# Commission Implementing Decision of 16 June 2014 setting up the list of regions and areas eligible for funding from the European            Regional Development Fund under the cross-border and transnational components of the European territorial cooperation goal            for the period 2014 to 2020 (notified under document number C(2014) 3898) (2014/388/EU)         

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# Commission Implementing Decision

# of 16 June 2014

# setting up the list of regions and areas eligible for funding from the European Regional Development Fund under the cross-border                        and transnational components of the European territorial cooperation goal for the period 2014 to 2020                     

# *(notified under document number C(2014) 3898)*

# (2014/388/EU)

THE EUROPEAN COMMISSION,

Having regard to the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union,

Having regard to Regulation (EU) No 1299/2013 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 17 December 2013 on specific                           provisions for the support from the European Regional Development Fund to the European territorial cooperation goal(1), and in particular the second subparagraph of Article 3(1) and the first subparagraph of Article 3(3) thereof,                        

After consulting the Coordination Committee for the European Structural and Investment Funds established by Article 150(1)                           of Regulation (EU) No 1303/2013 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 17 December 2013 laying down common provisions                           on the European Regional Development Fund, the European Social Fund, the Cohesion Fund, the European Agricultural Fund for                           Rural Development and the European Maritime and Fisheries Fund and laying down general provisions on the European Regional                           Development Fund, the European Social Fund, the Cohesion Fund and the European Maritime and Fisheries Fund and repealing Council                           Regulation (EC) No 1083/2006(2),                        

Whereas:

(1)The European Regional Development Fund (ERDF) supports the ‘European territorial cooperation goal’ in certain regions corresponding                              to level 3 of the common classification of territorial units for statistics (hereinafter referred to as ‘NUTS level 3’) for                              cross-border cooperation, in all regions corresponding to level 2 of the common classification of territorial units for statistics                              (hereinafter referred to as ‘NUTS level 2’) for transnational cooperation, which was established by Regulation (EC) No 1059/2003                              of the European Parliament and of the Council(3) as amended by Commission Regulation (EU) No 31/2011(4). It is therefore necessary to set out these lists of eligible regions.

(2)Pursuant to the third subparagraph of Article 3(1) of Regulation (EU) No 1299/2013, the list of eligible regions for cross-border                              cooperation is also to specify those NUTS level 3 regions of the Union taken into account for the ERDF allocation for cross-border                              cooperation at all internal borders, and those external borders covered by the external financial instruments of the Union,                              such as the European Neighbourhood Instrument (ENI) within the scope of Regulation (EU) No 232/2014 of the European Parliament                              and of the Council(5) and the Pre-Accession Assistance (IPA II) within the scope of Regulation (EU) No 231/2014 of the European Parliament and                              of the Council(6).

(3)Pursuant to the fifth subparagraph of Article 3(1) of Regulation (EU) No 1299/2013, at the request of the Member State or                              Member States concerned, this list may also cover NUTS level 3 regions in outermost regions along maritime borders separated                              by more than 150 km as cross-border areas.

(4)Pursuant to Article 3(6) of Regulation (EU) No 1299/2013, the Commission decision setting out the lists of cross-border and                              transnational areas is also to mention, for information purposes, the regions of third countries or territories, as referred                              to in paragraphs 2 and 4 of Article 3 of that Regulation.

(5)It is therefore necessary to establish the lists of cross-border and transnational areas eligible for funding from the ERDF,                              broken down by cooperation programme,

HAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION:

# Article 1U.K.

The regions and areas eligible for funding from the European Regional Development Fund (ERDF) under the cross-border component                     of the European territorial cooperation goal shall be those listed in Annex I.                  

# Article 2U.K.

The NUTS level 3 regions of the Union which have been taken into account for the ERDF allocation for cross-border cooperation,                     but which are not part of any cross-border area listed in Annex I, and which will be covered by the external financial instruments                     of the Union, such as the European Neighbourhood Instrument (ENI) within the scope of Regulation (EU) No 232/2014 and the                     Pre- Accession Assistance (IPA II) within the scope of Regulation (EU) No 231/2014, shall be those listed in Annex II.                  

# Article 3U.K.

The regions and areas eligible for funding from the ERDF under the transnational component of the European territorial cooperation                     goal shall be those listed in Annex III.                  

# Article 4U.K.

This Decision is addressed to the Member States.

Done at Brussels, 16 June 2014.

*For the Commission*                            

Johannes Hahn                            

*Member of the Commission*                            

## ANNEX IU.K.List of areas to receive support, broken down by cross-border cooperation programme

## ANNEX IIU.K.Regions taken into account for the allocation to cross-border cooperation, not part of any of the cross-border programme areas                        listed in Annex I

## ANNEX IIIU.K.List of areas to receive support, broken down by transnational cooperation programme

### **(Interreg V-B) ADRIATIC-IONIAN**U.K.

The following third countries are only listed for information purposes:

### **(Interreg V-B) ALPINE SPACE**U.K.

The following third countries are only listed for information purposes:

### **(Interreg V-B) ATLANTIC AREA**U.K.

### **(Interreg V-B) BALTIC SEA**U.K.

The following third countries or parts thereof are only listed for information purposes:

### **(Interreg V-B) CARIBBEAN AREA**U.K.

The following overseas countries and territories (OCT) and third countries or parts thereof and are only listed for information                     purposes:                  

### **(Interreg V-B) CENTRAL EUROPE**U.K.

### **(Interreg V-B) DANUBE**U.K.

The following third countries or parts thereof are only listed for information purposes:

### **(Interreg V-B) INDIAN OCEAN AREA**U.K.

The following OCT and third countries are only listed for information purposes:

### **(Inside cross-border programme 2014TC16RFCB007) MAC (Madeira-Açores-Canarias)**U.K.

The following third countries are only listed for information purposes:

### **(Interreg V-B) MEDITERRANEAN** (7) U.K.

The following third countries are only listed for information purposes:

### **(Interreg V-B) NORTHERN PERIPHERY AND ARCTIC**U.K.

The following OCT, third countries and other areas are only listed for information purposes:

### **(Interreg V-B) NORTH SEA**U.K.

The following third country is only listed for information purposes:

### **(Interreg V-B) NORTH WEST EUROPE**U.K.

The following third country is only listed for information purposes:

### **(Interreg V-B) AMAZONIA**U.K.

The following third countries or parts thereof are only listed for information purposes:

### **(Interreg V-B) SOUTH WEST EUROPE** (8) U.K.

The following third country is only listed for information purposes:

### **(Interreg V-B) BALKAN-MEDITERRANEAN**U.K.

The following third countries are only listed for information purposes:

1

OJ L 347, 20.12.2013, p. 259.                           

2

OJ L 347, 20.12.2013, p. 320.                           

3

Regulation (EC) No 1059/2003 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 26 May 2003 on the establishment of a common                              classification of territorial units for statistics (NUTS) (OJ L 154, 21.6.2003, p. 1).                           

4

Commission Regulation (EU) No 31/2011 of 17 January 2011 amending annexes to Regulation (EC) No 1059/2003 of the European                              Parliament and of the Council on the establishment of a common classification of territorial units for statistics (NUTS) (OJ L 13, 18.1.2011, p. 3).                           

5

Regulation (EU) No 232/2014 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 11 March 2014 establishing a European Neighbourhood                              Instrument (OJ L 77, 15.3.2014, p. 27).                           

6

Regulation (EU) No 231/2014 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 11 March 2014 establishing an Instrument for                              Pre-accession Assistance (IPA II) (OJ L 77, 15.3.2014, p. 11).                           

7

The area also includes Gibraltar.

8

The area also includes Gibraltar.