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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-regulation-2013-1301/article-3",
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  "legislation": "eur/2013/1301",
  "legislation_title": "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",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-regulation-2013-1301",
  "path": "article/3",
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  "number": "3",
  "heading": "Scope of support from the ERDF",
  "text": "1. The ERDF shall support the following activities in order to contribute to the investment priorities set out in Article 5:\n(a) productive investment which contributes to creating and safeguarding sustainable jobs, through direct aid for investment in SMEs;\n(b) productive investment, irrespective of the size of the enterprise concerned, which contributes to the investment priorities set out in points (1) and (4) of Article 5, and, where that investment involves cooperation between large enterprises and SMEs, in point (2) of Article 5;\n(c) investment in infrastructure providing basic services to citizens in the areas of energy, environment, transport and ICT;\n(d) investment in social, health, research, innovation, business and educational infrastructure;\n(e) investment in the development of endogenous potential through fixed investment in equipment and infrastructure, including cultural and sustainable tourism infrastructure, services to enterprises, support to research and innovation bodies and investment in technology and applied research in enterprises;\n(f) networking, cooperation and exchange of experience between competent regional, local, urban and other public authorities, economic and social partners and relevant bodies representing civil society, referred to in Article 5(1) of Regulation (EU) No 1303/2013, studies, preparatory actions and capacity-building.\nInvestment in cultural and sustainable tourism infrastructure as referred to in point (e) of the first subparagraph of this paragraph shall be considered small-scale and eligible for support, if the ERDF contribution to the operation does not exceed EUR 10 000 000 . That ceiling shall be raised to EUR 20 000 000 in the case of infrastructure considered to be cultural heritage within the meaning of Article 1 of the 1972 Unesco Convention Concerning the Protection of the World Cultural and Natural Heritage.\nIn addition, the ERDF may support the financing of working capital in SMEs where necessary as a temporary measure to provide an effective response to a public health crisis.\n2. Under the European territorial cooperation goal, the ERDF may also support the sharing of facilities and human resources, and all types of infrastructure across borders in all regions.\n3. The ERDF shall not support:\n(a) the decommissioning or the construction of nuclear power stations;\n(b) investment to achieve the reduction of greenhouse gas emissions from activities listed in Annex I to Directive 2003/87/EC;\n(c) the manufacturing, processing and marketing of tobacco and tobacco products;\n(d) undertakings in difficulty as defined in Union State aid rules; undertakings receiving support complying with Temporary Framework for State aid measures or Commission Regulations (EU) No 1407/2013 , (EU) No 1408/2013 and (EU) No 717/2014 shall not be regarded as undertakings in difficulty for the purpose of this point;\n(e) investment in airport infrastructure unless related to environmental protection or accompanied by investment necessary to mitigate or reduce its negative environmental impact.",
  "extent": "E+W+S+N.I.",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "Substituted by Regulation (EU, Euratom) 2018/1046 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 18 July 2018 on the financial rules applicable to the general budget of the Union, amending Regulations (EU) No 1296/2013, (EU) No 1301/2013, (EU) No 1303/2013, (EU) No 1304/2013, (EU) No 1309/2013, (EU) No 1316/2013, (EU) No 223/2014, (EU) No 283/2014, and Decision No 541/2014/EU and repealing Regulation (EU, Euratom) No 966/2012."
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F2",
      "text": "Inserted by Regulation (EU, Euratom) 2018/1046 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 18 July 2018 on the financial rules applicable to the general budget of the Union, amending Regulations (EU) No 1296/2013, (EU) No 1301/2013, (EU) No 1303/2013, (EU) No 1304/2013, (EU) No 1309/2013, (EU) No 1316/2013, (EU) No 223/2014, (EU) No 283/2014, and Decision No 541/2014/EU and repealing Regulation (EU, Euratom) No 966/2012."
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F3",
      "text": "Inserted by Regulation (EU) 2020/460 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 30 March 2020 amending Regulations (EU) No 1301/2013, (EU) No 1303/2013 and (EU) No 508/2014 as regards specific measures to mobilise investments in the healthcare systems of Member States and in other sectors of their economies in response to the COVID-19 outbreak (Coronavirus Response Investment Initiative)."
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F4",
      "text": "Substituted by Regulation (EU) 2020/558 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 23 April 2020 amending Regulations (EU) No 1301/2013 and (EU) No 1303/2013 as regards specific measures to provide exceptional flexibility for the use of the European Structural and Investments Funds in response to the COVID-19 outbreak."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "OJ C 91 I, 20.3.2020, p. 1 ."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f2",
      "text": "Commission Regulation (EU) No 1407/2013 of 18 December 2013 on the application of Articles 107 and 108 of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union to de minimis aid ( OJ L 352, 24.12.2013, p. 1 )."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f3",
      "text": "Commission Regulation (EU) No 1408/2013 of 18 December 2013 on the application of Articles 107 and 108 of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union to de minimis aid in the agriculture sector ( OJ L 352, 24.12.2013, p. 9 )."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f4",
      "text": "Commission Regulation (EU) No 717/2014 of 27 June 2014 on the application of Articles 107 and 108 of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union to de minimis aid in the fishery and aquaculture sector ( OJ L 190, 28.6.2014, p. 45 )."
    }
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