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Section 3 U.K. Changes in rural development programmes

Article 6 U.K.

1. Changes in rural development programmes shall fall under the following categories:

(a) revisions as referred to in Article 19(1) of Regulation (EC) No 1698/2005;

(b) revisions stemming from coordination procedures for the uptake of the financial resources as referred to in Article 77(3) of Regulation (EC) No 1698/2005;

[F1 (ba) changes to the financing plan related to the implementation of Article 70(4b) of Regulation (EC) No 1698/2005;]

[F2 (c) other changes not covered by points (a), (b) and (ba) of this paragraph.]

2. Programme changes as referred to in points (a) and (b) of paragraph 1 may only be proposed from the second year of implementation of the programme.

3. Proposals for changes in rural development programmes shall be duly substantiated, in particular giving the following information:

(a) the reasons and any implementation problems justifying the change;

(b) the expected effects of the change;

(c) the relationship between the change and the national strategy plan.

Textual Amendments

F1 Inserted by Commission Regulation (EC) No 482/2009 of 8 June 2009 amending Regulation (EC) No 1974/2006 laying down detailed rules for the application of Council Regulation (EC) No 1698/2005 on support for rural development by the European Agricultural Fund for Rural Development (EAFRD) and Regulation (EC) No 883/2006 laying down detailed rules for the application of Council Regulation (EC) No 1290/2005 as regards the keeping of accounts by the paying agencies, declarations of expenditure and revenue and the conditions for reimbursing expenditure under the EAGF and the EAFRD.

F2 Substituted by Commission Regulation (EC) No 482/2009 of 8 June 2009 amending Regulation (EC) No 1974/2006 laying down detailed rules for the application of Council Regulation (EC) No 1698/2005 on support for rural development by the European Agricultural Fund for Rural Development (EAFRD) and Regulation (EC) No 883/2006 laying down detailed rules for the application of Council Regulation (EC) No 1290/2005 as regards the keeping of accounts by the paying agencies, declarations of expenditure and revenue and the conditions for reimbursing expenditure under the EAGF and the EAFRD.

Article 7 U.K.

1. For programme revisions referred to in Article 6(1)(a) of this Regulation, a decision shall be adopted pursuant to the first sentence of Article 19(2) of Regulation (EC) No 1698/2005, on a request submitted by a Member State, where:

(a) the revision goes above the flexibility ceiling between axes referred to in Article 9(2) of this Regulation;

(b) the revision alters the Community co-financing rates referred to in Article 70 of Regulation (EC) No 1698/2005 as provided for in the approved rural development programme;

(c) the revision changes the total Community contribution for the entire programming period and/or its annual breakdown, without changing contributions for past years;

[F3 (d) the revision relates to the first implementation of Article 16a of Regulation (EC) No 1698/2005;]

[F4 (e) the revision introduces an additional potential effect, not listed in Annex II to Regulation (EC) No 1698/2005, related to the priorities mentioned in Article 16a of the same Regulation.]

The decision shall be taken within six months from the date of receipt by the Commission of the Member State's request.

2. Except in cases of emergency measures due to natural disasters, requests for programme revisions referred to in Article 6(1)(a) shall not be submitted more than once per calendar year and per programme.

For revisions as referred to in paragraph 1(c), Member States shall forward requests by 30 September of each year at the latest.

For the revisions referred to in paragraph 1, Member States shall forward their last requests for revisions to the Commission by 30 June 2013 at the latest.

Textual Amendments

F3 Substituted by Commission Regulation (EC) No 363/2009 of 4 May 2009 amending Regulation (EC) No 1974/2006 laying down detailed rules for the application of Council Regulation (EC) No 1698/2005 on support for rural development by the European Agricultural Fund for Rural Development (EAFRD).

F4 Inserted by Commission Regulation (EC) No 363/2009 of 4 May 2009 amending Regulation (EC) No 1974/2006 laying down detailed rules for the application of Council Regulation (EC) No 1698/2005 on support for rural development by the European Agricultural Fund for Rural Development (EAFRD).

Article 8 U.K.

1. Member States with regionalised programming may submit programme revisions referred to in Article 6(1)(b) to transfer the contribution of the European Agricultural Fund for Rural Development (EAFRD) between regional programmes for particular years, where:

(a) the total EAFRD contribution per programme for the entire programming period is not altered;

(b) the total EAFRD allocation to the Member State concerned is not altered;

(c) the annual breakdowns of the programme for the years preceding the year of the revision are not altered;

(d) the annual EAFRD allocation to the Member State concerned is respected;

(e) if appropriate, the budget for achieving the Convergence Objective mentioned in the national strategy plan in accordance with Article 11(3)(f) of Regulation (EC) No 1698/2005 is not reduced.

2. The financial tables of the programmes concerned shall be adapted to reflect the transfers referred to in paragraph 1.

The revised financial tables shall be forwarded to the Commission by 30 September at the latest of the calendar year in which a transfer takes place. The last year in which such revisions can be forwarded shall be 2012.

The Commission shall adopt a Decision approving the new financial tables within three months after receipt of the Member State’s request. The procedure referred to in Article 90(2) of Regulation (EC) No 1698/2005 shall not apply.

3. Requests for programme revisions referred to in Article 6(1)(b) shall not be submitted more than once per calendar year.

[F1 Article 8a U.K.

1. Member States intending to make changes related to the implementation of Article 70(4b) of Regulation (EC) No 1698/2005 shall notify to the Commission an amended financing plan containing the increased rates of contribution from the EAFRD to be applied in 2009.

The procedure of Article 9 of this Regulation shall apply to changes notified in accordance with the first subparagraph.

