REGULATION (EU) No 1305/2013 OF THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT AND OF THE COUNCIL
of 17 December 2013
on support for rural development by the European Agricultural Fund for Rural Development (EAFRD) and repealing Council Regulation (EC) No 1698/2005
TITLE I
OBJECTIVES AND STRATEGY
CHAPTER I
Subject matter and Definitions
Article 1
Subject matter
Article 2
Definitions
CHAPTER II
Mission, objectives and priorities
Article 3
Mission
Article 4
Objectives
Article 5
Union priorities for rural development
TITLE II
PROGRAMMING
CHAPTER I
Programming content
Article 6
Rural development programmes
Article 7
Thematic sub-programmes
Article 8
Content of rural development programmes
CHAPTER II
Preparation, approval and modification of rural development programmes
Article 9
Ex ante conditionalities
Article 10
Approval of rural development programmes
Article 11
Amendment of rural development programmes
Article 12
Rules on procedures and timetables
TITLE III
RURAL DEVELOPMENT SUPPORT
CHAPTER I
Measures
Article 13
Measures
Article 14
Knowledge transfer and information actions
Article 15
Advisory services, farm management and farm relief services
Article 16
Quality schemes for agricultural products, and foodstuffs
Article 17
Investments in physical assets
Article 18
Restoring agricultural production potential damaged by natural disasters and catastrophic events and introduction of appropriate prevention actions
Article 19
Farm and business development
Article 20
Basic services and village renewal in rural areas
Article 21
Investments in forest area development and improvement of the viability of forests
Article 22
Afforestation and creation of woodland
Article 23
Establishment of agroforestry systems
Article 24
Prevention and restoration of damage to forests from forest fires and natural disasters and catastrophic events
Article 25
Investments improving the resilience and environmental value of forest ecosystems
Article 26
Investments in forestry technologies and in processing, in mobilising and in the marketing of forest products
Article 27
Setting -up of producer groups and organisations
Article 28
Agri-environment-climate
Article 29
Organic farming
Article 30
Natura 2000 and Water Framework Directive payments
Article 31
Payments to areas facing natural or other specific constraints
Article 32
Designation of areas facing natural and other specific constraints
Article 33
Animal welfare
Article 34
Forest-environmental and climate services and forest conservation
Article 35
Co-operation
Article 36
Risk management
Article 37
Crop, animal, and plant insurance
Article 38
Mutual funds for adverse climatic events, animal and plant diseases, pest infestations and environmental incidents
Article 39
Income stabilisation tool
Article 40
Financing of complementary national direct payments for Croatia
Article 41
Rules on the implementation of the measures
LEADER
Article 42
LEADER local action groups
Article 43
LEADER start-up kit
Article 44
LEADER co-operation activities
CHAPTER II
Common provisions for several measures
Article 45
Investments
Article 46
Investments in irrigation
Article 47
Rules for area related payments
Article 48
Revision clause
Article 49
Selection of operations
Article 50
Rural area definition
CHAPTER III
Technical assistance and networking
Article 51
Funding technical assistance
Article 52
European network for rural development
Article 53
European Innovation Partnership network
Article 54
National rural network
TITLE IV
EIP FOR AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTIVITY AND SUSTAINABILITY
Article 55
Aims
Article 56
Operational groups
Article 57
Tasks of operational groups
TITLE V
FINANCIAL PROVISIONS
Article 58
Resources and their distribution
Article 59
Fund contribution
Article 60
Eligibility of expenditure
Article 61
Eligible expenditure
Article 62
Verifiability and controllability of measures
Article 63
Advances
TITLE VI
MANAGEMENT, CONTROL AND PUBLICITY
Article 64
Responsibilities of the Commission
Article 65
Responsibilities of the Member States
Article 66
Managing Authority
TITLE VII
MONITORING AND EVALUATION
CHAPTER I
General provisions
Section 1
Establishment and objectives of a monitoring and evaluation system
Article 67
Monitoring and evaluation system
Article 68
Objectives
Section 2
Technical provisions
