Regulation (EC) No 1655/2000 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 17 July 2000 concerning the Financial Instrument for the Environment (LIFE)
Modified by
- Regulation (EC) No 788/2004 of the European Parliament and of the Councilof 21 April 2004amending Council Regulation (EC) No 2236/95 and Regulations (EC) No 1655/2000, (EC) No 1382/2003 and (EC) No 2152/2003 with a view to adapting the reference amounts to take account of the enlargement of the European Union, 32004R0788, April 30, 2004
- Regulation (EC) No 1682/2004 of the European Parliament and of the Councilof 15 September 2004amending Regulation (EC) No 1655/2000 concerning the Financial Instrument for the Environment (LIFE), 32004R1682, October 5, 2004
- Regulation (EC) No 614/2007 of the European Parliament and of the Councilof 23 May 2007concerning the Financial Instrument for the Environment (LIFE+), 32007R0614, June 9, 2007
(a) be of Community interest by making a significant contribution to the general objective laid down in Article 1; (b) be carried out by technically and financially sound participants; (c) be feasible in terms of technical proposals, timetable, budget and value for money.
(a) nature conservation projects which further the specific objective set out in paragraph 1 and contribute to maintaining or restoring natural habitats and/or species populations to a favourable conservation status within the meaning of Directive 92/43/EEC; (b) accompanying measures which further the specific objective set out in paragraph 1 and are required: (i) to prepare projects involving partners in several Member States ("starter" measure); (ii) to exchange experiences between projects ("co-op" measure); (iii) to monitor and evaluate projects and disseminate their results, including the results of projects decided upon during the preceding phases of LIFE ("assist" measure).
(a) 50 % for nature conservation projects, 100 % of eligible costs excluding overheads and durable goods for accompanying measures pursuant to paragraph 2(b)(i) and (ii) and 100 % of costs for accompanying measures pursuant to paragraph 2(b)(iii); (b) by way of exception, the rate of 50 % provided for in (a) shall be a maximum of 75 % for projects concerning priority natural habitats or priority species within the meaning of Directive 92/43/EEC or the species of birds considered as priority for funding under LIFE-nature by the committee set up pursuant to Article 16 of Directive 79/409/EEC; (c) the salary costs of a civil servant shall be considered eligible only to the extent that they relate to the cost of activities that the relevant public authority would not carry out if the project concerned were not undertaken.
(a) projects in the European territory of the Member States relating to: (i) a site proposed by a Member State under Article 4 of Directive 92/43/EEC, or (ii) a site classified pursuant to Article 4 of Directive 79/409/EEC, or (iii) a species in Annexes II or IV to Directive 92/43/EEC or in Annex I to Directive 79/409/EEC;
(b) projects in accession candidate countries to which Article 6 applies relating to: (i) a site of international importance hosting a type of habitat cited in Annex I or a species cited in Annex II to Directive 92/43/EEC or a type of habitat or species not present in the Community but classified in the relevant Berne Convention resolutions as being in need of specific conservation measures, or (ii) a site of international importance hosting a bird species cited in Annex I to Directive 79/409/EEC or a migratory bird species present in the Community or a bird species not present in the Community but classified in the relevant Berne Convention resolutions as being in need of specific conservation measures, or (iii) a species cited in Annexes II or IV to Directive 92/43/EEC or in Annex I to Directive 79/409/EEC or a species not present in the Community but classified in Appendix I or II to the Berne Convention.
(a) accompanying measures to be financed pursuant to paragraph 2(b)(i) and (ii) shall, after consultation of the committee mentioned in Article 21 of Directive 92/43/EEC, be the subject of calls for proposal. Member States may submit proposals on accompanying measures to the Commission, (b) accompanying measures to be financed pursuant to paragraph 2(b)(iii) shall be the subject of calls for tender. All calls for tender shall be published in the Official Journal of the European Union where the specific criteria to be met shall be set out.
(a) demonstration projects which further the objective set out in paragraph 1 and: integrate considerations on the environment and on sustainable development in land-use development and planning, including in urban and coastal areas, or promote the sustainable management of groundwater and surface water, or minimise the environmental impact of economic activities, notably through the development of clean technologies and by placing the emphasis on prevention, including the reduction of emission of gases having a greenhouse effect, or prevent, reuse, recover and recycle waste of all kinds and ensure the sound management of waste streams, or reduce the environmental impact of products through an integrated approach to production, distribution, consumption and handling at the end of their lifetime, including the development of environmentally-friendly products;
(b) projects which are preparatory to the development of new Community environmental actions and instruments, and/or to the updating of environmental legislation and policies; (c) accompanying measures required: (i) to disseminate information on the exchange of experience between projects; (ii) to evaluate, monitor, and promote the actions undertaken during this implementation phase of the LIFE instrument and during the first two phases, and disseminate information on the experience gained and on the transfer of results obtained with such actions.
(a) providing solutions to a problem which arises very often in the Community or is of great concern to some Member States (b) being innovative by virtue of the technology or the method applied (c) setting an example and representing progress compared with the current situation (d) being capable of promoting the wide application and dissemination of practices, technologies and/or products conducive to environmental protection (e) aiming at developing and transferring innovative technologies or methods which can be used in identical or similar situations, particularly in new Member States (f) promoting cooperation in the environmental field (g) having a potential satisfactory cost-benefit ratio from an environmental point of view (h) promoting integration of environmental considerations into activities whose main aims are economic and social.
