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Regulation (EU) No 1303/2013 of the European Parliament and of the CouncilShow full title

Regulation (EU) No 1303/2013 of the European Parliament and of the Councilof 17 December 2013laying down common provisions on the European Regional Development Fund, the European Social Fund, the Cohesion Fund, the European Agricultural Fund for Rural Development and the European Maritime and Fisheries Fund and laying down general provisions on the European Regional Development Fund, the European Social Fund, the Cohesion Fund and the European Maritime and Fisheries Fund and repealing Council Regulation (EC) No 1083/2006

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  • Regulation amendment to earlier affecting provision 2020 asp17, ss. , 5 by 2024 asp 11 s. 23 25
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  • Recital 10 Sentence 2 replacement by EUR 2018/1046 Regulation

TITLE IIIU.K.PROGRAMMING

[F2CHAPTER IU.K.General provisions on the ESI Funds

[F3Article 26E+W+N.I.Preparation of programmes

Support for rural development must be implemented through programmes. Each programmes shall cover the period from 1 January 2014 to 31 December 2020.]

Extent Information

E1This version of this provision extends to England and Wales and Northern Ireland only; a separate version has been created for Scotland only

Textual Amendments

[F33Article 26S Support for rural development under the programme

Support for rural development must be implemented through a programme until 31 December 2024. ]

Extent Information

E3This version of this provision extends to Scotland only; a separate version has been created for England and Wales and Northern Ireland

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Article 27U.K.Content of programmes

1.F4...

Each programme shall include arrangements to ensure effective, efficient and coordinated implementation of [F5support for rural development] and actions to achieve a reduction of the administrative burden on beneficiaries.

2.Each programme shall define priorities setting out specific objectives, financial appropriations of support [F6for rural development] and corresponding national co-financing F7... which may be public or private in accordance with the Fund-specific rules.

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4.Each priority shall set out indicators and corresponding targets expressed in qualitative or quantitative terms, in accordance with the Fund-specific rules, in order to assess progress in programme implementation aimed at achievement of objectives as the basis for monitoring, evaluation and review of performance. Those indicators shall include:

(a)financial indicators relating to expenditure allocated;

(b)output indicators relating to the operations supported;

(c)result indicators relating to the priority concerned.

[F9The] Fund-specific rules shall set out common indicators and may set out provisions related to programme-specific indicators.

5.Each programme, except those which cover exclusively technical assistance, shall include a description, in accordance with the Fund-specific rules, of the actions to take into account the principles set out in Articles 5, 7 and 8.

6.Each programme, except those where technical assistance is undertaken under a specific programme, shall set out the indicative amount of support to be used for climate change objectives, based on the methodology referred to in Article 8.

7.[F10The authority with responsibility for preparing the programme] shall draft the programme in accordance with the Fund-specific rules.

Textual Amendments

F11Article 28U.K.Specific provisions on the content of programmes dedicated to joint instruments for uncapped guarantees and securitisation providing capital relief implemented by the EIB

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F12Article 29U.K.Procedure for the adoption of programmes

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[F13Article 30U.K.Amendment of programmes

Programmes may be amended by the relevant authority as set out in the Fund-specific regulations. The relevant authority must take into account this Regulation, the Fund-specific rules, the horizontal principles referred to in Article 5-7 and the expected impact of the changes to the programme on the programme's objectives.]]

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F14Article 31U.K.Participation of the EIB

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F2Pt. 2 Title 3 Ch. 1 omitted (W.) in so far as it relates to domestic support for rural development (26.3.2021) by virtue of The Agricultural Support (Miscellaneous Amendments) (Wales) (EU Exit) Regulations 2021 (S.I. 2021/400), regs. 1(2), 6(8)

CHAPTER IIU.K.Community-led local development

Article 32E+S+N.I.Community-led local development

[F151.Support for rural development must be provided by the relevant authority for community-led led local development.]

