Regulation (EU) No. 223/2014 (European Aid Fund)

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Regulation (EU) No. 223/2014

Title: Regulation (EU) No. 223/2014 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 11 March 2014 on the Fund for European Aid to the Most Deprived
Designation:
(not official) 		Regulation on the European Aid Fund or FEAD regulation or FEAD basic regulation
Legal matter: Administrative law
Basis: TFEU , in particular Art. 175
Date of issue: March 11, 2014
Release date: March 12, 2014
Come into effect: March 12, 2014
To be used from: March 12, 2014
Reference: OJ L 72 of March 12, 2014, p. 1 ff
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The regulation on the European Aid Fund (also: FEAD Regulation or FEAD Basic Regulation) regulates the creation of a European Aid Fund for the most disadvantaged people (...) for the period from January 1, 2014 to December 31, 2020 and the objectives of the fund, the scope of the assistance, the available financial resources and their allocation per Member State, as well as the necessary rules (...) to ensure the effectiveness and efficiency of the fund (Article 1 of the FEAD Regulation).

Reasons for the FEAD regulation

With the Europe 2020 strategy , the EU member states have set themselves the goal of reducing the number of people at risk of poverty and social exclusion by at least 20 million by 2020. Since the banking, financial and economic crisis in 2007, the number of people at risk of poverty or at risk of social exclusion has increased significantly in the European Union.

Objectives of the FEAD regulation

The aim of the fund is to strengthen social cohesion; it contributes to reducing - and ultimately the worst forms - of poverty in the Union by promoting national non-financial aid programs to alleviate food shortages and serious material deprivation and / or to contribute to the social inclusion of the most disadvantaged . The aim of the fund was to alleviate the forms of extreme poverty that contribute most to social exclusion, such as homelessness, child poverty and lack of food . The European Aid Fund is also intended to promote social inclusion and, as far as possible, to eradicate poverty in the EU (see also the Europe 2020 targets).

One of the main objectives of the Europe 2020 economic program is to reduce the number of people at risk of poverty and social exclusion by at least 20 million (Article 3 (1) FEAD Regulation).

The Fund for European Aid is not intended to be a substitute for public measures taken by the Member States to combat poverty and social exclusion, and above all it is not intended to be a substitute for measures that are necessary to avert the marginalization of vulnerable and low-income groups and to increase the risk to counteract poverty and social exclusion .

Legal basis

The regulation on the European Aid Fund is based in particular on Articles 2 and 6 TEU as well as 174 and 175 para. 3 TFEU and is supplemented by delegated regulations of the European Commission .

  • Underlined in Article 2 TEU: the values ​​on which the Union is founded are respect for human dignity, freedom, democracy, equality, the rule of law and respect for human rights, including the rights of persons belonging to minorities ,
  • Article 6 TEU provides that the Union shall recognize the rights, freedoms and principles set out in the Charter of Fundamental Rights of the European Union of December 7, 2000 in the version adapted on December 12, 2007 in Strasbourg ,
  • Article 174 TFEU stipulates that the Union will continue to pursue its policy of strengthening its economic, social and territorial cohesion in order to promote the harmonious development of the Union as a whole ,
  • Article 175 TFEU specifies that the member states of the Union conduct and coordinate their economic policy in such a way that the objectives set out in Article 174 are also achieved. The definition and implementation of the Union's policies and actions and the establishment of the internal market take account of the objectives of Article 174 and contribute to their achievement .

