PART TWOU.K.[F1COMMON PROVISIONS APPLICABLE TO SUPPORT FOR RURAL DEVELOPMENT]

[F2TITLE IIU.K.STRATEGIC APPROACH

CHAPTER IU.K.Thematic objectives for the ESI Funds and Common Strategic Framework

Article 9U.K.Thematic objectives

[F3In order to contribute to the Fund-specific missions, support for rural development must support the following thematic objectives:]

(1)

strengthening research, technological development and innovation;

(2)

enhancing access to, and use and quality of, ICT;

(3)

enhancing the competitiveness of SMEs, of the agricultural sector [F4(for support for rural development)] and of the fishery and aquaculture sector (for the EMFF);

(4)

supporting the shift towards a low-carbon economy in all sectors;

(5)

promoting climate change adaptation, risk prevention and management;

(6)

preserving and protecting the environment and promoting resource efficiency;

(7)

promoting sustainable transport and removing bottlenecks in key network infrastructures;

(8)

promoting sustainable and quality employment and supporting labour mobility;

(9)

promoting social inclusion, combating poverty and any discrimination;

(10)

investing in education, training and vocational training for skills and lifelong learning;

(11)

enhancing institutional capacity of public authorities and stakeholders and efficient public administration.

Thematic objectives shall be translated into priorities that are specific to [F5support for rural development] and are set out in the Fund-specific rules.

[F6The priorities established for [F5support for rural development] in the Fund-specific rules shall in particular cover the appropriate use of [F7support for rural development] in the areas of migration and asylum. In that context, coordination with the Asylum, Migration and Integration Fund established by Regulation (EU) No 516/2014 of the European Parliament and of the Council(1) shall be ensured, where appropriate.]]

Textual Amendments

F3Words in Art. 9(1) substituted (31.12.2020) by The European Structural and Investment Funds Common Provisions (Amendment) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 (S.I. 2019/785), regs. 1, 6(1)(a) (as amended by S.I. 2020/1542, regs. 1(2), 13(4)(a)(i)); 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)

F4Words in Art. 9 substituted (31.12.2020) by The European Structural and Investment Funds Common Provisions (Amendment) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 (S.I. 2019/785), regs. 1, 6(1)(b) (as amended by S.I. 2020/1542, regs. 1(2), 13(4)(a)(ii)); 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)

F5Words in Art. 9 substituted (31.12.2020) by The European Structural and Investment Funds Common Provisions (Amendment) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 (S.I. 2019/785), regs. 1, 6(1)(c) (as amended by S.I. 2020/1542, regs. 1(2), 13(4)(a)(iii)); 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)

F6Inserted by Regulation (EU, Euratom) 2018/1046 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 18 July 2018 on the financial rules applicable to the general budget of the Union, amending Regulations (EU) No 1296/2013, (EU) No 1301/2013, (EU) No 1303/2013, (EU) No 1304/2013, (EU) No 1309/2013, (EU) No 1316/2013, (EU) No 223/2014, (EU) No 283/2014, and Decision No 541/2014/EU and repealing Regulation (EU, Euratom) No 966/2012.

F7Words in Art. 9 substituted (31.12.2020) by The European Structural and Investment Funds Common Provisions (Amendment) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 (S.I. 2019/785), regs. 1, 6(1)(d) (as amended by S.I. 2020/1542, regs. 1(2), 13(4)(a)(iv)); 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)

Textual Amendments

F2Pt. 2 Title 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(7)

Textual Amendments

F1Pt. 2 heading substituted (31.12.2020) by The European Structural and Investment Funds Common Provisions (Amendment) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 (S.I. 2019/785), regs. 1, 5(1) (as amended by S.I. 2020/1542, regs. 1(2), 13(3)(a)); 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)

(1)

[F6Regulation (EU) No 516/2014 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 16 April 2014 establishing the Asylum, Migration and Integration Fund, amending Council Decision 2008/381/EC and repealing Decisions No 573/2007/EC and No 575/2007/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council and Council Decision 2007/435/EC ( OJ L 150, 20.5.2014, p. 168 ).]

Textual Amendments