2. In the absence of programmes to be carried out in third countries for one or more of the information measures referred to in Article 2(1)(a), (b) and (c), submitted in accordance with Article 6(1), each Member State concerned shall draw up, on the basis of the guidelines referred to in Article 5(2), a programme and its specification and shall select through a public call for tenders the implementing body for the programme it undertakes to co-finance.

1. In the absence of programmes to be carried out on the internal market for one or more of the information measures referred to in Article 2(1)(b) submitted in accordance with Article 6(1), each interested Member State shall draw up, on the basis of the guidelines referred to in Article 5(1), a programme and its specification and shall select through a public call for tenders the implementing body for the programme it undertakes to co-finance.

allow for the sharing of experience, information and best practices, aiming to develop common environmental specifications, to be included in templates for calls for tender, facilitate the use of benchmarking and the setting of appropriate targets, and promote capacity building measures for public procurement officers.

1. In the absence of information programmes for one or more of the actions referred to in Article 2(c) presented by the organisations referred to in Article 6 each interested Member State shall draw up on the basis of guidelines established by the Commission its specification and select through a public call for tenders the implementing body for the programme it undertakes to part-finance.

[29] On-the-spot checks and inspections can concern: professional books and documents such as invoices, lists of terms and conditions, pay slips, statements of materials used and work done, and bank statements held by economic operators; computer data; production, packaging and dispatching systems and methods; physical checks as to the nature and quantity of goods or completed operations; the taking and checking of samples; the progress of works and investments for which financing has been provided, and the use made of completed investments; budgetary and accounting documents, and the financial and technical implementation of subsi ...[+++]dised projects.

Selection and evaluation criteria In order to be selected, the tourist destinations had to meet as many as possible of the following criteria: . drafting and implementation of a tourism development plan which respected the environment; . measures to ensure improved distribution of the flows of visitors over time and space; . innovative measures for the management of natural resources; . effective cooperation between the public and private operators concerned, and between the various administrative levels; . protection of natural sites; . restoration of run-down buildings ...[+++] and sites; . programmes for reducing nuisances, such as noise, pollution, waste etc.; . specifications for architecture and decoration for integrating buildings and infrastructure into the environment; . tourism/environment training programme for persons working in the sector; . awareness campaigns on environmental protection for visitors and inhabitants; . scrupulous respect for national and European legislation on sustainable tourism and the environment.