EC: Commission Decision of 4 August 2006 drawing up the list of regions eligible for funding from the Structural Funds under the Convergence objective for the period 2007-2013 (notified under document number C(2006) 3475) - Main contents

1. Legislative text

6.9.2006

Official Journal of the European Union

L 243/44

COMMISSION DECISION

of 4 August 2006

drawing up the list of regions eligible for funding from the Structural Funds under the Convergence objective for the period 2007-2013

(notified under document number C(2006) 3475)

(2006/595/EC)

THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,

Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community,

Having regard to the Council Regulation (EC) No 1083/2006 of 11 July 2006 laying down general provisions for the European Regional Development Fund, the European Social Fund and the Cohesion Fund and repealing Regulation (EC) No 1260/1999 (1), and in particular Article 5(3) and 8(4) thereof,

Whereas:

(1)	Pursuant to Article 3(2)(a) of Regulation (EC) No 1083/2006 the Convergence objective aims at speeding up the Convergence of the least developed Member States and regions.

(2)

Pursuant to Article 5(1) of Regulation (EC) No 1083/2006 the regions eligible for funding from the Structural Funds under the Convergence objective shall be regions corresponding to level 2 of the Nomenclature of Territorial Statistical Units (hereinafter NUTS level 2) within the meaning of Regulation (EC) No 1059/2003 of the European Parliament and of the Council (2) whose per capita gross domestic product (GDP), measured in purchasing power parities and calculated on the basis of Community figures for the period 2000-2002, is less than 75 % of the average GDP of the EU-25 for the same reference period.

(3)

Pursuant to Article 8(1) of Regulation (EC) No 1083/2006 specifies that the NUTS level 2 regions which would have been eligible for Convergence objective status under Article 5(1) of that Regulation had the eligibility threshold remained at 75 % of average GDP of the EU-15, but which lose eligibility because their nominal per capita GDP level will exceed 75 % of the average GDP of the EU-25, measured and calculated according to the same Article 5(1), are also eligible, on a transitional and specific basis, for financing by the Structural Funds under the Convergence objective.

(4)	It is necessary to establish the lists of eligible regions accordingly,

HAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION:

Article 1

The regions eligible for funding from the Structural Funds under the Convergence objective shall be those listed in Annex I.

Article 2

The regions eligible for funding from the Structural Funds under the Convergence objective on a transitional and specific basis, as referred to in Article 8(1) of Regulation (EC) No 1083/2006, shall be those listed in Annex II.

Article 3

This Decision is addressed to the Member States.

Done at Brussels, 4 August 2006.

For the Commission

Danuta HÜBNER

Member of the Commission

(1)

OJ L 210, 31.7.2006, p. 25.

(2)

OJ L 154, 21.6.2003, p. 1.

ANNEX I

List of NUTS 2 regions eligible for funding from the Structural Funds under the Convergence objective for the period from 1 January 2007 to 31 December 2013

CZ02	Střední Čechy
CZ03	Jihozápad
CZ04	Severozápad
CZ05	Severovýchod
CZ06	Jihovýchod
CZ07	Střední Morava
CZ08	Moravskoslezsko
DE41	Brandenburg — Nordost
DE80	Mecklenburg-Vorpommern
DED1	Chemnitz
DED2	Dresden
DEE1	Dessau
DEE3	Magdeburg
DEG0	Thüringen
EE00	Eesti
GR11	Anatoliki Makedonia, Thraki
GR14	Thessalia
GR21	Ipeiros
GR22	Ionia Nisia
GR23	Dytiki Ellada
GR25	Peloponnisos
GR41	Voreio Aigaio
GR43	Kriti
ES11	Galicia
ES42	Castilla-La Mancha
ES43	Extremadura
ES61	Andalucía
FR91	Guadeloupe
FR92	Martinique
FR93	Guyane
FR94	Réunion
ITF3	Campania
ITF4	Puglia
ITF6	Calabria
ITG1	Sicilia
LV00	Latvija
LT00	Lietuva
HU21	Közép-Dunántúl
HU22	Nyugat-Dunántúl
HU23	Dél-Dunántúl
HU31	Észak-Magyarország
HU32	Észak-Alföld
HU33	Dél-Alföld
MT00	Malta
PL11	Łódzkie
PL12	Mazowieckie
PL21	Małopolskie
PL22	Śląskie
PL31	Lubelskie
PL32	Podkarpackie
PL33	Świętokrzyskie
PL34	Podlaskie
PL41	Wielkopolskie
PL42	Zachodniopomorskie
PL43	Lubuskie
PL51	Dolnośląskie
PL52	Opolskie
PL61	Kujawsko-Pomorskie
PL62	Warmińsko-Mazurskie
PL63	Pomorskie
PT11	Norte
PT16	Centro (PT)
PT18	Alentejo
PT20	Região Autónoma dos Açores
SI00	Slovenija
SK02	Západné Slovensko
SK03	Stredné Slovensko
SK04	Východné Slovensko
UKK3	Cornwall and Isles of Scilly
UKL1	West Wales and The Valleys

ANNEX II

List of NUTS 2 regions eligible for funding from the Structural Funds on a transitional and specific basis under the Convergence objective for the period from 1 January 2007 to 31 December 2013

BE32	Province of Hainaut
DE42	Brandenburg — Südwest
DE93	Lüneburg
DED3	Leipzig
DEE2	Halle
GR12	Kentriki Makedonia
GR13	Dytiki Makedonia
GR30	Attiki
ES12	Principado de Asturias
ES62	Región de Murcia
ES63	Ciudad Autónoma de Ceuta
ES64	Ciudad Autónoma de Melilla
ITF5	Basilicata
AT11	Burgenland
PT15	Algarve
UKM4	Highlands and Islands

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