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  "legislation_title": "Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) No 184/2014 of 25 February 2014 laying down pursuant to Regulation (EU) No 1303/2013 of the European Parliament and of the Council 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, the terms and conditions applicable to the electronic data exchange system between the Member States and the Commission and adopting pursuant to Regulation (EU) No 1299/2013 of the European Parliament and of the Council on specific provisions for the support from the European Regional Development Fund to the European territorial cooperation goal, the nomenclature of the categories of intervention for support from the European Regional Development Fund under the European territorial cooperation goal",
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  "text": "Nomenclature for the categories of intervention of the European Regional Development Fund under the European territorial cooperation goal\nTABLE 1:CODES FOR THE INTERVENTION FIELD DIMENSION\nRestricted to investments related to environmental protection or accompanied by investments necessary to mitigate or reduce its negative environmental impact.\n1. INTERVENTION FIELD\nI. Productive investment:\n001\nGeneric productive investment in small and medium – sized enterprises (‘SMEs’)\n002\nResearch and innovation processes in large enterprises\n003\nProductive investment in large enterprises linked to the low-carbon economy\n004\nProductive investment linked to the cooperation between large enterprises and SMEs for developing information and communication technology (‘ICT’) products and services, e-commerce and enhancing demand for ICT\nII. Infrastructure providing basic services and related investment:\nEnergy infrastructure\n005\nElectricity (storage and transmission)\n006\nElectricity (TEN-E storage and transmission)\n007\nNatural gas\n008\nNatural gas (TEN-E)\n009\nRenewable energy: wind\n010\nRenewable energy: solar\n011\nRenewable energy: biomass\n012\nOther renewable energy (including hydroelectric, geothermal and marine energy) and renewable energy integration (including storage, power to gas and renewable hydrogen infrastructure)\n013\nEnergy efficiency renovation of public infrastructure, demonstration projects and supporting measures\n014\nEnergy efficiency renovation of existing housing stock, demonstration projects and supporting measures\n015\nIntelligent Energy Distribution Systems at medium and low voltage levels (including smart grids and ICT systems)\n016\nHigh efficiency co-generation and district heating\nEnvironmental infrastructure\n017\nHousehold waste management, (including minimisation, sorting, recycling measures)\n018\nHousehold waste management, (including mechanical biological treatment, thermal treatment, incineration and landfill measures)\n019\nCommercial, industrial or hazardous waste management\n020\nProvision of water for human consumption (extraction, treatment, storage and distribution infrastructure)\n021\nWater management and drinking water conservation (including river basin management, water supply, specific climate change adaptation measures, district and consumer metering, charging systems and leak reduction)\n022\nWaste water treatment\n023\nEnvironmental measures aimed at reducing and/or avoiding greenhouse gas emissions (including treatment and storage of methane gas and composting)\nTransport infrastructure\n024\nRailways (TEN-T Core)\n025\nRailways (TEN-T comprehensive)\n026\nOther Railways\n027\nMobile rail assets\n028\nTEN-T motorways and roads — core network (new build)\n029\nTEN-T motorways and roads — comprehensive network (new build)\n030\nSecondary road links to TEN-T road network and nodes (new build)\n031\nOther national and regional roads (new build)\n032\nLocal access roads (new build)\n033\nTEN-T reconstructed or improved road\n034\nOther reconstructed or improved road (motorway, national, regional or local)\n035\nMultimodal transport (TEN-T)\n036\nMultimodal transport\n037\nAirports (TEN-T)\n038\nOther airports\n039\nSeaports (TEN-T)\n040\nOther seaports\n041\nInland waterways and ports (TEN-T)\n042\nInland waterways and ports (regional and local)\nSustainable transport\n043\nClean urban transport infrastructure and promotion (including equipment and rolling stock)\n044\nIntelligent transport systems (including the introduction of demand management, tolling systems, IT monitoring, control and information systems)\nInformation and communication technology (ICT) infrastructure\n045\nICT: Backbone/backhaul network\n046\nICT: High-speed broadband network (access/local loop; >/= 30 Mbps)\n047\nICT: Very high-speed broadband network (access/local loop; >/= 100 Mbps)\n048\nICT: Other types of ICT infrastructure/large-scale