Introductory text

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 1083/2006^f1, and in particular the third subparagraph of Article 38(4), the second subparagraph of Article 68(1) and the first subparagraph of Article 125(8) thereof,

Whereas:

Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) No 480/2014^f2 was adopted prior to the adoption of Regulation (EU) No 508/2014 of the European Parliament and of the Council^f3.

Subsequent to the adoption of Regulation (EU) No 508/2014, three provisional references in Delegated Regulation (EU) No 480/2014 to the future Union legal act on the European Maritime and Fisheries Fund (‘EMFF’) should be replaced by references to the precise provisions of Regulation (EU) No 508/2014. The first reference in Article 6 of Delegated Regulation (EU) No 480/2014 concerns specific rules on the role, liabilities and responsibility of bodies implementing financial instruments. The second reference in Article 20 of Delegated Regulation (EU) No 480/2014 concerns types of operations or projects forming part of operations which might make use of the calculation of indirect costs by applying a flat rate established in accordance with Article 29(1) of Regulation (EU) No 1290/2013 of the European Parliament and of the Council^f4. The third reference in Article 21 of Delegated Regulation (EU) No 480/2014 concerns types of operations or projects forming part of operations which might make use of the calculation of indirect costs by applying a flat rate in accordance with Article 124(4) of Regulation (EU, Euratom) No 966/2012 of the European Parliament and of the Council^f5.

Since the rules on public private partnerships as set out in Regulation (EU) No 1303/2013 are also applicable to the EMFF, it is necessary to amend Annex III to Delegated Regulation (EU) No 480/2014 so that the relevant information on whether the operation is implemented under a public-private-partnership structure is also stored in computerised form in the monitoring system with regard to the EMFF.

Delegated Regulation (EU) No 480/2014 should therefore be amended accordingly,

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