2. After receiving the last declaration of expenditure for the year 2009, to be submitted by 31 January 2010 at the latest in accordance with Article 16(2) of Commission Regulation (EC) No 883/2006 (1) , the Commission shall calculate the maximum EAFRD contribution rates that may be applied for the remaining part of the programming period in order to respect the overall maximum EAFRD contribution rates as provided in paragraphs 3 and 4 of Article 70 of Regulation (EC) No 1698/2005. The details and the result of that calculation shall be communicated to the Member States by 15 February 2010 .

3. Member States shall notify to the Commission, by 15 March 2010 , a new financing plan containing new EAFRD contribution rates for the remainder of the programming period in conformity with the maximum rates calculated by the Commission according to paragraph 2.

If a Member State does not notify the new financing plan by this date or if the financing plan notified is not in conformity with the Commission’s calculation of the maximum rates, the latter shall become automatically applicable to that Member State’s rural development programme as from the declaration corresponding to expenditure incurred by the paying agency during the first quarter of 2010, and up to a revised financing plan compatible with the co-financing rates calculated by the Commission.]

Textual Amendments

F1 Inserted by Commission Regulation (EC) No 482/2009 of 8 June 2009 amending Regulation (EC) No 1974/2006 laying down detailed rules for the application of Council Regulation (EC) No 1698/2005 on support for rural development by the European Agricultural Fund for Rural Development (EAFRD) and Regulation (EC) No 883/2006 laying down detailed rules for the application of Council Regulation (EC) No 1290/2005 as regards the keeping of accounts by the paying agencies, declarations of expenditure and revenue and the conditions for reimbursing expenditure under the EAGF and the EAFRD.

Article 9 U.K.

[F3 1. Changes in programmes by Member States as referred to in Article 6(1)(c) may involve changes of financial breakdowns by measure within an axis as well as non-financial changes concerning the introduction of new measures and types of operations, the withdrawal of existing measures and types of operations, the changes relating to the exception referred to in Article 5(6) of Regulation (EC) No 1698/2005 or information on and description of existing measures in the programme.]

2. Member States shall also be authorised to make changes as referred to in Article 6(1)(c) by transferring within a calendar year from and to any axis up to 1 % of the total EAFRD contribution to the programme for the entire programming period.

3. Programme changes referred to in paragraphs 1 and 2 may be made before 31 December 2015 at the latest, provided that Member States notify such changes by 31 August 2015 at the latest.

4. Except in cases of emergency measures due to natural disasters, changes referred to in paragraphs 1 and 2 shall be notified no more than three times per calendar year and per programme provided that the 1 % ceiling referred to in paragraph 2 is respected within the calendar year in which the three notifications are made.

5. Changes referred to in paragraphs 1 and 2 of this Article shall be compatible with the rates set in Article 17 of Regulation (EC) No 1698/2005.

6. Changes referred to in paragraphs 1 and 2 shall be notified to the Commission. The Commission shall assess their:

(a) compliance with Regulation (EC) No 1698/2005;

(b) coherence with the relevant national strategy plan;

(c) compliance with this Regulation.

The Commission shall inform the Member State of the results of that assessment within four months from the date of receipt by the Commission of the request of the programme change. If the changes fail to comply with one or more of the assessment parameters referred to in the first subparagraph, the four-month period shall be suspended until the Commission receives compliant programme changes.

If the Commission does not inform the Member State within the four-month period referred to in the second subparagraph the changes shall be deemed to be accepted and shall enter into force once the four-month period has expired.

Textual Amendments

F3 Substituted by Commission Regulation (EC) No 363/2009 of 4 May 2009 amending Regulation (EC) No 1974/2006 laying down detailed rules for the application of Council Regulation (EC) No 1698/2005 on support for rural development by the European Agricultural Fund for Rural Development (EAFRD).

Article 10 U.K.

1. For the purpose of the second subparagraph of Article 71(1) of Regulation (EC) No 1698/2005, Member States shall bear the responsibility for expenditure between the date on which their request for programme revisions or changes as referred to in Article 6(1) of this Regulation is received by the Commission and the date of the Commission Decision pursuant to Articles 7 and 8 of this Regulation or that of the completion of the compliance assessment of the changes pursuant to Article 9 of this Regulation.

2. In cases of emergency measures due to natural disasters, eligibility of expenditure relating to programme changes as referred to in Article 6(1) may start from a date earlier than the date referred to in the second subparagraph of Article 71(1) of Regulation (EC) No 1698/2005.

Article 11 U.K.

Changes of national frameworks referred to in Article 15(3) of Regulation (EC) No 1698/2005 shall fall within the scope of Article 6(1)(c) of this Regulation. Article 9(3) and (6) of this Regulation shall apply mutatis mutandis to such changes.

Article 12 U.K.

Where Community legislation is adopted or amended, rural development programmes shall be changed in line with the new or amended legislation as necessary, in accordance with Article 6(1). Such changes shall not be taken into account for the yearly number of changes referred to in Article 7(2), Article 8(3) and Article 9(4). Article 6(2) shall not apply to such changes.

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[F1 OJ L 171, 23.6.2006, p. 1 .]

Textual Amendments

F1 Inserted by Commission Regulation (EC) No 482/2009 of 8 June 2009 amending Regulation (EC) No 1974/2006 laying down detailed rules for the application of Council Regulation (EC) No 1698/2005 on support for rural development by the European Agricultural Fund for Rural Development (EAFRD) and Regulation (EC) No 883/2006 laying down detailed rules for the application of Council Regulation (EC) No 1290/2005 as regards the keeping of accounts by the paying agencies, declarations of expenditure and revenue and the conditions for reimbursing expenditure under the EAGF and the EAFRD.