Article 46

Council Regulation (EC) No 1257/1999 of 17 May 1999 on support for rural development from the European Agricultural Guidance and Guarantee Fund (EAGGF) and amending and repealing certain Regulations · European Union

1. Community support for rural development from the EAGGF Guarantee Section shall be subject to financial planning and accounting on an annual basis. The financial planning shall form part of rural development programming (Article 40(3)) or of programming related to Objective 2. 2. The Commission shall make initial allocations to Member States, broken down on an annual basis and using objective criteria which take into account particular situations and needs, and efforts to be undertaken especially for the environment, job creation and maintenance of the landscape. 3. Initial allocations shall be adjusted on the basis of actual expenditure and revised expenditure forecasts submitted by the Member States taking into account programme objectives, and be subject to the funds available and as a rule be consistent with the aid intensity for rural areas covered by Objective 2.

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Source: EUR-Lex (Cellar) · retrieved 2026-11-08 · Text as adopted (Official Journal); later amendments are not incorporated in this text.