7.—(1) For Article 26 substitute—
“Support for rural development F1... 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 F2...”;
(c)in paragraph 2—
(i)for “from the ESI Funds” substitute “ for rural development F3... ”;
(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. F4....”;
(b)for the first sentence of paragraph 3, substitute “ Where [F5support for rural development] 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 [F6support for rural development] 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 “ [F7support for rural development] ”;
(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 “ [F8for rural development] ”.
(11) Omit Article 36.
Textual Amendments
F1Words in reg. 7(1) omitted (31.12.2020 immediately before IP completion day) by virtue of The Common Fisheries Policy (Amendment etc.) (EU Exit) Regulations 2020 (S.I. 2020/1542), regs. 1(2), 13(5)(a)
F2Words in reg. 7(2)(b) omitted (31.12.2020 immediately before IP completion day) by virtue of The Common Fisheries Policy (Amendment etc.) (EU Exit) Regulations 2020 (S.I. 2020/1542), regs. 1(2), 13(5)(b)(i)
F3Words in reg. 7(2)(c)(i) omitted (31.12.2020 immediately before IP completion day) by virtue of The Common Fisheries Policy (Amendment etc.) (EU Exit) Regulations 2020 (S.I. 2020/1542), regs. 1(2), 13(5)(b)(ii)
F4Words in reg. 7(6)(a) omitted (31.12.2020 immediately before IP completion day) by virtue of The Common Fisheries Policy (Amendment etc.) (EU Exit) Regulations 2020 (S.I. 2020/1542), regs. 1(2), 13(5)(c)(i)
F5Words in reg. 7(6)(b) substituted (31.12.2020 immediately before IP completion day) by The Common Fisheries Policy (Amendment etc.) (EU Exit) Regulations 2020 (S.I. 2020/1542), regs. 1(2), 13(5)(c)(ii)
F6Words in reg. 7(6)(d) substituted (31.12.2020 immediately before IP completion day) by The Common Fisheries Policy (Amendment etc.) (EU Exit) Regulations 2020 (S.I. 2020/1542), regs. 1(2), 13(5)(c)(iii)
F7Words in reg. 7(7)(a)(ii) substituted (31.12.2020 immediately before IP completion day) by The Common Fisheries Policy (Amendment etc.) (EU Exit) Regulations 2020 (S.I. 2020/1542), regs. 1(2), 13(5)(d)
F8Words in reg. 7(10) substituted (31.12.2020 immediately before IP completion day) by The Common Fisheries Policy (Amendment etc.) (EU Exit) Regulations 2020 (S.I. 2020/1542), regs. 1(2), 13(5)(e)
Commencement Information
I1Reg. 7 in force at 31.12.2020 on IP completion day (in accordance with 2020 c.1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)), see reg. 1