‘4c. By way of derogation from the ceilings set out in paragraphs 3, 4 and 5, the EAFRD contribution may be increased up to a maximum of 95 % of eligible public expenditure in the regions eligible under the Convergence Objective and the outermost regions and the smaller Aegean Islands, and 85 % of eligible public expenditure in other regions.

In order to facilitate the management of Union funding, to help accelerate the investments in Member States and regions concerned and to increase the impact of the funding on the economy, it is necessary to allow the EAFRD contribution rate to increase up to 95 % of eligible public expenditure in the regions eligible under the Convergence Objective and to increase up to 85 % of eligible public expenditure in other regions which are facing serious difficulties with respect to their financial stability.

underlines the need to introduce a flexibility clause, combined with a stringent monitoring procedure, concerning the ineligibility of expenditure on the purchase of land for an amount exceeding 10% of the total eligible expenditure for the operation concerned in Article 3(3) of this proposal for a regulation in order to allow a project to be carried out in cases where this amount is inadequate and may pose implementation problems; considers, however, that expenditure on the renovation of social housing with a view to achieving energy savings, protecting the environment and achieving the objective of social cohesion, should be made elig ...[+++]ible;

(xxiv) underlines the need to introduce a flexibility clause, combined with a stringent checking procedure, concerning the ineligibility of expenditure on the purchase of land for an amount exceeding 10% of the total eligible expenditure for the operation concerned in Article 3(3) of this regulation in order to allow a project to be carried out in cases where this figure is inadequate and may pose problems for implementation; considers, however, that expenditure for the renovation of social housing with a view to achieving energy savings, protecting the environment and achieving the objective of social cohesion, should be made eligible; ...[+++]

the provisions of the 3701 rules concerning non-attached Members need to be revised and clarified in order to avoid claims for ineligible items of expenditure (i.e. those already covered by Members' allowances, e.g. general expenditure allowance, secretarial allowance) and accompanied for Member's guidance by a list of items qualifying under the 3701 rules;

The maximum eligible expenditure is then calculated pro rata to the expected benefits (at least 50%), but may not exceed 10% of total expenditure on the measure or 5% of the total expenditure on assistance.