Commission Regulation (EC) No 718/2007Show full title

Commission Regulation (EC) No 718/2007 of 12 June 2007 implementing Council Regulation (EC) No 1085/2006 establishing an instrument for pre-accession assistance (IPA)

Article 90U.K.Aid intensities and rate of Community contribution

1.For the purposes of this component, the eligible expenditure as referred to in Article 38(1) shall be based either on the public expenditure or on the total expenditure, as agreed by the participating countries and laid down in the cross-border programme.

2.The Community contribution for cross-border programmes at the level of priority axis shall not exceed the ceiling of 85 % of the eligible expenditure.

3.The Community contribution for each priority axis shall not be less than 20 % of the eligible expenditure.

4.No operation shall benefit from a higher co-financing rate than the one relating to the priority axis concerned.

5.During the period of eligibility referred to in paragraph 1 of Article 89, in addition to the provisions of Article 34(4):

(a)an operation may receive Community assistance under only one cross-border programme at a time;

(b)an operation shall not receive assistance to a value greater than the total allocated public expenditure.

6.For State aid to enterprises in the meaning of Article 87 of the Treaty, public aid granted under cross-border programmes shall observe the ceilings on State aid.