1999/504/EC: Commission Decision of 1 July 1999 fixing an indicative allocation by Member State of the commitment appropriations for Objective 2 of the Structural Funds for the period 2000 to 2006 (notified under document number C(1999) 1772)
Date: 1999-07-01
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: Structural Funds, commitment of expenditure, development aid, distribution of aid, less-favoured region

L 194/60

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Official Journal of the European Communities

27. 7. 1999

COMMISSION DECISION

of 1 July 1999

fixing an indicative allocation by Member State of the commitment appropriations for Objective 2
of the Structural Funds for the period 2000 to 2006

(notified under document number C(1999) 1772)

(1999/504/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 the first subparagraph of Article
7(3) thereof,

(1) Whereas point 2 of the first subparagraph of Article 1 of
Regulation (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 the third subparagraph of Article 7(2) of Regu-
lation (EC) No 1260/1999 stipulates that 11,5 % of the
appropriations for the Structural Funds are to be allo-
cated to Objective 2,
including 1,4 % for transitional
support;

(3) Whereas the first subparagraph of Article 7(3) of Regula-
tion (EC) No 1260/1999 stipulates that the Commission
is to use transparent procedures to make indicative
the commitment
breakdowns by Member State of
appropriations available for programming in 2000 to
2006 taking full account, for Objectives 1 and 2, of one
or more objective criteria similar to those applied during
the previous period covered by Council Regulation (EEC)
the
No 2052/88 of 24 June 1988 on the tasks of
Structural Funds and their effectiveness and on coordina-
tion 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), namely eligible
population, regional prosperity, national prosperity and
the relative severity of the structural problems, especially
the level of unemployment;

(4) Whereas the third subparagraph of Article 7(3) of Regu-
lation (EC) No 1260/1999 stipulates,
in the case of
Objectives 1 and 2, that these breakdowns are to distin-
guish allocations of appropriations to regions and areas
benefiting from transitional support, that these alloca-
tions are to be determined in accordance with the
that
criteria referred to in the first subparagraph of

Article, and that the annual breakdown of these appro-
priations is to be degressive as from 1 January 2000 and
lower in 2000 than in 1999;

(5) Whereas the Commission's statement annexed to the
minutes of the Council meeting of 21 June 1999 indi-
cates the method that the Commission will use to decide
the indicative allocation by Member State of the appro-
priations for Objective 2, in accordance with the first
subparagraph of Article 7(3) of Regulation (EC) No
1260/1999;

(6) Whereas, bearing this method in mind, paragraph 44(g)
of the Presidency conclusions of the Berlin European
Council of 24 and 25 March 1999 fixed the amounts
pertaining to certain specific cases for the period 2000
to 2006,

HAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION:

Article 1

The indicative amounts by Member State of the commitment
appropriations for Objective 2 for 2000 to 2006 shall be as set
out in Annex I.

Article 2

The indicative amounts by Member State of the commitment
appropriations for transitional support under Objective 2 for
2000 to 2005 shall be as set out in Annex II.

This Decision is addressed to the Member States.

Article 3

Done at Brussels, 1 July 1999.

For the Commission

Monika WULF-MATHIES

Member of the Commission

(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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ANNEX I

Indicative allocation by Member State of the commitment appropriations for Objective 2 of the Structural Funds
for the period 2000 to 2006

(EUR million (1999 prices))

Member State

Appropriations

Belgium

Denmark

Germany

Greece

Spain

France

Ireland

Italy

Luxembourg

Netherlands

Austria

Portugal

Finland

Sweden

United Kingdom

368

156

2 984

—

2 553

5 437

—

2 145

34

676

578

—

459

354

3 989

Total

19 733

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Official Journal of the European Communities

27. 7. 1999

ANNEX II

Indicative allocation by Member State of the commitment appropriations for transitional support under Objec-
tive 2 of the Structural Funds for the period 2000 to 2005

(EUR million (1999 prices))

Member State

Appropriations

Belgium

Denmark

Germany

Greece

Spain

France

Ireland

Italy

Luxembourg

Netherlands

Austria

Portugal

Finland

Sweden

United Kingdom

65

27

526

—

98

613

—

377

6

119

102

—

30

52

706

Total

2 721