Article 8 Eligibility and aid intensityF3

United Kingdom

Expenditure in respect of actions under measures described in Articles 2 to 7 of this Regulation and of any other measure mentioned in Article 2 of Regulation (EC) No 1268/1999 shall be eligible for Community support only if those actions form part of the programme for agriculture and rural development approved in accordance with Article 4(5) of Regulation (EC) No 1268/1999.

F12.

Only expenditure paid by the Agency from the date of the Commission decision conferring financial management on that Agency, or the date(s) specified therein, shall be eligible for Community support. For a project to be eligible for Community support, all services, works, machinery and supplies shall originate in the Community or in the applicant countries; if so requested, the final beneficiary shall be able to establish the origin of the inputs into works or service contracts, using any admissible means of evidence.

The final date for the eligibility of commitment shall be the end of the financial year 2006 or the date of accession of the relevant applicant country, whichever is the earlier.

Any operation shall remain eligible only if it does not within five years from the date of the authorisation of the payment by the applicant country's paying agency undergo a substantial modification:

(a)

affecting its nature or its implementation conditions or giving to a firm or public body an undue advantage; and

(b)

resulting either from a change in the nature of ownership in an item of infrastructure or a cessation or change in location in a productive activity.

F24.

For the application of Article 8(2) of Regulation (EC) No 1268/1999 the following definitions shall apply:

(a)

‘ young farmers ’ shall mean a farmer under 40 years of age at the time when the decision to grant support is taken, possessing adequate occupational skills and competence;

(b)

‘ mountain areas ’ shall mean mountain areas as defined in Article 18(1) of Regulation (EC) No 1257/1999;

(c)

‘ public aid ’ shall mean all such aid whether or not granted under the programme.

Annotations

Textual amendments

F1: Substituted by Commission Regulation (EC) No 2251/2001 of 20 November 2001 amending Regulation (EC) No 2759/1999 laying down rules for the application of Council Regulation (EC) No 1268/1999 on Community support for pre-accession measures for agriculture and rural development in the applicant countries of central and eastern Europe in the pre-accession period (Text with EEA relevance).
F2: Substituted by Commission Regulation (EC) No 2278/2004 of 30 December 2004 amending Regulation (EC) No 2759/1999 laying down rules for the application of Council Regulation (EC) No 1268/1999 on Community support for pre-accession measures for agriculture and rural development in the applicant countries of central and eastern Europe in the pre-accession period.
F3: Substituted by Commission Regulation (EC) No 2356/2000 of 24 October 2000 amending Regulation (EC) No 2759/1999 laying down rules for the application of Council Regulation (EC) No 1268/1999 on Community support for pre-accession measures for agriculture and rural development in the applicant countries of central and eastern Europe in the pre-accession period (Text with EEA relevance).