Article 69
Common indicators
Article 70
Electronic Information System
Article 71
Provision of information
CHAPTER II
Monitoring
Article 72
Monitoring procedures
Article 73
Monitoring Committee
Article 74
Responsibilities of the Monitoring Committee
Article 75
Annual implementation report
CHAPTER III
Evaluation
Article 76
General provisions
Article 77
Ex ante evaluation
Article 78
Ex post evaluation
Article 79
Syntheses of evaluations
TITLE VIII
COMPETITION PROVISIONS
Article 80
Rules applying to undertakings
Article 81
State aid
Article 82
Additional national financing
TITLE IX
COMMISSION POWERS, COMMON PROVISIONS AND TRANSITIONAL AND FINAL PROVISIONS
CHAPTER I
Commission powers
Article 83
Exercise of the delegation
Article 84
Committee procedure
CHAPTER II
Common provisions
Article 85
Exchange of information and documents
Article 86
Processing and protection of personal data
Article 87
General CAP provisions
CHAPTER III
Transitional and final provisions
Article 88
Regulation (EC) No 1698/2005
Article 89
Transitional provisions
Article 90
Entry into force and application
ANNEX I
(current prices in EUR) |
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2014 |
2015 |
2016 |
2017 |
2018 |
2019 |
2020 |
TOTAL 2014-2020 |
Belgium |
78 342 401 |
78 499 837 |
78 660 375 |
78 824 076 |
78 991 202 |
79 158 713 |
79 314 155 |
551 790 759 |
Bulgaria |
335 499 038 |
335 057 822 |
334 607 538 |
334 147 994 |
333 680 052 |
333 187 306 |
332 604 216 |
2 338 783 966 |
Czech Republic |
314 349 445 |
312 969 048 |
311 560 782 |
310 124 078 |
308 659 490 |
307 149 050 |
305 522 103 |
2 170 333 996 |
Denmark |
90 287 658 |
90 168 920 |
90 047 742 |
89 924 072 |
89 798 142 |
89 665 537 |
89 508 619 |
629 400 690 |
Germany |
1 178 778 847 |
1 177 251 936 |
1 175 693 642 |
1 174 103 302 |
1 172 483 899 |
1 170 778 658 |
1 168 760 766 |
8 217 851 050 |
Estonia |
103 626 144 |
103 651 030 |
103 676 345 |
103 702 093 |
103 728 583 |
103 751 180 |
103 751 183 |
725 886 558 |
Ireland |
313 148 955 |
313 059 463 |
312 967 965 |
312 874 411 |
312 779 690 |
312 669 355 |
312 485 314 |
2 189 985 153 |
Greece |
601 051 830 |
600 533 693 |
600 004 906 |
599 465 245 |
598 915 722 |
598 337 071 |
597 652 326 |
4 195 960 793 |
Spain |
1 187 488 617 |
1 186 425 595 |
1 185 344 141 |
1 184 244 005 |
1 183 112 678 |
1 182 137 718 |
1 182 076 067 |
8 290 828 821 |
France |
1 404 875 907 |
1 408 287 165 |
1 411 769 545 |
1 415 324 592 |
1 418 941 328 |
1 422 813 729 |
1 427 718 983 |
9 909 731 249 |
Croatia |
332 167 500 |
332 167 500 |
332 167 500 |
332 167 500 |
332 167 500 |
332 167 500 |
332 167 500 |
2 325 172 500 |
Italy |
1 480 213 402 |
1 483 373 476 |
1 486 595 990 |
1 489 882 162 |
1 493 236 530 |
1 496 609 799 |
1 499 799 408 |
10 429 710 767 |
Cyprus |
18 895 839 |
18 893 552 |
18 891 207 |
18 888 801 |
18 886 389 |
18 883 108 |
18 875 481 |
132 214 377 |
Latvia |
138 327 376 |
138 361 424 |
138 396 059 |
138 431 289 |
138 467 528 |
138 498 589 |
138 499 517 |
968 981 782 |
Lithuania |
230 392 975 |
230 412 316 |
230 431 887 |
230 451 686 |
230 472 391 |
230 483 599 |
230 443 386 |
1 613 088 240 |
Luxembourg |
14 226 474 |
14 272 231 |
14 318 896 |
14 366 484 |
14 415 051 |
14 464 074 |
14 511 390 |
100 574 600 |
Hungary |
495 668 727 |
495 016 871 |
494 351 618 |
493 672 684 |
492 981 342 |
492 253 356 |
491 391 895 |
3 455 336 493 |
Malta |
13 880 143 |
13 965 035 |
14 051 619 |
14 139 927 |
14 230 023 |
14 321 504 |
14 412 647 |
99 000 898 |
Netherlands |
87 118 078 |
87 003 509 |
86 886 585 |
86 767 256 |
86 645 747 |
86 517 797 |
86 366 388 |
607 305 360 |
Austria |
557 806 503 |
559 329 914 |
560 883 465 |
562 467 745 |
564 084 777 |
565 713 368 |
567 266 225 |
3 937 551 997 |
Poland |
1 569 517 638 |
1 567 453 560 |
1 565 347 059 |
1 563 197 238 |
1 561 008 130 |
1 558 702 987 |
1 555 975 202 |
10 941 201 814 |
Portugal |
577 031 070 |
577 895 019 |
578 775 888 |
579 674 001 |
580 591 241 |
581 504 133 |
582 317 022 |
4 057 788 374 |
Romania |
1 149 848 554 |
1 148 336 385 |
1 146 793 135 |
1 145 218 149 |
1 143 614 381 |
1 141 925 604 |
1 139 927 194 |
8 015 663 402 |
Slovenia |
118 678 072 |
119 006 876 |
119 342 187 |
119 684 133 |
120 033 142 |
120 384 760 |
120 720 633 |
837 849 803 |
Slovakia |
271 154 575 |
270 797 979 |
270 434 053 |
