COMMISSION IMPLEMENTING DECISION (EU) 2022/74

of 17 January 2022

setting out the list of Interreg programmes and indicating the global amount of the total support from the European Regional Development Fund and from each external financing instrument of the Union for each programme and the list of the amounts transferred between strands under the European territorial cooperation goal for the period 2021 to 2027

(notified under document C(2022) 131)

THE EUROPEAN COMMISSION,

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

Having regard to Regulation (EU) 2021/1059 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 24 June 2021 on specific provisions for the European territorial cooperation goal (Interreg) supported by the European Regional Development Fund and external financing instruments (1), and in particular Article 11(1) thereof,

After consulting the committee established by Article 115(1) of Regulation (EU) 2021/1060 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 24 June 2021 laying down common provisions on the European Regional Development Fund, the European Social Fund Plus, the Cohesion Fund, the Just Transition Fund and the European Maritime, Fisheries and Aquaculture Fund and financial rules for those and for the Asylum, Migration and Integration Fund, the Internal Security Fund and the Instrument for Financial Support for Border Management and Visa Policy (2),

Whereas:

(1) Article 9 of Regulation (EU) 2021/1059 sets out the global resources available under the European Regional Development Fund (ERDF) for the European territorial cooperation goal (Interreg) and their allocation to cross-border cooperation, transnational cooperation, interregional cooperation and outermost regions’ cooperation.

(2) In accordance with Article 9(3) of Regulation (EU) 2021/1059, the Commission communicated to each Member State its share of the global amounts for cross-border cooperation, transnational cooperation and outermost regions’ cooperation, broken down by year in accordance with the methodology set out in point 8 of Annex XXVI to Regulation (EU) 2021/1060.

(3) Pursuant to Article 9(5) of Regulation (EU) 2021/1059, based on the amounts communicated by the Commission in accordance with paragraph 3 of that Article, each Member State informed the Commission whether and how it has used the transfer option provided for in paragraph 4 of that Article, and on the resulting distribution of its share among the Interreg programmes in which the Member State participates.

(4) In accordance with Article 10(2) of Regulation (EU) 2021/1059, the Commission and the Member States concerned establish the contribution from the ERDF to external cross-border Interreg programmes to be also supported from the financial envelope allocated under the Instrument for Pre-Accession III to cross-border cooperation (IPA III-CBC) or from the financial envelope allocated under the Neighbourhood, Development and International Cooperation Instrument – Global Europe to cross-border cooperation for the Neighbourhood geographic area (NDICI CBC).

(5) In accordance with Article 11(2) of Regulation (EU) 2021/1059, the Commission also establishes a list of the amounts transferred pursuant to Article 9(4) of that Regulation, broken down by Member State.

(6) It is therefore necessary to set up the list of Interreg programmes and to indicate the global amount of the total support from the ERDF and, where applicable, the total support from each external financing instrument of the Union for each programme as well as the list of the amounts transferred pursuant to Article 9(4) of Regulation (EU) 2021/1059, broken down by Member State,

HAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION:

Article 1 The list of cross-border cooperation programmes, the global amount of the total support from the ERDF and, where applicable, the total support from each external financing instrument of the Union for each programme, is set out in Annex I.

Article 2 The list of transnational cooperation programmes, the global amount of the total support from the ERDF and, where applicable, the total support from each external financing instrument of the Union for each programme, is set out in Annex II.

Article 3 The list of interregional cooperation programmes, the global amount of the total support from the ERDF and, where applicable, the total support from each external financing instrument of the Union for each programme, is set out in Annex III.

Article 4 The list of outermost regions’ cooperation programmes, the global amount of the total support from the ERDF and, where applicable, the total support from each external financing instrument of the Union for each programme, is set out in Annex IV.

Article 5 The amounts transferred pursuant to Article 9(4) of Regulation (EU) 2021/1059, broken down by Member State, are set out in Annex V.

Article 6 This Decision is addressed to the Member States.

Done at Brussels, 17 January 2022. For the Commission Elisa FERREIRA Member of the Commission

(1) OJ L 231, 30.6.2021, p. 94.

(2) OJ L 231, 30.6.2021, p. 159.