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In accordance with the decision of the Parliament:
The objective of this law, in accordance with the principles of sustainable development, is to diversify, modernise and increase the rural economy, improve the operating conditions of rural enterprises and develop their competitiveness and develop rural areas, As an environment for improving the well-being, comfort and business opportunities of residents and operators.
This law shall apply to rural development aid financed under the Rural Development Programme (22/2014) (hereinafter ' the Administrative law, In accordance with the programme referred to in Article 3 (1), the European Agricultural Fund for Rural Development (EAFRD) or other European Union funds, together with corresponding national or European Union funds, Resources.
However, this law shall not apply to aid or compensation granted for agricultural production activities, abandonment or improvement of agricultural structure, or environmental aid, As a compensatory allowance or equivalent aid or compensation. The reindeer economy will then be counted as agriculture. The Act shall not apply to the European Agricultural Guarantee Fund ( The EAGF ), from European Union funds other than the EAFRD or from other European Union financial instruments provided for in the General Regulation referred to in Article 3 (2) of the European Maritime and Fisheries Fund or the Management Authority. Moreover, this law does not apply to the Law on the financing of regional development and Structural Funds projects (2014) For rural development projects or other projects in rural areas intended for rural development, and the Law on the financing of agricultural and food economy and rural research and development projects (1413/2011) , which shall be financed entirely from national resources and which are not based on the programme referred to in Article 3 (1) of the Management Committee, nor on the development of the services of the colt (253/1995) in Article 13 . (19/12/2015)
Notwithstanding paragraph 2, which provides for aid to improve the structure of agriculture, this law shall, however, apply to the refurbation of agricultural products if the income received by the applicant does not meet the income of the applicant. The Law on the Structural Funds (1676/2007) Or under the law.
Aid for the sustainable use of forestry land shall be subject to the financing of sustainable forestry elsewhere by law or under it.
This Act shall not apply to the programme or to aid to the Åland Autonomy Law Article 18 (1) of the Is the province of the province of Åland.
Subject to European Union law, this law shall apply to the granting, payment, monitoring, inspection and recovery of aid financed wholly or partially by the European Union.
This law complements European Union legislation.
For the purposes of this law:
(1) Programme The programme referred to in Article 3 (1);
(2) European Union funding The European Union's Agricultural Fund for Agriculture granted to Finland from the European Union budget, hereinafter referred to as: The EU EAFRD, Resources and other resources earmarked by the European Union under this Act;
3 ) State funding Funds allocated to the administrative branch of the Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry for rural development in the State budget and the funds allocated to the EAFRD operating plan;
(4) Other national public funding The financing of a State, municipality or other public body governed by public law, other than that referred to in paragraph 3, and benefit or performance, the value of which is to be determined as money; (19/12/2015)
(5) Public funding The funding referred to in paragraphs 3 and 4 and, where the measure is financed by the European Union funds referred to in paragraph 2, such financing of the European Union;
(6) Private funding Any financing or other performance of a natural or private entity whose value is in the form of money;
(7) With total funding Total public and private funding;
Paragraph 8 has been repealed by L 19.12.2014/1176 .
(9) With support A grant awarded or granted from the State or the European Union or both of their own resources;
(10) State aid Aid, financing or any other advantage within the meaning of Article 107 (1) of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union;
(11) With de minimis aid Aid, financing and other benefits granted by the Member State of the European Union as referred to in Commission Regulation (EU) No 1407/2013 on the application of Articles 107 and 108 of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union; (19/12/2015)
(12) With a measure to support Business promotion activities or project to which aid has been applied for or for which the aid has been granted;
(13) Investment, The construction, extension, repair or acquisition of the building, structure or structure and the acquisition of other tangible or intangible fixed assets;
(14) Development project A development activity based on a fixed-term plan, the principal purpose of which is not to provide direct financial advantage to the beneficiary;
(15) Small procurement Small equipment and equipment procurements included in the development project;
16) Thematic project A lag development project which brings together and supports the activities or events of several communities as a whole;
(17) The local action group The entity referred to in Article 3 (5);
(18) The local development strategy Approved local development strategy within the meaning of Article 6 of the Administrative Court of the lag;
19) The financial quota of the lag The funding provided by the Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry to implement the local development strategy;
20) Local community A Community composed of residents of a demarcated geographical area, which, on the basis of its location and its activities, has become a whole;
21) Company A natural person or entity which carries out or takes up an economic activity;
22) Micro-enterprise, small and medium-sized enterprises A company that meets the definition of the undertaking concerned in accordance with Commission Recommendation C (2003) 1422 on the definition of micro, small and medium-sized enterprises, or a recommendation replacing that recommendation Definition;
23) On the farm A production unit of one or more properties or of a part of the property or of a property or a land base, operated by a farmer, functionally and economically independent of agricultural activity, managed as one of the following: As a whole on the basis of ownership or rental;
24) Farmer On the European Union's direct support for agriculture (193/2013) The farmer referred to in paragraph 10:
25) The farmer's family The spouse referred to in Article 2 (15) of the Law referred to in paragraph 24 and the person referred to in paragraph 16 of that Article; (19/12/2015)
26) Agriculture Arable farming, livestock farming or other production of farmed animals, greenhouse production, horticulture and nurseries, fur farming, horse breeding, reindeer husbandry, bee economy, professional hunting, marching and mushroom, and other The primary production activities of the products listed in Annex I to the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union;
27) Agricultural product The product listed in Annex I to the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union, with the exception of fishery products;
28) Processing and marketing of the agricultural product The product of an agricultural product whose product is still an agricultural product, and the placing on the market of the product; except for the activities on the holding which are necessary for the production of a product from primary production; In order to prepare for first sale, and not the first sale of an agricultural product by the producer, unless this is carried out in separate premises for that purpose;
29) By an intermediate body The authority which, acting on behalf of the administrative or certifying authority, carries out tasks relating to beneficiaries;
30) Rural innovation group A group of different bodies governed by public or private law, which has an action plan and whose task it is to contribute to the creation of new approaches based on research on agriculture or forestry; Their introduction and the development of innovation and other reforms in the agricultural and forestry sectors and in the processing, marketing and marketing of agricultural and forestry products; in addition to these, the innovation group may include: Natural life-related spirits as well.
The grant of aid shall be conditional on the support of the measure as a whole in order to promote one or more of the objectives set out in Article 1.
In addition, where aid is granted from resources intended for the implementation of the programme, the aid shall contribute to the objectives set out in the programme, the measure must be implemented in the area covered by the programme and the measure supported by the programme shall: Shall target this area. The granting of aid is not an obstacle to the exclusion of the benefit to a lesser extent from the programme area.
