79As for Article 71 of Regulation No 1698/2005, that article relates to the eligibility conditions against which expenditure must be assessed for a contribution from the EAFRD, those conditions being distinct from those laid down in Article 72 of that regulation relating to the durability of investment operations. Accordingly, since Article 72 does not contain any rule similar to that in Article 71(3) of Regulation No 1698/2005, it must be found that it is in fact that regulation itself, and in particular Article 72 thereof, rather than national law, which exclusively determines the conditions for the durability of those operations.
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