2.Community-led local development shall be:

(a)focused on specific subregional areas;

(b)led by local action groups composed of representatives of public and private local socio-economic interests, in which, at the decision-making level neither public authorities, as defined in accordance with national rules, nor any single interest group represents more than 49 % of the voting rights;

(c)carried out through integrated and multi-sectoral area-based local development strategies;

(d)designed taking into consideration local needs and potential, and shall include innovative features in the local context, networking and, where appropriate, cooperation.

3.[F16Where support for rural development is made available to community-led local development it must be done so in a consistent and coordinated way.] This shall be ensured inter alia through coordinated capacity-building, selection, approval and funding of community-led local development strategies and local action groups.

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[F185.Community-led local development funded by support for rural development must be carried out under one or more priorities of the relevant programme or programmes in accordance with the Fund-specific rules.]

Extent Information

E2This version of this provision applies to England, Scotland and Northern Ireland only; a separate version has been created for Wales

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Article 32WCommunity-led local development

[F341.Support for rural development must be provided by the relevant authority for community-led local development. For the purposes of this Chapter, “the support concerned” means support for rural development.]

2.Community-led local development shall be:

(a)focused on specific subregional areas;

(b)led by local action groups composed of representatives of public and private local socio-economic interests, in which, at the decision-making level neither public authorities, as defined in accordance with national rules, nor any single interest group represents more than 49 % of the voting rights;

(c)carried out through integrated and multi-sectoral area-based local development strategies;

(d)designed taking into consideration local needs and potential, and shall include innovative features in the local context, networking and, where appropriate, cooperation.

3.[F35Where support for rural development is made available to community-led local development it must be done so in a consistent and coordinated way.] This shall be ensured inter alia through coordinated capacity-building, selection, approval and funding of community-led local development strategies and local action groups.

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[F375.Community-led local development funded by support for rural development must be carried out under one or more priorities of the relevant programme or programmes in accordance with the F38... rules.]

Extent Information

E4This version of this provision applies to Wales only; a separate version has been created for England, Scotland and Northern Ireland

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F34Art. 32(1) substituted (W.) in so far as it relates to domestic support for rural development (26.3.2021) by The Agricultural Support (Miscellaneous Amendments) (Wales) (EU Exit) Regulations 2021 (S.I. 2021/400), regs. 1(2), 6(9)(a)

F38Word in Art. 32(5) omitted (W.) in so far as it relates to domestic support for rural development (26.3.2021) by virtue of The Agricultural Support (Miscellaneous Amendments) (Wales) (EU Exit) Regulations 2021 (S.I. 2021/400), regs. 1(2), 6(9)(b)

Article 33U.K.Community-led local development strategies

1.A community-led local development strategy shall contain at least the following elements:

(a)the definition of the area and population covered by the strategy;

(b)an analysis of the development needs and potential of the area, including an analysis of strengths, weaknesses, opportunities and threats;

(c)a description of the strategy and its objectives, a description of the integrated and innovative features of the strategy and a hierarchy of objectives, including measurable targets for outputs or results. In relation to results, targets may be expressed in quantitative or qualitative terms. [F19The strategy shall be consistent with the relevant programmes.]

(d)a description of the community involvement process in the development of the strategy;

(e)an action plan demonstrating how objectives are translated into actions;

(f)a description of the management and monitoring arrangements of the strategy, demonstrating the capacity of the local action group to implement the strategy and a description of specific arrangements for evaluation;

(g)the financial plan for the strategy, including the planned allocation from [F20support for rural development].

2.[F21The relevant authority] shall define criteria for the selection of community-led local development strategies.

3.Community-led local development strategies shall be selected by a committee set up for that purpose by the managing authority or authorities responsible and approved by the managing authority or authorities responsible.

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5.The decision approving a community-led local development strategy shall set out the allocations [F23from the relevant programmes]. The decision shall also set out the responsibilities for the management and control tasks under the programme or programmes in relation to the community-led local development strategy.

6.The population of the area referred to in point (a) of paragraph 1 shall be not less than 10 000 and not more than 150 000 inhabitants. F24...

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Article 34U.K.Local action groups

1.Local action groups shall design and implement the community-led local development strategies.