270 062 644 |
269 684 447 |
269 286 203 |
268 814 943 |
1 890 234 844 |
Finland |
335 440 884 |
336 933 734 |
338 456 263 |
340 009 057 |
341 593 485 |
343 198 337 |
344 776 578 |
2 380 408 338 |
Sweden |
248 858 535 |
249 014 757 |
249 173 940 |
249 336 135 |
249 502 108 |
249 660 989 |
249 768 786 |
1 745 315 250 |
United Kingdom |
371 473 873 |
370 520 030 |
369 548 156 |
368 557 938 |
367 544 511 |
366 577 113 |
365 935 870 |
2 580 157 491 |
Total EU-28 |
13 618 149 060 |
13 618 658 677 |
13 619 178 488 |
13 619 708 697 |
13 620 249 509 |
13 620 801 137 |
13 621 363 797 |
95 338 109 365 |
Technical assistance (0,25 %) |
34 130 699 |
34 131 977 |
34 133 279 |
34 134 608 |
34 135 964 |
34 137 346 |
34 138 756 |
238 942 629 |
Total |
13 652 279 759 |
13 652 790 654 |
13 653 311 767 |
13 653 843 305 |
13 654 385 473 |
13 654 938 483 |
13 655 502 553 |
95 577 051 994 |
ANNEX II
Article |
Subject |
Maximum amount in EUR or rate |
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15(8) |
Advisory services, farm management and farm relief services |
1 500 |
Per advice |
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200 000 |
Per three years for the training of advisors |
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16(2) |
Information and promotion activities |
70 % |
Of the eligible costs of the action |
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16(4) |
Quality schemes or agricultural products and foodstuffs |
3 000 |
Per holding per year |
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17(3) |
Investment in physical assets |
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Agricultural sector |
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50 % |
Of the amount of eligible investment in less developed regions and in all regions whose GDP per capita for the 2007 - 2013 period was less than 75 % of the average of the EU-25 for the reference period but whose GDP per capita is above 75 % of the GDP average of the EU-27. |
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75 % |
Of the amount of eligible investment in outermost regions |
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75 % |
Of the amount of eligible investment in Croatia for the implementation of Council Directive 91/676/EEC(1) within a maximum period of four years from the date of accession pursuant to Article 3(2) and Article 5(1) of that Directive |
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75 % |
Of the amount of eligible investment in the smaller Aegean islands |
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40 % |
Of the amount of eligible investment in other regions The above rates may be increased by an additional 20 percentage points, provided that maximum combined support does not exceed 90 %, for:
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Processing and marketing of products listed in Annex I to the TFEU |
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50 % |
Of the amount of eligible investment in less developed regions and in all regions whose GDP per capita for the 2007 - 2013 period was less than 75 % of the average of the EU-25 for the reference period but whose GDP per capita is above 75 % of the GDP average of the EU-27 |
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75 % |
Of the amount of eligible investment in outermost regions |
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75 % |
Of the amount of eligible investment in the smaller Aegean islands |
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40 % |
Of the amount of eligible investment in other regions The above rates may be increased by an additional 20 percentage points, provided that maximum combined support does not exceed 90 %, for operations supported in the framework of the EIP or those linked to a merger of producer organisations |
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17(4) |
Investment in physical assets |
100 % |
Non-productive investments and agricultural and forestry infrastructure |
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18(5) |
Restoring agricultural production potential damaged by natural disasters and introduction of appropriate prevention actions |
80 % |
Of the amount of eligible investment costs for prevention operations carried out by individual farmers. |