(a) land purchase (b) studies not specifically addressing the objective aimed at by the financed projects (c) investments in major infrastructures or investments of a non-innovative structural nature, including activities already confirmed on an industrial scale (d) research and technological development activities.
(a) projects to be financed pursuant to paragraph 2(b) and accompanying measures to be financed pursuant to paragraph 2(c)(i) shall, after consultation of the committee mentioned in Article 11(1), be the subject of calls for proposal. Member States may submit proposals for projects to be financed pursuant to paragraph 2(b) and accompanying measures to be financed pursuant to paragraph 2(c)(i) to the Commission; (b) accompanying measures to be financed pursuant to paragraph 2(c)(ii) shall be the subject of calls for tender. All calls for tender shall be published in the Official Journal of the European Union where the specific criteria to be met shall be set out.
(a) technical assistance projects which further the objective set out in paragraph 1; (b) accompanying measures required for evaluating, monitoring and promoting the actions undertaken during this implementation phase of the LIFE instrument and during the first two phases thereof, for the exchange of experience between projects and for the dissemination of information on the experience gained and on the results obtained with such actions.
(a) be of interest to the Community, notably through their contribution to implementing regional and international guidelines and agreements; (b) contribute to an approach promoting sustainable development at international, national or regional level; (c) provide solutions to major environmental problems in the region and the relevant sector.
(a) 47 % for actions undertaken under Article 3; (b) 47 % for actions undertaken under Article 4; (c) 6 % for actions undertaken under Article 5.
(a) a report updating the mid-term review submitted in November 2003 and evaluating the implementation of this Regulation, its contribution to the development of Community environmental policy, and the use made of the appropriations; and (b) if appropriate, a proposal for the further development of LIFE or a financial instrument exclusively in the environmental field that, inter alia, shall take account of the recommendations of the review of LIFE, to apply from 2007 onwards.
Regulation (EEC) No 1973/92 | This Regulation |
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Article 1 | Article 1 |
Article 2(1)(a) | Article 3(1) and (2)(a) |
Article 2(1)(b)(i) and (ii) | Article 4(1) and (2)(a) |
Article 2(1)(b)(iii), first subparagraph | Article 4(1) and (2)(b) |
Article 2(1)(b)(iii), first, second, third and fourth indents | — |
Article 2(2)(a) | Article 5(1) and (2)(a) |
Article 2(2)(b) and (c) | — |
Article 2(3) | Article 3(2)(b), Article 4(2)(c), Article 5(2)(b) |
Article 4(a) | Article 3(3), first sentence, Article 4(3), first subparagraph, Article 5(3), first sentence |
Article 4(b) | — |
Article 5 | Article 7(1) |
Article 6 | Article 7(2) |
Article 7(1), first subparagraph | Article 8(1), first and second sentences |
Article 7(1), second subparagraph | Article 8(1), third sentence |
Article 7(1), third subparagraph | Article 8(2), second sentence |
Article 7(2) | — |
Article 7(3) | — |
Article 8(1) | Article 8(3) |
Article 8(2) | Article 3(3)(a), first part, and (b) and Article 4(3), second and third subparagraphs |
Article 8(3) | Article 3(3)(a), second part, Article 4(3), fourth subparagraph and Article 5(3), second sentence |
Article 9(1) | Article 3(4) and (8)(a) and Article 4(5) and (8)(a) |
Article 9(2) | Article 5(4) |
Article 9(3) | — |
Article 9(4) | Article 3(6), Article 4(9), and Article 5(6) |
Article 9(5), first subparagraph | Article 3(7), first subparagraph, and (8)(a), first sentence, Article 4(8)(a) and (10) and Article 5(7) |
Article 9(5), second subparagraph, first indent | Article 3(7), second subparagraph, and Article 4(11) |
Article 9(5), second subparagraph, second indent | Article 5(8) |
Article 9(6) | Article 3(7), second subparagraph, Article 4(11) and Article 5(8) |
Article 9a(1)(a) | Article 2 |
Article 9a(1)(b)(i) | Article 3(5)(a) |
Article 9a(1)(b)(ii) and (iii) | Article 4(6) |
Article 9a(1)(b)(iv) | — |
Article 9a(1)(c) first, second, third and fourth indents | Article 5(5) |
Article 9a(1)(c) fifth and sixth indents | Article 2, second subparagraph, (b) and (c) |
Article 9a(2) | — |
Article 9b | Article 4(7)(b), (c) and (d) |
Article 10(1), first indent | Article 9(5) |
Article 10(1), second and third indents | — |
Article 10(2) | Article 9(2) |
Article 10(3) | Article 9(3) |
Article 11(1) | Article 10(1) |
Article 11(2) | Article 10(2) |
Article 11(3) | Article 10(3) |
Article 12(1) | — |
Article 12(2) | Article 9(1) |
Article 12(3) | Article 9(4) |
Article 12(4) | — |
Article 13 | Article 11 |
Article 13a | Article 6 |
Article 14 | Article 12 |
Article 15 | — |
Article 16 | — |
Article 17 | Article 14 |