[F25The relevant authority] shall define the respective roles of the local action group and the authorities responsible for the implementation of the relevant programmes, concerning all implementation tasks relating to the community-led local development strategy.

2.The managing authority or authorities responsible shall ensure that the local action groups either select one partner within the group as a lead partner in administrative and financial matters, or come together in a legally constituted common structure.

3.The tasks of local action groups shall include the following:

[F26(a)building the capacity of local actors, including potential beneficiaries, to develop and implement operations including by fostering their capacity to prepare and manage their projects;

(b)drawing up a non-discriminatory and transparent selection procedure which avoids conflicts of interests, ensures that at least 50 % of the votes in selection decisions are cast by partners which are not public authorities, and allows selection by written procedure;

(c)drawing up and approving non-discriminatory objective criteria for the selection of operations that ensure coherence with the community-led local development strategy by prioritising those operations according to their contribution to meeting that strategy’s objectives and targets;

(d)preparing and publishing calls for proposals or an ongoing project submission procedure;]

(e)receiving and assessing applications for support;

(f)selecting operations and fixing the amount of support and, where relevant, presenting the proposals to the body responsible for final verification of eligibility before approval;

(g)monitoring the implementation of the community-led local development strategy and the operations supported and carrying out specific evaluation activities linked to that strategy.

[F27Where local action groups carry out tasks not covered by points (a) to (g) of the first subparagraph that fall under the responsibility of the managing or certifying authority or of the paying agency, those local action groups shall be designated as intermediate bodies [F28in accordance with the Fund-specific rules].]

4.Without prejudice to point (b) of paragraph 3, the local action group may be a beneficiary and implement operations in accordance with the community-led local development strategy.

5.In the case of cooperation activities of local action groups as referred to in point (c) of Article 35(1), the tasks set out in point (f) of paragraph 3 of this Article may be carried out by the managing authority responsible.

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F28Words in Art. 34(3) omitted (W.) in so far as it relates to domestic support for rural development (26.3.2021) by virtue of The Agricultural Support (Miscellaneous Amendments) (Wales) (EU Exit) Regulations 2021 (S.I. 2021/400), regs. 1(2), 6(10)

Article 35U.K.Support F29... for community-led local development

1.Support [F30for rural development] for community-led local development shall cover:

(a)the costs of preparatory support consisting of capacity building, training and networking with a view to preparing and implementing a community-led local development strategy.

Such costs may include one or more of the following elements:

(i)

training actions for local stakeholders;

(ii)

studies of the area concerned;

(iii)

costs related to the design of the community-led local development strategy, including consultancy costs and costs for actions related to consultations of stakeholders for the purposes of preparing the strategy;

(iv)

administrative costs (operating and personnel costs) of an organisation that applies for preparatory support during the preparation phase;

(v)

support for small pilot projects.

Such preparatory support shall be eligible regardless of whether the community-led local development strategy designed by the local action group benefitting from the support is selected for funding by the selection committee set up under Article 33(3).

(b)implementation of operations under the community-led local development strategy;

(c)preparation and implementation of the local action group's cooperation activities;

(d)running costs linked to the management of the implementation of the community-led local development strategy consisting of operating costs, personnel costs, training cost, costs linked to public relations, financial costs as well as the costs linked to monitoring and evaluation of that strategy as referred to in point (g) of Article 34(3);

(e)animation of the community-led local development strategy in order to facilitate exchange between stakeholders to provide information and to promote the strategy and to support potential beneficiaries with a view to developing operations and preparing applications.

2.Support for running costs and animation as referred to in points (d) and (e) of paragraph 1 shall not exceed 25 % of the total [F31public] expenditure incurred within the community-led local development strategy.

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F31Word in Art. 35(2) omitted (W.) in so far as it relates to domestic support for rural development (26.3.2021) by virtue of The Agricultural Support (Miscellaneous Amendments) (Wales) (EU Exit) Regulations 2021 (S.I. 2021/400), regs. 1(2), 6(11)

CHAPTER ΙΙΙU.K.Territorial development

F32Article 36U.K.Integrated territorial investment

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