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- Recitals
PART ONE — SUBJECT-MATTER AND DEFINITIONS
PART TWO — COMMON PROVISIONS APPLICABLE TO THE ESI FUNDS
TITLE I — PRINCIPLES OF UNION SUPPORT FOR THE ESI FUNDS
TITLE II — STRATEGIC APPROACH
CHAPTER I — Thematic objectives for the ESI Funds and Common Strategic Framework
CHAPTER II — Partnership Agreement
- Article 14 — Preparation of the Partnership Agreement
- Article 15 — Content of the Partnership Agreement
- Article 16 — Adoption and amendment of the Partnership Agreement
- Article 17 — Adoption of the revised Partnership Agreement in the event of delay in the entry into force of a Fund-specific Regulation
CHAPTER III — Thematic concentration, ex ante conditionalities and performance review
CHAPTER IV — Measures linked to sound economic governance
CHAPTER V — Exceptional measures for the use of the ESI Funds in response to the COVID-19 outbreak
TITLE III — PROGRAMMING
CHAPTER I — General provisions on the ESI Funds
- Article 26 — Preparation of programmes
- Article 27 — Content of programmes
- Article 28 — Specific provisions on the content of programmes dedicated to joint instruments for uncapped guarantees and securitisation providing capital relief implemented by the EIB
- Article 29 — Procedure for the adoption of programmes
- Article 30 — Amendment of programmes
- Article 31 — Participation of the EIB
CHAPTER II — Community-led local development
CHAPTER ΙΙΙ — Territorial development
TITLE IV — FINANCIAL INSTRUMENTS
- Article 37 — Financial instruments
- Article 38 — Implementation of financial instruments
- Article 39 — Contribution of ERDF and EAFRD to joint uncapped guarantee and securitisation financial instruments in favour of SMEs, implemented by the EIB
- Article 39a — Contribution of ESI Funds to financial instruments combining such contribution with EIB financial products under the European Fund for Strategic Investments
- Article 40 — Management and control of financial instruments
- Article 41 — Payment applications including expenditure for financial instruments
- Article 42 — Eligible expenditure at closure
- Article 43 — Interest and other gains generated by support from the ESI Funds to financial instruments
- Article 43a — Differentiated treatment of investors
- Article 44 — Re-use of resources attributable to the support from the ESI Funds until the end of the eligibility period
- Article 45 — Re-use of resources after the end of the eligibility period
- Article 46 — Report on implementation of financial instruments
TITLE V — MONITORING AND EVALUATION
TITLE VI — TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE
TITLE VII — FINANCIAL SUPPORT FROM THE ESI FUNDS
CHAPTER I — Support from the ESI Funds
CHAPTER II — Special rules on support from the ESI Funds to PPPs
CHAPTER III — Eligibility of expenditure and durability
- Article 65 — Eligibility
- Article 66 — Forms of support
- Article 67 — Forms of grants and repayable assistance
- Article 68 — Flat-rate financing for indirect costs concerning grants and repayable assistance
- Article 68a — Staff costs concerning grants and repayable assistance
- Article 68b — Flat-rate financing for costs other than staff costs
- Article 68c — Unit cost for operations addressing migratory challenges resulting from the military aggression by the Russian Federation
- Article 69 — Specific eligibility rules for grants and repayable assistance
- Article 70 — Eligibility of operations depending on location
- Article 71 — Durability of operations
TITLE VIII — MANAGEMENT AND CONTROL
TITLE IX — FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT, EXAMINATION AND ACCEPTANCE OF ACCOUNTS AND FINANCIAL CORRECTIONS, DECOMMITMENT
CHAPTER I — Financial management
- Article 76 — Budget commitments
- Article 77 — Common rules for payments
- Article 78 — Common rules for calculating interim payments, and payment of the final balance
- Article 79 — Payment applications
- Article 80 — Use of the euro
- Article 81 — Payment of initial pre-financing
- Article 82 — Clearance of initial pre-financing
