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►B COMMISSIONDECISION
of22March2001
approvingthe SingleProgramming Document for Communitystructural assistanceunderObjec-
tive2intheregion ofIle-de-France inFrance
(notified under document number C(2001) 563)
(OnlytheFrenchtextisauthentic)
(2002/506/EC)
(OJ L 175, 4.7.2002, p. 13)
Corrected by:
►C1Corrigendum, OJ L 241, 9.9.2002, p. 133 (2002/506/EC)
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COMMISSIONDECISION
of22March2001
approving the Single Programming Document for Community
structural assistance under Objective 2 in the region of Ile-de-
France inFrance
(notified under document number C(2001) 563)
(OnlytheFrenchtextisauthentic)
(2002/506/EC)
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community,
Having regard to Council Regulation (EC) No 1260/1999 of 21 June
1999 laying down general provisions on the Structural Funds(1), and
in particular Article 15(5) thereof,
After consulting the Committee on the Development and Conversion of
Regions and the Committee pursuant to Article 147 of the Treaty,
Whereas:
(1)Articles 13 et seq. of Title II of Regulation (EC) No 1260/1999
lay down the procedure for preparing and implementing SingleProgramming Documents.
(2)Article 15(1) and (2) of Regulation (EC) No 1260/1999 provides
that, after consultation with the partners referred to in Article 8
of the Regulation, the Member State may submit to the Commis-sion a development plan which is treated as a draft SingleProgramming Document, and which contains the informationreferred to in Article 16 of the Regulation.
(3)Under Article 15(5) of Regulation (EC) No 1260/1999, on thebasis of the regional development plan submitted by the MemberState and within the partnership established in accordance withArticle 8 of that Regulation, the Commission is to take a deci-sion on the Single Programming Document, in agreement withthe Member State concerned and in accordance with the proce-
dures laid down in Articles 48 to 51.
(4)The French Government submitted to the Commission on 28
April 2000 an acceptable draft Single Programming Documentfor the region of Ile-de-France fulfilling the conditions forObjective 2 pursuant to Article 4(1). The plan also includes theinformation listed in Article 16 of Regulation (EC) No 1260/
1999, in particular a description of the priorities selected and an
indication of the financial contribution from the EuropeanRegional Development Fund (ERDF) and the European SocialFund (ESF).
(5)The date of submission of the draft which was considered accep-
table by the Commission constitutes the date from which
expenditure under the plan is eligible. Under Article 52(4) ofRegulation (EC) No 1260/1999, as an acceptable plan wassubmitted between 1 January and 30 April 2000 the date fromwhich expenditure under the plan is eligible is 1 January 2000.Under Article 30 of Regulation (EC) No 1260/1999, it is neces-
sary to lay down the final date for the eligibility of expenditure.
(6)The Single Programming Document has been drawn upin agree-
ment with the Member State concerned and within thepartnership.
(7)The Commission has satisfied itself that the Single ProgrammingDocument is in accordance with the principle of additionality.2002D0506—EN—04.07.2002 —000.001—2
(1) OJ L 161, 26.6.1999, p. 1.
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(8)Under Article 10 of Regulation (EC) No 1260/1999, the
Commission and the Member State are required to ensure, in a
manner consistent with the principle of partnership, coordinationbetween assistance from the Funds and from the EIB and otherexisting financial instruments.
(9)The EIB has been involved in drawing upthe Single Program-ming Document in accordance with the provisions of Article15(5) of Regulation (EC) No 1260/1999 and has declared itself
prepared to contribute to its implementation in conformity with
its statutory provisions.
(10)The financial contribution from the Community available overthe entire period and its year-by-year breakdown are expressedin euro. The annual breakdown should be consistent with therelevant financial perspective. Under Article 7(7) of Regulation
(EC) No 1260/1999, the Community contribution has already
been indexed at a rate of 2 % per year. Under Article 7(7) andArticle 44(2) of the Regulation, the Community contributionmay be reviewed at mid-term, and not later than 31 March2004, to take account of the effective level of inflation and the
allocation of the performance reserve.
(11)Provision should be made for adapting the financial allocations
of the priorities of this Single Programming Document withincertain limits to actual requirements reflected by the pattern ofimplementation on the ground, in agreement with the MemberState concerned,
HAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION:
Article 1
The Single Programming Document for Community structural assis-tance in the region of Ile-de-France in France eligible under Objective2 for the period 1 January 2000 to 31 December 2006 is herebyapproved.
