Article 30
Eligibility 1. Expenditure in respect of operations shall be eligible for a contribution from the Funds only if these operations form part of the assistance concerned. 2. Expenditure may not be considered eligible for a contribution from the Funds if it has actually been paid by the final beneficiary before the date on which the application for assistance reaches the Commission. That date shall constitute the starting point for the eligibility of expenditure. The final date for the eligibility of expenditure shall be laid down in the decision to grant a contribution from the Funds. It shall relate to payments made by the final beneficiaries. It may be extended by the Commission at the duly justified request of the Member State in accordance with Articles 14 and 15. 3. The relevant national rules shall apply to eligible expenditure except where, as necessary, the Commission lays down common rules on the eligibility of expenditure in accordance with the procedure referred to in Article 53(2). 4. The Member States shall ensure that an operation retains the contribution from the Funds only if that operation does not, within five years of the date of the decision of the competent national authorities or the managing authority on the contribution of the Funds, undergo a substantial modification: affecting its nature or its implementation conditions or giving to a firm or a public body an undue advantage; and resulting either from a change in the nature of ownership in an item of infrastructure or a cessation or change of location in a productive activity. The Member States shall inform the Commission of any such modification. Where such a modification occurs, Article 39 shall apply. CHAPTER II FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT
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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.