computer resources/equipment (including e-infrastructure, data centres and sensors; also where embedded in other infrastructure such as research facilities, environmental and social infrastructure)\nIII. Social, health and education infrastructure and related investment:\n049\nEducation infrastructure for tertiary education\n050\nEducation infrastructure for vocational education and training and adult learning\n051\nEducation infrastructure for school education (primary and general secondary education)\n052\nInfrastructure for early childhood education and care\n053\nHealth infrastructure\n054\nHousing infrastructure\n055\nOther social infrastructure contributing to regional and local development\nIV. Development of endogenous potential:\nResearch and development and innovation\n056\nInvestment in infrastructure, capacities and equipment in SMEs directly linked to research and innovation activities\n057\nInvestment in infrastructure, capacities and equipment in large companies directly linked to research and innovation activities\n058\nResearch and innovation infrastructure (public)\n059\nResearch and innovation infrastructure (private, including science parks)\n060\nResearch and innovation activities in public research centres and centres of competence including networking\n061\nResearch and innovation activities in private research centres including networking\n062\nTechnology transfer and university-enterprise cooperation primarily benefiting SMEs\n063\nCluster support and business networks primarily benefiting SMEs\n064\nResearch and innovation processes in SMEs (including voucher schemes, process, design, service and social innovation)\n065\nResearch and innovation infrastructure, processes, technology transfer and cooperation in enterprises focusing on the low carbon economy and on resilience to climate change\nBusiness development\n066\nAdvanced support services for SMEs and groups of SMEs (including management, marketing and design services)\n067\nSME business development, support to entrepreneurship and incubation (including support to spin offs and spin outs)\n068\nEnergy efficiency and demonstration projects in SMEs and supporting measures\n069\nSupport to environmentally-friendly production processes and resource efficiency in SMEs\n070\nPromotion of energy efficiency in large enterprises\n071\nDevelopment and promotion of enterprises specialised in providing services contributing to the low carbon economy and to resilience to climate change (including support to such services)\n072\nBusiness infrastructure for SMEs (including industrial parks and sites)\n073\nSupport to social enterprises (SMEs)\n074\nDevelopment and promotion of tourism assets in SMEs\n075\nDevelopment and promotion of tourism services in or for SMEs\n076\nDevelopment and promotion of cultural and creative assets in SMEs\n077\nDevelopment and promotion of cultural and creative services in or for SMEs\nInformation and communication technology (ICT) — demand stimulation, applications and services\n078\ne-Government services and applications (including e-Procurement, ICT measures supporting the reform of public administration, cyber-security, trust and privacy measures, e-Justice and e-Democracy)\n079\nAccess to public sector information (including open data e-Culture, digital libraries, e-Content and e-Tourism)\n080\ne-Inclusion, e-Accessibility, e-Learning and e-Education services and applications, digital literacy\n081\nICT solutions addressing the healthy active ageing challenge and e-Health services and applications (including e-Care and ambient assisted living)\n082\nICT Services and applications for SMEs (including e-Commerce, e-Business and networked business processes), living labs, web entrepreneurs and ICT start-ups)\nEnvironment\n083\nAir quality measures\n084\nIntegrated pollution prevention and control (IPPC)\n085\nProtection and enhancement of biodiversity, nature protection and green infrastructure\n086\nProtection, restoration and sustainable use of Natura 2000 sites\n087\nAdaptation to climate change measures and prevention and management of climate related risks e.g. erosion, fires, flooding, storms and drought, including awareness raising, civil protection and disaster management systems and infrastructures\n088\nRisk prevention and management of non-climate related natural risks (i.e. earthquakes) and risks linked to human activities (e.g. technological accidents), including awareness raising, civil protection and disaster management systems and infrastructures\n089\nRehabilitation of industrial sites and contaminated land\n090\nCycle tracks and footpaths\n091\nDevelopment and promotion of the tourism potential of natural areas\n092\nProtection, development and promotion of public tourism assets\n093\nDevelopment and promotion of public tourism