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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

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  • Regulation amendment to earlier affecting provision 2020 asp17, ss. , 5 by 2024 asp 11 s. 23 25
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  • Regulation amendment to earlier affecting provision 2020 asp17, ss. 4, 5 by 2024 asp 11 s. 24 25
  • Recital 10 Sentence 2 replacement by EUR 2018/1046 Regulation

[F1TITLE IIU.K.STRATEGIC APPROACH

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

Article 9U.K.Thematic objectives

[F2In order to contribute to the Fund-specific missions, support for rural development must support the following thematic objectives:]

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strengthening research, technological development and innovation;

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

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enhancing the competitiveness of SMEs, of the agricultural sector [F3(for support for rural development)] and of the fishery and aquaculture sector (for the EMFF);

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

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promoting climate change adaptation, risk prevention and management;

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preserving and protecting the environment and promoting resource efficiency;

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promoting sustainable transport and removing bottlenecks in key network infrastructures;

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promoting sustainable and quality employment and supporting labour mobility;

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promoting social inclusion, combating poverty and any discrimination;

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

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

Thematic objectives shall be translated into priorities that are specific to [F4support for rural development] and are set out in the Fund-specific rules.

[F5The priorities established for [F4support for rural development] in the Fund-specific rules shall in particular cover the appropriate use of [F6support 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.]

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Article 10U.K.Common Strategic Framework

[F71.In order to promote harmonious, balanced and sustainable development, a Common Strategic Framework (“CSF”) is hereby established as set out in Annex I. The CSF establishes strategic guiding principles to facilitate the programming process and the sectoral and territorial coordination of intervention through support for rural development, taking into account the key territorial challenges of the various types of territories.]

[F82.The strategic guiding principles as set out in the CSF shall be established in line with the purpose and within the scope of the support for rural development, and in line with this Regulation and the Fund-specific rules. The CSF shall not impose additional obligations upon constituent nations beyond those set out within the framework of the relevant sectorial policies.]

3.The CSF shall facilitate the preparation of F9... programmes in accordance with the principles of proportionality and subsidiarity and taking into account national and regional competences, in order for the specific and appropriate policy and coordination measures to be decided.

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Article 11U.K.Content

The CSF shall establish:

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arrangements to promote an integrated use of [F11support for rural development];

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arrangements for coordination between [F11support for rural development] and [F12direct payment support and CMO support];

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horizontal principles referred to in Articles 5, 7 and 8 and cross-cutting policy objectives for the implementation of [F11support for rural development];

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arrangements to address the key territorial challenges for urban, rural, coastal and fisheries areas, the demographic challenges of regions or specific needs of geographical areas which suffer from severe and permanent natural or demographic handicaps F13... ;

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priority areas for cooperation activities under [F11support for rural development], where appropriate, F14....

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F15Article 12U.K.Review

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F16Article 13U.K.Guidance for beneficiaries

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CHAPTER IIU.K.Partnership Agreement

F16Article 14U.K.Preparation of the Partnership Agreement

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F16Article 15U.K.Content of the Partnership Agreement

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F16Article 16U.K.Adoption and amendment of the Partnership Agreement

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F16Article 17U.K.Adoption of the revised Partnership Agreement in the event of delay in the entry into force of a Fund-specific Regulation

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CHAPTER IIIU.K.Thematic concentration, ex ante conditionalities and performance review

F16Article 18U.K.Thematic concentration

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Article 19U.K.Ex ante conditionalities

[F17The relevant authority must assess in accordance with its institutional and legal framework and in the context of the preparation of it programmes whether the ex ante conditionalities laid down in the respective Fund-specific rules and the general ex ante conditionalities set out in Part II of Annex XI are applicable to the specific objectives pursued within the priorities of their programmes and whether the applicable ex ante conditionalities are fulfilled.]

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F18Article 20U.K.Performance reserve

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F18Article 21U.K.Performance review

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F18Article 22U.K.Application of the performance framework

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CHAPTER IVU.K.Measures linked to sound economic governance

F18Article 23U.K.Measures linking effectiveness of ESI Funds to sound economic governance

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F18Article 24U.K. Increase in payments for Member State with temporary budgetary difficulties

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F18Article 25U.K. Management of technical assistance for Member States

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[F19CHAPTER V U.K. Exceptional measures for the use of the ESI Funds in response to the COVID-19 outbreak

Article 25aU.K. Exceptional measures for the use of the ESI Funds in response to the COVID-19 outbreak

1.By way of derogation from Article 60(1) and the first and fourth subparagraphs of Article 120(3), at the request of a Member State, a co-financing rate of 100 % may be applied to expenditure declared in payment applications during the accounting year starting 1 July 2020 and ending 30 June 2021 for one or more priority axes in a programme supported by the ERDF, the ESF or the Cohesion Fund.

