Article 18

Council Regulation (EC) No 1698/2005 of 20 September 2005 on support for rural development by the European Agricultural Fund for Rural Development (EAFRD) · European Union

Rural development programmes shall be established by a Member State following close cooperation with the partners referred to in Article 6. Member States shall submit to the Commission a proposal for each rural development programme, containing the information mentioned in Article 16. The Commission shall assess the proposed programmes on the basis of their consistency with the Community strategic guidelines, the national strategy plan and this Regulation. Where the Commission considers that a rural development programme is not consistent with the Community strategic guidelines, the national strategy plan or this Regulation, it shall request the Member State to revise the proposed programme accordingly. Each rural development programme shall be approved in accordance with the procedure referred to in Article 90(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.