http://www.legislation.gov.uk/eur/2019/1197/article/4Council Regulation (EU, Euratom) 2019/1197 of 9 July 2019 on measures concerning the implementation and financing of the general budget of the Union in 2019 in relation to the withdrawal of the United Kingdom from the UnionCouncil Regulation (EU, Euratom) 2019/1197Council Regulation (EU, Euratom) 2019/1197 of 9 July 2019 on measures concerning the implementation and financing of the general budget of the Union in 2019 in relation to the withdrawal of the United Kingdom from the Union2020-12-12King's Printer of Acts of Parliamenthttps://webarchive.nationalarchives.gov.uk/eu-exit/https://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/EN/TXT/?uri=CELEX:32019R1197texttext/xmlen2019-07-09 Participation in calls and eligibility of resulting expenditures Article 4 1 As of the date of entry into force of the decision referred to in point (d) of the first subparagraph of Article 2(1), and as long as no decision as referred to in Article 3(2) has entered into force, the United Kingdom or persons and entities established in the United Kingdom shall be eligible in 2019 for the purposes of conditions set in any calls, tenders, contests or any other procedure which may lead to financing from the Union's budget to the same extent as Member States and persons or entities established in the Member States, and be eligible for Union funding for eligible expenditure incurred in 2019. Notwithstanding the first subparagraph: a contracts signed in application of Title VII of the Financial Regulation until the end of 2019 shall be implemented in accordance with their terms and until their end date; b expenditure in respect of the United Kingdom direct payments scheme for the claim year 2019 pursuant to Regulation (EU) No 1307/2013 of the European Parliament and of the Council shall not be eligible for Union funding. 2 The first subparagraph of paragraph 1 shall not apply: a where the participation is limited to the Member States and persons or entities established in the Member States for security reasons; b to financial operations carried out within financial instruments managed directly or indirectly under Title X of the Financial Regulation or to financial operations guaranteed by the Union budget under the European Fund for Strategic Investments (EFSI) established by Regulation (EU) 2015/1017 of the European Parliament and of the Council or under the European Fund for Sustainable Development (EFSD) established by Regulation (EU) 2017/1601 of the European Parliament and of the Council. Regulation (EU) No 1307/2013 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 17 December 2013 establishing rules for direct payments to farmers under support schemes within the framework of the common agricultural policy and repealing Council Regulation (EC) No 637/2008 and Council Regulation (EC) No 73/2009 (OJ L 347, 20.12.2013, p. 608). Regulation (EU) 2015/1017 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 25 June 2015 on the European Fund for Strategic Investments, the European Investment Advisory Hub and the European Investment Project Portal and amending Regulations (EU) No 1291/2013 and (EU) No 1316/2013 — the European Fund for Strategic Investments (OJ L 169, 1.7.2015, p. 1). Regulation (EU) 2017/1601 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 26 September 2017 establishing the European Fund for Sustainable Development (EFSD), the EFSD Guarantee and the EFSD Guarantee Fund (OJ L 249, 27.9.2017, p. 1).