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Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) No 288/2014 of 25 February 2014 laying down rules 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 with regard to the model for operational programmes under the Investment for growth and jobs goal and 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 with regard to the model for cooperation programmes under the European territorial cooperation goal

EU Regulation No 288/2014 · Adopted 25 February 2014 · Extends to United Kingdom

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Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) No 288/2014

of 25 February 2014

laying down rules 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 with regard to the model for operational programmes under the Investment for growth and jobs goal and 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 with regard to the model for cooperation programmes under the European territorial cooperation goal

THE EUROPEAN COMMISSION,

Having regard to the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union,

Having regard to 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 1083/2006f1, and in particular Article 96(9) thereof,

Having regard 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 goalf2, and in particular Article 8(11) thereof,

After consulting the Coordination Committee for the European Structural and Investment Funds established by Article 150(1) of Regulation (EU) No 1303/2013,

Whereas:

(1)

It is necessary to lay down two models, one for operational programmes under the Investment for growth and jobs goal and one for cooperation programmes under the European territorial cooperation goal. Each model will set out uniform conditions for the presentation of information in each section of the operational or cooperation programmes. This is necessary to ensure that information is consistent, comparable and, where necessary, can be aggregated.

(2)

The provisions in this Regulation are closely linked, since they deal with provisions concerning the content of programmes under cohesion policy. To ensure coherence between those provisions, which should enter into force at the same time, and to facilitate a comprehensive view and compact access to them by all Union residents, it is desirable to include the provisions setting out the models for programmes under cohesion policy to be established by implementing acts required by Regulation (EU) No 1303/2013 and Regulation (EU) No 1299/2013 in a single Regulation.

(3)

The models will form the basis for the development of the electronic data exchange system referred to in Article 74(4) of Regulation (EU) No 1303/2013 as regards the content and submission of operational programmes and cooperation programmes. They should therefore establish the manner in which data on operational programmes and cooperation programmes will be entered into the system for electronic data exchange. However, this should not affect the final presentation of operational programmes and cooperation programmes, including the layout of text and tables, since the electronic data exchange system is to allow for different structuring and presentation of the data that has been entered in this system.

(4)

The model for operational programmes should correspond to the structure of the operational programme set out in Article 96 of Regulation (EU) 1303/2013 and the model for cooperation programmes should correspond to the structure of the cooperation programme set out in Article 8 of Regulation (EU) No 1299/2013. In order to ensure consistent conditions for the entry of data, the models should establish the technical characteristics of each field in the electronic data exchange system. In addition to the structured data, the models should provide for the option to submit unstructured information in the form of compulsory or non-compulsory annexes. For such annexes it is not necessary to establish technical characteristics.

(5)

To ensure the correct application of Regulation (EU) No 1303/2013 and of Regulation (EU) No 1299/2013 the models should identify information which is subject to a Commission implementing decision approving the programme. In addition, the model for the operational programmes under the Investment in growth and jobs goal should also identify elements which may be presented in the Partnership Agreement only, in accordance with Article 96(8) of Regulation (EU) No 1303/2013.

(6)

It is also necessary to specify sections of the model for operational programmes under the Investment in growth and jobs goal which should not be completed by the Member States if operational programmes are dedicated exclusively to technical assistance or to the Youth Employment Initiative as referred to in Article 16 of Regulation (EU) No 1304/2013 of the European Parliament and of the Councilf3. As the content requirements for the operational programmes dedicated to joint uncapped guarantee and securitization financial instruments in favour of micro, small and medium-sized enterprises as defined in Commission Recommendation 2003/361/ECf4 and implemented by the European Investment Bank represent a subset of the requirements for the content of other programmes under the Investment in growth and jobs goal, it is necessary to identify the fields of the respective model which should be included in such dedicated programmes.

