Overheads shall be eligible provided that they are based on real costs attributable to the implementation of the operation concerned or on the average real costs attributable to operations of the same type.
Flat rates based on average costs may not exceed 25 % of those direct costs of an operation which can affect the level of overheads. The calculation of flat rates shall be properly documented and periodically reviewed.
[F1The first and second paragraphs shall only apply to operations approved before 13 October 2009 and where the option available to Member States in Article 7(4)(i) of Regulation (EC) No 1080/2006 has not been exercised.] ]
Textual Amendments
F1 Inserted by Commission Regulation (EC) No 846/2009 of 1 September 2009 amending Regulation (EC) No 1828/2006 setting out rules for the implementation of Council Regulation (EC) No 1083/2006 laying down general provisions on the European Regional Development Fund, the European Social Fund and the Cohesion Fund and of Regulation (EC) No 1080/2006 of the European Parliament and of the Council on the European Regional Development Fund.
Editorial Information
X1 Substituted by Corrigendum to Commission Regulation (EC) No 1828/2006 of 8 December 2006 setting out rules for the implementation of Council Regulation (EC) No 1083/2006 laying down general provisions on the European Regional Development Fund, the European Social Fund and the Cohesion Fund and of Regulation (EC) No 1080/2006 of the European Parliament and of the Council on the European Regional Development Fund (Official Journal of the European Union L 371 of 27 December 2006).