Article 32 Community-led local developmentE1

England, Scotland and Northern Ireland

Support for rural development must be provided by the relevant authority for community-led led local development.

Community-led local development shall be:

(a)

focused on specific subregional areas;

(b)

led by local action groups composed of representatives of public and private local socio-economic interests, in which, at the decision-making level neither public authorities, as defined in accordance with national rules, nor any single interest group represents more than 49 % of the voting rights;

(c)

carried out through integrated and multi-sectoral area-based local development strategies;

(d)

designed taking into consideration local needs and potential, and shall include innovative features in the local context, networking and, where appropriate, cooperation.

F2Where support for rural development is made available to community-led local development it must be done so in a consistent and coordinated way. This shall be ensured inter alia through coordinated capacity-building, selection, approval and funding of community-led local development strategies and local action groups.

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F45.

Community-led local development funded by support for rural development must be carried out under one or more priorities of the relevant programme or programmes in accordance with the Fund-specific rules.

Annotations

Textual amendments

F1: Art. 32(1) substituted (31.12.2020) by The European Structural and Investment Funds Common Provisions (Amendment) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 (S.I. 2019/785), regs. 1, 7(6)(a) (as amended by S.I. 2020/1542, regs. 1(2), 13(5)(c)(i)); 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)
F2: Words in Art. 32(3) substituted (31.12.2020) by The European Structural and Investment Funds Common Provisions (Amendment) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 (S.I. 2019/785), regs. 1, 7(6)(b) (as amended by S.I. 2020/1542, regs. 1(2), 13(5)(c)(ii)); 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)
F3: Art. 32(4) omitted (31.12.2020) by virtue of The European Structural and Investment Funds Common Provisions (Amendment) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 (S.I. 2019/785), regs. 1, 7(6)(c); 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)
F4: Art. 32(5) substituted (31.12.2020) by The European Structural and Investment Funds Common Provisions (Amendment) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 (S.I. 2019/785), regs. 1, 7(6)(d) (as amended by S.I. 2020/1542, regs. 1(2), 13(5)(c)(iii)); 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)

Extent

E1: This version of this provision applies to England, Scotland and Northern Ireland only; a separate version has been created for Wales

Notes on the whole EU Regulation

Textual amendments

F1: Regulation revoked in so far as relating to the European Maritime and Fisheries Fund (31.12.2020) by The Common Fisheries Policy (Amendment etc.) (EU Exit) Regulations 2020 (S.I. 2020/1542), reg. 1(3), Sch. Pt. 2

Notes on Part TWO

Textual amendments

F1: Pt. 2 heading substituted (31.12.2020) by The European Structural and Investment Funds Common Provisions (Amendment) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 (S.I. 2019/785), regs. 1, 5(1) (as amended by S.I. 2020/1542, regs. 1(2), 13(3)(a)); 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)