(7)

In order to allow for the prompt application of the measures provided for in this Regulation, this Regulation should enter into force on the day following that of its publication in the Official Journal of the European Union,

HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:

Annotations to the whole text

Footnotes

f1

OJ L 347, 20.12.2013, p. 320.

f2

OJ L 347, 20.12.2013, p. 259.

f3

Regulation (EU) No 1304/2013 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 17 December 2013 on the European Social Fund and repealing Council Regulation (EC) No 1081/2006 (OJ L 347, 20.12.2013, p. 470).

f4

Commission Recommendation of 6 May 2003 concerning the definition of micro, small and medium-sized enterprises (OJ L 124, 20.5.2003, p. 36).

Contents

  1. 1Article 1
  2. 2Article 2
  3. Signature
  4. Annex IAnnex I
  5. STRATEGY FOR THE OPERATIONAL PROGRAMME'S CONTRIBUTION TO THE UNION STRATEGY FOR SMART, SUSTAINABLE AND INCLUSIVE GROWTH AND THE ACHIEVEMENT OF ECONOMIC, SOCIAL AND TERRITORIAL COHESION
  6. Strategy for the operational programme's contribution to the Union strategy for smart, sustainable and inclusive growth and to the achievement of economic, social and territorial cohesion
  7. 1.1.1Description of the programme’s strategy for contributing to the delivery of the Union strategy for smart, sustainable and inclusive growth and for achieving economic, social and territorial cohesion.
  8. 1.1.2A justification for the choice of thematic objectives and corresponding investment priorities having regard to the Partnership Agreement, based on an identification of regional and, where appropriate, national needs including the need to address the challenges identified in relevant country-specific recommendations adopted in accordance with Article 121(2) TFEU and the relevant Council recommendations adopted in accordance with Article 148(4) TFEU, taking into account the ex ante evaluation.
  9. 1.2Justification for the financial allocation
  10. PRIORITY AXES
  11. 2.AA description of the priority axes other than technical assistance
  12. 2.A.1Priority axis (repeated for each priority axis)
  13. 2.A.2Justification for the establishment of a priority axis covering more than one category of region, thematic objective or Fund (where applicable)
  14. 2.A.3Fund, category of region and calculation basis for Union support
  15. 2.A.4Investment priority
  16. 2.A.5Specific objectives corresponding to the investment priority and expected results
  17. 2.A.6Action to be supported under the investment priority
  18. 2.A.6.1Description of the type and examples of actions to be supported and their expected contribution to the specific objectives including, where appropriate, the identification of main target groups, specific territories targeted and types of beneficiaries
  19. 2.A.6.2Guiding principles for selection of operations
  20. 2.A.6.3Planned use of financial instruments (where appropriate)
  21. 2.A.6.4Planned use of major projects (where appropriate)
  22. 2.A.6.5Output indicators by investment priority and, where appropriate by category of region
  23. 2.A.7Social innovation, transnational cooperation and contribution to thematic objectives 1-7
  24. 2.A.8Performance framework
  25. Additional qualitative information on the establis(optional)
  26. 2.A.9Categories of intervention
  27. 2.A.10Summary of the planned use of technical assistance including, where necessary, actions to reinforce the administrative capacity of authorities involved in the management and control of the programmes and beneficiaries (where appropriate)
  28. 2.BDescription of the priority axes for technical assistance
  29. 2.B.1Priority axis (repeated for each Technical Assistance priority axis)
  30. 2.B.2Justification for establishing a priority axis covering more than one category of region (where applicable)
  31. 2.B.3Fund and category of region (repeated for each combination under the priority axis)
  32. 2.B.4Specific objectives and expected results
  33. 2.B.5Result indicators
  34. 2.B.6Actions to be supported and their expected contribution to the specific objectives (by priority axis)
  35. 2.B.6.1A description of actions to be supported and their expected contribution to the specific objectives
