No 2220/85 (¥), as last amended by Regulation (EC) No 1932/1999 (), must be defined. With a view to budget management requirements, a penalty must be laid down for failure to submit, or late submission of, intermediate payment applications and for late payment by the Member States.