2002/555/EC: Commission Decision of 1 August 2000 approving the Community Support Framework for Community structural assistance in the regions of Apulia, Basilicata, Calabria, Campania, Sardinia and Sicily under Objective 1 and Molise qualifying for transitional support under Objective 1 in Italy (notified under document number C(2000) 2050)
Date: 2000-08-01
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: Community support framework, Structural Funds, development policy, financing plan, regional aid, regions of Italy

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COMMISSION DECISION

of 1 August 2000

approving the Community Support Framework for Community structural assistance in the
regions of Apulia, Basilicata, Calabria, Campania, Sardinia and Sicily under Objective 1 and Molise
qualifying for transitional support under Objective 1 in Italy

(notified under document number C(2000) 2050)

(Only the Italian text is authentic)

(2002/555/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 Article 15(4) thereof,

After consulting the Committee on the Development and
Conversion of Regions, the Committee pursuant to Article 147
of the Treaty, the Committee on Agricultural Structures and
Rural Development and the Committee on Structures for
Fisheries and Aquaculture,

Whereas:

(1)

(2)

(3)

(4)

Articles 13 et
seq. of Title II of Regulation (EC)
No 1260/1999 lay down the procedure for preparing
and implementing Community Support Frameworks.

Article 15(1) and (2) of Regulation (EC) No 1260/1999
provides
that, after consultation with the partners
referred to in Article 8 of the Regulation, the Member
a development plan to the
State
Commission containing the information referred to in
Article 16 of the Regulation.

to submit

is

Under Article 15(4) of Regulation (EC) No 1260/1999,
on the basis of the regional development plan submitted
by the Member State and within the partnership
established in accordance with Article 8 of
that
Regulation, the Commission is to take a decision on a
for Community
Community
structural assistance in agreement with the Member
State concerned.

Framework

Support

The Italian Government submitted to the Commission
on 6 October 1999 a valid regional development plan
for Apulia, Basilicata, Calabria, Campania, Sardinia and
Sicily fulfilling the conditions for Objective 1 pursuant
to Article 3(1) and for Molise qualifying for transitional
first
support under Objective 1 pursuant
subparagraph of Article 6(1) of Regulation (EC)
No 1260/1999. The plan contains the information listed

to the

(1) OJ L 161, 26.6.1999, p. 1.

(5)

(6)

(7)

(8)

(9)

in Article 16 of that Regulation, and in particular a
description of the priorities selected and an indication of
the financial contribution from the European Regional
Development Fund (ERDF), the European Social Fund
and
the
(ESF),
Guarantee
the
Financial Instrument for Fisheries Guidance (FIFG), the
European Investment Bank (EIB) and the other financial
instruments proposed for implementing the plan.

European Agricultural Guidance
Section,

(EAGGF), Guidance

Fund

The Community Support Framework has been drawn
up in agreement with the Member State concerned and
within the partnership framework.

The Commission has satisfied itself that the Community
Support Framework is in accordance with the principle
of additionality.

Under Article 10 of Regulation (EC) No 1260/1999, the
Commission and the Member State are required to
ensure,
in a manner consistent with the principle of
partnership, coordination between assistance from the
Funds and from the EIB and other existing financial
instruments.

The EIB has been involved in drawing up the
Community Support Framework in accordance with the
provisions
(EC)
15(4)
No 1260/1999.

of Regulation

of Article

in

are

financial

expressed

The
contribution from the Community
available over the entire period and its year-by-year
breakdown
annual
breakdown should be consistent with the relevant
financial perspective. Under Article 7(7) of Regulation
(EC) No 1260/1999, the Community contribution has
already been indexed at a rate of 2 % per year. Under
Article 7(7) and Article 44(2) of the Regulation, the
Community contribution may be reviewed at mid-term,

euro. The

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and not later than 31 March 2004, to take account of
the effective level of inflation and the allocation of the
performance reserve.

(c)

(10)

Provision should be made for adapting the financial
allocations of the priorities of the Single Programming
Document within certain limits to actual requirements
reflected by the pattern of
implementation on the
ground, in agreement with the Member State concerned,

the indicative financing plan specifying, for each priority
and each year, the financial allocation envisaged for the
contribution of each Fund, the EIB where appropriate, and
the other financial instruments, and the amount of eligible
public or equivalent and estimated private funding from
Italy. The financing plan indicates separately the funding
planned for the regions receiving transitional support in
respect of Objective 1. The total contribution from the
Funds planned for each year for the Community Support
Framework is
financial
perspective;

consistent with the

relevant

HAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION:

Article 1

The Community Support Framework for Community structural
assistance in the regions of Apulia, Basilicata, Calabria,
Campania, Sardinia and Sicily under Objective 1 and in the
region of Molise qualifying for transitional support under
Objective 1 in Italy for
the period 1 January 2000 to
31 December 2006 is hereby approved.

Article 2

1.
In accordance with Article 17 of Regulation (EC)
No 1260/1999, the Community Support Framework includes
the following elements:

(a) a statement of the priorities for the joint action of the
Structural Funds and the Member State,
their specific
quantified targets, the ex ante evaluation of the expected
impact and the consistency of
the priorities with the
economic, social and regional policies and the employment
strategy of Italy.

The priorities are as follows:

1. natural resources;

2. cultural resources;

3. human resources;

4.

local development systems;

5. cities;

6.

service networks and centres;

7.

technical assistance;

(b) an overview of
implemented,
priorities selected;

the operational programmes

including their

specific

aims

to be
and the

(d) the provisions for implementing the Community Support
the managing
Framework including the designation of
authority and the provision made for involvement of the
partners in the Monitoring Committees.

(e)

the ex ante verification of additionality and information
concerning the transparency of financial flows;

(f)

information on the appropriations required for preparing,
monitoring and evaluating the assistance.

The indicative financing plan puts the total cost of the
2.
priorities selected for the joint action by the Community and
the Member State at EUR 50 826 119 000 for the whole
period and the financial allocation from the Structural Funds at
EUR 21 638 179 000.

for

requirement

resulting
18 273 995 000

of
The
EUR
and
from the
EUR 10 913 945 000 from the private sector can be partly
met by Community loans from the European Investment Bank
and other lending instruments.

resources
sector

national
public

indicative

The
the
Structural Funds of the total Community assistance available is
as follows:

estimated breakdown among

initial

(cid:151) ERDF: EUR 14 276 534 000,

(cid:151) ESF: EUR 4 092 696 000,

(cid:151) EAGGF, Guidance section: EUR 2 982 626 000,

(cid:151) FIFG: EUR 286 323.

During implementation of the financing plan, the total
3.
cost or Community
a given priority or
financing of
intervention may be adjusted in agreement with the Member
the
State by up to 25 % of each priority throughout

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programming period, up to a maximum of EUR 60 million,
without altering the total Community contribution referred to
in paragraph 1.

Article 3

This Decision is addressed to the Italian Republic.

Done at Brussels, 1 August 2000.

For the Commission

Michel BARNIER

Member of the Commission