  36. 2.B.6.2Output indicators expected to contribute to results (by priority axis)
  37. 2.B.7Categories of intervention (by priority axis)
  38. FINANCING PLAN
  39. 3.1Financial appropriation from each fund and amounts for performance reserve
  40. 3.2Total financial appropriation by fund and national co-financing (EUR)
  41. 1Division 1
  42. 2Division 2
  43. 3Division 3
  44. 4Division 4
  45. 4INTEGRATED APPROACH TO TERRITORIAL DEVELOPMENT
  46. 4.1Community-led local development (where appropriate)
  47. 4.2Integrated actions for sustainable urban development (where appropriate)
  48. 4.3Integrated Territorial Investment (ITI) (where appropriate)
  49. 4.4The arrangements for interregional and transnational actions, within the operational programme, with beneficiaries located in at least one other Member State (where appropriate)
  50. 4.5Contribution of the planned actions under the programme to macro-regional and sea-basin strategies, subject to the needs of the programme area as identified by the Member State (where appropriate)
  51. SPECIFIC NEEDS OF GEOGRAPHICAL AREAS MOST AFFECTED BY POVERTY OR TARGET GROUPS AT HIGHEST RISK OF DISCRIMINATION OR SOCIAL EXCLUSION (WHERE APPROPRIATE)
  52. 5.1Geographical areas most affected by poverty/target groups at highest risk of discrimination or social exclusion
  53. 5.2Strategy to address the specific needs of geographical areas most affected by poverty/target groups at highest risk of discrimination or social exclusion, and where relevant, the contribution to the integrated approach set out in the Partnership Agreement
  54. 6SPECIFIC NEEDS OF GEOGRAPHICAL AREAS WHICH SUFFER FROM SEVERE AND PERMANENT NATURAL OR DEMOGRAPHIC HANDICAPS (WHERE APPROPRIATE)
  55. AUTHORITIES AND BODIES RESPONSIBLE FOR MANAGEMENT, CONTROL AND AUDIT AND THE ROLE OF RELEVANT PARTNERS
  56. 7.1Relevant authorities and bodies
  57. 7.2Involvement of relevant partners
  58. 7.2.1Actions taken to involve the relevant partners in the preparation of the operational programme, and the role of those partners in the implementation, monitoring and evaluation of the programme
  59. 7.2.2Global grants (for the ESF, where appropriate)
  60. 7.2.3Allocation of an amount for capacity building (for the ESF, where appropriate)
  61. 8COORDINATION BETWEEN THE FUNDS, THE EAFRD, THE EMFF AND OTHER UNION AND NATIONAL FUNDING INSTRUMENTS, AND WITH THE EIB
  62. EX-ANTE CONDITIONALITIES
  63. 9.1Ex-ante conditionalities
  64. 9.2Description of actions to fulfil ex-ante conditionalities, responsible bodies and timetable
  65. 10REDUCTION OF ADMINISTRATIVE BURDEN FOR BENEFICIARIES
  66. HORIZONTAL PRINCIPLES
  67. 11.1Sustainable development
  68. 11.2Equal opportunities and non-discrimination
  69. 11.3Equality between men and women
  70. SEPARATE ELEMENTS
  71. 12.1Major projects to be implemented during programming period
  72. 12.2Performance framework of operational programme
  73. 12.3Relevant partners involved in preparation of programme
  74. ANNEXES (uploaded to electronic data exchange system as separate files):
  75. Annex IIMODEL FOR COOPERATION PROGRAMMES UNDER THE EUROPEAN TERRITORIAL COOPERATION GOAL
  76. STRATEGY FOR THE COOPERATION PROGRAMME’S CONTRIBUTION TO THE UNION STRATEGY FOR SMART, SUSTAINABLE AND INCLUSIVE GROWTH AND THE ACHIEVEMENT OF ECONOMIC, SOCIAL AND TERRITORIAL COHESION
  77. 1.1Strategy for the cooperation programme’s contribution to the Union strategy for smart, sustainable and inclusive growth and to the achievement of economic, social and territorial cohesion
  78. 1.1.1Description of the cooperation programme’s strategy for contributing to the delivery of the Union strategy for smart, sustainable and inclusive growth and for achieving economic, social and territorial cohesion.
  79. 1.1.2Division 1.1.2
  80. 1.2Justification for the financial allocation
  81. PRIORITY AXES
  82. 2.ADescription of the priority axes other than technical assistance
  83. 2.A.1Priority axis (repeated for each priority axis)
  84. 2.A.2Justification for the establishment of a priority axis covering more than one thematic objective (where applicable)
  85. 2.A.3Fund and calculation basis for Union support (repeated for each fund under the priority axis)
