Article 5 Consultation of relevant partners in the preparation of the Partnership Agreement and programmesF7

United Kingdom

In order to ensure transparent and effective involvement of relevant partners, ~~F1Member States and managing authorities~~ the relevant authority shall consult them on the process and timetable of the preparation of the ~~F2Partnership Agreement and~~ programmes. In doing so, they shall keep them fully informed of their content and any changes thereof.

As regards the consultation of relevant partners, ~~F3Member States~~ the relevant authority shall take account of the need for:

(a)

timely disclosure of and easy access to relevant information;

(b)

sufficient time for partners to analyse and comment on key preparatory documents and ~~F4on the draft Partnership Agreement and~~ draft programmes;

(c)

available channels through which partners may ask questions, may provide contributions and will be informed of the way in which their proposals have been taken into consideration;

(d)

the dissemination of the outcome of the consultation.

As regards the rural development programmes, ~~F5Member States~~ the relevant authority shall take account of the role that the national rural networks established in accordance with Article 54 of the Regulation (EU) No 1305/2013 of the European Parliament and of the Council^f1 can play involving relevant partners.

Where formal agreements have been established between the different tiers of government below national level, the ~~F6Member State~~ relevant authority shall take account of these multi-level governance agreements in accordance with its institutional and legal framework.

Annotations

Textual amendments

F1: Words in Art. 5(1) substituted for specified purposes (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, 4(8)(b)(i); 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)
F2: Words in Art. 5(1) omitted for specified purposes (31.12.2020) by virtue of The European Structural and Investment Funds Common Provisions Rules etc. (Amendment etc.) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 (S.I. 2019/783), regs. 1, 4(8)(b)(ii); 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)
F3: Words in Art. 5(2) substituted for specified purposes (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, 4(8)(c)(i); 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)
F4: Words in Art. 5(2)(b) omitted for specified purposes (31.12.2020) by virtue of The European Structural and Investment Funds Common Provisions Rules etc. (Amendment etc.) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 (S.I. 2019/783), regs. 1, 4(8)(c)(ii); 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)
F5: Words in Art. 5(3) substituted for specified purposes (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, 4(8)(d); 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)
F6: Words in Art. 5(4) substituted for specified purposes (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, 4(8)(e); 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)
F7: Words in Art. 5 heading omitted for specified purposes (31.12.2020) by virtue of The European Structural and Investment Funds Common Provisions Rules etc. (Amendment etc.) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 (S.I. 2019/783), regs. 1, 4(8)(a); 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)

Footnotes

f1: Regulation (EU) No 1305/2013 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 17 December 2013 on support for rural development by the European Agricultural Fund for Rural Development (EAFRD) (OJ L 347, 20.12.2013, p. 487).

Notes on Chapter III

Textual amendments

F1: Words in Ch. 3 heading omitted for specified purposes (31.12.2020) by virtue of The European Structural and Investment Funds Common Provisions Rules etc. (Amendment etc.) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 (S.I. 2019/783), regs. 1, 4(7); 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)