Legal provisions of COM(2009)38-1 - Amendment of Regulation (EC) No 1698/2005 on support for rural development by the European Agricultural Fund for Rural Development (EAFRD) - Main contents
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dossier | COM(2009)38-1 - Amendment of Regulation (EC) No 1698/2005 on support for rural development by the European Agricultural Fund for Rural ... |
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document | COM(2009)38 ![]() |
date | May 25, 2009 |
Article 1
1. | Article 12a is replaced by the following: ‘Article 12a Revision 1. Member States shall revise, in accordance with the procedure referred to in Article 12(1), their national strategy plans following the review of the Community strategic guidelines as referred to in Article 10. 2. The revised national strategy plan referred to in paragraph 1 shall be sent to the Commission no later than 15 July 2009.’; |
2. | Article 16a is replaced by the following: ‘Article 16a Specific operations related to certain priorities 1. By 31 December 2009, Member States shall provide in their rural development programmes, in accordance with their specific needs, for types of operations having the following priorities as described in the Community strategic guidelines and specified further in the national strategy plans:
The types of operations to be linked to the priorities referred to in points (a) to (f) of the first subparagraph shall be aimed at achieving effects such as the potential effects specified in Annex II. An indicative list of such types of operations and their potential effects is set out in Annex II. A list of types of operations linked to the priority referred to in point (g) of the first subparagraph is set out in Annex III. The revised rural development programmes related to the operations referred to in this paragraph shall be submitted to the Commission no later than 15 July 2009. 2. From 1 January 2009, for types of operations referred to in points (a) to (f) of paragraph 1, the aid intensity rates fixed in Annex I may be increased by 10 percentage points. 3. By 31 December 2009, each rural development programme shall also include:
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3. | in Article 17, paragraph 3 is replaced by the following: ‘3. The amounts equal to those resulting from the application of the compulsory modulation under Article 69(5a) together with, as from 2011, the amounts generated under Article 136 of Council Regulation (EC) No 73/2009 of 19 January 2009 establishing common rules for direct support schemes for farmers under the common agricultural policy and establishing certain support schemes for farmers (9) and the amount referred to in Article 69(2a) of this Regulation shall not be taken into account in the EAFRD total contribution from which the minimum Community financial contribution per axis is calculated as provided for in paragraphs 1 and 2 of this Article. |
4. | in Article 56 the following sentence is added: ‘The limitation in size for infrastructure shall not apply to the operations referred to in point (g) of Article 16a(1).’; |
5. | Article 69 is hereby amended as follows:
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6. | Article 70 is hereby amended as follows:
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7. | in Annex II the title is replaced by the following: |
8. | An Annex, the text of which is set out in the Annex to this Regulation, is added. |
Article 2
In Article 12, paragraph 1 is replaced by the following:
‘1. The annual ceiling for EAGF expenditure shall be constituted by the maximum amounts set for it under the multiannual financial framework provided for in the Interinstitutional Agreement, less the amounts referred to in paragraph 2, and:
(a) | less the amount added for Rural Development Support by Council Decision 2009/434/EC of 25 May 2009 amending Decision 2006/493/EC laying down the amount of Community support for rural development for the period from 1 January 2007 to 31 December 2013, its annual breakdown and the minimum amount to be concentrated in regions eligible under the Convergence Objective (12) that is not covered by the margin under Heading 2 of the financial framework of the Interinstitutional Agreement existing outside the sub-ceiling for EAGF expenditure; |
(b) | less any possible reduction of the ceiling of Heading 2 in relation to the financing of projects in the field of energy, which could be decided in accordance with the procedure set out in the Declaration of the European Parliament, the Council and the Commission on the financing of projects in the field of energy and broadband Internet as well as the CAP Health Check in the framework of the European Economic Recovery Plan (13). |
Article 3
It shall apply from 1 January 2009.
This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States.