The aid shall establish consistency in the financing of the European Union, in accordance with the provisions of the legislation governing the development of the regions and the management of Structural Fund programmes.
The grant of the aid shall be conditional on the financial resources being allocated to the State budget or the operational plan of the FRF.
It is for the institution concerned to ensure that the funds are sufficient before the aid is granted or paid.
The beneficiary may be a natural person or a legal or legal person governed by public law.
The natural person receiving the aid must have completed 18 years at the time of the aid application.
The economic activity of the beneficiary of the aid or of the public body responsible for the aided measure must be linked to the activities supported.
No aid shall be granted to an applicant who has been shown to have artificially created the conditions required to obtain such aid.
Aid may be granted, as provided for in this Law:
(1) the extension of farm activities outside the agricultural sector;
(2) the opening or extension of the activity of a non-primary undertaking in rural areas;
(3) the improvement of the productivity and product quality of the company and the internationalisation of operations;
(4) the operating conditions of the undertaking and its competitive activities;
(5) the development of knowledge of the vitality of the countryside and the provision of information;
(6) the improvement of the living environment of the local community, the promotion and well-being of its inhabitants, and the other comparable rural environment and the general well-being of its inhabitants;
(7) the development of rural accessibility and small infrastructure;
8) the general development of the conditions, diversification and competitiveness of the rural economy;
(9) increasing the joint action of farms, other businesses, economic operators in agriculture and forestry and research institutions, advisory organisations and other specialist communities;
(10) ensuring the effective implementation and proper management of the programme.
For the purpose of promoting cooperation between undertakings, the objective of the action shall not be to: (198/2011) The infringement procedure.
Support may be granted for the necessary and reasonable costs in accordance with a cost estimate approved by the granting authority for the aid measure.
In the case of aid for the development project, the eligible costs shall be deducted from the eligible costs directly or related to the project.
For the purpose of supporting investment, eligible costs shall include investment planning and other overhead investment costs.
The aid is conditional on the aid being necessary for the operation of the aid. In addition, the applicant presents a plan for the measure to be supported. The plan shall include the objectives, the measures necessary to achieve them and the implementation criteria, an estimate of the time of implementation, the total cost and the overall financing, the contribution to the objective of sustainable development, In the implementation of the measure and in the business support plan, a statement of profitability as provided for in Article 18.
In addition, the design of the construction plan shall indicate the effectiveness of the construction investment, the appropriateness and the suitability of the environment. The decree of the Council of State may provide for more detailed provisions on how such matters should be reflected in the plan.
The Ministerial Decree of the Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry may lay down provisions on the technical, financial, operational, security and environmental aspects of the investment to be supported under this Act.
The aid shall be granted as a percentage of the eligible costs of the measure to be supported. However, in accordance with European Union law, the aid may be paid as a lump sum. If the aid does not fully cover the eligible costs of the measure, the applicant shall be required to explain the cost recovery with other public funding or private financing.
Aid cannot be granted in so far as the share of public funding in the eligible costs of the measure to be supported exceeds the maximum amount of public funding granted under the legislation of the European Union. In the case of support under the programme, the amount of public funding included in the aid shall not exceed the maximum level of public funding specified in the programme. Financing provided as State aid in combination with other public financing of the applicant's project shall not exceed the maximum amount of State aid.
The Decree of the Council of State lays down more detailed rules on the level and maximum amount of aid to be granted for the various measures, within the limits of the European Union legislation and the funds referred to in Article 7, and on the minimum amounts of aid.
The applicant shall select the eligible costs in support of:
(1) the lump sum of the eligible costs or part thereof, which may be paid in a single instalment, up to a maximum of EUR 100 000;
(2) a lump sum, based on a pre-established percentage of the cost of one or more costs, of all or part of the eligible costs;
(3) make up for the proportion of the standard costs pre-established for approved costs; or
4) compensation for the actual eligible costs.
The form of aid may be in accordance with paragraph 1 (1) to (3) only under the conditions laid down in European Union law.
The decree of the Council of State lays down more detailed rules on the forms of aid, the criteria for determining them, the fixing, the destination and the selection procedure, and the maximum amounts and contributions to be used. The EAFRD shall provide further details of the explanations which the applicant shall provide in support of the use of the aid in question and the calculation of the aid on the basis of these studies.
The grant of aid is conditional on the fact that the aid in question has not been initiated until the application for aid has been initiated. However, the European Union legislation on State aid or the provision of the rural development programme after the decision on the initiation of an aid application must be followed.
If the measure is to be supported by the authorisation of the authority, the granting of the aid shall be subject to the presentation of the authorisation.
The Decree of the Council of State lays down more precise provisions within the limits of European Union law to initiate the procedure before the date of initiation of the aid application, the submission of an authorisation and the time when the action is deemed to have taken place under different measures. And, before the application is made, the general costs eligible for the application.
Unless otherwise specified below, the aid may be partly transferred to another available measure. In such a case, the granting of aid is subject to the condition that the transfer of the aid is appropriate for the implementation of the measure to be supported and those involved in the implementation of the measure fulfil the conditions for the beneficiary of the aid. In addition, it is necessary for the recipient of the aid to ensure compliance with the conditions laid down for the grant and payment of the aid, including compliance with the terms of the aid, with other participants in the implementation of the measure, including compliance with the conditions of the aid. Any repayment of the aid and other public funds, including interest and administrative penalties, and the right of the authority to verify the performance of the transferee in a manner comparable to that of the beneficiary. However, the beneficiary is in charge of compliance with the conditions and compliance with the conditions and, if the aid is recovered, repayment of the aid in relation to the granting authority.
The aid for the development project shall remain an important part of the applicant's own use after the transfer. (19/12/2015)
Paragraph 1, which provides for the possibility of transferring aid to another, does not apply to the aid granted for the establishment of a company, unless it is a natural person's activity or a change in the Community form of the beneficiary. It is required that the Centre for Enterprise, Transport and the Environment concludes that the company fulfils the conditions laid down in Articles 16 and 17 and the conditions laid down in Article 19 (1) (1) and (2), and that the company continues the business plan referred to in Article 20 (1) (3). Implementation.
The transfer shall not cover the acquisition by the applicant.
The decree of the Council of State may lay down further provisions on the conditions and procedures for the transfer of the aid.
Where aid is granted, the conditions and limitations of the granting of State aid under European Union law shall apply and, if the Commission has approved the aid, the Commission decision provides.