Requests for modification of the co-financing rate shall be submitted in accordance with the procedure for the amendment of programmes set out in Article 30 and shall be accompanied by a revised programme or programmes. The co-financing rate of 100 % shall apply only if the relevant amendment of the operational programme is approved by the Commission before the submission of the final application for an interim payment in accordance with Article 135(2).

Before submitting the first payment application for the accounting year starting 1 July 2021, Member States shall notify the table referred to in point (d)(ii) of Article 96(2) confirming the co-financing rate which was applicable during the accounting year ending 30 June 2020 for the priorities concerned by the temporary increase to 100 %.

2.In response to the COVID-19 outbreak, the resources available for programming for the year 2020 for the Investment for growth and jobs goal may, at the request of a Member State, be transferred between the ERDF, the ESF and the Cohesion Fund, irrespective of the percentages referred to in points (a) to (d) of Article 92(1).

For the purpose of those transfers, the requirements laid down in Article 92(4) shall not apply.

Transfers shall not affect resources allocated to the YEI in accordance with Article 92(5) or to the aid for the most deprived under the Investment for growth and jobs goal in accordance with Article 92(7).

Resources transferred between the ERDF, the ESF and the Cohesion Fund under this paragraph shall be implemented in accordance with the rules of the Fund to which the resources are transferred.

3.By way of derogation from Article 93(1) and in addition to the possibility provided for in Article 93(2), resources available for programming for the year 2020 may, at the request of a Member State, be transferred between categories of regions in response to the COVID-19 outbreak.

4.Requests for transfers under paragraphs 2 and 3 of this Article shall be submitted in accordance with the procedure for amendment of programmes set out in Article 30, shall be duly justified and shall be accompanied by the revised programme or programmes identifying the amounts transferred by Fund and by category of region, where relevant.

5.By way of derogation from Article 18 of this Regulation and the Fund-specific Regulations, financial allocations set out in requests for programme amendments submitted or transfers notified pursuant to Article 30(5) of this Regulation, on or after 24 April 2020, shall not be subject to the requirements on thematic concentration set out in this Regulation or the Fund-specific Regulations.

6.By way of derogation from Article 16, as from 24 April 2020, Partnership Agreements shall not be amended and programme amendments shall not entail the amendment of Partnership Agreements.

By way of derogation from Articles 26(1), 27(1), 30(1) and 30(2), as from 24 April 2020 the consistency of programmes and of their implementation with the Partnership Agreement shall not be verified.

7.For operations that foster crisis response capacities in the context of the COVID-19 outbreak as referred to in the second subparagraph of Article 65(10), Article 65(6) shall not apply.

By way of derogation from point (b) of Article 125(3), such operations may be selected for support by the ERDF or the ESF prior to the approval of the amended programme.

8.For the purposes of point (b) of Article 87(1), where the COVID-19 outbreak is invoked as a reason of force majeure , information on the amounts for which it has not been possible to make a payment application shall be provided at an aggregate level by priority for operations whose total eligible cost is less than EUR 1 000 000.

9.The annual report on implementation of the programme referred to in Article 50(1) for the year 2019 shall be submitted by 30 September 2020 for all ESI Funds, by way of derogation from the deadlines set out in the Fund-specific Regulations. The transmission of the summary report to be prepared by the Commission in 2020, in accordance with Article 53(1), may be postponed accordingly.

10.By way of derogation from point (g) of Article 37(2), no review or update of the ex ante assessments shall be required where changes in financial instruments are necessary to provide an effective response to the COVID-19 outbreak.

11.Where financial instruments provide support in the form of working capital to SMEs pursuant to the second subparagraph of Article 37(4) of this Regulation, new or updated business plans, or equivalent documents, and evidence allowing verification that the support provided through the financial instruments has been used for its intended purpose as part of the supporting documents, shall not be required.

By way of derogation from Regulation (EU) No 1305/2013, such support may also be provided by the EAFRD under measures referred to in Regulation (EU) No 1305/2013 and relevant to the implementation of financial instruments. Such eligible expenditure shall not exceed EUR 200 000.

12.For the purposes of the second subparagraph of Article 127(1), the COVID-19 outbreak shall constitute a duly justified case that audit authorities may invoke, based on their professional judgement, to use a non-statistical sampling method for the accounting year starting 1 July 2019 and ending 30 June 2020.

13.For the purposes of application of point (f) of Article 30(1) of Regulation (EU, Euratom) 2018/1046 of the European Parliament and of the Council(2), the condition that appropriations are for the same objective shall not apply in respect of transfers under paragraphs 2 and 3 of this Article.]]

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F1Pt. 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)

(1)

[F5Regulation (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 ).]

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[F19Regulation (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 ( OJ L 193, 30.7.2018, p. 1 ).]

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