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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).