Where the aid is granted as de minimis aid, the grant of the aid shall be conditional on the applicant submitting to the aid authority a report on the de minimis aid already granted and paid to the applicant and that the amount of the aid does not exceed the The de minimis ceiling laid down in Union legislation. Where aid other than the applicant's business or aid is transferred within the meaning of Article 15, the grant of the aid shall be subject to the condition that the corresponding statement is provided for the implementation of each measure targeted or supported by the aid. In respect of a participating undertaking and the amount of the aid in respect of any undertaking does not exceed the de minimis ceiling. Where a centralised national register has been set up to monitor State aid, there is no need to submit a separate report for the aid granted after the establishment of the register in European Union legislation , unless there is a specific reason for it.
The application of European Union law on State aid to aid under this Law and the conditions for granting de minimis aid are subject to more detailed provisions by the Government Decree. Where appropriate, more detailed provisions may be made from the de minimis register under the Government Decree.
Rural enterprise support (hereinafter referred to as: Corporate support, May be awarded in the form of grants:
(1) the farmer or the member of the family member of a farmer who participates on the farm in farming, the extension of the agricultural holding outside the agricultural holding ( Agricultural product );
(2) a micro-enterprise and a small undertaking for the processing and marketing of agricultural products, excluding agriculture, with the exception of other business activities; and
3) a medium-sized enterprise for the processing and marketing of agricultural products.
Undertakings referred to in paragraph 1 where the trader is a natural person, an open company, a limited partnership, a limited company or a cooperative. Where an agricultural holding is carried out on a farm by a company or a cooperative whose shareholder or member, as referred to in paragraph 1, point 1, is involved in the agricultural activity, the aid may be granted to the agricultural company or to the cooperative.
More detailed provisions on the granting of corporate support for the extension of the activity of a farmer or farmer's family member to the agricultural sector shall be provided, where appropriate, by a decree of the State Council.
The aid may be granted to an undertaking which has an establishment in Finland and, in the case of a programme based on the programme, within the scope of the programme. The seat of a Community-shaped company shall be situated within the territory of the European Union.
The aid may be granted to an undertaking which is in a position to operate in a continuous profitable manner and which has sufficient professional skills for the targeted business activity. The granting of aid is conditional on the undertaking presenting studies on its financial position and the adequacy of the professional skills.
The activities to be supported shall provide the main means of subsistence for at least one enterprise or worker in one enterprise. The principal activity may also consist of the initial production carried out by the applicant and the activities of one or more other industries.
When granting aid to a Community-sized agricultural undertaking or to a micro-enterprise, the granting of aid shall be conditional on the existence of a dominant position within the Community by one or more natural persons who satisfy the age and professionalism of the recipient, and In the case of an agricultural undertaking, the conditions for agricultural activity.
More detailed provisions on the adequacy of the company's professional skills, financial position and profitability, as well as the criteria for controlling it, may be laid down by a decree of the Council of State.
The aid may be granted for the creation of a new company and for the extension of an undertaking or an essential modification of its operation. Support may also be granted for a measure which strengthens the company's operating conditions. Support for the setting up of a new business for a new business and for other business activities referred to in Article 17 (1) (2) may relate only to a measure in the rural area.
The decree of the Council of State lays down more detailed rules on the eligible measures and the form and the maximum amount of the aid.
The granting of the aid shall be conditional on:
(1) business activities shall contribute to the objectives of the programme to which the aid is granted;
(2) the granting of aid shall not be assessed as having an effect on non-negligible competition and market-distorting effects in the State of the European Economic Area or, where the undertaking operates only at a local level, in the area of activity;
(3) submit a viable business plan incorporating a cost estimate of the measures envisaged, and a description of the nature, scale and value of the activities carried out by means of a business or business activity; To assess the main activity and professionalism.
The scope of the business plan shall be adapted to the scope of business and support measures.
Under the business plan, the measures necessary for the implementation of the plan shall be adopted by decision granting the aid.
The State Council Regulation lays down more precise rules on the criteria for assessing the distortive effect of the aid, the content of the business plan, the duration, the requirements to comply with it and the assessment of the implementation of the measure to be supported.
Support may be granted for:
(1) the costs necessary for the establishment of the undertaking;
(2) investment costs;
(3) the costs of an extension or modification of the costs of an undertaking not linked to the normal business of the undertaking.
The decree of the Council of State lays down more precise rules on the eligible costs and on the timing of the cost.
If, on the basis of the eligible costs of the aid measure, the final amount of the aid is to be reduced, the aid shall not be granted.
Development project support may be awarded to a body governed by public law or private law or to the Foundation for the development of the activities referred to in Article 9 (1) (5) to (9), the objectives of Article 9 (1) (6) and (7). Investment in the public interest and the planning and implementation of the investment.
More detailed provisions on the conditions for granting aid for the development project and beneficiaries will be laid down by a Council regulation.
The supported development project may include:
(1) measures to improve the living conditions and the comfort of the inhabitants of the affected area;
(2) measures to promote the general promotion of economic activity in the region;
(3) measures to establish and facilitate the establishment and operating conditions of enterprises in the region;
(4) the planning and organisation of information, training and vocational training leading to a qualification;
(5) measures to increase cooperation between operators in the agricultural sector, the food chain and forestry operators and other actors already active and active in achieving the objectives of rural development;
(6) services of general interest serving the objectives of the measures referred to in paragraphs 1 and 2.
A development project involving activities other than those referred to in paragraph 1 (4) or (5) may not include investment, except for SGIs referred to in paragraph 6. A small purchase is not considered as investment. Investments which directly affect the competitive business sector are not considered to be of general interest.
As a reduction in the amount of development aid, the revenue generated by the measure to be supported will be taken into account. As a result, the development project will not include additional public and private funding for the development project as indicated in the development plan plan.
The decree of the Council of State lays down more detailed rules on the activities to be supported and the maximum amount of aid.
Development project support may be granted for development work and for the costs of training and communication. The development project may also include the cost of planning it.
The costs of investment in general interest may also include construction and construction costs. Land acquisition can be supported only in connection with the purchase of the building and its ground floor.
More detailed provisions on eligible costs are laid down by the Government Decree.
Article 11 (2) and (3), which provides for the investment in construction, also applies to an investment of general interest.
Support for the theme project may be awarded to the lag within the meaning of Article 9 (1) (5) to (7). The grant of aid shall be conditional upon the lag, in accordance with the project's common theme, to draw up a plan to be implemented by the lag with the other actors involved in the project. The operational group, through an open selection procedure, brings together the development projects referred to in Article 24 (1) (1) on its territory, or projects of general interest serving the objectives referred to in that paragraph, With a view to implementing the theme of the theme and coordinating their implementation. Notwithstanding the provisions of Article 15 on the conditions for the transfer of the aid, the support of the European project may be carried out completely. For the rest, support for the project will be subject to support for the development project. (19/12/2015)
The eligible costs of the European project may, for a specific reason, include the costs of the assembly, cooperation or exchange of experience referred to in paragraph 1.
