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In accordance with the decision of the Parliament:
This law applies to the activities of the Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry in the field of rural development, improving the competitiveness of the farm economy, promoting the sustainable use of renewable resources, improving the living environment in rural areas As well as other similar programmes for the development, implementation, evaluation and monitoring of rural development programmes.
This law shall apply to the drawing-up, implementation, evaluation and monitoring of programmes financed by the European Union, subject to European Union law or otherwise. This law shall not apply to programmes financed by the European Agricultural Guarantee Fund, the European Maritime and Fisheries Fund, the European Regional Development Fund, the European Social Fund and the Cohesion Fund.
For the purposes of this law:
(1) Programme A rural development programme financed either from European Union and national resources or entirely from national or European Union funds;
(2) General regulation Within the framework of the Common Strategic Framework, the European Regional Development Fund, the European Social Fund, the Cohesion Fund, the European Agricultural Fund for Rural Development and the European Maritime and Fisheries Fund, and the European Regulation (EU) of the European Parliament and of the Council laying down general provisions on the Regional Development Fund, the European Social Fund, the Cohesion Fund and the European Maritime and Fisheries Fund and repealing Council Regulation (EC) No 1083/2006 No 1303/2013;
(3) Horizontal regulation On the financing, management and monitoring of the common agricultural policy and repealing Council Regulations (EEC) No 352/78, (EC) No 165/94, (EC) No 2799/98, (EC) No 814/2000, (EC) No 1290/2005 and (EC) No 485/2008 Council Regulation (EU) No 1306/2013;
(4) By a rural regulation Regulation (EU) No 1305/2013 of the European Parliament and of the Council on support for rural development by the European Agricultural Fund for Rural Development (eafrd) and repealing Council Regulation (EC) No 1698/2005;
(5) The local action group A Community of local rural development, as referred to in Article 32 of the General Regulation, which has been approved by the Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry.
Before submitting the proposal to the European Commission, the draft programme to be financed by the European Union will be adopted by the Council of State. The National Council will decide on the approval of a programme financed entirely from national resources.
The amendment of the programme shall respect the provisions of paragraph 1 of the programme. However, a minor change in the programme or submission of a programme proposal will be decided by the Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry.
In order to set regional objectives and prepare measures for them, regional rural development plans will be drawn up. The development of regional development plans is carried out by means of transport, transport and environmental centres in their respective areas of activity.
The regional development plan shall present a regional development strategy, with the emphasis on implementation and the selection criteria. More detailed provisions on the content and structure of the regional development plans, as well as the procedure for drafting and amending them, may be adopted by a Council Regulation.
Local rural development strategies are to be developed in order to set local targets and prepare measures for them. Local authorities responsible for drawing up local development strategies which meet the conditions referred to in Article 16 (2).
More detailed provisions on the procedure for drawing up, amending and selecting local development strategies, as well as their content and structure, may be laid down by a Council regulation.
The programme, the regional development plan and the local development strategy shall be drawn up in cooperation with actors relevant to rural development. Where development measures fall within the competence of ministries other than the Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry, the programme shall be drawn up in cooperation with the relevant ministries. The Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry shall participate in the establishment of a partnership agreement as referred to in Article 5 of the General Regulation.
The Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry is responsible for coordinating the programme with other programmes and financial instruments. The Organ, Transport and Environmental Centres are responsible for coordinating regional rural development plans and the regional measures contained in the programme for other programmes in the region, and Development measures. The coordination of local development strategies corresponds to the local authorities referred to in Article 6 (1), in cooperation with the region's industry, transport and the Agency.
More detailed provisions for the operators referred to in paragraph 1, cooperation under this Act and coordination of the programme, plan and strategy may be adopted by a Council Regulation.
The Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry is responsible for:
(1) the preparation of the programme and its strategy and their changes;
(2) the programming of the programme's resources, the preparation of the distribution of funds and the allocation of funds to those who carry out the tasks referred to in this Act;
(3) monitoring the quality, implementation and impact of the programme, together with the Monitoring Committee referred to in Article 14;
(4) carrying out or commissioning the evaluations required by the legislation of the European Union;
(5) drawing up regional rural development plans and local development strategies;
(6) approval of the lag;
(7) the Law on support for rural development (2011) The approval of the rural innovation group referred to in Article 5 (30).
More detailed provisions on the conditions for approving and approving the lag and the rural innovation group can be adopted by a Council regulation.