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100 % |
Of the amount of eligible investment costs for prevention operations carried out collectively by more than one beneficiary. |
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100 % |
Of the amount of eligible investment costs for operations to restore agricultural land and production potential damaged by natural disasters and catastrophic events. |
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19(6) |
Farm and business development |
70 000 |
Per young farmer under Article 19(1)(a)(i) |
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70 000 |
Per beneficiary under Article 19(1)(a)(ii) |
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15 000 |
Per small farm under Article 19(1)(a)(iii) |
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23(3) |
Establishment of agroforestry systems |
80 % |
Of the amount of eligible investment for the establishment of agroforestry systems |
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26(4) |
Investments in forestry technologies and in processing, in mobilising and in the marketing of forestry products |
65 % |
Of the amount of eligible investment in less developed regions |
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75 % |
Of the amount of eligible investment in outermost regions |
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75 % |
Of the amount of eligible investment in the smaller Aegean islands |
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40 % |
Of the amount of eligible investment in other regions |
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27(4) |
Setting up of producer groups and organisations |
10 % |
As a percentage of marketed production during the first five years following recognition The support shall be degressive. |
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100 000 |
Maximum amount per year in all cases. |
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28(8) |
Agri-environment-climate |
600(2) |
Per ha per year for annual crops |
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900(2) |
Per ha per year for specialised perennial crops |
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450(2) |
Per ha per year for other land uses |
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200(2) |
Per livestock unit ("LU") per year for local breeds in danger of being lost to farmers |
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29(5) |
Organic farming |
600(2) |
Per ha per year for annual crops |
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900(2) |
Per ha per year for specialised perennial crops |
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450(2) |
Per ha per year for other land uses |
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30(7) |
Natura 2000 and Water Framework Directive payments |
500(2) |
Per ha per year maximum in the initial period not exceeding five years |
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200(2) |
Per ha per year maximum |
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50(3) |
Per ha per year minimum for Water Framework Directive payments |
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31(3) |
Payments to areas facing natural or other specific constraints |
25 |
Minimum per ha per year on average of the area of the beneficiary receiving support |
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250(2) |
Maximum per ha per year |
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450(2) |
Maximum per ha per year in mountain areas as defined in Article 32(2) |
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33(3) |
Animal welfare |
500 |
Per LU |
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34(3) |
Forest-environmental and climate services and forest conservation |
200(2) |
Per ha per year |
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37(5) |
Crop, animal and plant insurance |
65 % |
Of the insurance premium due |
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38(5) |
Mutual funds for adverse climatic events, animal and plant diseases, pest infestations and environmental incidents |
65 % |
Of the eligible costs. |
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39(5) |
Income stabilisation tool |
65 % |
Of the eligible costs |