More detailed provisions on the activities supported by the European project, the conditions for granting the aid and the eligible costs and, for the specific reason referred to in Article 2 (2), are laid down by a Council Regulation.
The grant of development aid is conditional on the applicant having sufficient financial and operational capacity to carry out the project.
Project support may be granted only for a measure taken from the normal operation of the applicant for a separate project and for a duration not exceeding three years, or for a specific reason not exceeding five years.
The grant of aid is conditional on the applicant submitting a project plan and the results of the project are generally available.
If, on the basis of the eligible costs of the measure to be supported, the estimated amount of the aid would be below the threshold laid down by the Government Decree, no aid would be granted.
The decree of the Council of State lays down more detailed provisions on the criteria to be used in assessing the conditions laid down in paragraphs 1 to 4.
In addition, the plan for the development project shall include, in addition to the provisions of Article 11, the implementation of the project, the executor, the cost specifications, the share of the aid in the overall financing, the form of support, the way in which the other financing is required and the link with the project The programme for which the project is intended to be financed, the impact and results of the project and any other elements necessary to resolve the application. If, in addition to the aid, the required other funding includes private financing, it must be specified. (19/12/2015)
The project plan shall indicate how the project's preparation has taken into account the results of the aid received in the past or closely related to the projects financed by public funding. In addition, the project plan shall indicate the continuation of the activities resulting from the project after the completion of the project, unless the nature of the activity is manifestly unnecessary.
The decree of the Council of State lays down more detailed provisions on the aspects to be presented in the project plan and, where appropriate, on the way in which they are presented.
A steering group may be set up to monitor the implementation of the development project, if this is justified by the scale and impact of the project. The steering group shall not participate in the assessment of the beneficiary of the aid, the project to be supported, its implementation and the financing of the project, and not thereafter. The responsibility for the implementation of the project rests solely with the recipient.
The setting up of the steering group shall be decided by the granting authority. The steering group is represented not only by the granting authority but also by other public bodies and experts involved in the funding of the project. The members of the steering group shall be appointed by the beneficiary of the granting authority, with the exception of the beneficiary.
On the basis of the information received from the beneficiary, the steering group shall provide the applicant with a report on the progress of the project. The steering group shall be subject to administrative law (2003) , language law (2003) , the language law (1886/2003) , the Law on Public Access to Public Authorities (18/09/1999) And the law on electronic business (2003) . The activities of the persons involved in the tasks of the steering group referred to in the decision of the steering group shall be subject to the provisions on civil liability in the performance of the tasks assigned to the steering group.
Liability for damages is governed by the law on damages (1999) .
The beneficiary of the aid may allow non-public financiers and private experts to participate in the meetings of the steering group. Such persons shall not take part in the tasks of the steering group mentioned in the aid decision, but shall be notified to the authority which granted the aid.
More detailed provisions concerning the setting up of a steering group and the procedure to be followed, as well as the functions of the steering group, may be laid down by a Council Regulation.
The aid measure must be fully implemented within two years of the granting of the aid, with the exception of the creation of a new business, which must be carried out within three years of the granting of the aid. However, a shorter period may be set for the implementation of the measure to be supported if this is justified by the nature of the measure or the nature of the undertaking, or where the financing of the European Union or of the State is used Shall be subject to restrictions. (19/12/2015)
The measure must be fully implemented in the period referred to in Article 27 (2), supported by a development project.
The Centre for Food, Transport and the Environment may extend the period referred to in paragraphs 1 and 2 for an application submitted before the expiry of that period. The extension of the time limit should be an acceptable reason not known for the time when it was decided. The time limit may be waiving if the funds for which the aid has been granted or other funds are not available after the approved deadline.
This period may be extended twice for a maximum period of one year. However, the full implementation of the development project may not exceed six years.
More detailed provisions on the time limit for the implementation of the measure to be supported and the conditions for extending the time limit are laid down by the Government Decree.
The use of the aid for the purchase of goods and services and on the basis of a contract is subject to the provisions of the Law on Public Procurement (168/2007) Provides. The beneficiary shall provide a description of the performance of the contract as required by the said legislation.
The aid subject to the aid shall not be terminated or substantially reduced by the expiry of the period laid down in the European Union legislation on aid granted.
The object of the aided investment shall not be used permanently or to any significant extent by the expiry of the time limit laid down in the European Union legislation on aid to the activities or to the development of the aid.
Where the aided activity or the ownership or holding of the aided investment is handed over to the other before the expiry of that period, the beneficiary of the aid shall, prior to the surrender, apply for the authorisation of the means of life, transport and the environment. The granting of the authorisation shall be subject to the condition that the recipient fulfils the conditions for the granting of the aid and that the nature of the business or the development of the aid targeted does not materially change. If the conditions for authorisation exist and part of the aid is still outstanding, the remaining aid may also be passed on to the recipient.
The transfer within the meaning of paragraph 4 shall not be regarded as a transfer of the object of the aided investment or the transfer of the aid to which the aid is intended, or through a generational change. By way of derogation from Article 15 (4) and Article 15, in the case of corporating activities carried out as natural persons or modification of the Community form of the beneficiary, the non-payment of the aid may also be transferred. (19/12/2015)
The Government Decree, if necessary, lays down more precise rules on the granting of authorisation and the transfer of non-payment of aid. The Regulation of the Council of State shall also provide for more detailed provisions on the permanence of the activities to be supported and on the stability of the investment and, where appropriate, the time limit for it, unless the European Union legislation provides for this.
The beneficiary shall keep a record of the measure to be supported. Accounting shall be organised as part of the recipient's accounting law (136/1997) Or, where the beneficiary is subject to the State budget law (423/1988) Chapter 2 , accounting for that figure and good accounting, so that the accounts of the measure to be supported can be identified and distinguished from the rest of the accounts.
If the beneficiary is the person covered by the income tax law of the farm economy (543/1967) , shall be considered as sufficient accounting for the measure to be supported by the beneficiary's other accounts in order to provide taxation. In this case, the accounts shall be organised in such a way that the costs of the measure to be supported can be identified and the accounting records relating to them shall be kept as laid down in Sections 9 and 10 of Chapter 2 of the Accounting Act.
If the beneficiary does not otherwise have an accounting obligation, the accounting records of the measure shall be kept in accordance with the provisions laid down in the Accountancy Act.
