"The Commission strongly regrets the inclusion of article 18 introducing the examination procedure referred to in Article 5 of Regulation (EU) No 182/2011 for the granting of Union financial assistance to the projects or parts of projects selected following every call for proposals on the basis of the multiannual or annual work programmes referred to in article 17 of the Connecting Europe Facility Regulation. The Commission recalls that it did not propose this procedure in any of the sectoral MFF acts. This was intended to simplify the MFF programmes to the benefit of the recipients of EU funding. The approval of grant decisions without committee scrutiny would accelerate the procedure reducing the time-to-grant for project promoters and avoiding unnecessary red tape and costs. Moreover, the Commission recalls that the taking of grant decisions is part of its institutional prerogative relating to the execution of the budget and therefore should not be adopted through comitology. The Commission also considers that this inclusion cannot serve as a precedent for other funding instruments because of the particular nature of the infrastructure projects in terms of impact on the territory of the Member States."
“Is oth go mór leis an gCoimisiún cuimsiú Airteagal 18 lena dtugtar isteach an nós imeachta scrúdúcháin dá dtagraítear in Airteagal 5 de Rialachán (AE) Uimh. 182/2011 chun cúnamh airgeadais an Aontais a dheonú do na tionscadail nó do chodanna de na tionscadail a roghnaítear tar éis gach iarrata ar thograí ar bhonn na gclár oibre ilbhliantúil nó bliantúil dá dtagraítear in Airteagal 17 den Rialachán maidir leis an tSaoráid um Chónascadh na hEorpa. Meabhraíonn an Coimisiún nár mhol sé an nós imeachta sin in aon cheann de na gníomhartha earnála CAI. Bhí sé ceaptha na cláir CAI a shimpliú sa chaoi sin ar mhaithe le faighteoirí chistithe AE. Trí chinntí deontais a fhormheas gan grinnscrúdú coiste chuirfí dlús leis an nós imeachta agus laghdófaí an méid ama a thógfadh sé deontas a thabhairt do thionscnóirí tionscadal agus sheachnófaí rómhaorlathas agus costais gan údar. Thairis sin, meabhraíonn an Coimisiún gur cuid dá shaincheart institiúideach a bhaineann leis an mbuiséad a fheidhmiú é cinntí deontais a dhéanamh agus mar sin nár cheart é a ghlacadh trí nós imeachta coiste. Measann an Coimisiún freisin nach féidir leis an gcuimsiú sin a bheith mar fhasach i ndáil le hionstraimí cistithe eile mar gheall ar chineál sonrach na dtionscadal bonneagair ó thaobh tionchair ar chríoch na mBallstát.”