2006/595/EC: Commission Decision of 4 August 2006 drawing up the list of regions eligible for funding from the Structural Funds under the Convergence objective for the period 2007-2013 (notified under document number C(2006) 3475)
Date: 2006-08-04
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: European integration, Structural Funds, economic convergence, eligibility criteria, eligible region, structural expenditure

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COMMISSION DECISION

of 4 August 2006

drawing up the list of regions eligible for funding from the Structural Funds under the Convergence
objective for the period 2007-2013

(notified under document number C(2006) 3475)

(2006/595/EC)

average GDP of the EU-15, but which lose eligibility
because their nominal per capita GDP level will exceed
75 % of the average GDP of the EU-25, measured and
calculated according to the same Article 5(1), are also
for
eligible, on a
financing by the Structural Funds under the Convergence
objective.

and specific basis,

transitional

(4)

It is necessary to establish the lists of eligible regions
accordingly,

HAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION:

Article 1

The regions eligible for funding from the Structural Funds under
the Convergence objective shall be those listed in Annex I.

Article 2

The regions eligible for funding from the Structural Funds under
the Convergence objective on a transitional and specific basis, as
referred to in Article 8(1) of Regulation (EC) No 1083/2006,
shall be those listed in Annex II.

Article 3

This Decision is addressed to the Member States.

Done at Brussels, 4 August 2006.

For the Commission

Danuta HÜBNER
Member of the Commission

THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,

Having regard to the Treaty
Community,

establishing the European

Having regard to the Council Regulation (EC) No 1083/2006 of
11 July 2006 laying down general provisions for the European
Regional Development Fund, the European Social Fund and
(EC)
the
No 1260/1999 (1), and in particular Article 5(3) and 8(4)
thereof,

Regulation

Cohesion

repealing

Fund

and

Whereas:

(1)

(2)

(3)

Pursuant
to Article 3(2)(a) of Regulation (EC) No
1083/2006 the Convergence objective aims at speeding
up the Convergence of the least developed Member States
and regions.

Pursuant
to Article 5(1) of Regulation (EC) No
1083/2006 the regions eligible for funding from the
Structural Funds under the Convergence objective shall
be regions corresponding to level 2 of the Nomenclature
of Territorial Statistical Units (hereinafter NUTS level 2)
within the meaning of Regulation (EC) No 1059/2003 of
the European Parliament and of the Council (2) whose
per capita gross domestic product (GDP), measured in
purchasing power parities and calculated on the basis
of Community figures for the period 2000-2002,
is
less than 75 % of the average GDP of the EU-25 for
the same reference period.

Pursuant
1083/2006 specifies that
which would have been eligible
objective status under Article 5(1) of
had the

to Article 8(1) of Regulation (EC) No
the NUTS level 2 regions
for Convergence
that Regulation
eligibility threshold remained at 75 % of

(1) OJ L 210, 31.7.2006, p. 25.
(2) OJ L 154, 21.6.2003, p. 1.

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List of NUTS 2 regions eligible for funding from the Structural Funds under the Convergence objective for the
period from 1 January 2007 to 31 December 2013

ANNEX I

CZ02

CZ03

CZ04
CZ05

CZ06

CZ07
CZ08

DE41
DE80

DED1

DED2
DEE1

DEE3

DEG0

Střední Čechy
Jihozápad

Severozápad
Severovýchod

Jihovýchod
Střední Morava
Moravskoslezsko

Brandenburg — Nordost
Mecklenburg-Vorpommern

Chemnitz

Dresden
Dessau

Magdeburg

Thüringen

EE00

Eesti

GR11

GR14

GR21
GR22

GR23

GR25
GR41

GR43

ES11

ES42

ES43
ES61

FR91
FR92

FR93

FR94

ITF3

ITF4

ITF6
ITG1

Anatoliki Makedonia, Thraki

Thessalia

Ipeiros
Ionia Nisia

Dytiki Ellada

Peloponnisos
Voreio Aigaio

Kriti

Galicia

Castilla-La Mancha

Extremadura
Andalucía

Guadeloupe
Martinique

Guyane

Réunion

Campania

Puglia

Calabria
Sicilia

LV00

Latvija

LT00

Lietuva

HU21
HU22

HU23

HU31
HU32

HU33

Közép-Dunántúl
Nyugat-Dunántúl

Dél-Dunántúl

Észak-Magyarország
Észak-Alföld

Dél-Alföld

MT00

Malta

PL11
PL12

PL21

PL22
PL31

PL32

PL33
PL34

PL41

PL42
PL43

PL51

PL52
PL61

PL62

PL63

PT11

PT16
PT18

PT20

Łódzkie
Mazowieckie
Małopolskie
Śląskie
Lubelskie

Podkarpackie
Świętokrzyskie
Podlaskie

Wielkopolskie

Zachodniopomorskie
Lubuskie
Dolnośląskie
Opolskie
Kujawsko-Pomorskie
Warmińsko-Mazurskie
Pomorskie

Norte

Centro (PT)
Alentejo

Região Autónoma dos Açores

SI00

Slovenija

SK02

SK03
SK04

UKK3
UKL1

Západné Slovensko

Stredné Slovensko
Východné Slovensko

Cornwall and Isles of Scilly
West Wales and The Valleys

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List of NUTS 2 regions eligible for funding from the Structural Funds on a transitional and specific basis under
the Convergence objective for the period from 1 January 2007 to 31 December 2013

ANNEX II

BE32

Province of Hainaut

DE42
DE93
DED3
DEE2

GR12
GR13
GR30

ES12
ES62
ES63
ES64

Brandenburg — Südwest
Lüneburg
Leipzig
Halle

Kentriki Makedonia
Dytiki Makedonia
Attiki

Principado de Asturias
Región de Murcia
Ciudad Autónoma de Ceuta
Ciudad Autónoma de Melilla

ITF5

Basilicata

AT11

Burgenland

PT15

Algarve

UKM4

Highlands and Islands