Definitions
Article 26
1. For the purposes of this Title the following definitions shall apply: (a) ‘operation’ means a project, contract, action or group of projects selected by the joint monitoring committee or the contracting authority of the programme concerned, or under its responsibility, that contribute to the objectives, as regards the cross-border cooperation programmes under point (a) of Article 27, of the priority axis or priority axes to which it relates or, as regards cross-border cooperation programmes in points (b) or (c) of Article 27 of a thematic priority or thematic priorities to which it relates; (b) ‘beneficiary’ means a public or private body, responsible for initiating or initiating and implementing operations; in the context of State aid schemes (as defined in Article 2(13) of Regulation (EU) No 1303/2013 of the European Parliament and of the Council ( 8 ) ), the term ‘beneficiary’ means the body which receives the aid, as far as cross-border cooperation programmes involving Member States are concerned. 2. For the purposes of Chapters I and II of this Title, as far as cross-border cooperation programmes involving Member States are concerned, ‘public expenditure’, ‘programming’, ‘Partnership Agreement’, and ‘document’ shall be used in accordance with the definitions given in Article 2 of Regulation (EU) No 1303/2013.