2000/277/EC: Commission Decision of 25 February 2000 listing the areas of the Grand Duchy of Luxembourg eligible under Objective 2 of the Structural Funds for the period 2000 to 2006 (notified under document number C(2000) 435) (Only the French text is authentic)
Date: 2000-02-25
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: Luxembourg, Structural Funds, development aid, eligible region, regional aid

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(Acts whose publication is not obligatory)

COMMISSION

COMMISSION DECISION

of 25 February 2000

listing the areas of the Grand Duchy of Luxembourg eligible under Objective 2 of the Structural
Funds for the period 2000 to 2006

(notified under document number C(2000) 435)

(Only the French text is authentic)

(2000/277/EC)

THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,

2000 to 2006. The ceiling for the Grand Duchy of
Luxembourg is 118 000 inhabitants.

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
4(4) thereof,

After consulting the Advisory Committee on the Development
and Conversion of Regions, the Committee on Agricultural
Structures and Rural Development and the Management
Committee for Fisheries and Aquaculture,

Whereas:

(1)

(2)

(3)

Point 2 of the first subparagraph of Article 1 of Regula-
tion (EC) No 1260/1999 provides that Objective 2 of
the Structural Funds is to support the economic and
social conversion of areas facing structural difficulties.

The first subparagraph of Article 4(2) of Regulation (EC)
No 1260/1999 provides that the Commission and the
Member States shall seek to ensure that assistance is
genuinely concentrated on the areas most seriously
affected and at the most appropriate geographical level.

Commission Decision 1999/503/EC (2) establishes,
in
accordance with Article 4(2) of Regulation (EC) No
1260/1999, a population ceiling for each Member State
under Objective 2 of the Structural Funds for the period

(4)

(5)

Article 4(4) of Regulation (EC) No 1260/1999 states that
the Commission, on the basis of proposals from the
Member States and in close concertation with each
Member State concerned, is to draw up a list of the areas
eligible under Objective 2 with due regard to national
priorities, without prejudice to the transitional support
provided for in Article 6(2).

Article 4(11) of Regulation (EC) No 1260/1999 provides
that each list of areas is to be valid for seven years from
1 January 2000. However, where there is a serious crisis
in a given region, the Commission, acting on a proposal
from a Member State, may amend the list of areas
during 2003 in accordance with paragraphs 1 to 10 of
Article 4, without
the
population within each region referred to in Article
13(2) of that Regulation,

increasing the proportion of

HAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION:

Article 1

The areas of the Grand Duchy of Luxembourg eligible under
Objective 2 of the Structural Funds for the period 2000 to
2006 are listed in the Annex hereto.

(1) OJ L 161, 26.6.1999, p. 1.
(2) OJ L 194, 27.7.1999, p. 58.

This list may be amended in the course of 2003.

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This Decision is addressed to the Grand Duchy of Luxembourg.

Article 2

Done at Brussels, 25 February 2000.

For the Commission

Michel BARNIER

Member of the Commission

LIST OF AREAS OF LUXEMBOURG ELIGIBLE UNDER OBJECTIVE 2 OF THE STRUCTURAL FUNDS

ANNEX

2000 to 2006

Eligible areas

NUTS level III region

The whole level III region with the
exception of

Only the following areas are eligible
within the level III region

Areas meeting the criteria of Article 4(7) of Regulation (EC) No 1260/1999

Luxembourg (Grand-Duchy)

Municipalities:

Bascharage
Bettembourg
Differdange
Esch-Alzette
Mondercange
Pétange
Sanem
Schifflange

Areas meeting the criteria of Article 4(9)(b) of Regulation (EC) No 1260/1999

Luxembourg (Grand-Duchy)

Municipalities:

Clervaux
Echternach
Eschweiler
Grevenmacher
Heinerscheid
Hosingen
Mertert
Mompach
Munshausen
Rosport
Wiltz
Wilwerwiltz

Population living
in the eligible
areas
of the level III
region (number
of inhabitants)

94 200

23 000