Description
The enabling conditions fall into two categories: thematic enabling conditions and horizontal enabling conditions.
Thematic enabling conditions
The thematic enabling conditions for the ERDF 2021-2027 programme are the following:
- Good governance of the smart specialisation strategy national or regional;
- A national or regional broadband plan;
- Strategic policy framework supporting energy-efficient renovation of residential and non-residential buildings;
- Energy sector governance;
- Effective promotion of renewable energy use in all sectors and across the EU;
- Framework for effective disaster risk management.
Horizontal enabling conditions
The horizontal enabling conditions, applied to all Specific Objectives of the ERDF Programme 2021-2027 of the Autonomous Province of Trento, are the following:
- Effective public procurement market control mechanisms
- Tools and capacities for effective application of State aid rules
- Effective implementation and enforcement of the EU Charter of Fundamental Rights
- Implementation and enforcement of the United Nations Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (UNCRPD) in accordance with Council Decision 2010/48/EC
In particular, compliance with the principles laid down in the Charter of Fundamental Rights of the European Union and the United Nations Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (UNCRPD) ensures the fulfilment of two of the enabling conditions for the programming of cohesion policy funds 2021-2027 under Regulation (EU) 2021/1060.
This Regulation, while referring to the horizontal principles set out in Article 3 of the Treaty on European Union (TEU) and Article 10 TFEU, including the principles of subsidiarity and proportionality enshrined in Article 5 TEU, requires that these are respected in the implementation of the funds, taking into account the Charter of Fundamental Rights of the European Union and respecting the obligations set out in the UNCRPD.
Compliance with these principles is ensured at both the programming and implementation stages, including through the application of the European Code of Conduct on Partnership.
If a Programme beneficiary considers that there has been a violation of the Charter of Fundamental Rights or the UNCRPD, he/she may lodge a complaint. More information on this can be found at this link.