EC: Commission Decision of 4 August 2006 fixing an indicative allocation by Member State of the commitment appropriations for the Convergence objective for the period 2007-2013 (notified under document number C(2006) 3474) - Main contents

1. Legislative text

6.9.2006

Official Journal of the European Union

L 243/37

COMMISSION DECISION

of 4 August 2006

fixing an indicative allocation by Member State of the commitment appropriations for the Convergence objective for the period 2007-2013

(notified under document number C(2006) 3474)

(2006/594/EC)

THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,

Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community,

Having regard to 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 18(2) thereof,

Whereas:

(1)	Pursuant to point (a) of Article 3(2) 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 point (a) Article 4(1) of Regulation (EC) No 1083/2006 the European Regional Development Fund, the European Social Fund and the Cohesion Fund (hereinafter the Funds) contribute towards achieving the objectives referred to in point (a) of Article 3(2) of that Regulation.

(3)	Pursuant to the third subparagraph of Article 18(1) of Regulation (EC) No 1083/2006 the breakdown of the resources available for commitment from the Funds shall be such to achieve a significant concentration on the regions of the Convergence objective.

(4)

Pursuant to Article 19 of Regulation (EC) No 1083/2006 81,54 % of the resources available for commitment from the Funds for the period 2007 to 2013 are to be allocated to the Convergence objective, including 4,99 % for the transitional and specific support referred to in Article 8(1), 23,22 % for the financing referred to in Article 5(2) and 1,29 % for the transitional and specific support referred to in Article 8(3) of that Regulation.

(5)

It is necessary to make indicative breakdowns by Member States of the resources to be allocated to the Convergence objective. Pursuant to Article 18(2) of Regulation (EC) No 1083/2006, this should be done in accordance with the criteria and methodology set out in Annex II of Regulation (EC) No 1083/2006.

(6)	The first and the second points of Annex II of Regulation (EC) No 1083/2006 establish the method for allocating available resources, respectively, to the regions eligible for support from the Convergence objective and to the Member States eligible for support from the Cohesion Fund.

(7)	Points 6(a) and 6(c) of Annex II of Regulation (EC) No 1083/2006 establish the method for determining the allocations under the transitional supports referred to respectively under points 1 and 3 of Article 8 of that Regulation.

(8)	Point 7 of Annex II of Regulation (EC) No 1083/2006 determines the maximum level of transfer from the Funds to each individual Member State.

(9)	Points 12 to 31 of Annex II of Regulation (EC) No 1083/2006 fix the amounts pertaining to certain specific cases for the period 2007 to 2013.

(10)

Pursuant to Article 24 of Regulation (EC) No 1083/2006 0,25 % of the resources available for commitment from the Funds for the period 2007 to 2013 shall be devoted to finance technical assistance at the initiative of the Commission; the indicative allocation by Member States should therefore be exclusive of the amount corresponding to technical assistance,

HAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION:

Article 1

The indicative amounts by Member State of the commitment appropriations for the regions eligible for funding from the Structural Funds under the Convergence objective as referred to in Article 5(1) of Regulation (EC) No 1083/2006, including the additional amounts fixed in Annex II of that Regulation, shall be as set out in Table 1 of Annex I.

The annual breakdown by Member State by year of the commitment appropriations referred to in the previous paragraph shall be as set out in Table 2 of Annex I.

Article 2

The indicative amounts by Member State of the commitment appropriations for the transitional and specific support from the Structural Funds under the Convergence objective as referred to in Article 8(1) of Regulation (EC) No 1083/2006, including the additional amounts fixed in Annex II of that Regulation, shall be as set out in Table 1 of Annex II.

The annual breakdown by Member State by year of the commitment appropriations referred to in the previous paragraph shall be as set out in Table 2 of Annex II.

Article 3

The indicative amounts by Member State of the commitment appropriations for the Member States eligible for support from the Cohesion Fund under the Convergence objective, as referred to in Article 5(2) of Regulation (EC) No 1083/2006, shall be as set out in Table 1 of Annex III.

The annual breakdown by Member State by year of the commitment appropriations referred to in the previous paragraph shall be as set out in Table 2 of Annex III.

Article 4

The indicative amounts by Member State of the commitment appropriations for the Member States eligible for support, on a specific and transitional basis, from the Cohesion Fund under the Convergence objective as referred to in Article 8(3) of Regulation (EC) No 1083/2006, shall be as set out in Table 1 of Annex IV.

