2006/597/EC: Commission Decision of 4 August 2006 drawing up the list of regions eligible for funding from the Structural Funds on a transitional and specific basis under the Regional competitiveness and employment objective for the period 2007-2013 (notified under document number C(2006) 3480)
Date: 2006-08-04
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: EU financing arrangements, Structural Funds, eligible region

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Official Journal of the European Union

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COMMISSION DECISION

of 4 August 2006

drawing up the list of regions eligible for funding from the Structural Funds on a transitional and
specific basis under the Regional competitiveness and employment objective for the period
2007-2013

(notified under document number C(2006) 3480)

(2006/597/EC)

THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,

(3)

Having regard to the Treaty
Community,

establishing the European

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

for

Whereas:

Pursuant to the second subparagraph of Article 8(2) of
Regulation (EC) No 1083/2006, Cyprus shall also benefit
in 2007-2013 from the transitional financing applicable
to the regions referred to in the first subparagraph of the
same Article.

(4)

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

HAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION:

Article 1

(1)

(2)

Pursuant to point (b) of Article 3(2) of Regulation (EC)
No 1083/2006 the Regional
and
employment objective aims at strengthening the compe-
titiveness and attractiveness of regions.

competitiveness

The regions eligible for funding from the Structural Funds under
the Regional competitiveness and employment objective on a
transitional and specific basis, as referred to in Article 8(2) of
Regulation (EC) No 1083/2006, shall be those listed in the
Annex to this Decision.

to the first subparagraph of Article 8(2) of
Pursuant
Regulation (EC) No 1083/2006 the NUTS level
II
regions totally covered by Objective 1 in 2006 under
Article 3 of Council Regulation (EC) No 1260/1999 of
21 June 1999 laying down general provisions on the
Structural Funds (2) whose nominal per capita gross
domestic product (GDP) level, measured and calculated
according to Article 5(1) of Regulation (EC) No
1083/2006, will exceed 75 % of the average GDP of
the EU 15 shall be eligible, on a transitional and
specific basis,
financing by the Structural Funds
under the Regional competitiveness and employment
objective.

for

Article 2

This Decision is addressed to the Member States.

Done at Brussels, 4 August 2006.

For the Commission

Danuta HÜBNER
Member of the Commission

(1) OJ L 210, 31.7.2006, p. 25.
(2) OJ L 161, 26.6.1999, p. 1. Regulation as last amended by Regu-

lation (EC) No 1198/2006 (OJ L 223, 15.8.2006, p. 1).

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ANNEX

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

GR24

Sterea Ellada

GR42

Notio Aigaio

ES41

ES52

ES70

Castilla y León

Comunidad Valenciana

Canarias

IE01

Border, Midland and Western

ITG2

Sardegna

CY00

Kypros/Kıbrıs

HU10

Közép-Magyarország

PT30

Região Autónoma da Madeira

FI13

Itä-Suomi

UKD5

Merseyside

UKE3

South Yorkshire