services\n094\nProtection, development and promotion of public cultural and heritage assets\n095\nDevelopment and promotion of public cultural and heritage services\nOther\n096\nInstitutional capacity of public administrations and public services related to implementation of the ERDF or actions supporting ESF institutional capacity initiatives\n097\nCommunity-led local development initiatives in urban and rural areas\n098\nOutermost regions: compensation of any additional costs due to accessibility deficit and territorial fragmentation\n099\nOutermost regions: specific action to compensate additional costs due to size market factors\n100\nOutermost regions: support to compensate additional costs due to climate conditions and relief difficulties\n101\nCross-financing under the ERDF (support to ESF-type actions necessary for the satisfactory implementation of the ERDF part of the operation and directly linked to it)\nV. Promoting sustainable and quality employment and supporting labour mobility:\n102\nAccess to employment for job-seekers and inactive people, including the long-term unemployed and people far from the labour market, also through local employment initiatives and support for labour mobility\n103\nSustainable integration into the labour market of young people, in particular those not in employment, education or training, including young people at risk of social exclusion and young people from marginalised communities, including through the implementation of the Youth Guarantee\n104\nSelf-employment, entrepreneurship and business creation including innovative micro, small and medium sized enterprises\n105\nEquality between men and women in all areas, including in access to employment, career progression, reconciliation of work and private life and promotion of equal pay for equal work\n106\nAdaptation of workers, enterprises and entrepreneurs to change\n107\nActive and healthy ageing\n108\nModernisation of labour market institutions, such as public and private employment services, and improving the matching of labour market needs, including throughactions that enhance transnational labour mobility as well as through mobility schemes and better cooperation between institutions and relevant stakeholders\nVI. Promoting social inclusion, combating poverty and any discrimination:\n109\nActive inclusion, including with a view to promoting equal opportunities and active participation, and improving employability\n110\nSocio-economic integration of marginalised communities such as the Roma\n111\nCombating all forms of discrimination and promoting equal opportunities\n112\nEnhancing access to affordable, sustainable and high-quality services, including health care and social services of general interest\n113\nPromoting social entrepreneurship and vocational integration in social enterprises and the social and solidarity economy in order to facilitate access to employment\n114\nCommunity-led local development strategies\nVII. Investing in education, training and vocational training for skills and lifelong learning:\n115\nReducing and preventing early school-leaving and promoting equal access to good quality early-childhood, primary and secondary education including formal, non-formal and informal learning pathways for reintegrating into education and training\n116\nImproving the quality and efficiency of, and access to, tertiary and equivalent education with a view to increasing participation and attainment levels, especially for disadvantaged groups\n117\nEnhancing equal access to lifelong learning for all age groups in formal, non-formal and informal settings, upgrading the knowledge, skills and competences of the workforce, and promoting flexible learning pathways including through career guidance and validation of acquired competences\n118\nImproving the labour market relevance of education and training systems, facilitating the transition from education to work, and strengthening vocational education and training systems and their quality, including through mechanisms for skills anticipation, adaptation of curricula and the establishment and development of work-based learning systems, including dual learning systems and apprenticeship schemes\nVIII. Enhancing institutional capacity of public authorities and stakeholders and efficient public administration:\n119\nInvestment in institutional capacity and in the efficiency of public administrations and public services at the national, regional and local levels with a view to reforms, better regulation and good governance\n120\nCapacity building for all stakeholders delivering education, lifelong learning, training and employment and social policies, including through sectoral and territorial pacts to mobilise for reform at the national, regional and local levels\nIX. Technical