The European Structural and Investment Funds Common Provisions and Common Provision Rules etc. (Amendment) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019

Transitional provision for cooperation programmes

6.—(1) Regulations 3 and 4 do not affect any right or remedy of a managing authority for a co-operation programme based in the UK in relation to an act or omission by a beneficiary which occurred in connection with funding from the European Regional Development Fund provided before exit day.

(2) The Secretary of State, the Treasury, or a devolved authority may give, or make arrangements for the giving of financial assistance to any person under such conditions as they consider appropriate for the purpose of —

(a) ensuring the operability of an operation (whether or not commenced) which a monitoring committee approved as eligible for funding from the European Regional Development Fund under a cooperation programme before exit day;

(b) ensuring the operability of an operation in respect of which an application for funding from the European Regional Development Fund under a cooperation programme was made to a managing authority before exit day;

(c) enabling the United Kingdom to continue to participate in a cooperation programme which was approved before exit day.

(3) Financial assistance may not be given under paragraph (2)(b) unless the operation was eligible for funding from the European Regional Development Fund before exit day.

(4) In this Regulation, “monitoring committee” means a committee set up in accordance with Article 47(3) of Regulation 1303/2013 as it had effect in EU law immediately before exit day.