EAFRD contribution rates

1.   The CAP Strategic Plans shall establish, at regional or national level, a single EAFRD contribution rate applicable to all interventions.
2.   By way of derogation from paragraph 1, the maximum EAFRD contribution rate shall be:
(a)
85 % of the eligible public expenditure in less developed regions;
(b)
80 % of the eligible public expenditure in the outermost regions and in the smaller Aegean islands;
(c)
60 % of the eligible public expenditure in transition regions within the meaning of Article 108(2), first subparagraph, point (b), of Regulation (EU) 2021/1060;
(d)
43 % of the eligible public expenditure in the other regions.
3.   By way of derogation from paragraphs 1 and 2, the maximum EAFRD contribution rate shall, if the rate set in the CAP Strategic Plan in accordance with paragraph 2 is lower, be:
(a)
65 % of the eligible public expenditure for payments for natural or other area-specific constraints under Article 71;
(b)
80 % of the eligible public expenditure for payments under Article 70, for payments under Article 72, for support for non-productive investments referred to in Article 73, for support for the projects of the EIP operational groups under Article 77(1), point (a), and for LEADER under Article 77(1), point (b);
(c)
100 % of the eligible public expenditure for operations receiving funding from funds transferred to the EAFRD in accordance with Articles 17 and 103.
4.   The minimum EAFRD contribution rate shall be 20 % of the eligible public expenditure.
5.   The eligible public expenditure referred to in paragraphs 2, 3 and 4 shall exclude the additional national financing referred to in Article 115(5).