CHAPTER IIU.K.PROVISIONS SUPPLEMENTING PART TWO OF REGULATION (EU) No 1303/2013 APPLICABLE TO [F1THE ESI FUNDS] [F1SUPPORT FOR RURAL DEVELOPMENT [F2AND SUPPORT UNDER REGULATION 508/2014]]

SECTION IIU.K.Financial instruments

Article 4U.K.Specific rules on the purchase of land(Article 37(13) of Regulation (EU) No 1303/2013)

1.Financial instruments financed by [F3the ERDF, the Cohesion Fund and] [F4the EAFRD] [F4support for rural development] may support investments that include the purchase of land not built on and land built on for an amount not exceeding 10 % of the programme contribution paid to the final recipient. In the case of guarantees, this percentage shall apply to the amount of the underlying loan or other risk-bearing instruments.

2.Where financial instruments provide support to final recipients in respect of infrastructure investments with the objective of supporting urban development or urban regeneration activities, the limit referred to in paragraph 1 is 20 %.

3.In exceptional and duly justified cases, the managing authority may derogate from the limits in paragraphs 1 and 2 for operations concerning environmental conservation.

Textual Amendments

F3Words in Art. 4(1) omitted in so far as it applies to support for rural development and support under Regulation 508/2014 (31.12.2020) by virtue of The European Structural and Investment Funds Common Provisions Rules etc. (Amendment etc.) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 (S.I. 2019/783), regs. 1, 5(6)(a); 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)

F4Words in Art. 4(1) substituted in so far as it applies to support for rural development and support under Regulation 508/2014 (31.12.2020) by The European Structural and Investment Funds Common Provisions Rules etc. (Amendment etc.) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 (S.I. 2019/783), regs. 1, 5(6)(b); 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)

Textual Amendments

F1Words in Ch. 2 heading substituted in so far as it applies to support for rural development and support under Regulation 508/2014 (31.12.2020) by The European Structural and Investment Funds Common Provisions Rules etc. (Amendment etc.) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 (S.I. 2019/783), regs. 1, 5(4); 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)

F2Words in Ch. 2 heading omitted in so far as it relates to domestic support for rural development (W.) (26.3.2021) by virtue of The Agricultural Support (Miscellaneous Amendments) (Wales) (EU Exit) Regulations 2021 (S.I. 2021/400), regs. 1(2), 8(4)