The Agency shall be responsible for the planning, development and monitoring of the programme's implementation, as well as the disbursement of funds and adequate monitoring of the use of the funds. The Agency directs and supervises the intermediate institutions and local action groups referred to in Article 10 when carrying out the tasks related to the implementation of the programme. In addition, the EAFRD may carry out the tasks related to the implementation of the programme as provided for by the law.
The intermediate bodies referred to in Article 5 (29) of the Law on support for rural development are the business, transport and environmental centres and the rural economy authorities of municipalities.
The institution concerned shall be responsible for the tasks relating to the granting, payment and monitoring of the aid within its territory, as provided for by the law.
The Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry acts as an administrative authority within the meaning of Article 66 of the Rural Development Regulation. The managing authority shall be responsible for the management of the programme, in accordance with the tasks assigned to the managing authority by the legislation of the European Union or by law.
In accordance with the General Regulation, the Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry shall designate the Authority to act as a paying agency within the meaning of Article 7 of the horizontal regulation. The paying agency shall be responsible for carrying out the tasks assigned to it by European Union law in accordance with the principles of sound financial management. The paying agency directs and supervises the intermediate institutions in the performance of the tasks entrusted to the paying agency.
The designation, tasks and powers of the certifying authority as referred to in Article 9 of the Horizontal Regulation shall apply as regards the law on the implementation of agricultural aid (192/2013) Provides for the certifying authority.
The composition, membership and functions of the monitoring committee referred to in Article 47 of the General Regulation shall be laid down in European Union law. The State Council shall set up a monitoring committee and decide on its composition. The Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry decides on the appointment of a member of the Monitoring Committee.
The Monitoring Committee shall draw up a set of rules to be adopted by the Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry. The Monitoring Committee shall endeavour to reach agreement in its decision-making. If the decision cannot be taken unanimously, the decision will be taken by at least two-thirds of it.
The procedure to be followed by the Monitoring Committee in the performance of the tasks assigned to it shall be governed by the administrative law (2003) , language law (2003) , the Sami language (1886/2003) , the Act on Public Access to the Authorities (18/09/1999) And the Law on e-business (2003) . The activities of the persons involved in the decision-making process of the Monitoring Committee shall be subject to the provisions of criminal law relating to criminal law in the performance of the tasks assigned to the monitoring committee. Liability for damages is governed by the law on damages (1999) .
The tasks referred to in Article 54 of the Rural Development Regulation shall be carried out by the rural network referred to in that Article. The procedure to be followed for the functioning of the rural network and for the content and the content of the action plans and reports is laid down in greater detail by the Decree of the Council of Ministers.
The lag shall be responsible for the performance of the tasks referred to in Article 34 of the General Regulation and shall be involved in the performance of the tasks referred to in Article 42 of the Rural Regulation, as provided for by the law.
The lag may be a registered association or a cooperative with adequate operational, financial and administrative conditions for the performance of the lag's tasks. The lag's membership must be a broad representation of local actors in its territory, and its activities must be open to all. In the lag, local authorities, associations and local residents of the local development strategy are represented at least for local rural development. The government of the lag must have a balanced representation of the representatives of the municipalities, private bodies or foundations of the lag and representatives of the local population.
The procedure to be followed by the lag in carrying out the tasks assigned to it is governed by the administrative law, language law, the law of the Sami language, the law on public access to the public authorities and electronic commerce. By law adopted by the Authority. The activities of the persons involved in the decision-making process of the lag and its employees shall be subject to the provisions of criminal law in the performance of the tasks assigned to the lag. The liability for damages is governed by the law on compensation.
The opportunities and impacts of the programme shall be widely publicised in the programme's implementation area. The Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry, the Rural Agency and the Rural Network, are responsible for the national information. The institutions and local action groups shall be responsible for the dissemination of information in their area of competence.
Notwithstanding the secrecy provisions, the institution and the lag shall, notwithstanding the secrecy provisions, provide the Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry, the Rural Development Agency and the paying agency with all the information necessary to carry out the tasks referred to in this Act.
The contribution of the European Union shall be entered in the State budget. If the national contribution of the scheme is granted from the Fund for the Development Fund, the contribution from the European Union shall be paid to the Fund for the Development of the Farm Economy.
The decision of the Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry on the approval of the lag and the rural innovation group may be appealed to the Supreme Administrative Court, as in the case of administrative law (18/06/1996) Provides.
This Act shall enter into force on 22 January 2014.
This law repeals the law on the management of rural development programmes (1032/2006) .
The provisions in force at the time of entry into force of this Act shall apply to a programme which has begun before the entry into force of this Act.
THEY 142/2013 , MmVM 22/2013, EV 209/2013
