# Regulation (EU) No 1303/2013 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 17 December 2013 laying down common provisions on the European Regional Development Fund, the European Social Fund, the Cohesion Fund, the European Agricultural Fund for Rural Development and the European Maritime and Fisheries Fund and laying down general provisions on the European Regional Development Fund, the European Social Fund, the Cohesion Fund and the European Maritime and Fisheries Fund and repealing Council Regulation (EC) No 1083/2006, Article 59: Technical assistance at the initiative of the Member States

Extent: E+W+S+N.I.

1. At the initiative of a relevant authority, support for rural development may support actions for preparation, management, monitoring, evaluation, information and communication, networking, complaint resolution, and control and audit. Support for rural development may be used by the relevant authority to support actions for the reduction of the administrative burden on beneficiaries, including electronic data exchange systems, and actions to reinforce the capacity of relevant authority... and beneficiaries to administer and use those Funds. Support for rural development may also be used to support actions to reinforce the capacity of relevant partners in line with point (e) of Article 5(3) and to support exchange of good practices between such partners. The actions referred to in this paragraph may concern previous and subsequent programming periods.
1a. Any programme may support technical assistance operations eligible under any other programme.
2. The Fund-specific rules may add or exclude actions which may be financed by the technical assistance under any programme.
3. Without prejudice to paragraph 2, the relevant authority may implement actions referred to in paragraph 1 through the direct award of a contract to:
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(b) an international financial institution in which a relevant authority is a shareholder;
(c) a publicly-owned bank or institution, as referred to in point (b)(iii) of the first subparagraph of Article 38(4).

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/eur/2013/1303/article/59 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/eu-regulation-2013-1303/article-59
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