Article 2
1. In accordance with Article 19 of Regulation (EC) No 1260/1999,
the Single Programming Document includes the following elements:
(a) the strategy and priorities for the joint action of the Structural
Funds and the Member State; their specific quantified targets; theex anteevaluation of the expected impact, including on the envir-
onmental situation, and the consistency of the priorities with the
economic, social and regional policies and the employment strategyof France.
The priorities are as follows:
1. local cooperation, empowering local areas;
2. making the whole Objective 2 area more attractive to businesses
and people;
3. supporting, improving and expanding the economic fabric and
employment;
4. technical assistance, information and publicity;
(b) a summary description of the measures planned to implement the
priorities, including the information needed to check compliance
with the State aid rules under Article 87 of the Treaty;
(c) the indicative financing plan specifying for each priority and each
year the financial allocation envisaged for the contribution from
each Fund and the other financial instruments, indicating separately
the total amounts of eligible public or equivalent expenditure andestimated private funding in the Member State. The total contribu-tion from the Funds planned for each year for the SingleProgramming Document is consistent with the relevant financialperspective;2002D0506—EN—04.07.2002 —000.001—3
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(d) the provisions for implementing the Single Programming Docu-
ment including designation of the managing authority, a
description of the arrangements for managing the Single Program-
ming Document and the use to be made of global grants, a
description of the systems for monitoring and evaluation, includingthe role of the Monitoring Committee and the arrangements for theparticipation of the partners in that Committee;
(e) the ex anteverification of compliance with additionality and infor-
mation on the transparency of financial flows.
2. The indicative financing plan puts the total cost of the prioritiesselected for the joint action by the Community and the Mernber State
at EUR 415317158 for the whole period and financial contribution
from the Structural Funds at EUR 142315 579.
The resulting requirement for national resources of EUR 147915579
from the public sector and EUR 125 086000 from the private sector
can be partly met by Community loans from the European Investment
Bank and other lending instruments.
Article 3
1. The total assistance from the Structural Funds granted under theSingle Programming Document amounts to EUR 142315579.
The procedure for granting the financial assistance, including the finan-
cial contribution from the Funds for the various priorities included inthe Single Programming Document, is set out in the financing planannexed to this Decision.
2. The indicative initial estimated breakdown among the Structural
Funds of the total Community assistance available is as follows:
ERDF EUR 119588413,
ESF EUR 22 727166.
3. During implementation of the financing plan, the total cost or
Community financing of a given priority may be adjusted in agreementwith the Member State by upto 25 % of the total Community contribu-tion to the Single Programming Document throughout the programmeperiod, up to a maximum of EUR 30 million, without altering the total
Community contribution referred to in paragraph 1.
Article 4
This Decision is without prejudice to the Commission's position on aidschemes falling within Article 87(1) of the Treaty that are included in
this assistance and which it has not yet approved. Submission of theapplication for assistance, the programme complement or a request forpayment by the Member State does not replace the notification requiredby Article 88(3) of the Treaty.
Community financing of State aid falling within Article 87(1) of the
Treaty, granted under aid schemes or in individual cases, requires priorapproval by the Commission under Article 88 of the Treaty, exceptwhere the aid falls under the de minimis rule or is exempted under an
exemption regulation adopted by the Commission under Council Regu-
lation (EC) No 994/98 on the application of Articles 92 and 93 to
certain categories of horizontal State aid(
1). In the absence of such
exemption or approval, aid is illegal and subject to the consequencesset out in the procedural regulation for State aid, and its part-financingwould be treated as an irregularity within the meaning of Articles 38and 39 of Regulation (EC) No 1260/1999.2002D0506—EN—04.07.2002 —000.001—4
(1) OJ L 142, 14.5.1998, p. 1.▼C1
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Consequently, the Commission will not accept requests for interim and
final payments under Article 32 of the Regulation for measures beingpart financed with new or altered aid, as defined in the procedural
regulation for State aid, granted under aid schemes or in individual
cases, until such aid has been notified to and formally approved bythe Commission.
Article 5
The date from which expenditure shall be eligible is 1 January 2000.
The closing date for the eligibility of expenditure shall be 31 December
2008. This date is extended to 30 April 2009 for expenditure incurredby bodies granting assistance under Article 9(l) of Regulation (EC) No1260/1999.
Article 6
This Decision is addressed to the French Republic.2002D0506—EN—04.07.2002 —000.001—5