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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-regulation-2014-480/article-21",
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  "legislation": "eur/2014/480",
  "legislation_title": "Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) No 480/2014 of 3 March 2014 supplementing 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",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-regulation-2014-480",
  "path": "article/21",
  "kind": "article",
  "number": "21",
  "heading": "Flat rate financing for indirect costs based on Regulation (EU, Euratom) No 966/2012 (Second paragraph of Article 68 of Regulation (EU) No 1303/2013)",
  "text": "Indirect costs may be calculated by applying the flat rate established in accordance with Article 124(4) of Regulation (EU, Euratom) No 966/2012 of the European Parliament and of the Council for the following types of operations or projects forming part of an operation:\n(a)the operations supported by the ERDF under intervention field codes 085, 086 or 087 as set out in Table 1 of Annex to Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) No 215/2014 and carried out under one of the investment priorities laid down in Article 5(5)(a) and (6)(d) of Regulation (EU) No 1301/2013;\n(b)the operations supported by the ESF under intervention field code 01 as set out in Table 6 of Annex to Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) No 215/2014 and contributing to supporting the shift towards a low carbon, climate resilient, resource-efficient and environmentally sustainable economy in accordance with Article 3(2)(a) of Regulation (EU) No 1304/2013;\n(c)the operations supported by the EAFRD funded by support for rural development in accordance with Articles 17 and 25 of Regulation (EU) No 1305/2013 which contribute to the Union priority laid down in Article 5(4) or (5) of that Regulation;\n(d)the operation supported by the EMFF funded by support under Regulation 508/2014 and programmed in accordance with Articles 38, 40(1), 41(1), 44(6), 48(1)(e), (i), (j) or (k) or 80(1)(b) of Regulation (EU) No 508/2014.",
  "extent": "E+W+S+N.I.",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "Words in Art. 21 omitted in so far as they apply to domestic support for rural development (W.) (26.3.2021) by virtue of The Agricultural Support (Miscellaneous Amendments) (Wales) (EU Exit) Regulations 2021 (S.I. 2021/400), regs. 1(2), 8(17)(a)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F2",
      "text": "Art. 21(a) omitted in so far as it applies to support for rural development and support under Regulation 508/2014 (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, 5(15)(a); 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F3",
      "text": "Art. 21(b) omitted in so far as it applies to support for rural development and support under Regulation 508/2014 (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, 5(15)(a); 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F4",
      "text": "Words in Art. 21(c) substituted in so far as they apply to support for rural development and support under Regulation 508/2014 (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, 5(15)(b)(i); 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F5",
      "text": "Word in Art. 21(c) omitted in so far as it applies to support for rural development and support under Regulation 508/2014 (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, 5(15)(b)(ii); 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F6",
      "text": "Art. 21(d) omitted in so far as it applies to domestic support for rural development (W.) (26.3.2021) by virtue of The Agricultural Support (Miscellaneous Amendments) (Wales) (EU Exit) Regulations 2021 (S.I. 2021/400), regs. 1(2), 8(17)(b)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F7",
      "text": "Substituted by Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) 2015/616 of 13 February 2015 amending Delegated Regulation (EU) No 480/2014 as regards references therein to Regulation (EU) No 508/2014 of the European Parliament and of the Council."
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F8",
      "text": "Words in Art. 21(d) substituted in so far as they apply to support for rural development and support under Regulation 508/2014 (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, 5(15)(c); 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F9",
      "text": "Substituted by Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) 2019/886 of 12 February 2019 amending and correcting Delegated Regulation (EU) No 480/2014 as regards the provisions on financial instruments, simplified cost options, audit trail, scope and content of audits of operations and methodology for the selection of the sample of operations and Annex III."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "Regulation (EU, Euratom) No 966/2012 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 25 October 2012 on the financial rules applicable to the general budget of the Union and repealing Council Regulation (EC, Euratom) No 1605/2002 (OJ L 298, 26.10.2012, p. 1)."
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
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  },
  "licence": "Open Government Licence v3.0",
  "licence_url": "https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/",
  "attribution": "Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives."
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