Where the question is partly financed by the European Union, the records relating to the accounts shall be kept for at least three years from the date of payment by the European Commission of the final Community contribution.
The beneficiary of the aid shall be obliged to provide the aid to the granting authority with the appropriate and adequate information on the measure supported, its progress and the use of the aid.
The beneficiary of the aid shall, without delay, inform the granting authority of any change in its position, activity or measure which may have an impact on the conditions of payment of the aid or which may lead to aid Recovery. This shall be treated as an application for an amendment to the terms of the aid decision, where the recipient of the aid and the supporting activities continue to fulfil the conditions laid down in this Act, or the suspension or recovery of the aid, as referred to in Chapter 10 Provides.
The beneficiary of the aid shall be obliged to assist the examiner referred to in Article 52 by providing, without compensation, the information necessary for the purpose of carrying out the inspection and the examination of the subject matter of the inspection and, where appropriate, by presenting the object of the aid.
Where the beneficiary is a suspect in a preliminary investigation or a criminal charge, the recipient of the aid shall disclose the information referred to in paragraphs 1 to 3 to the examiner in respect of the facts on which the suspicion or charge is based, the examiner shall not release them. The police or prosecution authorities without the consent of the beneficiary.
Applications may be made for applications. In the absence of a period of application, applications for aid shall be submitted, with the exception of applications for aid for the financial quota of the lag. Applications meeting the eligibility criteria shall be settled in accordance with the order of the selection criteria as provided for in the Regulation referred to in Article 3 (4). Before the start of the search, the selection criteria shall be established by the Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry, after consulting the Monitoring Committee. (19/12/2015)
The Agency shall, on an appropriate scale, provide information on the possibility of searching for support, the procedure to be followed and the main conditions and conditions for granting the aid.
The lag shall inform on its territory the elements referred to in paragraph 1 in respect of aid financed by the lag's financial quota.
Where appropriate, the selection criteria and procedure may be laid down by a decree of the Government.
The online service, which is part of the information system referred to in Article 50, is submitted electronically. The signature of the application shall be governed by the law on strong electronic identification and electronic signatures (19/2009) Provides for the identification and identification of a person.
An aid application may also be made by means of a form other than a form to be signed by electronic means, which must be signed, or by means of an application lodged in the other branch of the administration, at the Centre for Enterprise, Transport and the Environment The consent shall be stored in the information system referred to in paragraph 1 as an application under this law.
The application shall be accompanied by the documents and reports necessary for the assessment of the conditions for granting the aid and the plan referred to in Article 11 of the aid measure.
The application, including the annexes, shall be stored in the information system and then processed primarily by electronic means. Otherwise, the non-electronic application or its annex shall not be archived unless there is a specific reason.
If the aid is to be transferred, the aid application shall identify the transporters and present all the contracts referred to in Article 15 (1).
The EAFRD shall provide more detailed provisions on the forms to be used for the application of the aid, the documents accompanying the application, the procedures for electronic applications and the presentation of the plan and reports.
The aid application shall be submitted to the Centre for Enterprise, Transport and the Environment or to the local action group, unless otherwise specified below.
The application for support has come to an online service provided for in Article 35 (1) so that it is available to the competent industry, transport and the Agency or the lag, or by means of a form other than electronic The application has been submitted to the Centre for Enterprise, Transport and the Environment. If the latter application has been submitted to a non-competent business, transport and environmental centre or action group, the requested standard of living, transport and the Agency or the action group shall: Record the case in the case management system and transfer the application dossier to the competent institution of industry, transport and the Agency or the action group.
However, the application shall not be initiated until the application is accompanied by the following specific and verified information and accompanied by the following documents:
(1) the applicant;
(2) the measure or project subject to the application;
(3) the cost of the measure or project and the amount and financing thereof;
(4) the amount of aid requested;
(5) when applying for a business plan and support for development project support, a project plan;
6) When applying for an investment, an investment plan shall be supported.
The Competent Body, Transport and Environment Agency or the Financial Action Task Force, if the aid is requested for the financial quota of the action group, shall, without delay, request the applicant to supplement its application with a written application. The applicant shall be informed of the results.
The Agency shall provide for more detailed provisions on the technical organisation of the receipt and processing of the application, on the labelling of the application dossier, except for the transmission of applications received by electronic means, The destruction of documents and the investment plan identified.
The aid shall be granted by the Centre for Enterprise, Transport and the Environment, which is to be supported by a measure to be supported in the area of activity, unless the Law on Organ, Transport and Environmental Centres (897/2009) , the powers of the business, transport and the Agency are otherwise provided for.
If the measure is to be implemented in the territory of more than one means of life, transport and the Agency, the competent authority is the Centre for Enterprise, Transport and the Environment, in whose territory the measure is to be supported mainly by: Implement. However, transport and environmental centres may, in this way, transfer from the competent industry, transport and environmental centres a request to the other means of life, transport and the environment to be decided by the Transport and Environment Agency, unless the means of life, transport and Subject to the law or otherwise provided for in the environmental centres, the transport and environmental centres concerned consent to the transfer.
If the development project has mainly national objectives, the competent authority is the Centre for Enterprise, Transport and the Environment, to which the Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry has allocated resources for the financing of the national project.
For the purpose of applying for support from the lag's financial quota, Articles 35 and 36 provide for an application for an electronic aid application, the conditions of initiation of the application and the electronic processing of the application.
The competent local action group shall verify that the application submitted to it fulfils the formal requirements for the application and provides an opinion on the appropriateness of the aid for the objectives of the local strategy. If the measure is supported by more than one lag territory, the lag's opinion on the appropriateness of the aid and the necessary funding must be obtained by the competent local action group. On the allocation of financial quotas allocated to them. The lag shall submit the aid application and its opinion to the competent industry, transport and environmental centre.
However, if the applicant is a local action group, the application shall be subject to the provisions of Articles 35 and 36.
The lag shall, other than an electronic application, be transferred to the Case Management System submitted for funding under its financial quota. The application shall be governed by Articles 35 and 36. The function group shall be responsible for the correct storage of the application.
The EAFRD shall provide for more detailed provisions on the technical organisation of the receipt and processing of the application, on the labelling of the application dossier, and on the delivery of them to the Centre for Enterprise, Transport and the Environment and on the electronic Handling.
The competent authority is the local action group in whose territory the measure is to be implemented. If the measure is to be supported by more than one lag territory, the competent lag is the competent local action group whose activities are mainly to be implemented.
Prior to the decision to address the aid application, the Centre for Enterprise, Transport and the Environment may ask the other authorities for an opinion on the circumstances of the aid and the measure to be supported if this is necessary In order to assess the conditions for granting.