  86. 2.A.4Investment priority (repeated for each investment priority under the priority axis)
  87. 2.A.5Specific objectives corresponding to the investment priority and expected results (repeated for each specific objective under the investment priority)
  88. Actions to be supported under the investment priority (by investment priority)
  89. 2.A.6.1A description of the type and examples of actions to be supported and their expected contribution to the specific objectives, including, where appropriate, identification of the main target groups, specific territories targeted and types of beneficiaries
  90. 2.A.6.2Guiding principles for the selection of operations
  91. 2.A.6.3Planned use of financial instruments (where appropriate)
  92. 2.A.6.4Planned use of major projects (where appropriate)
  93. 2.A.6.5Output indicators (by investment priority)
  94. 2.A.7Performance framework
  95. Additional qualitative information on the establis(optional)
  96. 2.A.8Categories of intervention
  97. 2.A.9A summary of the planned use of technical assistance including, where necessary, actions to reinforce the administrative capacity of authorities involved in the management and control of the programmes and beneficiaries and, where necessary, actions for to enhance the administrative capacity of relevant partners to participate in the implementation of programmes (where appropriate)
  98. 2.BDescription of the priority axes for technical assistance
  99. 2.B.1Priority axis
  100. 2.B.2Fund and calculation basis for Union support (repeated for each fund under the priority axis)
  101. 2.B.3Specific objectives and expected results
  102. 2.B.4Result indicators
  103. 2.B.5Actions to be supported and their expected contribution to the specific objectives (by priority axis)
  104. 2.B.5.1Description of actions to be supported and their expected contribution to the specific objectives
  105. 2.B.5.2Output indicators expected to contribute to results (by priority axis)
  106. 2.B.6Categories of intervention
  107. FINANCING PLAN
  108. 3.1Financial appropriation from the ERDF (in EUR)
  109. 3.2.ATotal financial appropriation from the ERDF and national co-financing (in EUR)
  110. 1Division 1
  111. 2Division 2
  112. 3Division 3
  113. 3.2.BBreakdown by priority axis and thematic objective
  114. 4INTEGRATED APPROACH TO TERRITORIAL DEVELOPMENT
  115. 4.1Community-led local development (where appropriate)
  116. 4.2Integrated actions for sustainable urban development (where appropriate)
  117. 4.3Integrated Territorial Investment (ITI) (where appropriate)
  118. 4.4Contribution of planned interventions towards macro-regional and sea basin strategies, subject to the needs of the programme area as identified by the relevant Member States and taking into account, where applicable, strategically important projects identified in those strategies (where appropriate)
  119. IMPLEMENTING PROVISIONS FOR THE COOPERATION PROGRAMME
  120. 5.1Relevant authorities and bodies
  121. 5.2Procedure for setting up the joint secretariat
  122. 5.3Summary description of the management and control arrangements
  123. 5.4Apportionment of liabilities among participating Member States in case of financial corrections imposed by the managing authority or the Commission
  124. 5.5Use of the Euro (where applicable)
  125. 5.6Involvement of partners
  126. 6COORDINATION
  127. 7REDUCTION OF ADMINISTRATIVE BURDEN FOR BENEFICIARIES
  128. HORIZONTAL PRINCIPLES
  129. 8.1Sustainable development
  130. 8.2Equal opportunities and non-discrimination
  131. 8.3Equality between men and women
  132. SEPARATE ELEMENTS
  133. 9.1Major projects to be implemented during the programming period
  134. 9.2Performance framework of the cooperation programme
  135. 9.3Relevant partners involved in the preparation of the cooperation programme
  136. 9.4Applicable programme implementation conditions governing the financial management, programming, monitoring, evaluation and control of the participation of third countries in transnational and interregional programmes through a contribution of ENI and IPA resources
  137. ANNEXES (uploaded to electronic data exchange systems as separate files):