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CHAPTER VIU.K. FINAL PROVISION

Article 41U.K.Transitional provisions

1.Where a paying agency, accredited in accordance with Regulation (EU) No 1290/2005, assumes responsibility for expenditure for which it was not previously responsible, it shall be accredited with the new responsibilities by 1 January 2015.

2.The measures listed in the Annex to Regulation (EC) No 1106/2010 shall not be subject to the system of scrutiny established by Chapter III of Title V of Regulation (EU) No 1306/2013 for the purpose of the scrutiny in respect of expenditure prior to financial year 2014.

3.Where in specific legislation reference is made to primary, secondary, or subordinate requirements as referred to in Regulation (EU) No 282/2012, Article 23(2), (3) and (4) of this Regulation shall apply.

4.For the rural development programmes referred to in Article 15 of Regulation (EC) No 1698/2005:

(a)

the provisions of Article 38(1) of Regulation (EU) No 1306/2013 shall apply for the budget commitments not used by 31 December of the second year following that of the budget commitment. In Article 38 of that Regulation the references made to year N+3 shall be regarded as references to year N+2;

(b)

the interim payments made by the Commission shall be subject, as referred to in point (b) of Article 36(3) of Regulation (EU) No 1306/2013, to no overrun of the total EAFRD contribution to each priority for the entire period covered by the programme concerned;

(c)

for the purpose of applying Articles 37 and 38 of Regulation (EU) No 1306/2013, the final eligibility date of expenditure shall be the one laid down in Article 71(1) of Regulation (EC) No 1698/2005.

5.For the purpose of applying Article 54(1) and (2) of Regulation (EU) No 1306/2013, for the cases reported or to be reported to the Commission in respect of financial years 2013 and 2014,as referred to in point (h) of Article 6 of Regulation (EC) No 885/2006, the financial year of the primary finding of irregularity in the sense of Article 35 of Regulation (EC) No 1290/2005 shall continue to be taken into account. For the cases for which no primary administrative or judicial finding of irregularity was established before 16 October 2014, the provisions of Article 54(1) and (2) of Regulation (EU) No 1306/2013 shall apply.

As regards EAFRD, for the purpose of clearing the accounts in accordance with Article 51 of Regulation (EU) No 1306/2013, the provisions of Article 54(2) of that Regulation shall apply starting with the clearance of the accounts for financial year 2014.

Article 42U.K.Amendment to Regulation (EC) No 376/2008

Paragraphs 6 and 7 of Article 34 of Regulation (EC) No 376/2008 are deleted.

However, those provisions shall continue to apply for the securities validly lodged under that Regulation before the entry into force of this Regulation.

Article 43U.K.Amendment to Regulation (EC) No 612/2009

Article 47(3) of Commission Regulation (EC) No 612/2009 is deleted.

However, those provisions shall continue to apply for the securities validly lodged under that Regulation before the entry into force of this Regulation.

Article 44U.K.Repeal

Regulations (EC) No 883/2006, (EC) No 884/2006, (EC) No 885/2006, (EC) No 1913/2006, (EU) No 1106/2010 and (EU) No 282/2012 are repealed.

However, the following shall apply:

(a)

Regulation (EU) No 282/2012 shall continue to apply for the securities validly lodged under that Regulation before the entry into force of this Regulation;

(b)

Article 4 of Regulation (EC) No 883/2006 shall continue to apply to expenditure effected until 15 October 2014;

(c)

Article 11 and Chapter III of Regulation (EC) No 885/2006 shall continue to apply until 31 December 2014.

Article 45U.K.Entry into force and application

This Regulation shall enter into force on the seventh day following that of its publication in the Official Journal of the European Union.

Article 41(4) shall apply from 1 January 2014.