The Centre for Business, Transport and the Environment may, before granting the aid, make the conditions for granting the aid and the measure to be supported in order to assess the business visit. The company's findings shall be recorded and communicated to the applicant. The business visit shall not be subject to permanent housing.
The Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry has the right to suspend the granting of aid at national or regional level, provided that the funds needed to finance the aid are not available or the situation of the market or of European Union legislation Require.
Granting of aid may be suspended or suspended.
The decision to suspend the aid must be published in the Finnish legislative collection. The interruption shall be communicated to the appropriate extent.
The Centre for Food, Transport and the Environment decides on the granting of aid. If support is to be provided for more than one activity in the area of life, transport and the environment, the competent industry, transport and the environment should be acquired before the aid is granted to other relevant industries, Opinion of the transport and environmental centres. Support may be granted for activities within the territory of another means of life, transport and the Agency only if the Centre for Enterprise, Transport and the Environment gives a favourable opinion.
As a condition for the grant of the aid, the lag's financial quota is a favourable opinion from the lag on the application. The Centre for Food, Transport and the Environment may deviate from the assent of the lag only if the granting of the aid is contrary to European or national legislation. The Centre shall also decide on an application which has not been supported by the lag. The lag shall immediately submit an application to the Centre for Enterprise, Transport and the Environment.
Paragraph 3 has been repealed by L 19.12.2014/1176 .
The aid decision shall take the amount of the aid granted, the conditions of the aid provided for in this Act, and the conditions for the payment and recovery of the aid. In addition, the decision shall include those conditions and conditions laid down in European Union law which are substantially and directly affected by the use and payment of the aid. The aid decision shall adopt a plan for a measure to be supported.
The aid decision may be signed mechanically.
The application for payment shall be made using the network service referred to in Article 35 (1). The processing of the aid application shall be governed by the provisions of Article 35 (4) and (6) and Article 36 (2), (4) and (5) of the aid application, as provided for in Article 35 (2), (4) and (5).
An application for payment may also be made for a form other than a form for electronic purposes. The application must be signed.
The application referred to in paragraph 2 shall be submitted to the authority which granted the aid.
The application shall be accompanied by the explanations necessary for the conditions of payment of the aid and, unless the aid is granted as a lump sum, the accounting documents.
The submission of a payment application may be subject to a reasonable period for calculating the aid decision or, in the case of the final payment application, of the measure to be supported, the end of the implementation of the measure to be supported or the completion of the implementation period.
The deadline for the submission of a payment application may be further adjusted by a decree of the Council of Ministers. More detailed provisions on the forms used for the application and for electronic applications and other electronic transactions shall be provided by the EAFRD.
The payment of the aid shall be conditional on the recipient's compliance with the conditions of the aid.
If the aid has been granted in full or in full in the form of aid within the meaning of Article 13 (1) to (3), the payment of the aid shall be subject to the condition that the recipient of the aid in a reliable manner indicates that it has taken all the measures in respect of which the aid The form has been used and has made the payment of the aid conditional on the fulfilment of the objectives.
Where the aid has been granted in whole or in part on the basis of the actual costs incurred, the payment of the aid in this respect shall be conditional on the actual expenditure incurred by the beneficiary, the finality and the verifiability and the targeting of the aid Measure. The beneficiary of the aid shall provide documentation and explanations concerning those conditions.
The provisions on the criteria to be used for the assessment of the implementation of the measure are laid down by a State Council Regulation in the case of the aid referred to in Article 13 (1) (1) to (3). In the case of aid referred to in Article 13 (1) (4), the Decree of the Council of State lays down more detailed provisions on the criteria to be used to assess the actual, final, reasonableness and verifiability of the expenditure. The EAFRD shall lay down more detailed provisions on the implementation of the measure and on expenditure on actual, final, verifiability, reasonableness and allocation documents.
The aid referred to in Article 13 (1) (1) (1) to (3) shall be paid at a rate not exceeding the rate of refund and the amount of the aid granted in respect of the costs of the measures taken in accordance with the application for payment or, in other cases, eligible Costs.
The beneficiary shall submit to the granting authority a report on the implementation of other public or private funding.
In the case of a payment application, the beneficiary shall submit a report on the project's revenue and the additional public funding received.
More detailed provisions may be laid down by the Government Decree on revenue and additional funding and on the amount of aid to be paid out. The EAFRD will provide more detailed provisions for the implementation of the project's other public and private financing, as well as the report on revenue.
The aid shall be paid annually in no more than four instalments. Development project support may be paid in advance if this is justified for the implementation of the beneficiary's status and the measure to be supported. The application for a fee for development aid shall be applied at least once a year. However, in the case of European Union legislation, a fee may be applied for and the aid will be paid less frequently if the duration of the project is not more than 24 months. (19/12/2015)
The payment of the aid will be decided by the Centre for Enterprise, Transport and the Environment. The Centre for Food, Transport and the Environment collects information on payments and forwards them to the EAFRD. The EAFRD shall be responsible for the audit and approval of expenditure and for the payment of fees. Decisions on payments can be signed mechanically.
The more detailed provisions on the instalments of the aid, the amount of the advance payment, the conditions and conditions for the payment of the advance and the procedure to be followed for the application and payment of the advance are laid down by the Government Decree.
The Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry and the EAFRD shall have the right, without prejudice to the rules of confidentiality and without prejudice to the right to obtain the necessary information and explanations necessary for the management of the food, transport and environmental centres The application, granting, payment and control of grants. The Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry has a similar right to receive information from the Rural Development Agency.
The Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry, the Rural Development Agency and the Centre for Enterprise, Transport and the Environment are entitled to receive information on the use of grants from beneficiaries. In addition, the beneficiary shall present reports on the progress and effectiveness of the measure to be supported and the monitoring data for the Centre for Enterprise, Transport and the Environment.
The information referred to in paragraphs 1 and 2 may be disclosed by means of a technical service or by electronic means.
The decree of the Council of State provides for more detailed information on the content of surveys and monitoring data. The EAFRD shall provide more detailed provisions for the presentation of surveys and monitoring data, as well as their transmission to the industry, transport and environmental centres.
The documents to be carried out under this law, as well as the information system and network services covered by the management and monitoring information system, shall be governed by the law on the information system of the rural economy (194/2008) .
The information contained in the information system shall be kept for 10 years following the adoption of the decision granting the aid. However, if the aid has been granted, the information will be kept for ten years for the payment of the last instalment of the aid and, if it is partly financed by the European Union, for a subsidy, five years after the European Commission paid the programme. The final Community contribution. A longer retention period may be required under European Union law on aid granted as State aid.