assistance:\n121\nPreparation, implementation, monitoring and inspection\n122\nEvaluation and studies\n123\nInformation and communication\nTABLE 2:CODES FOR THE FORM OF FINANCE DIMENSION\n2. FORM OF FINANCE\n01\nNon-repayable grant\n02\nRepayable grant\n03\nSupport through financial instruments: venture and equity capital or equivalent\n04\nSupport through financial instruments: loan or equivalent\n05\nSupport through financial instruments: guarantee or equivalent\n06\nSupport through financial instruments: interest rate subsidy, guarantee fee subsidy, technical support or equivalent\n07\nPrize\nTABLE 3:CODES FOR THE TERRITORIAL DIMENSION\n3. TERRITORY TYPE\n01\nLarge Urban areas (densely populated > 50 000 population)\n02\nSmall Urban areas (intermediate density > 5 000 population)\n03\nRural areas (thinly populated)\n04\nMacro regional cooperation area\n05\nCooperation across national or regional programme areas in national context\n06\nESF transnational cooperation\n07\nNot applicable\nTABLE 4:CODES FOR THE TERRITORIAL DELIVERY MECHANISMS DIMENSION\n4. TERRITORIAL DELIVERY MECHANISMS\n01\nIntegrated Territorial Investment — Urban\n02\nOther integrated approaches to sustainable urban development\n03\nIntegrated Territorial Investment — Other\n04\nOther integrated approaches to sustainable rural development\n05\nOther integrated approaches to sustainable urban/rural development\n06\nCommunity-led local development initiatives\n07\nNot applicable\nTABLE 5:CODES FOR THEMATIC OBJECTIVE DIMENSION\n5. THEMATIC OBJECTIVE (ERDF and the Cohesion Fund)\n01\nStrengthening research, technological development and innovation\n02\nEnhancing access to, and use and quality of, information and communication technologies\n03\nEnhancing the competitiveness of small and medium-sized enterprises,\n04\nSupporting the shift towards a low-carbon economy in all sectors\n05\nPromoting climate change adaptation, risk prevention and management\n06\nPreserving and protecting the environment and promoting resource efficiency\n07\nPromoting sustainable transport and removing bottlenecks in key network infrastructures\n08\nPromoting sustainable and quality employment and supporting labour mobility\n09\nPromoting social inclusion and combating poverty and any discrimination\n10\nInvesting in education, training and vocational training for skills and lifelong learning\n11\nEnhancing the institutional capacity of public authorities and stakeholders and an efficient public administration\n12\nNot applicable (Technical assistance only)\nTABLE 6:CODES FOR THE ECONOMIC ACTIVITY DIMENSION\n6. ECONOMIC ACTIVITY\n01\nAgriculture and forestry\n02\nFishing and aquaculture\n03\nManufacture of food products and beverages\n04\nManufacture of textiles and textile products\n05\nManufacture of transport equipment\n06\nManufacture of computer, electronic and optical products\n07\nOther unspecified manufacturing industries\n08\nConstruction\n09\nMining and quarrying (including mining of energy producing materials)\n10\nElectricity, gas, steam, hot water and air conditioning\n11\nWater supply, sewerage, waste management and remediation activities\n12\nTransport and storage\n13\nInformation and communication activities, including telecommunication, information service activities, computer programming, consultancy and related activities\n14\nWholesale and retail trade\n15\nTourism, accommodation and food service activities\n16\nFinancial and insurance activities\n17\nReal estate, renting and business activities\n18\nPublic administration\n19\nEducation\n20\nHuman health activities\n21\nSocial work activities, community, social and personal services\n22\nActivities linked to the environment and to climate change\n23\nArts, entertainment, creative industries and recreation\n24\nOther unspecified services\nTABLE 7:CODES FOR THE LOCATION DIMENSION\nRegulation (EC) No 1059/2003 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 26 May 2003 on the establishment of a common classification of territorial units for statistics (NUTS) (OJ L 154, 21.6.2003, p. 1).\n7. LOCATION (2)\nCode\nLocation\nCode of region or area where operation is located/carried out, as set out in the Classification of Territorial Units for Statistics (NUTS) in the Annex to Regulation (EC) No 1059/2003 of the European Parliament and of the Council",
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      "text": "Regulation revoked to the extent that it applies to the European Agricultural Fund for Rural Development and the European Maritime and Fisheries Fund (31.12.2020) by The European Structural and Investment Funds Common Provisions Rules etc. (Amendment etc.) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 (S.I. 2019/783), regs. 1, 10(a); 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)"
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