CHAPTER II U.K. PROVISIONS SUPPLEMENTING PART TWO OF REGULATION (EU) No 1303/2013 APPLICABLE TO [F1 THE ESI FUNDS] [F1 SUPPORT FOR RURAL DEVELOPMENT [F2 AND SUPPORT UNDER REGULATION 508/2014]]

SECTION IV U.K. Definition of the flat rates for indirect costs and related methods applicable in other [F3 Union] policies

Article 20 U.K. Flat rate financing for indirect costs based on Regulation (EU) No 1290/2013[F4 (Second paragraph of Article 68 of Regulation (EU) No 1303/2013)]

Indirect costs may be calculated by applying a flat rate established in accordance with Article 29(1) of Regulation (EU) No 1290/2013 for the following types of operations or projects forming part of operations:

(a)

[F5 the operations supported by the ERDF under intervention field codes 056, 057 or 060-065 as set out in Table 1 of Annex to Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) No 215/2014(1) and carried out under one of the investment priorities laid down in Article 5(1)(a) and (b), (2)(b), (3)(a) and (c), and (4)(f) of Regulation (EU) No 1301/2013 of the European Parliament and of the Council(2);]

(b)

[F6 the operations supported by the ESF under intervention field code 04 as set out in Table 6 of Annex to Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 215/2014 and contributing to strengthening research, technological development and innovation in accordance with Article 3(2)(c) of Regulation (EU) No 1304/2013;]

(c)

the operations [F7 supported by the EAFRD] [F7 funded by support for rural development] in accordance with Articles 17, 26 or 35 of Regulation (EU) No 1305/2013 which contribute to the [F8 Union] priority laid down in Article 5(1) of that Regulation. [F9 Where the operation is programmed in accordance with Articles 17 and 26 of Regulation (EU) No 1305/2013, only operations implemented by an operational group of the European Innovation Partnership funded under Article 35(1)(c) of that Regulation shall be considered];

(d)

[F10 [F11 the operations [F12 supported by the EMFF] [F12 funded by support under Regulation 508/2014] and programmed in accordance with Articles 26, 28, 39 or 47 of Regulation (EU) No 508/2014.]]

Textual Amendments

F4 Substituted by Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) 2019/886 of 12 February 2019 amending and correcting Delegated Regulation (EU) No 480/2014 as regards the provisions on financial instruments, simplified cost options, audit trail, scope and content of audits of operations and methodology for the selection of the sample of operations and Annex III.

F5 Art. 20(a) 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(14)(a); 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)

F6 Art. 20(b) 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(14)(a); 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)

F7 Words in Art. 20(c) substituted in so far as they apply 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(14)(b)(i); 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)

F8 Word in Art. 20(c) 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(14)(b)(ii); 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)

F9 Words in Art. 20(c) omitted in so far as they apply 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(16)(a)

F10 Art. 20(d) omitted in so far as it applies 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(16)(b)

F11 Substituted by Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) 2015/616 of 13 February 2015 amending Delegated Regulation (EU) No 480/2014 as regards references therein to Regulation (EU) No 508/2014 of the European Parliament and of the Council.

F12 Words in Art. 20(d) substituted in so far as they apply 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(14)(c); 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)

Article 21 U.K. Flat rate financing for indirect costs based on Regulation (EU, Euratom) No 966/2012 [F4 (Second paragraph of Article 68 of Regulation (EU) No 1303/2013)]

Indirect costs may be calculated by applying the flat rate established in accordance with Article 124(4) of Regulation [F13 (EU, Euratom)] No 966/2012 of the European Parliament and of the Council(3) for the following types of operations or projects forming part of an operation:

(a)

[F14 the operations supported by the ERDF under intervention field codes 085, 086 or 087 as set out in Table 1 of Annex to Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) No 215/2014 and carried out under one of the investment priorities laid down in Article 5(5)(a) and (6)(d) of Regulation (EU) No 1301/2013;]

(b)

[F15 the operations supported by the ESF under intervention field code 01 as set out in Table 6 of Annex to Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) No 215/2014 and contributing to supporting the shift towards a low carbon, climate resilient, resource-efficient and environmentally sustainable economy in accordance with Article 3(2)(a) of Regulation (EU) No 1304/2013;]

(c)

the operations [F16 supported by the EAFRD] [F16 funded by support for rural development] in accordance with Articles 17 and 25 of Regulation (EU) No 1305/2013 which contribute to the [F17 Union] priority laid down in Article 5(4) or (5) of that Regulation;

(d)

[F18 [F11 the operation [F19 supported by the EMFF] [F19 funded by support under Regulation 508/2014] and programmed in accordance with Articles 38, 40(1), 41(1), 44(6), 48(1)(e), (i), (j) or (k) or 80(1)(b) of Regulation (EU) No 508/2014.]]

Textual Amendments

F4 Substituted by Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) 2019/886 of 12 February 2019 amending and correcting Delegated Regulation (EU) No 480/2014 as regards the provisions on financial instruments, simplified cost options, audit trail, scope and content of audits of operations and methodology for the selection of the sample of operations and Annex III.

F11 Substituted by Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) 2015/616 of 13 February 2015 amending Delegated Regulation (EU) No 480/2014 as regards references therein to Regulation (EU) No 508/2014 of the European Parliament and of the Council.

F13 Words in Art. 21 omitted in so far as they apply 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(17)(a)

F14 Art. 21(a) 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(15)(a); 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)

F15 Art. 21(b) 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(15)(a); 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)

F16 Words in Art. 21(c) substituted in so far as they apply 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(15)(b)(i); 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)

F17 Word in Art. 21(c) 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(15)(b)(ii); 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)

F18 Art. 21(d) omitted in so far as it applies 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(17)(b)

F19 Words in Art. 21(d) substituted in so far as they apply 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(15)(c); 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)

Textual Amendments

F3 Word in Section 4 heading 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(13); 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)

Textual Amendments

F1 Words 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)

F2 Words 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)

(1)

Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) No 215/2014 of 7 March 2014 laying down rules for Implementing Regulation (EU) No 1303/2013 of the European Parliament and of the Council laying down common provisions on the European Regional Development Fund, the European Social Fund, the Cohesion Fund, the European Agricultural Fund for Rural Development and the European Maritime and Fisheries Fund and laying down general provisions on the European Regional Development Fund, the European Social Fund, the Cohesion Fund and the European Maritime and Fisheries Fund, with regard to methodologies for climate change support, the determination of milestones and targets in the performance framework and the nomenclature of categories of intervention for the European Structural and Investment Funds (OJ L 69, 8.3.2014, p. 65).

(2)

Regulation (EU) No 1301/2013 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 17 December 2013 on the European Regional Development Fund and on specific provisions concerning the investment for growth and jobs goal and repealing Regulation (EC) No 1080/2006 (OJ L 347, 20.12.2013, p. 289).

(3)

Regulation (EU, Euratom) No 966/2012 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 25 October 2012 on the financial rules applicable to the general budget of the Union and repealing Council Regulation (EC, Euratom) No 1605/2002 (OJ L 298, 26.10.2012, p. 1).