Where European Union law provides for the establishment of registers for the monitoring of State aid or other aid, the information system referred to in paragraph 1 shall consist of the required register and shall, where appropriate, be transferred In the register of de minimis aid or other aid.
The decree of the Council of State may provide for more detailed provisions on information stored in a register that is not personal.
The lag, notwithstanding the secrecy provisions, shall have the right to obtain the information necessary for the performance of the tasks assigned to it by Article 50.
The applicant shall have the right to monitor the progress and solutions of the aid application, payment, verification and recovery of the aid, as well as the processing of the aid monitoring data, in the context of the management system referred to in Article 50. In the case of aid applied for and granted under its financial quota, the corresponding right is provided by the lag, with the exception of monitoring, inspection and recovery, as well as confidential information presented in the context of the application for payment.
In addition, in the case of aid granted under its own financial quota, the operational group shall be entitled to see aggregate data if such access to the information system is included in the relevant network network.
The monitoring of the case and the viewing of hard data calls for an electronic identification.
The Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry and the EAFRD may carry out checks to verify compliance with the conditions and conditions attached to the granting, payment and use of the aid. In the case of beneficiaries of the aid, the corresponding right shall be provided by means of life, transport and environmental centres, and by the certifying authority within the meaning of Article 13, in so far as the horizontal regulation referred to in Article 3 (3) of the Administrative Court or its Is provided for. Where aid has been transferred to other entities within the meaning of Article 15 of this Law, the above authorities and the certifying authority shall also have the right to carry out a review of this economy and of the activities relating to the granting, payment and use of the aid. Compliance with the conditions and conditions. Where the aided activity or the object of the aided investment has been waived with the authorisation provided for in Article 31 (4), without the same transfer of aid, the authorities and the certifying authority shall have the right to inspect the donated activity Or subject to the transferee. (19/12/2015)
The right to inspect, either wholly or in part, or in the form of State aid, is also the institution of the European Union as provided for in European Union law.
For the purpose of carrying out the verification referred to in Article 52, the Authority and the certifying authority shall have the right to enter and inspect the buildings, premises and places relevant to the operation and the use of the aid; and The beneficiary's circumstances, information systems and documents. However, the inspection shall not be carried out in the premises used for permanent housing.
An external auditor may be authorised by an external auditor to carry out the verification. The statutory auditor shall be in the auditing law (17/01/2015) Referred to as an auditor. A responsible auditor shall be appointed by the audit firm. In carrying out the audit function, the administrative law, the language law, the language law, the law on public access to the law and the law on electronic transactions are governed by the law. The statutory auditor shall be subject to the provisions relating to criminal liability in the performance of his duties. The liability for damages is governed by the law on compensation. (18.09.2015/1167)
L to 16/7/2015 (2) shall enter into force on 1 January 2016. The previous wording reads:
An external auditor may be authorised by an external auditor to carry out the verification. The statutory auditor shall be in the auditing law (209/2007) Or the Law on the auditors of the public administration and the economy (467/1999) An audit firm or an audit firm. A responsible auditor shall be appointed by the audit firm. In carrying out the audit function, the administrative law, the language law, the language law, the law on public access to the law and the law on electronic transactions are governed by the law. The statutory auditor shall be subject to the provisions relating to criminal liability in the performance of his duties. The liability for damages is governed by the law on compensation.
An inspection report shall be drawn up which shall be transmitted without delay to the Centre for Life, Transport and Environment and the Rural Development Agency.
The person carrying out the inspection shall have the right to take possession of the documents and other material relating to the use of the aid if it is necessary to achieve the objective of the inspection. Documents and other materials shall be returned without delay when carrying out the inspection no longer requires holding.
The authority referred to in Article 52 and the certifying authority shall have the right to receive assistance from the police in the performance of the inspection mission.
The beneficiary of the aid must, without delay, return incorrectly, excessive or manifestly unwarranted aid or part thereof. The beneficiary shall return the aid or part thereof, if it cannot be used as required by the aid decision. If the amount reimbursed does not exceed EUR 100, it shall not be returned.
Paragraph 1 shall not apply to the difference between the aid granted and the costs incurred in accordance with the constructed criterion.
The Centre for Food, Transport and the Environment shall be obliged to suspend the payment of aid and recover the aid if:
(1) the conditions for granting or paying aid have not been met;
(2) the recipient has provided incorrect or incomplete information which has materially affected the granting or payment of the aid;
(3) the recipient of the aid has given up, without a means of living, the transport and the Agency's authorisation, before the expiry of the period referred to in Article 31, the object of the aid which is the object of the aid or the subsidised investment;
(4) the beneficiary has refused to assist in the inspection; or
(5) European Union legislation on support for rural development financed by or entirely financed by the European Union is required.
However, an amount of up to eur 100 may not be recovered.
If the aid has been granted jointly, all aid recipients shall be jointly and severally liable for repayment of the aid.
Article 56 has been repealed by L 19.12.2014/1176 .
If the amount to be recovered is not paid at the latest on the maturity date referred to in Article 60 (1), it shall be subject to annual interest on late payment according to the interest rate laid down in the legislation of the European Union or, in the absence of such legislation, Provide, for the purposes of (633/1982) According to the interest rate referred to in paragraph 1.
The Centre for Food, Transport and the Environment may omit, in full or in part, the amount or interest paid to it in full or in part, if the full recovery of the recovery would be in the context of the recipient's circumstances and activities. Taken as a whole, considering the excessive amount. However, recovery and recovery shall be carried out in full if the European Union, financed wholly or partly financed by or partly financed by the European Union, Legislation requires this.
The beneficiary of the aid, as provided for in the horizontal regulation referred to in Article 3 (3) or the Commission Regulation adopted pursuant to it, is laid down in the horizontal regulation and on the basis of it.
In addition to the provisions of paragraph 1, the administrative penalty provided for in the legislation of the European Union may also apply to the lag or to the rural innovation group and to their adoption.
The administrative penalty shall be decided by the authority which issued or granted the approval decision.
Where, in spite of the request, the beneficiary or the beneficiary of the aid has been transferred pursuant to Article 15, the information referred to in Article 33 (1) or assistance pursuant to Article 33 (3) shall be refused or prevented under Article 52 (1) Shall be subject to a periodic penalty payment for the purpose of carrying out an inspection in accordance with the law in accordance with the law. However, a periodic penalty payment shall not be imposed on a natural person as a means of providing information or carrying out an inspection, where there are grounds for suspecting the offence and the information on the subject matter of the suspected criminal offence. Where the certifying authority carrying out the verification is a private entity, a periodic penalty payment shall be imposed and payable by the EAFRD and, in any other case, by the authority which issued or approved the approval decision. The penalty payment is laid down in the (1113/1990) .
