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

Amendment of Title 7 of Part 2 U.K.

11.—(1) Omit Article 60.

(2) In Article 61—

(a) in paragraph 2, for “the ESI Funds” substitute “ support for rural development F1 ... ”;

(b) for “Member State”, in each place it occurs, substitute “ relevant authority ”;

(c) omit paragraph 4;

(d) in paragraph 5, for “Union co-financing rate” substitute “ core contribution ”;

(e) in paragraph 6, for “Commission” substitute “ relevant authority ”;

(f) in paragraph 7—

(i) omit point (a);

(ii) in point (h)—

(aa) for “the EAFRD Regulation” substitute “ Regulation (EU) No 1305/2013 ”;

F2 (bb) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

(3) In Article 62, for “The ESI Funds” substitute “ Support for rural development F3 ... ”.

(4) In Article 63—

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

(b) in paragraph 2, for “the ESI Funds” substitute “ support for rural development F4 ... ”.

(5) In Article 64—

(a) in paragraph 1—

(i) in the first subparagraph, for “included in a payment application to the Commission” substitute “ eligible for support for rural development F5 ... ”;

(ii) in point (b), omit “Union and”;

(b) in paragraph 2 omit “included with a payment application”.

(6) In Article 65—

F6 (a) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

(b) in paragraph 2—

(i) for “the ESI Funds” substitute “ support for rural development F7 ... ”;

(ii) for “a contribution from the EAFRD” substitute “ support for rural development ”;

(c) omit paragraphs [F8 3 and 5];

[F9 (ca) in paragraph 6, for “the ESI funds” substitute “support for rural development”;

(cb) omit paragraph 7;]

(d) in paragraph 8—

(i) in the second subparagraph, for “to be co-financed from the ESI Funds” substitute “receiving support for rural development F10 ...;

(ii) in point (h)—

(aa) for “the EAFRD Regulation” substitute “ Regulation (EU) No 1305/2013 ”;

F11 (bb) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

(e) in paragraph 9—

(i) for “Commission” substitute “ relevant authority ”;

(ii) omit “or, in the event of application of Article 96(11), from the date of entry into force of the decision amending the programme”;

F12 (iii) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

(f) in paragraph 10, for “the EAFRD Regulation”, substitute “ Regulation (EU) No 1305/2013 ”;

(g) for paragraph 11 substitute—

“11.   An operation may receive support for rural development F13 ... or from one or more programmes and from CMO support or direct payment support or support under other retained direct EU legislation, provided that the expenditure declared is not declared more than once.”.

(7) In Article 66—

(a) in the first subparagraph, for “The ESI Funds shall be used to provide support” substitute “ Support for rural development F14 ...may be provided ”;

(b) in the second subparagraph, omit “of the Member State”.

(8) In Article 67—

F15 (a) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

(b) in paragraph 2a—

(i) omit the first and fourth subparagraphs;

(ii) in the third subparagraph, for “supported by the EAFRD, ERDF or the ESF” substitute “ receiving support for rural development ”;

(c) in paragraph 5—

(i) in point (aa), for “EAFRD” substitute “ support for rural development ”;

(ii) omit point (b);

(iii) in point (c) for “the Member State” substitute “ the relevant authority ”.

(9) In Article 68—

(a) for “Member State”, in both places it occurs, substitute “ relevant authority ”;

(b) omit “Union”.

(10) In Article 68a—

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

(b) in paragraph 3 omit the second subparagraph.

(11) In Article 68b—

(a) for “Member State” substitute “ relevant authority ”;

(b) for “supported by the ESF, the ERDF or the EAFRD,” substitute “ receiving support for rural development ”.

(12) In Article 69—

(a) in paragraph 1—

(i) in the first subparagraph—

(aa) for “the ESI Funds” substitute “ support for rural development F16 ... ”;

(bb) in point (d), for “a single unit of the currency of the Member States” substitute “ one pound ”;

(b) in paragraph 3—

(i) for “the ESI Funds” substitute “ support for rural development F17 ... ”;

(ii) omit “and from the amount of support transferred from the Cohesion Fund to the CEF as referred to in Article 92(6)”.

(13) In Article 70—

(a) in paragraph 1—

(i) for “the ESI Funds” substitute “ support for rural development F18 ... ”;

(ii) for “Member State”—

(aa) in the first place it occurs, substitute “ relevant authority ”;

(bb) in the second place it occurs, substitute “ constituent nation ”;

(b) in paragraph 2—

(i) in the first subparagraph, omit “but within the Union,”;

(ii) for point (b) substitute—

“(b) the total amount allocated under the programme to operations located outside the programme area does not exceed 15% of the support for rural development F19 ... at the level of the priority at the time of the adoption of the programme;”;

(iii) in the second subparagraph omit “financed from the Funds and the EMFF”;

(iv) omit the third subparagraph;

(c) in paragraph 3, for “the Union” substitute “ the constituent nations ”;

(d) omit paragraph 4.

(14) In Article 71—

(a) for “the ESI Funds”, in each place it occurs, substitute “ support for rural development F20 ... ”;

(b) in paragraph 1—

(i) in the second subparagraph, for “Member State” substitute “ relevant authority ”;

(ii) in the third subparagraph, for “Member States” substitute “ The relevant authority ”;

(c) in paragraph 2, for “the Union” substitute “ the United Kingdom and its territorial sea ”;

(d) for paragraph 3 substitute—

“(3) Support for rural development F21 ... must only be repaid in respect of operations that are not investments in infrastructure or productive investments where the operations are subject to an obligation for maintenance of investment under the applicable State aid rules and where they undergo a cessation or relocation of a productive activity within the period laid down in those rules.”;

(e) omit paragraph 5.

Textual Amendments

F1 Words in reg. 11(2)(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(9)(a)(i)

F2 Reg. 11(2)(f)(ii)(bb) 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(9)(a)(ii)

F3 Words in reg. 11(3) 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(9)(b)

F4 Words in reg. 11(4)(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(9)(c)

F5 Words in reg. 11(5)(a)(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(9)(d)

F6 Reg. 11(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(9)(e)(i)

F7 Words in reg. 11(6)(b)(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(9)(e)(ii)

F8 Words in reg. 11(6)(c) 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(9)(e)(iii)

F9 Reg. 11(6)(ca)(cb) inserted (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(9)(e)(iv)

F10 Words in reg. 11(6)(d)(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(9)(e)(v)(aa)

F11 Reg. 11(6)(d)(ii)(bb) 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(9)(e)(v)(bb)

F12 Reg. 11(6)(e)(iii) 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(9)(e)(vi)

F13 Words in reg. 11(6)(g) 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(9)(e)(vii)

F14 Words in reg. 11(7)(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(9)(f)

F15 Reg. 11(8)(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(9)(g)

F16 Words in reg. 11(12)(a)(i)(aa) 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(9)(h)(i)

F17 Words in reg. 11(12)(b)(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(9)(h)(ii)

F18 Words in reg. 11(13)(a)(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(9)(i)

F19 Words in reg. 11(13)(b)(ii) 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(9)(i)(ii)

F20 Words in reg. 11(14)(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(9)(j)(i)

F21 Words in reg. 11(14)(d) 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(9)(j)(ii)

Commencement Information

I1 Reg. 11 in force at 31.12.2020 on IP completion day (in accordance with 2020 c.1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)), see reg. 1