- Article 83 — Interruption of the payment deadline
CHAPTER II — Examination and acceptance of accounts
CHAPTER III — Financial corrections
CHAPTER IV — Decommitment
PART THREE — GENERAL PROVISIONS APPLICABLE TO THE ERDF, THE ESF AND THE COHESION FUND
TITLE I — OBJECTIVES AND FINANCIAL FRAMEWORK
CHAPTER I — Mission, goals and geographical coverage of support
CHAPTER II — Financial framework
- Article 91 — Resources for economic, social and territorial cohesion
- Article 92 — Resources for the Investment for growth and jobs goal and for the European territorial cooperation goal
- Article 92a — REACT-EU resources
- Article 92b — Implementing arrangements for the REACT-EU resources
- Article 93 — Non-transferability of resources between categories of regions
- Article 94 — Non-transferability of resources between goals
- Article 95 — Additionality
TITLE II — PROGRAMMING
CHAPTER I — General provisions on the Funds
- Article 96 — Content, adoption and amendment of operational programmes under the Investment for growth and jobs goal
- Article 97 — Specific provisions on the programming of support for the joint instruments for uncapped guarantees and securitisation under the Investment for growth and jobs goal
- Article 98 — Joint support from the Funds under the Investment for growth and jobs goal
- Article 99 — Geographical scope of operational programmes under the Investment for growth and jobs goal
CHAPTER II — Major projects
CHAPTER III — Joint action plan
TITLE III — MONITORING, EVALUATION, INFORMATION AND COMMUNICATION
TITLE IV — TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE
TITLE V — FINANCIAL SUPPORT FROM THE FUNDS
PART FOUR — GENERAL PROVISIONS APPLICABLE TO THE FUNDS AND THE EMFF
TITLE I — MANAGEMENT AND CONTROL
TITLE II — FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT, PREPARATION, EXAMINATION AND ACCEPTANCE OF ACCOUNTS AND FINANCIAL CORRECTIONS
CHAPTER I — Financial management
- Article 129 — Common rules for payments
- Article 130 — Common rules for calculating interim payments and payment of the final balance
- Article 131 — Payment applications
- Article 132 — Payment to beneficiaries
- Article 133 — Use of the euro
- Article 134 — Payment of pre-financing
- Article 135 — Deadlines for presentation of interim payment applications and for their payment
- Article 136 — Decommitment
CHAPTER II — Preparation, examination and acceptance of accounts and closure of operational programmes and suspension of payments
CHAPTER III — Financial corrections
TITLE III — PROPORTIONAL CONTROL OF OPERATIONAL PROGRAMMES
PART FIVE — DELEGATIONS OF POWER, IMPLEMENTING, TRANSITIONAL AND FINAL PROVISIONS
- Final
- ANNEX I — COMMON STRATEGIC FRAMEWORK
- ANNEX II — METHOD FOR ESTABLISHING THE PERFORMANCE FRAMEWORK
- ANNEX III — PROVISIONS FOR DETERMINING THE SCOPE AND THE LEVEL OF SUSPENSION OF COMMITMENTS OR PAYMENTS REFERRED TO IN ARTICLE 23(11)
- ANNEX IV — IMPLEMENTATION OF FINANCIAL INSTRUMENTS: FUNDING AGREEMENTS
- ANNEX V
- ANNEX VI — ANNUAL BREAKDOWN OF COMMITMENT APPROPRIATIONS FOR THE YEARS 2014 TO 2020
- ANNEX VII — ALLOCATION METHODOLOGY
- ANNEX VIIa — METHODOLOGY FOR THE ALLOCATION OF THE REACT-EU RESOURCES – ARTICLE 92b(4)
- ANNEX VIII — METHODOLOGY CONCERNING THE SPECIFIC ALLOCATION FOR THE YEI REFERRED TO IN ARTICLE 91
- ANNEX IX — METHODOLOGY FOR DETERMINING MINIMUM SHARE OF THE ESF
- ANNEX X — ADDITIONALITY
- ANNEX XI
- ANNEX XII — INFORMATION, COMMUNICATION AND VISIBILITY OF SUPPORT FROM THE FUNDS
- ANNEX XIII — DESIGNATION CRITERIA FOR THE MANAGING AUTHORITY AND THE CERTIFYING AUTHORITY
- ANNEX XIV
- Joint Statement by the Council and the Commission on Article 67
- Joint Statement by the European Parliament, the Council and the Commission on the revision of Regulation (EU, Euratom) No 966/2012 of the European Parliament and of the Council linked with the reconstitution of appropriations
- Joint Statement by the European Parliament, the Council and the Commission on Article 1
- Joint Statement by the European Parliament and the Council on the exclusion of any retroactivity with regard to the application of article 5(3)