[F11. Community support for early retirement (Articles 10, 11 and 12), less-favoured areas and areas with environmental restrictions (Articles 13 to 21), meeting standards (Articles 21a to 21d), agri-environment and animal welfare (Articles 22, 23 and 24), food quality (Articles 24a to 24d) and afforestation (Article 31) shall be financed by the EAGGF Guarantee Section throughout the Community.]
2.Community support for other rural development measures shall be financed by the EAGGF:
Guidance Section in areas covered by Objective 1,
Guarantee Section in areas not covered by Objective 1.
3.Support for the measures referred to in the sixth, seventh and ninth indents of Article 33 shall be financed by the EAGGF in areas classified under Objectives 1 and 2 and areas in transition in so far as their financing is not provided by the European Regional Development Fund (ERDF).
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1.With regard to support for the rural development measures referred to in Article 35(2):
in areas covered by Objective 1, Regulation (EC) No 1260/1999 shall apply as supplemented by specific rules contained in this Regulation,
in areas covered by Objective 2, Regulation (EC) No 1260/1999 shall apply as supplemented by specific rules contained in this Regulation and save as otherwise provided for under this Regulation.
2.With regard to support for rural development measures financed by the EAGGF Guarantee Section, the specific rules of [X1Regulation (EC) No 1258/1999] (1) and the provisions adopted in implementation thereof shall apply save as otherwise provided for under this Regulation.
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X1 Substituted by Corrigendum to Council Regulation (EC) No 1257/1999 of 17 May 1999 on support for rural development from the European Agricultural Guidance and Guarantee Fund (EAGGF) and amending and repealing certain Regulations (Official Journal of the European Communities L 160 of 26 June 1999).
1.Support for rural development shall be granted only for measures which comply with Community law.
2.Such measures shall be consistent with other Community policies and measures implemented thereunder.
In particular, no measure which falls within the scope of this Regulation shall be eligible for support under other Community support schemes if it is incompatible with any specific condition laid down in this Regulation.
3.Consistency shall also be ensured with measures implemented under other instruments of the common agricultural policy, and in particular between rural development support measures on the one hand and measures implemented under the common market organisations and agricultural quality and health measures on the other hand, as well as between the different rural development support measures.
Accordingly, no support under this Regulation may be granted for:
measures falling within the scope of support schemes under common market organisations, with the exceptions, justified by objective criteria, that may be defined according to Article 50,
[F1measures to support research projects or measures eligible for Community funding under Council Decision 90/424/EEC of 26 June 1990 on expenditure in the veterinary field (2) .]
4.Member States may lay down further or more restrictive conditions for granting Community support for rural development provided that such conditions are consistent with the objectives and requirements laid down in this Regulation.
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1.Payments may not be made in respect of the same measure under both this Regulation and another Community support scheme.
2.Support for several measures under this Regulation may be combined only if such measures are consistent and compatible with each other. If necessary, the level of support shall be adjusted.
1.Member States shall take all necessary steps to ensure the compatibility and consistency of rural development support measures pursuant to the provisions laid down in this Chapter.
2.The rural development plans submitted by Member States shall include an appraisal of the compatibility and the consistency of the support measures envisaged and an indication of the measures taken in order to ensure compatibility and consistency.
3.Support measures shall, where necessary, be subsequently revised to ensure compatibility and consistency.
[X1See page 103 of this Official Journal.]
[F1 OJ L 224, 18.8.1990, p. 19 . Decision as last amended by Regulation (EC) No 806/2003.]
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X1 Substituted by Corrigendum to Council Regulation (EC) No 1257/1999 of 17 May 1999 on support for rural development from the European Agricultural Guidance and Guarantee Fund (EAGGF) and amending and repealing certain Regulations (Official Journal of the European Communities L 160 of 26 June 1999).
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