The European Structural and Investment Funds Common Provisions (Amendment) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019

Amendment of Title 5 of Part Two

9.—(1) In Article 47—

(a) for paragraph 1 substitute—

“1.   The Managing Authority must agree with a Programme Monitoring Committee, set up in accordance with the institutional, legal and financial framework of the constituent nation, on the monitoring and implementation of the programme.”;

(b) in paragraph 2, for “Member State” substitute “constituent nation”;

(c) omit paragraph 3.

(2) In Article 48—

(a) for “Member State”, in the first place it occurs, substitute “Managing Authority”;

(b) in the second place it occurs, omit “Member State”;

(c) omit the second subparagraph of paragraph 1.

(d) omit paragraphs 3 and 4;

(e) in paragraph 5, for “Member State” substitute “constituent nation”.

(3) In Article 49—

(a) in paragraph 1, omit “, and the milestones defined in the performance framework referred to in Article 21(1),”;

(b) in paragraph 4, for “from the ESI Funds” substitute “for rural development and support under Regulation (EU) No 508/2014”.

(4) In Article 50—

(a) for paragraph 1 substitute—

“1.   Until and including 2023, each Managing Authority must submit to the Programme Monitoring Committee an annual report on implementation of the programme in the previous financial year by the deadline established in the Fund-specific rules.”;

(b) in paragraph 2, omit the words from “, and, beginning” to “performance framework”;

(c) omit paragraph 3;

(d) for “the ESI Funds”, in both places it occurs, substitute “support for rural development and support under Regulation (EU) No 508/2014”;

(e) in paragraph 5 omit the words from “and its contribution” to the end of the paragraph;

(f) in paragraph 6 omit the second subparagraph;

(g) omit paragraphs 7 and 8.

(5) Omit Articles 51, 52 and 53.

(6) In Article 54—

(a) in paragraph 1 —

(i) for “each ESI fund” substitute “support for rural development and support under Regulation (EU) No 508/2014”;

(ii) omit “in relation to the targets under the Union strategy for smart, sustainable and inclusive growth and “;

(b) in paragraph 2, for “Member States” substitute “The relevant authority”;

(c) in paragraph 3 omit the words from “The Commission” to the end of the paragraph.

(7) Omit Article 55.

(8) In Article 56—

(a) in paragraph 1, for “Member State” substitute “the relevant authority”;

(b) in paragraph 2, for “Member States” substitute “The relevant authority”;

(c) in paragraph 3—

(i) for “support from the ESI Funds” substitute “support for rural development and support under Regulation (EU) No 508/2014”;

(ii) omit “and sent to the Commission”;

(d) omit paragraph 4.

(9) Omit Article 57.