Structure and content of the regulation

  • TITLE I GENERAL PROVISIONS
      • Article 1 Object and Purpose
      • Article 2 Definitions
      • Article 3 Objectives
      • Article 4 Scope of support
      • Article 5 Principles
  • TITLE II RESOURCES AND PLANNING
      • Article 6 Overall budget
      • Article 7 Operational Programs
      • Article 8 Adoption of operational programs
      • Article 9 Amendments to operational programs
      • Article 10 Exchange of good practice
  • TITLE III SUPPORT AND EVALUATION, INFORMATION AND COMMUNICATION
      • Article 11 Committee for the Monitoring of an OP II
      • Article 12 Tasks of the committee for the monitoring of an OP II
      • Article 13 Implementation reports and indicators
      • Article 14 Review meeting
      • Article 15 General rules on
      • Article 16 Ex ante evaluation
      • Article 17 Evaluation during the programming period
      • Article 18 Ex post evaluation
      • Article 19 Information and communication
  • TITLE IV FINANCIAL SUPPORT FROM THE FUND
      • Article 20 Co-financing
      • Article 21 Higher payments for Member States with temporary budgetary difficulties
      • Article 22 Eligibility period
      • Article 23 Eligible projects
      • Article 24 Forms of support
      • Article 25 Types of grants
      • Article 26 Eligibility of expenditure
      • Article 27 Technical Assistance
      • Article 28 General principles for management and control systems
      • Article 29 Responsibilities under shared management
      • Article 30 Responsibilities of the Member States
      • Article 31 Designation of authorities
      • Article 32 Tasks of the managing authority
      • Article 33 Tasks of the certifying authority
      • Article 34 Tasks of the audit authority
      • Article 35 Procedure for the designation of the managing authority and the certifying authority
      • Article 36 Powers and responsibilities of the Commission
      • Article 37 Cooperation with audit authorities
    • CHAPTER 1 Financial Management
      • Article 38 Commitments
      • Article 39 Payments by the Commission
      • Article 40 Interim payments and payment of the balance by the Commission
      • Article 41 Payment requests
      • Article 42 Payments to beneficiary institutions
      • Article 43 Use of the euro
      • Article 44 Payment and booking of the advance
      • Article 45 Deadline for submitting requests for interim payments and their payment
      • Article 46 Interruption of the payment period
      • Article 47 Suspension of payments
    • CHAPTER 2 Accounting and its review and acceptance and completion of the operational programs
      • Article 48 Submission of information
      • Article 49 Accounting
      • Article 50 Audit and acceptance of invoices
      • Article 51 Availability of documents
      • Article 52 Submission of closing documents and final payment
    • CHAPTER 3 Financial Corrections and Recoveries
      • Article 53 Financial corrections by the Member States
      • Article 54 Financial corrections by the Commission
      • Article 55 Criteria for financial corrections by the Commission
      • Article 56 Procedure for financial corrections by the Commission
      • Article 57 Repayments
      • Article 58 Adequate control of operational programs
    • CHAPTER 4 De-commitment
      • Article 59 Decommitment
      • Article 60 Derogations from decommitment
      • Article 61 Procedure
  • TITLE VII TRANSFER OF POWERS, IMPLEMENTING, TRANSITIONAL AND FINAL PROVISIONS
      • Article 62 Exercise of the delegation
      • Article 63 Committee procedure
      • Article 64 Entry into force
  • APPENDIX I MODEL FOR THE OPERATIONAL PROGRAM
  • ANNEX II Annual breakdown of commitment appropriations for the period 2014-2020 (in 2011 prices)
  • ANNEX III Allocated funds from the Fund for each Member State for the period 2014-2020 (in 2011 prices)
  • ANNEX IV Criteria for the designation of the managing and certifying authority

Signing, entry into force, validity

The FEAD regulation was legally signed on March 11, 2014 in Strasbourg .

The regulation came into force on the day of its publication in the Official Journal of the European Union (March 12, 2014). It has been in force since January 1, 2014, is binding in its entirety and is directly applicable in every member state (Article 64 FEAD Regulation).

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Individual evidence

  1. ↑ engl. : Regulation of the Fund for European Aid to the most Deprived ; french : Règlement relatif au Fonds européen d'aide aux plus demunis.
  2. ↑ Special Report No. 05/2019 of the European Court of Auditors , p. 4.
  3. ↑ See also recitals 1 and 2 of the FEAD Regulation.
  4. ↑ Article 3 and Recital 7 of the FEAD Regulation. See also recital 3.
  5. ↑ Recital 7 of the FEAD Regulation. See also recital 3.
  6. ↑ For example: Delegated Regulation (EU) 2016/1986 OF THE COMMISSION of 30 June 2016 to supplement Regulation (EU) No. 223/2014 of the European Parliament and of the Council with regard to the European Aid Fund for the most disadvantaged people applicable conditions and procedures to determine whether irrecoverable amounts are to be reimbursed by Member States, OJ L 306/1; or: DelVO (EU) 2015/1972 of the Commission of 8 July 2015 to supplement Regulation (EU) No. 223/2014 of the European Parliament and of the Council with special provisions on the reporting of irregularities regarding the European Aid Fund for the most severe disadvantaged people, OJ L 293/11.
  7. ↑ For the development of these provisions on the various treaty versions since 1957, see: Antonius Opilio : EUV | EGV | AEU , Dornbirn 2008, Edition Europa Verlag, 2nd edition, ISBN 3-901924-27-2 ( online Google books ).