The EEA Financial Mechanism and the Norwegian Financial Mechanism establish special procedures that increase the efficiency of the implementation and the consultation of Beneficiary States. In particular, both the EEA Financial Mechanism and the Norwegian Financial Mechanism provide for consulting the Commission at a strategic level during the negotiations for the Memoranda of Understanding between the Donor States and the Beneficiary States. They also include arrangements for the Commission to provide assistance to the Beneficiary States in the consultations on the provisions for the implementation of the mechanisms. These safeguards will contribute to the efficient and timely implementation of the mechanisms, while taking full account of the needs of the Beneficiary States and of substantial difficulties that they may experience in the implementation of the financial mechanisms, including in relation to the common values and the principles of respect for human dignity, freedom, democracy, equality, the rule of law and respect for human rights. In this regard, attention should be paid to the right of a Beneficiary State to be heard where measures such as the suspension of payments and the recovery of funds are concerned.
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