Council of the European Union and European Parliament 17 December 2013, Regulation (EU) No 1305/2013 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 17 December 2013 on support for rural development by the European Agricultural Fund for Rural Development (EAFRD) and repealing Council Regulation (EC) No 1698/2005

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Regulation (EU) No 1305/2013 of the European Parliament and of the Council establishes the legal framework governing Union support for rural development through the European Agricultural Fund for Rural Development (EAFRD) for the programming period 2014–2020, repealing Council Regulation (EC) No 1698/2005, with the overarching objectives of fostering agricultural competitiveness, sustainable natural resource management, and balanced territorial development. The Regulation defines six Union priorities for rural development—including knowledge transfer, farm viability, food chain organisation, ecosystem preservation, resource efficiency, and social inclusion—and sets out a comprehensive suite of support measures, programming requirements, co-financing rates, and ex ante conditionalities that Member States must implement through national or regional rural development programmes approved by the Commission. Management, monitoring, evaluation, and financial control responsibilities are shared between Member States and the Commission, with a total Union allocation of EUR 84,936 million (in 2011 prices) distributed among Member States as set out in Annex I.AI