The annual breakdown by Member State by year of the commitment appropriations referred to in the previous paragraph shall be as set out in Table 2 of Annex IV.

Article 5

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.

ANNEX I

Indicative allocation by Member State of the commitment appropriations for the regions eligible for funding from the Structural Funds under the Convergence objective for the period from 1 January 2007 to 31 December 2013

(EUR)

Member State

TABLE 1 —

Amount of appropriations (2004 prices)

Regions eligible under the Convergence objective

Additional funding referred to in Annex II to Council Regulation (EC) No 1083/2006 under point:

§ 14

§ 20

§ 24

§ 26

§ 28

§ 30

Česká republika

15 111 066 754

Deutschland

10 360 473 669

166 582 500

Eesti

1 955 979 029

31 365 110

Ellada

8 358 352 296

España

17 283 774 067

1 396 500 000

France

2 403 498 342

427 408 905

Italia

17 993 716 405

825 930 000

Latvija

2 586 694 732

53 886 609

Lietuva

3 875 516 071

79 933 567

Magyarorszag

12 622 187 455

Malta

493 750 177

Polska

38 507 171 321

880 349 050

Portugal

15 143 387 819

58 206 001

Slovenija

2 401 302 729

Slovensko

6 214 921 468

United Kingdom

2 429 762 895

Total

157 741 555 229

880 349 050

485 614 906

165 185 286

1 396 500 000

825 930 000

166 582 500

(EUR)

Member State

TABLE 2 —

Yearly breakdown of appropriations (2004 prices)

2007

2008

2009

2010

2011

2012

2013

Česká republika

1 993 246 617

2 050 979 461

2 106 089 584

2 162 632 571

2 216 183 128

2 266 449 252

2 315 486 141

Deutschland

1 503 865 167

Eesti

229 977 253

245 929 572

262 982 602

281 212 290

300 982 256

322 136 118

344 124 048

Ellada

1 194 050 328

España

2 668 610 581

France

404 415 321

Italia

2 688 520 915

Latvija

308 012 292

330 054 158

353 328 505

376 808 997

400 322 218

424 084 983

447 970 188

Lietuva

528 903 377

525 252 930

525 724 448

549 071 072

581 530 171

606 085 051

638 882 589

Magyarorszag

1 838 275 243

1 749 371 409

1 634 208 005

1 659 921 561

1 847 533 517

1 913 391 641

1 979 486 079

Malta

81 152 175

73 854 132

68 610 286

61 225 559

68 610 286

79 072 180

Polska

5 686 360 306

5 705 409 032

5 720 681 799

5 535 346 918

5 557 271 412

5 579 376 731

5 603 074 173

Portugal

2 171 656 260

Slovenija

423 258 365

397 135 571

370 643 430

343 781 942

316 551 106

288 950 923

260 981 392

Slovensko

939 878 406

896 645 972

845 960 417

765 136 058

807 732 837

873 727 195

1 085 840 583

United Kingdom

347 108 985

Total

23 007 291 591

22 952 859 794

22 866 456 633

22 713 364 525

23 067 559 761

23 321 039 737

23 733 144 930

ANNEX II

Indicative allocation by Member State of the commitment appropriations for the regions eligible for funding from the Structural Funds on a specific and transitional basis under the Convergence objective for the period from 1 January 2007 to 31 December 2013

(EUR)

Member State

TABLE 1 —

Amount of appropriations (2004 prices)

Regions eligible under the transitional regime of the Convergence objective

Additional funding referred to in Annex II to Council Regulation (EC) No 1083/2006 under point:

§ 26

§ 27

§ 28

§ 30

België/Belgique

577 162 814

Deutschland

3 703 187 217

57 855 000

Ellada

5 764 732 161

España

1 281 194 398

99 750 000

49 874 998

Italia

276 189 653

110 722 500

Österreich

158 159 247

Portugal

253 475 814

United Kingdom

157 668 280

Total

12 171 769 584

99 750 000

49 874 998

110 722 500

57 855 000

(EUR)

Member State

TABLE 2 —

Yearly breakdown of appropriations (2004 prices)

