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Article 59 Technical assistance at the initiative of the Member StatesF1

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1.

At the initiative of a F2relevant authority, F3support for rural development may support actions for preparation, management, monitoring, evaluation, information and communication, networking, complaint resolution, and control and audit. F4Support 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 authorityF5... 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.

F61a.

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 F7under any programme.

F83.

Without prejudice to paragraph 2, F9the relevant authority may implement actions referred to in paragraph 1 through the direct award of a contract to:

F10(a)

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(b)

an international financial institution in which a F11relevant 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).

Annotations

Textual amendments

F1

Arts. 46-59 omitted (W.) in so far as relate to domestic support for rural development (26.3.2021) by virtue of The Agricultural Support (Miscellaneous Amendments) (Wales) (EU Exit) Regulations 2021 (S.I. 2021/400), regs. 1(2), 6(20)

F2

Words in Art. 59(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, 10(2)(a)(i); 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)

F3

Words in Art. 59(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, 10(2)(a)(ii) (as amended by S.I. 2020/1542, regs. 1(2), 13(8)(a)); 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)

F4

Words in Art. 59(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, 10(2)(a)(iii) (as amended by S.I. 2020/1542, regs. 1(2), 13(8)(b)); 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)

F5

Word in Art. 59(1) 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, 10(2)(a)(iv); 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)

F6

Art. 59(1A) substituted (31.12.2020) by The European Structural and Investment Funds Common Provisions (Amendment) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 (S.I. 2019/785), regs. 1, 10(2)(b); 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)

F7

Words in Art. 59(2) substituted (31.12.2020) by The European Structural and Investment Funds Common Provisions (Amendment) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 (S.I. 2019/785), regs. 1, 10(2)(c); 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)

F8

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.

F9

Words in Art. 59(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, 10(2)(d)(i); 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)

F10

Art. 59(3)(a) 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, 10(2)(d)(ii); 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)

F11

Words in Art. 59(3)(b) substituted (31.12.2020) by The European Structural and Investment Funds Common Provisions (Amendment) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 (S.I. 2019/785), regs. 1, 10(2)(d)(iii); 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)

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)