1999/501/EC: Commission Decision of 1 July 1999 fixing an indicative allocation by Member State of the commitment appropriations for Objective 1 of the Structural Funds for the period 2000 to 2006 (notified under document number C(1999) 1769)
Date: 1999-07-01
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: EU programme, Structural Funds, commitment of expenditure, development aid, less-favoured region

27. 7. 1999

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Official Journal of the European Communities

L 194/49

COMMISSION DECISION

of 1 July 1999

fixing an indicative allocation by Member State of the commitment appropriations for Objective 1
of the Structural Funds for the period 2000 to 2006

(notified under document number C(1999) 1769)

(1999/501/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 1 of the first subparagraph of Article 1 of
Regulation (EC) No 1260/1999 states that Objective 1 of
the Structural Funds aims to promote the development
and structural adjustment of regions whose development
is lagging behind;

(2) Whereas the second subparagraph of Article 7(2) of
Regulation (EC) No 1260/1999 stipulates that 69,7 % of
the appropriations for the Structural Funds are to be
including 4,3 % under the
allocated to Objective 1,
transitional support arrangements;

(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
breakdowns by Member State of
the commitment
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)
No 2052/88 of 24 June 1988 on the tasks of
the
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
criteria referred to in the first subparagraph of
that
Article and that the annual breakdown of these appro-
priations is to be degressive as from 1 January 2000 and

(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.

must be lower in 2000 than in 1999; whereas the
transitional support profile may be tailored to the
specific needs of the individual regions, and whereas the
Commission has taken into consideration the Member
States' requests in this respect, taking account of the
annual breakdown of Structural Fund resources set out
in the Annex to Regulation (EC) No 1260/1999;

(5) Whereas the first subparagraph of Article 7(4) of Regula-
tion (EC) No 1260/1999 sets up under Objective 1 a
programme to assist
the peace process in Northern
Ireland (Peace) for 2000 to 2004 for the benefit of
Northern Ireland and the border areas in Ireland under
the
those pertaining to the
programme for the period 1994 to 1999;

conditions

same

as

(6) Whereas the second subparagrah of Article 7(4) of Regu-
lation (EC) No 1260/1999 sets up under Objective 1 a
programme of special assistance for 2000 to 2006 for
the Swedish NUTS II regions which are not covered by
the list referred to in Article 3(2) of that Regulation and
the criteria laid down in Article 2 of
which meet
Protocol 6 annexed to the Act of Accession of Austria,
Finland and Sweden (4);

(7) 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 1, in accordance with the first
subparagraph of Article 7(3) of Regulation (EC) No
1260/1999;

(8) Whereas, bearing this method in mind, paragraph 44(a),
(b), (c), (e), (f), (h), (i) and (j) of the Presidency conclu-
sions 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 per Member State of the commitment
appropriations for Objective 1 for 2000 to 2006, including the
Peace programme and the special programme for the Swedish
regions, shall be as set out in Annex I.

(4) OJ L 1, 1.1.1995, p. 11.

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The indicative amounts by Member State and by year of the commitment appropriations for transitional
support under Objective 1 for 2000 to 2006 shall be as set out in Annex II.

Article 2

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

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ANNEX I

Indicative allocation by Member State of the commitment appropriations for Objective 1 of the Structural Funds
for the period 2000 to 2006

Member State

Regions eligible under Objective 1

Peace programme

Special programme for the
Swedish regions

Amount of appropriations

(in million EUR (1999 prices))

Belgium
Denmark
Germany
Greece
Spain
France
Ireland
Italy
Luxembourg
Netherlands
Austria
Portugal
Finland
Sweden
United Kingdom

—

—
19 229
20 961
37 744
3 254
1 215
21 935
—
—
261
16 124
913
372
4 685

Total

126 693

—

—
—
—
—
—
100
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
400

500

—

—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
350
—

350

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ANNEX II

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

Member State

2000

2001

2002

2003

2004

2005

2006

Total

(in million EUR (1999 prices))

Belgium

Denmark

Germany

Greece

Spain

France

Ireland

Italy

Luxembourg

Netherlands

Austria

Portugal

Finland

Sweden

United Kingdom

105

—

122

—

78

83

400

32

—

23

—

650

—

—

216

100

—

121

—

67

81

350

30

—

21

—

640

—

—

204

95

—

121

—

56

79

300

28

—

20

—

610

—

—

193

95

—

120

—

45

79

250

26

—

19

—

350

—

—

181

91

—

119

—

37

78

200

25

—

18

—

300

—

—

166

Total

1 709

1 614

1 502

1 165

1 034

90

—

118

—

37

76

150

24

—

17

—

271

—

—

133

916

49

—

8

—

32

75

625

—

729

—

352

551

123

1 773

22

—

5

—

84

—

—

73

187

—

123

—

2 905

—

—

1 166

471

8 411