# Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2017/892 of 13 March 2017 laying down rules for the application of Regulation (EU) No 1308/2013 of the European Parliament and of the Council with regard to the fruit and vegetables and processed fruit and vegetables sectors, Article 25: Approval of operational programmes and their amendments

Extent: E+W+S+N.I.

1. Prior to the approval of an operational programme under Article 33 of Delegated Regulation (EU) 2017/891, the appropriate authority shall verify, by all the appropriate means, including through on-the-spot checks, the operational programme submitted for approval and the request for amendment, where applicable. Those checks shall in particular concern:
(a) the accuracy of the information referred to in Article 4(1)(a), (b) and (e), which shall be included in the draft operational programme;
(b) compliance of the programme with Article 33 of Regulation (EU) No 1308/2013 as well as with the strategy and framework referred to in Article 36 of Regulation (EU) No 1308/2013 of the constituent nation concerned;
(c) the eligibility of the actions and the eligibility of the expenditure proposed; and
(d) the consistency and technical quality of the programme, the soundness of the estimates and the aid plan, and the planning of its implementation.
2. The checks referred to in paragraph 1 shall verify whether:
(a) targets are measurable and can be monitored and achieved through the proposed actions; and
(b) the operations for which aid is requested are in compliance with the applicable ... laws in particular, State aid, rural development and promotion programmes, and obligatory standards established by ... legislation or the strategy referred to in Article 36(2) of Regulation (EU) No 1308/2013 of the constituent nation concerned.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/eur/2017/892/article/25 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/eu-regulation-2017-892/article-25
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