This page lists the EU legislation applicable to LEADER/CLLD. The regulations listed here include provisions directly relevant for LEADER or relating to various aspects of the implementation of the CAP Strategic Plans (including LEADER). The links below lead to the Official Journal of the European Union or the official website of the European Commission.
Legislation related to the 2023-2027 programming period
EU Regulations relevant for LEADER:
- Regulation (EU) 2021/1060 [the Common Provisions Regulation] (includes provisions related to community-led local development (CLLD), CLLD strategies, CLLD Local Action Groups and the support from Funds to CLLD in Articles 31-34)
- Regulation (EU) 2021/2115 [the CAP Strategic Plans regulation] (defines LEADER as community-led local development referred to in Article 31 of Regulation (EU) 2021/1060 and part of the `Cooperation` intervention defined under Article 77, and defines the minimum 5 % of the total EAFRD contribution to the CAP Strategic Plan to be reserved for LEADER)
Commission Implementing Regulations:
- Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2022/1475 on the detailed rules as regards the evaluation of the CAP Strategic Plans and the provision of information for monitoring and evaluation (the Regulation contains provisions on including the assessment of the added value of LEADER as part of the evaluation of the CAP Strategic Plans, and Article 14 and Annex VII of this Implementing Regulation provide specific details related to data on LAGs and their activities for LEADER)
- Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2021/2290 on the rules on the methods for the calculation of common output and result indicators defined in Annex I to the CAP Strategic Plans Regulation (Regulation (EU) 2021/2115)
Other relevant regulations and information:
Information on indicators within the performance monitoring and evaluation framework (PMEF) of the Common Agricultural Policy is available here (output, result, context and impact indicators of the CAP 2023-2027 are downloadable under the section ’Towards the PMEF’)
- Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) 2022/127 of 7 December 2021, supplementing Regulation (EU) 2021/2116 of the European Parliament and of the Council with rules on paying agencies and other bodies, financial management, clearance of accounts, securities and use of the euro
- Regulation (EU) 2021/2116 [on financing, management and monitoring of the Common Agricultural Policy] Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2021/2289 on the presentation of the content of the CAP Strategic Plans and on the electronic system for the secure exchange of information
- Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2022/128 on paying agencies and other bodies, financial management, clearance of accounts, checks, securities and transparency
- Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2023/860 amending and correcting Implementing Regulation (EU) 2022/128 as regards transparency, the management declaration, the coordinating body, the certification body, and certain provisions for EAGF and EAFRD