PART 3Amendments to retained direct EU legislation
Amendment of Title 3 of Part Two7
1
For Article 26 substitute—
Support for rural development and support under Regulation (EU) No 508/2014 must be implemented through programmes. Each programmes shall cover the period from 1 January 2014 to 31 December 2020.
2
In Article 27—
a
omit the first subparagraph of paragraph 1;
b
in the second subparagraph of paragraph 1, for “the ESI Funds” substitute “support for rural development and support under Regulation (EU) No 508/2014”;
c
in paragraph 2—
i
for “from the ESI Funds” substitute “for rural development and support under Regulation (EU) No 508/2014”;
ii
omit “, including amounts related to the performance reserve,”;
d
omit paragraph 3;
e
in paragraph 4, for “For each ESI Fund, the” substitute “The”;
f
in paragraph 7, for “Member States”, substitute “The authority with responsibility for preparing the programme”.
3
Omit Articles 28 and 29.
4
For Article 30 substitute—
Programmes may be amended by the relevant authority as set out in the Fund-specific regulations. The relevant authority must take into account this Regulation, the Fund-specific rules, the horizontal principles referred to in Article 5-7 and the expected impact of the changes to the programme on the programme’s objectives.
5
Omit Article 31.
6
In Article 32 —
a
for paragraph 1 substitute—
1
Support for rural development must be provided by the relevant authority for community-led led local development. The relevant authority may provide support under Regulation (EU) No 508/2014 for community-led local development. For the purposes of this Chapter, “the support concerned” means, collectively, support for rural development and support under Regulation (EU) No 508/2014.
b
for the first sentence of paragraph 3, substitute “Where the support concerned is made available to community-led local development it must be done so in a consistent and coordinated way.”;
c
omit paragraph 4;
d
for paragraph 5 substitute—
5
Community-led local development funded by the support concerned must be carried out under one or more priorities of the relevant programme or programmes in accordance with the Fund-specific rules.
7
In Article 33—
a
in paragraph 1—
i
for the last sentence of point (c) substitute “The strategy shall be consistent with the relevant programmes.”;
ii
in point (g), for “each of the ESI Funds concerned” substitute “the support concerned”;
b
in paragraph 2, for “Member States” substitute “The relevant authority”;
c
omit paragraph 4;
d
in paragraph 5, for “of each of the ESI Funds concerned” substitute “from the relevant programmes”;
e
in paragraph 6 omit the second sentence.
8
In paragraph 1 of Article 34, for “Member States” substitute “The relevant authority”.
9
In the heading to Article 35 omit “from the ESI Funds”;
10
In paragraph 1 of Article 35, omit “from the ESI Funds concerned” substitute “The support concerned”.
11
Omit Article 36.