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►B COMMISSION DECISION
of 1 July 1999
establishing a population ceiling for each Member State under Objective 2 of the Structural
Funds for the period 2000 to 2006
(notified under document number C(1999) 1771)
(1999/503/EC)
(OJ L 194, 27.7.1999, p. 58)
Amended by:
Official Journal
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►A1 Act concerning the conditions of accession of the Czech Republic, the
Republic of Estonia, the Republic of Cyprus, the Republic of Latvia,
the Republic of Lithuania, the Republic of Hungary, the Republic of
Malta, the Republic of Poland, the Republic of Slovenia and the SlovakRepublic and the adjustments to the Treaties on which the EuropeanUnion is foundedL 236 33 23.9.2003
▼B
COMMISSION DECISION
of 1 July 1999
establishing a population ceiling for each Member State under
Objective 2 of the Structural Funds for the period 2000 to 2006
(notified under document number C(1999) 1771)
(1999/503/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 4(2) thereof,
(1) Whereas point 2 of the first subparagraph of Article 1 of Regu-lation (EC) No 1260/1999 states that Objective 2 of the
Structural Funds aims to support the economic and social
conversion of areas facing structural difficulties;
(2) Whereas Article 4(2) of Regulation (EC) No 1260/1999 stipu-lates that the population of the areas covered by Objective 2may not exceed 18 % of the total population of the Communityand whereas the Commission must set a population ceiling foreach Member State accordingly, on the basis of the total popula-
tion in the NUTS level III regions of each Member State which
meet the specific criteria for the industrial and rural areas under-going socio-economic change referred to in paragraph 5 and 6 ofthat Article and according to the severity of the structuralproblems at national level in each Member State as compared
with the other Member States concerned and the need to ensure
that each Member State makes a fair contribution to the overallconcentration effort;
(3) Whereas Article 4(2)(b) of Regulation (EC) No 1260/1999requires the severity of the structural problems at national levelto be assessed on the basis of total unemployment and long-termunemployment outside the regions eligible under Objective 1;
(4) Whereas Article 4(2)(c) of Regulation (EC) No 1260/1999 stipu-lates that the maximum reduction in the population covered by
Objective 2 may not exceed one third compared to the popula-
tion covered by Objectives 2 and 5(b) in 1999, as set out inCouncil Regulation (EEC) No 2052/88 of 24 June 1988 on thetasks of the Structural Funds and their effectiveness and on coor-dination of their activities between themselves and with the
operations of the European Investment Bank and the other
existing financial instruments (
2), as last amended by Regulation
(EC) No 3193/94 (3);
(5) Whereas the population ceilings by Member State should beestablished on the basis of Community statistics available at thetime of the Berlin European Council of 24 and 25 March 1999,
HAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION:
Article 1
The population ceilings for each Member State under Objective 2 for
the period 2000 to 2006 shall be those set out in the Annex.1999D0503 — EN — 01.05.2004 — 001.001 — 2
(1) OJ L 161, 26.6.1999, p. 1.
(2) OJ L 185, 15.7.1988, p. 9.
(3) OJ L 337, 24.12.1994, p. 11.
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For the Czech Republic, Estonia, Cyprus, Latvia, Lithuania, Hungary,
Malta, Poland, Slovenia and Slovakia the period concerned shall runfrom the date of accession to 2006.
Article 2
This Decision is addressed to the Member States.1999D0503 — EN — 01.05.2004 — 001.001 — 3
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ANNEX
establishing a population ceiling for each Member State under Objective 2
of the Structural Funds for the period 2000 to 2006
Member StatePopulation ceiling
(1 000 population)
Belgium 1 269
Czech Republic 370 (*)Denmark 538
Germany 10 296
Estonia — (*)
Greece —
Spain 8 809
France 18 768
Ireland —
Italy 7 402
Cyprus 213 (*)
Latvia — (*)
Lithuania — (*)
Luxembourg 118
Hungary — (*)
Malta — (*)
Netherlands 2 333
Austria 1 995
Poland — (*)
Portugal —
Slovenia — (*)
Slovakia 192 (*)
Finland 1 582Sweden 1 223
United Kingdom 13 836
(*) For the period from the date of accession to 2006.1999D0503 — EN — 01.05.2004 — 001.001 — 4