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ANNEX III
CRITERION |
DEFINITION |
THRESHOLD |
CLIMATE |
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Low Temperature(1) |
Length of growing period (number of days) defined by number of days with daily average temperature > 5 °C (LGPt5) or |
≤ 180 days |
Thermal-time sum (degree-days) for Growing Period defined by accumulated daily average temperature > 5 °C |
≤ 1 500 degree-days |
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Dryness |
Ratio of the annual precipitation (P) to the annual potential evapotranspiration (PET) |
P/PET ≤ 0.5 |
CLIMATE AND SOIL |
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Excess Soil Moisture |
Number of days at or above field capacity |
≥ 230 days |
SOIL |
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Limited Soil Drainage(1) |
Areas which are water logged for significant duration of the year |
Wet within 80 cm from the surface for over 6 months, or wet within 40 cm for over 11 months or Poorly or very poorly drained soil or Gleyic colour pattern within 40 cm from the surface |
Unfavourable Texture and Stoniness(1) |
Relative abundance of clay, silt, sand, organic matter (weight %) and coarse material (volumetric %) fractions |
≥ 15 % of topsoil volume is coarse material, including rock outcrop, boulder or |
texture class in half or more (cumulatively) of the 100 cm soil surface is sand, loamy sand defined as: Silt % + (2 × clay %) ≤ 30 % or |
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Topsoil texture class is heavy clay (≥≥ 60 % clay) or |
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Organic soil (organic matter ≥ 30 %) of at least 40 cm or |
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Topsoil contains 30 % or more clay, and there are vertic properties within 100 cm of the soil surface |
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Shallow Rooting Depth |
Depth (cm) from soil surface to coherent hard rock or hard pan |
≤ 30 cm |
Poor Chemical Properties(1) |
Presence of salts, exchangeable sodium, excessive acidity |
Salinity: ≥ 4 deci-Siemens per meter (dS/m) in topsoil or |
Sodicity: ≥ 6 Exchangeable Sodium Percentage (ESP) in half or more (cumulatively) of the 100 cm soil surface layer or |
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Soil Acidity: pH ≤ 5 (in water) in topsoil |
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TERRAIN |
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Steep Slope |
Change of elevation with respect to planimetric distance (%) |
≥ 15 % |
ANNEX IV
INDICATIVE LIST OF MEASURES AND OPERATIONS OF PARTICULAR RELEVANCE TO THEMATIC SUB-PROGRAMMES REFERRED TO IN ARTICLE 7
ANNEX V
EX ANTE CONDITIONALITIES FOR RURAL DEVELOPMENT
1. PRIORITIES-LINKED CONDITIONALITIES
EU priority for RD / CPR Thematic Objective (TO) |
Ex ante conditionality |
Criteria for fulfilment |
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RD priority 3: promoting food chain organisation, including processing and marketing of agricultural products, animal welfare and risk management in agriculture TO 5: promoting climate change adaptation, risk prevention and management |
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RD priority 4: restoring, preserving and enhancing ecosystems related to agriculture and forestry |
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TO 5: promoting climate change adaptation, risk prevention and management |
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TO 6: Preserving and protecting the environment and promoting resource efficiency |
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RD priority 5: promoting resource efficiency and supporting the shift towards a low carbon and climate resilient economy in the agriculture and food sectors and the forestry sector TO 4: supporting the shift towards a low-carbon economy in all sectors TO 6: Preserving and protecting the environment and promoting resource efficiency |
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RD priority 6: promoting social inclusion poverty reduction and economic development in rural areas TO 2: Enhancing access to, and use and quality of, information and communication technologies (Broadband target) |
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