2007

2008

2009

2010

2011

2012

2013

België/Belgique

140 860 108

121 390 683

101 921 256

82 451 831

62 982 404

43 512 979

24 043 553

Deutschland

653 249 463

614 596 891

575 944 319

537 291 745

498 639 173

459 986 599

421 334 027

Ellada

1 013 524 846

950 194 286

886 863 726

823 533 166

760 202 605

696 872 046

633 541 486

España

344 327 561

297 685 964

251 044 367

204 402 770

157 761 175

111 119 578

64 477 981

Italia

85 272 320

75 272 602

65 272 883

55 273 165

45 273 446

35 273 728

25 274 009

Österreich

27 808 219

26 070 205

24 332 192

22 594 178

20 856 165

19 118 151

17 380 137

Portugal

64 441 805

55 031 480

45 621 155

36 210 831

26 800 506

17 390 181

7 979 856

United Kingdom

40 228 788

34 327 205

28 425 623

22 524 040

16 622 457

10 720 875

4 819 292

Total

2 369 713 110

2 174 569 316

1 979 425 521

1 784 281 726

1 589 137 931

1 393 994 137

1 198 850 341

ANNEX III

Indicative allocation by Member State of the commitment appropriations for the Member States eligible for funding from the Cohesion Fund under the Convergence objective for the period from 1 January 2007 to 31 December 2013

(EUR)

Member State

TABLE 1 —

Amount of appropriations (2004 prices)

Additional funding referred to in Annex II to Council Regulation (EC) No 1083/2006 under point 24

Česká republika

7 809 984 551

Eesti

1 000 465 639

16 157 785

Ellada

3 280 399 675

Kypros

193 005 267

Latvija

1 331 962 318

27 759 767

Lietuva

1 987 693 262

41 177 899

Magyarorszag

7 570 173 505

Malta

251 648 410

Polska

19 512 850 811

Portugal

2 715 031 963

Slovenija

1 235 595 457

Slovensko

3 424 078 134

Total

50 312 888 992

85 095 451

(EUR)

Member State

TABLE 2 —

Yearly breakdown of appropriations (2004 prices)

2007

2008

2009

2010

2011

2012

2013

Česká republika

1 032 973 476

1 061 839 898

1 089 394 960

1 117 666 453

1 144 441 732

1 169 574 794

1 194 093 238

Eesti

118 267 391

126 243 551

134 770 066

143 884 910

153 769 893

164 346 824

175 340 789

Ellada

468 628 525

Kypros

52 598 692

42 866 160

33 133 627

23 401 096

13 668 564

Latvija

159 639 206

170 660 138

182 297 312

194 037 557

205 794 168

217 675 551

229 618 153

Lietuva

180 857 472

230 966 558

277 869 373

303 013 907

320 491 883

348 611 677

367 060 291

Magyarorszag

328 094 604

687 358 082

1 080 433 910

1 308 130 864

1 343 212 938

1 388 664 318

1 434 278 789

Malta

24 809 997

32 469 219

37 971 049

45 716 955

37 971 049

26 993 186

Polska

1 883 652 471

2 208 285 009

2 532 817 229

2 755 750 999

3 075 155 487

3 377 773 568

3 679 416 048

Portugal

387 861 709

Slovenija

86 225 407

115 705 905

145 555 750

175 774 942

206 363 481

237 321 369

268 648 603

Slovensko

197 125 902

317 519 267

452 740 053

630 951 164

664 262 430

668 505 352

492 973 966

Total

4 920 734 852

5 850 404 021

6 823 473 563

7 554 819 081

8 029 367 765

8 480 603 300

8 738 581 861

ANNEX IV

Indicative allocation by Member State of the commitment appropriations for the Member States eligible for funding from the Cohesion Fund on a specific and transitional bases under the Convergence objective for the period from 1 January 2007 to 31 December 2013

(EUR)

Member State

TABLE 1 —

Amount of appropriations (2004 prices)

España

3 241 875 000

Total

3 241 875 000

(EUR)

Member State

TABLE 2 —

Yearly breakdown of appropriations (2004 prices)

2007

2008

2009

2010

2011

2012

2013

España

1 197 000 000

847 875 000

498 750 000

249 375 000

199 500 000

149 625 000

99 750 000

Total

1 197 000 000

847 875 000

498 750 000

249 375 000

199 500 000

149 625 000

99 750 000

This summary has been adopted from EUR-Lex.