2006/596/EC: Commission Decision of 4 August 2006 drawing up the list of Member States eligible for funding from the Cohesion Fund for the period 2007-2013 (notified under document number C(2006) 3479)
Date: 2006-08-04
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: Cohesion Fund, aid recipient, distribution of EU funding, economic and social cohesion, eligibility criteria

6.9.2006

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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 Member States eligible for funding from the Cohesion Fund for the period
2007-2013

(notified under document number C(2006) 3479)

(2006/596/EC)

THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,

Having regard to the Treaty
Community,

establishing the European

Having regard to 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
the Cohesion Fund and repealing Regulation (EC) No
1260/1999 (1),
and 8(4)
thereof,

and in particular Articles 5(3)

Whereas:

(1)

(2)

(3)

Pursuant
to Article 1(1) of Regulation (EC) No
1083/2006 establishing a Cohesion Fund the Cohesion
Fund contributes to strengthening the economic and
social cohesion of the Community in the interests of
promoting sustainable development.

to Article 5(2) of Regulation (EC) No
Pursuant
funding
1083/2006 the Member States eligible for
from the Cohesion Fund shall be those whose per
capita
(GNI), measured in
income
purchasing power parities and calculated on the basis
of Community figures for the period 2001-2003,
is
less than 90 % of the average GNI of the EU-25.

gross national

to Article 8(3) of Regulation (EC) No
Pursuant
1083/2006 the Member States eligible for
funding
from the Cohesion Fund in 2006 and which would
eligibility
have
threshold remained at 90 % of average GNI of
the
EU-15, but which lose eligibility because their nominal
per capita GNI will exceed 90 % of average GNI of the

continued to be

eligible had the

EU-25 average measured and calculated according to
Article 5(2) of that Regulation, are also eligible, on a
transitional and specific basis,
financing by the
Cohesion Fund.

for

(4)

It is necessary to establish the lists of eligible Member
States accordingly,

HAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION:

Article 1

The Member States eligible for funding from Cohesion Fund on
1 January 2007 shall be those listed in Annex I.

Article 2

The Member States eligible for funding from Cohesion Fund on
a transitional and specific basis, as referred to in Article 8(3) 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

(1) OJ L 210, 31.7.2006, p. 25.

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ANNEX I

List of Member States eligible for funding from the Cohesion Fund on 1 January 2007

Czech Republic

Estonia

Greece

Cyprus

Latvia

Lithuania

Hungary

Malta

Poland

Portugal

Slovenia

Slovakia

List of Member States eligible for funding from the Cohesion Fund on a transitional and specific basis for the
period from 1 January 2007 to 31 December 2013

ANNEX II

Spain