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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-regulation-2014-447/article-55",
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  "legislation": "eur/2014/447",
  "legislation_title": "Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) No 447/2014 of 2 May 2014 on the specific rules for implementing Regulation (EU) No 231/2014 of the European Parliament and of the Council establishing an Instrument for Pre-accession assistance (IPA II)",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-regulation-2014-447",
  "path": "article/55",
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  "number": "55",
  "heading": "Specific provisions on rural development programmes",
  "text": "1. As part of the policy area ‘agriculture and rural development’, rural development programmes shall be drawn up at national level, prepared by the relevant authorities designated by the IPA II beneficiary and submitted to the Commission after consulting the appropriate interested parties.\n2. Rural development programmes shall be implemented by the IPA II beneficiaries on the basis of indirect management in accordance with Article 58(1) of Regulation (EU, Euratom) No 966/2012 and shall finance selected types of actions as provided for under Regulation (EU) No 1305/2013 of the European Parliament and of the Council.\n3. The operating structure to be established in accordance with Article 10 shall, for rural development programmes, consist of the following separate authorities operating in close cooperation:\n(a) the Managing Authority, being a public body acting at national level, to be in charge of preparing and implementing the programmes, including selection of measures and publicity, coordination, evaluation, monitoring and reporting of the programme concerned and managed by a senior official with exclusive responsibilities; and\n(b) the IPA Rural Development Agency with functions of a similar nature as a paying agency in the Member States being in charge of publicity, selection of projects as well as authorisation, control and accounting of commitments and payments and execution of payments.\n4. By way of derogation from Article 15(1) expenditure for technical assistance to support the preparation of rural development programmes and the setting up of management and control systems may be eligible before the date of adoption of the Commission decision for the approval of the rural development programme, but not earlier than 1 January 2014.\n5. In determining the share of public expenditure as a percentage of total eligible cost of investment, account shall not be taken of national aid to facilitate access to loans granted without any Union contribution provided under Regulation (EU) No 231/2014.\n6. Investment projects under rural development programmes shall remain eligible for Union financing provided they do not, within five years from the final payment by the operating structure, undergo a substantial modification.",
  "extent": "E+W+S+N.I.",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
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      "text": "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 Funds for Rural Development. (EAFRD) and repealing Council Regulation (EC) No 1698/2005, (OJ L 347, 20.12.2013, p. 487)."
    }
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  "licence": "Open Government Licence v3.0",
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  "attribution": "Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives."
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