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The Programme Document
The Programme Document sets out, in detail, what we will do under the Rural Development Programme for England 2007-2013. The Programme Document follows the format laid down in the EU Implementation Regulation (EC 1974/2006) and has been modified following the European Commission decision on the 23rd June 2009. The modification included:
- changes to elements of the agri-environment scheme Environmental Stewardship;
- revisions to the indicative financial breakdown by rural development measure
- further information on the demarcation between ERDF, ESF, ESF and EAFRD funded programmes;
- improved Programme indicators with updates of the baseline indicators, addition to missing baseline indicators and updating of output indicators; and
- corrections of inaccuracies and omissions to the RDPE Programming Document.
The Programme Document consists of 16 Chapters and various annexes. These Chapters, as sent to the EU Commission, are available below in Adobe Acrobat (PDF) format. A summary (PDF 337KB) of the Programme Document as approved on 6th December 2007 is also available.
- Chapters 1 and 2: Title, Member State and Administrative Region
- Chapter 3 [2.7 MB]: Analysis of the Situation, the Strategy and the Ex Ante Evaluation
- Annex to 3.4: Impacts of the previous Programming period
- Chapter 4: Justification of the priorities chosen, and expected impact according to the ex ante evaluation
- Annex 1 to 4.2: Ex Ante Evaluation
- Annex 2 to 4.2: SEA Environmental Report: Non-technical Summary
- Annex 3 to 4.2: SEA Environmental Statement
- Annex 4 to 4.2: Defra response to SEA issues
- Chapter 5: The measures
- Annex 1 to 5: Correlation table
- Annex 2 to 5: The Appendices (agri-environment)
- Chapter 6: Financing Plan
- Chapter 7: Indicative breakdown by measure
- Chapter 8: Additional National Financing per Axis
- Chapter 9: Competition Rules and Aid Schemes
- Annex to 9: Supplementary Information Sheet
- Chapter 10: Complementarity with other Community Support
- Annex to 10: Regional Demarcation between other EU Funds
- Chapter 11: Competent Authorities and bodies responsible
- Chapter 12: Monitoring and Evaluation Systems and the Monitoring Committee
- Annex to 12: Indicators and Targets
- Chapter 13: Publicity
- Chapter 14: Results of consultations
- Chapter 15: Equality and non-discrimination
- Chapter 16: Technical Assistance
Page last modified:
28 August, 2009
Page published: 13 December 2007