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

Article 59U.K.Technical assistance at the initiative of the Member States

1.At the initiative of a [F1relevant authority], [F2support for rural development] may support actions for preparation, management, monitoring, evaluation, information and communication, networking, complaint resolution, and control and audit. [F3Support for rural development ] may be used by the [F1relevant authority] to support actions for the reduction of the administrative burden on beneficiaries, including electronic data exchange systems, and actions to reinforce the capacity of [F1relevant authority] F4... and beneficiaries to administer and use those Funds. [F3Support for rural development] may also be used to support actions to reinforce the capacity of relevant partners in line with point (e) of Article 5(3) and to support exchange of good practices between such partners. The actions referred to in this paragraph may concern previous and subsequent programming periods.

[F51a.Any programme may support technical assistance operations eligible under any other programme.]

2.The Fund-specific rules may add or exclude actions which may be financed by the technical assistance [F6under any programme].

[F73.Without prejudice to paragraph 2, [F8the relevant authority] may implement actions referred to in paragraph 1 through the direct award of a contract to:

F9(a). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

(b)an international financial institution in which a [F10relevant authority] is a shareholder;

(c)a publicly-owned bank or institution, as referred to in point (b)(iii) of the first subparagraph of Article 38(4).]

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