2002/506/EC: Commission Decision of 22 March 2001 approving the Single Programming Document for Community structural assistance under Objective 2 in the region of Ile-de-France in France (notified under document number C(2001) 563)
Date: 2001-03-22
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: Ile-de-France, Structural Funds, development aid, development plan, financing plan, regional aid

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COMMISSION DECISION

of 22 March 2001

approving the Single Programming Document

for Community structural assistance under

Objective 2 in the region of Ile-de-France in France

(notified under document number C(2001) 563)

(Only the French text is authentic)

(2002/506/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(5) thereof,

After consulting the Committee on the Development and
Conversion of Regions and the Committee pursuant to Article
147 of the Treaty,

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 Single Programming Documents.

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
State may submit to the Commission a development
plan which is treated as a draft Single Programming
Document, and which contains the information referred
to in Article 16 of the Regulation.

Under Article 15(5) 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 the
Single Programming Document, in agreement with the
Member State concerned and in accordance with the
procedures laid down in Articles 48 to 51.

The French Government submitted to the Commission
on 28 April 2000 an acceptable
Single
Programming Document for the region of Ile-de-France
fulfilling the conditions for Objective 2 pursuant
to
Article 4(1). The plan also includes the information
listed in Article 16 of Regulation (EC) No 1260/1999,
in particular a description of the priorities selected and

draft

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

(5)

(6)

(7)

(8)

(9)

(10)

the financial contribution from the
an indication of
European Regional Development Fund (ERDF) and the
European Social Fund (ESF).

submission of

The date of
the draft which was
considered acceptable by the Commission constitutes
the date from which expenditure under the plan is
eligible. Under Article 52(4) of Regulation (EC) No
submitted
1260/1999, as an acceptable plan was
between 1 January and 30 April 2000 the date from
which expenditure under the plan is eligible is 1 January
2000. Under Article 30 of Regulation (EC) No
1260/1999, it is necessary to lay down the final date
for the eligibility of expenditure.

The Single Programming Document has been drawn up
in agreement with the Member State concerned and
within the partnership.

The Commission has satisfied itself
Programming Document
principle of additionality.

is

the Single
in accordance with the

that

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 Single
in accordance with the
Programming Document
provisions of Article 15(5) of Regulation (EC) No
1260/1999 and has
to
contribute to its implementation in conformity with its
statutory provisions.

itself prepared

declared

are

financial

expressed

The
contribution from the Community
available over the entire period and its year-by-year
annual
breakdown
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

euro. The

in

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Community contribution may be reviewed at mid-term,
and not later than 31 March 2004, to take account of
the effective level of inflation and the allocation of the
performance reserve.

contribution from the Funds planned for each year for the
is consistent with the
Single Programming Document
relevant financial perspective;

(11)

Provision should be made for adapting the financial
allocations of the priorities of this 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,

including

(d) the provisions for implementing the Single Programming
Document
the managing
designation
authority, a description of the arrangements for managing
the Single Programming Document and the use to be
made of global grants, a description of the systems for
the
monitoring and evaluation,
Monitoring Committee and the arrangements
the
participation of the partners in that Committee;

including the role of
for

of

HAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION:

Article 1

(e)

the ex ante verification of compliance with additionality
and information on the transparency of financial flows.

The Single Programming Document for Community structural
assistance in the region of
Ile-de-France in France eligible
under Objective 2 for the period 1 January 2000 to 31
December 2006 is hereby approved.

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 414 817 158 for the whole period
and the financial contribution from the Structural Funds at
EUR 142 315 579.

Article 2

1.
In accordance with Article 19 of Regulation (EC) No
1260/1999, the Single Programming Document includes the
following elements:

(a)

the
the strategy and priorities for the joint action of
Structural Funds and the Member State;
their specific
quantified targets; the ex ante evaluation of the expected
impact, including on the environmental situation, and the
consistency of the priorities with the economic, social and
regional policies and the employment strategy of France.

The priorities are as follows:

1.

local cooperation, empowering local areas;

2. making the whole Objective 2 area more attractive to

businesses and people;

for national

The resulting requirement
resources of EUR
147 415 579 from the public sector and EUR 125 086 000
from the private sector can be partly met by Community loans
from the European Investment Bank and other
lending
instruments.

Article 3

The total assistance from the Structural Funds granted
1.
under the Single Programming Document amounts to EUR
142 315 579.

The procedure for granting the financial assistance, including
the financial contribution from the Funds for the various
priorities included in the Single Programming Document, is set
out in the financing plan annexed to this Decision.

3.

supporting,
fabric and employment;

improving and expanding the economic

2.
The indicative initial estimated breakdown among the
Structural Funds of the total Community assistance available is
as follows:

4.

technical assistance, information and publicity;

(b) a summary description of

the measures planned to
implement the priorities, including the information needed
to check compliance with the State aid rules under Article
87 of the Treaty;

ERDF

ESF

EUR 119 588 413,

EUR 22 727 166.

(c)

the indicative financing plan specifying for each priority
and each year the financial allocation envisaged for the
contribution from each Fund and the other
financial
instruments,
indicating separately the total amounts of
eligible public or equivalent expenditure and estimated
total
private

the Member

State. The

funding

in

3.
During implementation of the financing plan, the total
cost or Community financing of a given priority may be
adjusted in agreement with the Member State by up to 25 % of
the total Community contribution to the Single Programming
Document
the programme period, up to a
maximum of EUR 30 million, without altering the total
Community contribution referred to in paragraph 1.

throughout

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Article 4

This Decision is without prejudice to the Commission’s
position on aid schemes falling within Article 87(1) of the
Treaty that are included in this assistance and which it has not
yet approved. Submission of the application for assistance, the
programme complement or a request
for payment by the
Member State does not replace the notification required by
Article 88(3) of the Treaty.

Community financing of State aid falling within Article 87(1)
of the Treaty, granted under aid schemes or in individual cases,
requires prior approval by the Commission under Article 88 of
the Treaty, except where the aid falls under the de minimis rule
or is exempted under an exemption regulation adopted by the
Commission under Council Regulation (EC) No 994/98 on the
application of Articles 92 and 93 to certain categories of
horizontal State aid (2). In the absence of such exemption or
approval, aid is illegal and subject to the consequences set out
in
its
part-financing would be treated as an irregularity within the
meaning of Articles 38 and 39 of Regulation (EC) No
1260/1999.

procedural

regulation

State

and

aid,

the

for

for measures being part financed with new or altered aid, as
defined in the procedural regulation for State aid, granted
under aid schemes or in individual cases, until such aid has
been notified to and formally approved by the Commission.

Article 5

The date from which expenditure shall be eligible is 1 January
2000.

The closing date for the eligibility of expenditure shall be 31
December 2008. This date is extended to 30 April 2009 for
expenditure incurred by bodies granting assistance under
Article 9(l) of Regulation (EC) No 1260/1999.

Article 6

This Decision is addressed to the French Republic.

Done at Brussels, 22 March 2001.

Consequently,
the Commission will not accept requests for
interim and final payments under Article 32 of the Regulation

For the Commission

Michel BARNIER

Member of the Commission

(2) OJ L 142, 14.5.1998, p. 1.