L 212/16 Official Journal of the European Union 17.8.2005 COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 1346/2005 of 16 August 2005 laying down detailed rules for the application of 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 2702/1999 of 14 December 1999 on measures to provide information on, and to promote, agricultural products in third countries (!), and in particular Articles 5(1), 7 and 11 thereof, Whereas: (1) In the light of experience gained in recent years, Commission Regulation (EC) No 2879/2002 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 (3 should be amended. In the interests of clarity and rationality, that Regulation should be replaced by a new one. (2)  Regulation (EC) No 2702/1999 gives proposing organi- sations the possibility of implementing certain parts of the programmes themselves and selecting implemen- tation bodies at a later stage in the procedure, while maintaining the Community contribution at a constant level not exceeding 50 % of the actual cost of each phase of the programme. Detailed rules should be laid down for the application of those provisions. (3)  In the interests of sound management, provision should be made for the drawing up and regular updating of lists of products and markets covered by information and promotion actions for agricultural products in third countries, the designation of national authorities responsible for implementing this Regulation and the duration of the programmes. (4 In order to prevent any risk of distortion of competition, rules should be drawn up on the way the specific origin of products covered by information and promotion campaigns is to be referred to. (5)  The procedure for submitting programmes and selecting the implementing body should be laid down to ensure () OJ L 327, 21.12.1999, p. 7. Regulation as amended by Regulation (EQ) No 2060/2004 (O] L 357, 2.12.2004, p. 3). (® OJ L 333, 29.12.2000, p. 63. Regulation as last amended by Regu- lation (EC) No 67/2005 (O] L 14, 18.1.2005, p. 5). wide competition and the free movement of services, bearing in mind, where the proposing organisation is a public body, the provisions of Council Directive 92/50/EEC of 18 June 1992 relating to the coordination of procedures for the award of public service contracts (3). (6)  Criteria governing the selection of programmes by the Member States and the scruting of the selected programmes by the Commission should be established with a view to ensuring that the Community rules are complied with and that the measures to be implemented are effective. After examining the programmes, the Commission must decide which programmes are to be accepted and lay down the relevant budgets. (7 In order to standardise the methods of selecting imple- menting bodies and programmes, the same rules should be applied to the measures to be carried out by the international organisations referred to in Article 6 of Regulation (EC) No 2702/1999. In the interests of legal certainty, the messages disseminated under programmes should comply with the legislation of the third countries targeted. (8)  With a view to ensuring that the Community measures are effective, the Member States must ensure that the programmes approved are consistent with, and complement, their national and regional programmes. (9)  To that end, preferential criteria must be laid down for selecting programmes so as to optimise their impact. (10) In the case of programmes involving more than one Member State, provision should be made for measures to ensure that the Member States concerned cooperate in submitting and scrutinising programmes. (11) In the interests of sound financial management, programmes should contain detailed rules on the financial contribution of Member States and proposing organisations. (12)  The various arrangements for fulfilling the commitments entered into should be laid down in contracts to be concluded between the parties concerned and the competent national authorities within a reasonable time limit, using models supplied to the Member States by the Commission. () OJ L 209, 24.7.1992, p. 1. Directive repealed with effect from 31 January 2006 by Directive 2004/18/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council (O] L 134, 30.4.2004, p. 114).