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.