Regulation 2 Amendment of Regulation (EU) No 1305/2013

Regulation (EU) No 1305/2013 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 17 December 2013 on the support for rural development by the European Agricultural Fund for Rural Development (EAFRD) and repealing Council Regulation (EC) No 1698/2005^f1 is amended as follows.

In Article 31 (payments to areas facing natural or other specific constraints), for paragraph 5 substitute—

“5.

In addition to the payments provided for in paragraph 2, the relevant authority may grant payments under this measure between 2014 and 2024 to beneficiaries in areas which were eligible under Article 36(a)(ii) of Regulation (EC) No 1698/2005 during the 2007-2013 programming period.”.