Council Regulation (EC) No 3/2008 (repealed)Show full title

Article 13 Financing

1. Without prejudice to paragraph 4, the Community shall fully fund the measures referred to in Article 10. The Community shall also fully fund the costs to cover the technical assistants selected in accordance with Article 11(1)(a).

2. The Community’s financial participation in the programmes selected under Articles 8 and 9 shall not exceed 50 % of the actual cost of these programmes. Where information and promotion programmes have a duration of two or three years, the participation for each year of implementation shall not exceed this ceiling.

The percentage referred to in the first subparagraph shall be 60 % for measures for the promotion of fruit and vegetables intended specifically for children in schools of the Community.

3. Proposing organisations shall participate in the funding of the programmes they propose to a level of at least 20 % of the actual costs of the programmes, with the remaining funding being borne by the Member States concerned, where appropriate, taking account of the Community’s financial participation referred to in paragraph 2.

The share paid by the Member States and the proposing organisations respectively shall be fixed when the programme is submitted to the Commission in accordance with Article 7(2).

The payments made by Member States or proposing organisations may come from parafiscal charges or mandatory contributions.

4. Where Article 6(2) applies, the Community shall, after approving the programme, grant an appropriate contribution to the international organisation concerned.

5. For the programmes referred to in Article 9, the Member States concerned shall be responsible for the share of the financing not covered by the Community.

Member States’ financing may come from parafiscal charges.

6. Articles 87, 88 and 89 of the Treaty shall not apply to the financial participations of Member States nor to the financial participations from parafiscal charges or mandatory contributions of Member States or proposing organisations for programmes eligible for Community support under Article 36 of the Treaty, that the Commission has selected in accordance with Article 8(1) of this Regulation.