Compatibility and consistency
Article 40
1. Support programmes shall be compatible with Union law and shall be consistent with the activities, policies and priorities of the Union. 2. Member States shall be responsible for support programmes and shall ensure that they are internally consistent and that they are drawn up and implemented in an objective manner, taking into account the economic situation of the producers concerned and the need to avoid unjustified unequal treatment of producers. 3. No support shall be granted for: (a) research projects and measures to support research projects other than those referred to in points (d) and (e) of Article 45(2); (b) measures contained in Member States' rural development programmes under Regulation (EU) No 1305/2013.