EN Official Journal of the European Union L 232/6

COMMISSION DECISION

of 30 August 2010

amending Decision 2006/594/EC fixing an indicative allocation by Member State of the commitment appropriations for the Convergence Objective for the period 2007-2013 as regards additional allocations for the Czech Republic, Poland and Slovakia

(notified under document C(2010) 5817)

(2010/475/EU)

THE EUROPEAN COMMISSION,

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

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) By Decision 2006/594/EC (2), as amended by Decision 2007/191/EC (3), the Commission fixed an indicative allocation by Member State of the commitment appropriations for the Convergence Objective for the period 2007 to 2013.

(2) In accordance with paragraph 10 of Annex II to Regulation (EC) No 1083/2006, in 2010 it has been established that the cumulated GDP for the years 2007 to 2009 in the Czech Republic, in Poland and in Slovakia has each diverged by more than ± 5 % from the cumulated GDP estimated in accordance with paragraph 9 of Annex II to Regulation (EC) No 1083/2006, including as a consequence of exchange rate changes. The amounts allocated for the period 2011 to 2013 to the Czech Republic, Poland and Slovakia should therefore be adjusted accordingly.

(3) In accordance with points 16 and 17 of the Interinstitutional Agreement of 17 May 2006 between the European Parliament, the Council and the Commission on budgetary discipline and sound financial management (4) on 16 April 2010 the Commission adopted the Communication on the technical adjustment of the financial framework for 2011 in line with movements in GNI, including the adjustment of amounts allocated from funds supporting cohesion to the Member States concerned by divergence between estimated and actual GDP for the period 2007-2009 (5), by which it informed that a positive adjustment is necessary for the Czech Republic of EUR 237 045 801, for Poland of EUR 632 392 153 and for Slovakia of EUR 137 711 534, to be shared in equal amounts in 2011, 2012 and 2013.

(4) In order to establish the amounts allocated to the Member States concerned, it is necessary to take into account the pro-rata allocation between the Convergence and Regional competitiveness and employment objectives in the current programming period 2007-2013 for each of the Member States concerned and the need to make the most efficient use of the allocation of the funds to projects currently being implemented. Therefore, this Decision should allocate only the part of the overall positive adjustments concerning the Convergence objective.

(5) For reasons of efficiency, it is appropriate to replace the amounts in the row Total of Table 2 of Annex III to Decision 2006/594/EC for the years 2007 to 2010 since they do not reflect the figures given for Bulgaria.

(6) Decision 2006/594/EC should therefore be amended accordingly,

HAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION:

Article 1

Decision 2006/594/EC is amended as follows:

1. Annex I is replaced by the text set out in Annex I to this Decision;

2. Annex III is replaced by the text set out in Annex II to this Decision.

Article 2

This Decision is addressed to the Member States.

Done at Brussels, 30 August 2010. For the Commission Johannes HAHN Member of the Commission

(1) OJ L 210, 31.7.2006, p. 25.

(2) OJ L 243, 6.9.2006, p. 37.

(3) OJ L 87, 28.3.2007, p. 18.

(4) OJ C 139, 14.6.2006, p. 1.

(5) COM(2010) 160 final.

ANNEX I ‘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 States TABLE 1 — Amount of appropriations (2004 prices) Regions eligible under the Convergence Objective Additional funding referred to in Annex II of Regulation (EC) No 1083/2006 under point: 10 14 20 24 26 28 30 Bulgaria 3 863 601 178 Česká republika 15 111 066 754 197 709 105 Deutschland 10 360 473 669 166 582 500 Eesti 1 955 979 029 31 365 110 Elláda 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 Magyarország 12 622 187 455 Malta 493 750 177 Polska 38 507 171 321 359 874 111 880 349 050 Portugal 15 143 387 819 58 206 001 România 11 115 420 983 Slovenija 2 401 302 729 Slovensko 6 214 921 468 110 544 803 United Kingdom 2 429 762 895 Total 172 720 577 390 668 128 019 880 349 050 485 614 906 165 185 286 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 Bulgaria 300 892 058 431 830 557 576 458 082 595 526 527 625 067 349 653 446 232 680 380 373 Česká republika 1 993 246 617 2 050 979 461 2 106 089 584 2 162 632 571 2 283 395 438 2 332 343 673 2 380 088 515 Deutschland 1 503 865 167 1 503 865 167 1 503 865 167 1 503 865 167 1 503 865 167 1 503 865 167 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 Elláda 1 194 050 328 1 194 050 328 1 194 050 328 1 194 050 328 1 194 050 328 1 194 050 328 1 194 050 328 España 2 668 610 581 2 668 610 581 2 668 610 581 2 668 610 581 2 668 610 581 2 668 610 581 2 668 610 581 France 404 415 321 404 415 321 404 415 321 404 415 321 404 415 321 404 415 321 404 415 321 Italia 2 688 520 915 2 688 520 915 2 688 520 915 2 688 520 915 2 688 520 915 2 688 520 915 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 Magyarország 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 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 5 679 612 617 5 699 319 089 5 720 664 721 Portugal 2 171 656 260 2 171 656 260 2 171 656 260 2 171 656 260 2 171 656 260 2 171 656 260 2 171 656 260 România 782 254 110 1 123 289 385 1 498 844 810 1 773 286 696 1 875 412 911 1 979 406 577 2 082 926 494 Slovenija 423 258 365 397 135 571 370 643 430 343 781 942 316 551 106 288 950 923 260 981 392 Slovensko 939 878 406 896 645 972 845 960 417 765 136 058 845 313 158 910 570 647 1 121 961 613 United Kingdom 347 108 985 347 108 985 347 108 985 347 108 985 347 108 985 347 108 985 347 108 985 Total 24 090 437 759 24 507 979 736 24 941 759 525 25 082 177 748 25 795 173 857 26 176 572 777 26 714 765 749’