Guidelines
Date: 08 may 2014
Period: 2014-2020
Theme: Business support, Cooperation between regions and countries
Languages: en
This is a draft document based on the new ESIF Regulations published in OJ 347 of 20 December 2013 and on the most recent version of the relevant Commission's draft implementing and delegated acts. It may still require review to reflect the content of these draft legal acts once they are adopted.
The headings in this document correspond to the elements set out in Article 27 of Regulation (EU) No 1303/2013 of the European Parliament and of the Council1 (the Common Provisions Regulation or 'CPR') and Article 8 of Regulation (EU) No 1299/2013 of the European Parliament and of the Council2 (the 'ETC Regulation'). The text boxes provide guidelines on the drafting of the content of the cooperation programme.
It is recalled that the cooperation programme will be directly introduced in the SFC2014. The character limits proposed are based on the needs of most extensive programmes, the pages estimations are based on a standard page using the font ‘Times new roman’ and the font size ‘12’. The character limits referred to under the description of the priority axis, where information is required by investment priority, are set per investment priority.
In 2012 the Commission provided each Member State with a country position paper outlining the analysis of the Commission of the main challenges and funding priorities relevant for the ESI Funds in the programming period 2014-2020, including in relation to European Territorial Cooperation. These position papers should guide the ensuing dialogue with the Commission in particular in relation to the prioritisation of development need