A decision on recovery and suspension of the payment of aid must be made by the industry, transport and the environment. The decision provides for the amount to be recovered and indicates the maturity date of the execution, which is 60 days after the date of the recovery decision or, if that date is a holiday, a day of independence, a day of Christmas, Christmas or commemoration; or Saturday, the daily life of the day.
A recovery decision shall be taken without undue delay after the Centre for Enterprise, Transport and the Environment was informed of the criteria set out in Article 55, and no later than 10 years after the payment of the last instalment of the aid.
The EAFRD is responsible for the implementation of the recovery decision. Recovery may be carried out in such a way that the amount to be recovered plus interest is deducted from the other aid payable to the beneficiary. In this case, the recovery decision has taken the form of a legal force.
The recovery decision may be implemented by means of enforcement after the decision has been taken. The implementation of the Decision shall be subject to the provisions of the Law on the implementation of taxes and charges (20/2007) Provides.
The notification of a decision by electronic means is provided for by Article 18 of the Law on electronic transactions.
The decision referred to in this Act shall be free of charge to the applicant and the beneficiary.
Without prejudice to confidentiality provisions, the Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry, the Ministry of Rural Development and the Centre for Enterprise, Transport and the Environment shall have the right to obtain an applicant or a beneficiary from any other authority or public task authority, Information on the financial position and commercial or professional activities, financing of public funds or any other circumstance relevant to the aid, which are necessary to address the issue of the aid.
The link between the requested information and the need for information must be justified on request.
Without prejudice to confidentiality rules, the Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry, the Rural Development Agency and the Centre for Enterprise, Transport and the Environment shall have the right to release to the other authority, the public task and the institution of the European Union Information concerning the beneficiary of the aid provided for in this Act, which is necessary for the purpose of carrying out or monitoring the audit function entrusted to the authority, the public office or the institution, or Legislation has been complied with.
The National Agency for Rural Development and the Centre for Enterprise, Transport and the Environment shall have the right to receive, in respect of the period referred to in paragraph 1, the aid for the applicant and the beneficiary in respect of the latter's taxable amount for the tax administration. From the register (19/12/2015)
The information referred to in paragraphs 1 to 4 may be disclosed by means of a technical service or by electronic means. Before opening a technical service, the requesting information shall provide an explanation of the appropriate protection of the data to be released. The information obtained shall not be used for purposes other than those requested. (19/12/2015)
Technical assistance may be used:
(1) the preparation, implementation, evaluation and monitoring of the programme provided for in the management system and in the performance of the tasks related to information;
2) to carry out the tasks related to the implementation of the programme;
(3) programming, drawing up or commissioning studies and studies in support of programme implementation and monitoring; and
(4) training for the implementation of the programme.
The EAFRD shall prepare a technical assistance plan, monitor its overall use and prepare reports on technical assistance. The Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry confirms the operational plan. The technical assistance shall be paid by the EAFRD, which shall also decide to recover it. (19/12/2015)
More detailed provisions on the procedure for setting up and paying the operational plan and the acceptable costs of technical assistance are laid down by the Government Decree.
§ 65 entered into force on 22 January 2014. See: On technical assistance for the 2014-2020 rural development programme 42/2014 .
The local action group may be awarded operating funds for the performance of the tasks set out in this Law and Management. The operating money shall be granted for a maximum period of five years.
Eligible costs eligible for operating money shall be incurred in the performance of their duties and at the premises of the action group as well as reasonable and necessary costs related to the operations. In addition, the eligible costs are the costs of acquiring the specific skills required. Operating money can be granted for small purchases, but not for investment.
The EAFRD shall decide on the allocation, payment and recovery of the operating currency. The application and payment of the operating currency, the monitoring and control of its use and the recovery of the operating currency shall otherwise be subject to the provisions laid down in this Act or pursuant to this Act. (19/12/2015)
More detailed provisions on the eligible costs of operating money are laid down by a Council regulation.
Operating money can only be awarded to a rural innovation group approved by the Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry in accordance with Article 8 (1) (7).
The operating money shall be granted for a period not exceeding three years for the eligible costs arising from the implementation of the plan. The operational money will be granted and paid by the EAFRD, which will also decide on the recovery of the operating currency.
Operating money shall be awarded to one of the groups of innovation groups which, under the Agreement, shall act on behalf of other entities and persons belonging to the group and shall be responsible for the activities of the group.
For the rest, the operating currency shall be subject to the provisions of Article 66. The decree of the Council of State lays down more precise provisions on the innovation groups to which funding may be granted, as well as on the conditions, amount and the costs to be reimbursed.
The decision to extend the period referred to in Article 30 (3) of the Food, Transport and Environment Agency shall not be subject to an appeal.
The decision of the EAFRD and the Business, Transport and Environment Agency may appeal to the Administrative Court of Hämeenlinna, as in the case of administrative law (18/06/1996) Provides.
The appeal may also be submitted to the Authority whose decision is appealed against. The Authority shall submit a statement of appeal and the documents of the case and its opinion to the appeal authority.
The decision on the decision on the suspension or recovery of the aid may be appealed against, as laid down in the administrative law. Otherwise, the decision of the Administrative Court may only be appealed against if the Council of State grants a licence.
This Act shall enter into force at the time of the Council Regulation. However, Article 65 shall enter into force on 22 January 2014.
This Act entered into force on 1 September 2014 702/2014 In accordance with
This law repeals the law on aid for rural development (1443/2006) .
The aid referred to in Chapters 3 and 4 and Articles 66 and 67 of this Act shall be introduced by a decree of the Government. The aid can be introduced at different times.
The provisions in force at the time of entry into force of this Act shall apply to applications pending before the entry into force of this Act and to aid granted before the entry into force of this Act.
By way of derogation from Article 69 (1), the decision referred to in this law by the EAFRD and the Agency for Enterprise, Transport and the Environment may appeal to the Board of Appeal of the EAFRD if the complaint under appeal is: A decision shall be taken by 31 August 2014. The decision of the Board of Appeal shall be governed by Article 69 (3) of the decision of the Administrative Court.
THEY 142/2013 , MmVM 22/2013, EV 209/2013This Act shall enter into force on 1 January 2015.
THEY 195/2014 , MmVM 20/2014, EV 200/2014
This Act shall enter into force on 1 January 2016.
THEY 254/2014 , TaVM 34/2014, EV 371/2014
