Article 13 Investments

F2For the purposes of Article 45 of Regulation (EU) No 1305/2013, where the support is provided in the form of grants, the following rules shall apply:

1. (a)

   in the case of leasing, other costs connected with the leasing contract, such as lessor’s margin, interest refinancing costs, overheads and insurance charges, shall not be eligible expenditure;

2. (b)

   F3The relevant authority shall set out in their rural development programmes the conditions under which the purchase of second-hand equipment may be regarded as eligible expenditure;

3. (c)

   F4The relevant authority shall require compliance with minimum standards for energy efficiency for supported investments in renewable energy infrastructure, that consume or produce energy F5, where such standards exist at national level;

4. (d)

   investments in installations, the primary purpose of which is electricity production from biomass, shall not be eligible for support unless a minimum percentage of heat energy is utilised, to be determined by the F6relevant authority;

5. (e)

   F7The relevant authority shall establish thresholds for the maximum proportions of cereals and other starch rich crops, sugars and oil crops used for bioenergy production, including biofuels, for different types of installations. Support to bioenergy projects shall be limited to bioenergy meeting the applicable sustainability criteria laid down in F8F9assimilated direct legislation and in Article 17(2) to (6) of Directive 2009/28/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council^f1. In that context, a general assessment shall be included in the strategic environmental assessment of the rural development programme.

For the purposes of Article 13(e), Article 17 of Directive 2009/28/EC is to be read as if—