2003/679/EC: Commission Decision of 26 September 2003 amending the list of areas in France eligible for Objective 2 of the Structural Funds in the period 2000 to 2006 (notified under document number C(2003) 3357)
Date: 2003-09-26
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: France, Structural Funds, aid system, development aid, eligible region, less-favoured region

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COMMISSION DECISION

of 26 September 2003

amending the list of areas in France eligible for Objective 2 of the Structural Funds in the period
2000 to 2006

(notified under document number C(2003) 3357)

(Only the French text is authentic)

(2003/679/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), as last amended by Regulation (EC) No 1105/
2003 (2), and in particular the second subparagraph of Article
4(11) 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)

A list of areas eligible for Objective 2 was established for
the programming period 2000 to 2006 by Commission
Decision 2000/339/EC (3), as amended by Decision
2001/202/EC (4).

The French authorities have informed the Commission
of a serious crisis arising from the explosion at the AZF
factory in Toulouse and of the need to create business
areas in order to give a boost to the affected area and
replace the jobs lost.

(3)

At the Commission's request, the French authorities have
confirmed that the amendments requested do not change
the eligible population in the region concerned,

HAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION:

Article 1

The list of areas in France eligible for Objective 2 in the period
2000 to 2006 as established by Commission Decision 2000/
339/EC is amended as shown in the Annex hereto.

There is no change in those municipalities not listed in the
Annex.

This Decision is addressed to the French Republic.

Article 2

Done at Brussels, 26 September 2003.

For the Commission

Michel BARNIER

Member of the Commission

(1) OJ L 161, 26.6.1999, p. 1.
(2) OJ L 158, 27.6.2003, p. 3.
(3) OJ L 123, 24.5.2000, p. 1.
(4) OJ L 78, 16.3.2001, p. 42.

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Amendment of the list of areas eligible under objective 2 of the structural funds in Haute-Garonne (FR623),
France

ANNEX

Period 2004 to 2006

Eligible areas

NUTS level III
region

The whole NUTS
level III region
except

Only the following areas are eligible within the NUTS level
III region

(number of inhabitants)

Population living in the
eligible areas of the NUTS
level III region

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

Haute-Garonne

29 385

Municipalities:

Balma:

Colomiers:

only the following INSEE
1990 block:

31044PED6 (*)

only the following INSEE
1990 blocks:

31149D114 (*)

31149G302 (*)

31149G306 (*)

Cugnaux:

only the following INSEE
1990 blocks:

31157BC02 (*)

31157BC03 (*)

Labege:

only the following cadas-
tral parcels:

31254aa2 (*)

31254aa66 (*)

31254aa67 (*)

31254bl1 (*)

31254bl23 (*)

Portet sur Garonne:

only the following INSEE
1990 blocks:

31433AO02 (*)

31433AP02

31433AR04 (*)

Quint:

only the following cadas-
tral parcels:

31445za11 (*)

31445za12 (*)

31445za13 (*)

31445za14 (*)

31445za214 (*)

31445za23 (*)

31445za24 (*)

31445za64 (*)

31445za70 (*)

31445za99 (*)

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NUTS level III
region

The whole NUTS
level III region
except

Eligible areas

Only the following areas are eligible within the NUTS level
III region

Toulouse:

only the following INSEE
1990 blocks:

(number of inhabitants)

Population living in the
eligible areas of the NUTS
level III region

900XX01 (*)

900XX02 (*)

900XX12

900XX13

900XX14 (*)

900XX47 (*)

900XX48 (*)

900XX50 (*)

900XX51

900XX55 (*)

900XX56 (*)

900XX57 (*)

900XX59 (*)

900XX63 (*)

900XX64

912AD05 (*)

912AD07

912AE09 (*)

912AE18 (*)

912AE20 (*)

912AH01 (*)

912XX01 (*)

912XX02 (*)

912XX04

912XX05 (*)

912XX06 (*)

936AP01 (*)

936AP02

936AS01 (*)

936XX04 (*)

936XX18 (*)

937AM05

937AX01

937AX02

937AX03

937AX04

937AX05

937AX06

937AZ01

937AZ04 (*)

937AZ05 (*)

937AZ06

937AZ07

937AZ08

937AZ09

937AZ10

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NUTS level III
region

The whole NUTS
level III region
except

Only the following areas are eligible within the NUTS level
III region

Eligible areas

(number of inhabitants)

Population living in the
eligible areas of the NUTS
level III region

937BC06 (*)

937BC07 (*)

937BC08

937BM01

937XX06 (*)

937XX07 (*)

937XX08

937XX09

937XX12 (*)

937XX13

937XX14 (*)

937XX16 (*)

937XX18

938XX01 (*)

938XX03 (*)

939AE05 (*)

939AE06

939BN01

939XX01 (*)

939XX02 (*)

939XX03 (*)

939XX06 (*)

939XX07 (*)

940AB14 (*)

940AE05 (*)

940AT03 (*)

940AT05 (*)

940AT08 (*)

940AT09

940AV05 (*)

940BH01 (*)

940BO01

940BV01

940CB01

940XX02 (*)

940XX03

940XX05 (*)

940XX06 (*)

940XX07

940XX08 (*)

940XX09

940XX10 (*)

940XX11 (*)

940XX17

941J01 (*)

941XX01 (*)

941XX02 (*)

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NUTS level III
region

The whole NUTS
level III region
except

Only the following areas are eligible within the NUTS level
III region

Eligible areas

(number of inhabitants)

Population living in the
eligible areas of the NUTS
level III region

941XX04 (*)

942AH10 (*)

942BP01 (*)

942XX05 (*)

942XX10 (*)

942XX12 (*)

943 S03 (*)

943XX01 (*)

945AL02

945AN01 (*)

945XX08 (*)

945XX09 (*)

945XX10 (*)

946XX01 (*)

Villeneuve-Tolosane:

only the following cadas-
tral parcel:

31588az1 (*)

(*) Only those parts that are permanently uninhabited as shown on the area maps drawn up on the basis of cadastral documents. Those
area maps are available at the Prefecture of the Midi-Pyrénées region (Secrétariat général pour les affaires régionales) and at the Direc-
torate-General for Regional policy of the European Commission.