2006/594/EC: Commission Decision of 4 August 2006 fixing an indicative allocation by Member State of the commitment appropriations for the Convergence objective for the period 2007-2013 (notified under document number C(2006) 3474)
Date: 2006-08-04
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: European integration, Structural Funds, commitment of expenditure, economic convergence, eligible region

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COMMISSION DECISION

of 4 August 2006

fixing an indicative allocation by Member State of

the commitment appropriations for the

Convergence objective for the period 2007-2013

(notified under document number C(2006) 3474)

(2006/594/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 in particular Article 18(2) thereof,

Whereas:

(1)

(2)

(3)

(4)

Pursuant to point (a) of Article 3(2) 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 point (a) Article 4(1) of Regulation (EC) No
1083/2006 the European Regional Development Fund,
the European Social Fund and the Cohesion Fund (here-
inafter
the Funds) contribute towards achieving the
objectives referred to in point (a) of Article 3(2) of that
Regulation.

Pursuant to the third subparagraph of Article 18(1) of
Regulation (EC) No 1083/2006 the breakdown of the
resources available for commitment
from the Funds
shall be such to achieve a significant concentration on
the regions of the Convergence objective.

Pursuant to Article 19 of Regulation (EC) No 1083/2006
81,54 % of the resources available for commitment from
the Funds for the period 2007 to 2013 are to be
allocated
including
to the Convergence objective,
4,99 % for the transitional and specific support referred
to in Article 8(1), 23,22 % for the financing referred to in
Article 5(2) and 1,29 % for the transitional and specific
support referred to in Article 8(3) of that Regulation.

1083/2006, this should be done in accordance with the
criteria and methodology set out in Annex II of Regu-
lation (EC) No 1083/2006.

The first and the second points of Annex II of Regulation
(EC) No 1083/2006 establish the method for allocating
available resources, respectively, to the regions eligible for
support
from the Convergence objective and to the
Member States eligible for support from the Cohesion
Fund.

Points 6(a) and 6(c) of Annex II of Regulation (EC) No
1083/2006 establish the method for determining the
allocations under the transitional supports referred to
respectively under points 1 and 3 of Article 8 of that
Regulation.

Point 7 of Annex II of Regulation (EC) No 1083/2006
determines the maximum level of
from the
Funds to each individual Member State.

transfer

Points 12 to 31 of Annex II of Regulation (EC) No
1083/2006 fix the
amounts pertaining to certain
specific cases for the period 2007 to 2013.

(6)

(7)

(8)

(9)

(10)

Pursuant to Article 24 of Regulation (EC) No 1083/2006
0,25 % of the resources available for commitment from
the Funds for the period 2007 to 2013 shall be devoted
to finance technical assistance at the initiative of the
Commission; the indicative allocation by Member States
should therefore be exclusive of
the amount corre-
sponding to technical assistance,

HAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION:

Article 1

(5)

It is necessary to make indicative breakdowns by Member
States of the resources to be allocated to the Convergence
objective. Pursuant to Article 18(2) of Regulation (EC) No

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

The indicative amounts by Member State of the commitment
appropriations for the regions eligible for funding from the
Structural Funds under the Convergence objective as referred
to in Article 5(1) of Regulation (EC) No 1083/2006,
including the additional amounts fixed in Annex II of that
Regulation, shall be as set out in Table 1 of Annex I.

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The annual breakdown by Member State by year of
commitment
paragraph shall be as set out in Table 2 of Annex I.

the
referred to in the previous

appropriations

Article 2

The indicative amounts by Member State of the commitment
appropriations for the transitional and specific support from the
Structural Funds under the Convergence objective as referred to
in Article 8(1) of Regulation (EC) No 1083/2006, including the
additional amounts fixed in Annex II of that Regulation, shall be
as set out in Table 1 of Annex II.

The annual breakdown by Member State by year of
commitment
paragraph shall be as set out in Table 2 of Annex II.

the
referred to in the previous

appropriations

Article 4

The indicative amounts by Member State of the commitment
appropriations for the Member States eligible for support, on a
specific and transitional basis, from the Cohesion Fund under
the Convergence objective as referred to in Article 8(3) of
Regulation (EC) No 1083/2006, shall be as set out in Table 1
of Annex IV.

The annual breakdown by Member State by year of
commitment
paragraph shall be as set out in Table 2 of Annex IV.

the
referred to in the previous

appropriations

Article 5

Article 3

This Decision is addressed to the Member States.

The indicative amounts by Member State of the commitment
appropriations for the Member States eligible for support from
the Cohesion Fund under the Convergence objective, as referred
to in Article 5(2) of Regulation (EC) No 1083/2006, shall be as
set out in Table 1 of Annex III.

Done at Brussels, 4 August 2006.

The annual breakdown by Member State by year of
commitment
paragraph shall be as set out in Table 2 of Annex III.

the
referred to in the previous

appropriations

For the Commission

Danuta HÜBNER
Member of the Commission

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Official Journal of the European Union

L 243/41

ANNEX II

Indicative allocation by Member State of the commitment appropriations for the regions eligible for funding
from the Structural Funds on a specific and transitional basis under the Convergence objective for the period
from 1 January 2007 to 31 December 2013

TABLE 1 — Amount of appropriations (2004 prices)

(EUR)

Member State

Regions eligible under the
transitional regime of the
Convergence objective

Additional funding referred to in Annex II to Council Regulation (EC)
No 1083/2006 under point:

§ 26

§ 27

§ 28

§ 30

België/Belgique

577 162 814

Deutschland

3 703 187 217

57 855 000

Ellada

España

Italia

Österreich

Portugal

5 764 732 161

1 281 194 398

99 750 000

49 874 998

276 189 653

158 159 247

253 475 814

110 722 500

United Kingdom

157 668 280

Total

12 171 769 584

99 750 000

49 874 998

110 722 500

57 855 000

(EUR)

Member State

TABLE 2 — Yearly breakdown of appropriations (2004 prices)

2007

2008

2009

2010

2011

2012

2013

België/Belgique

140 860 108

121 390 683

101 921 256

82 451 831

62 982 404

43 512 979

24 043 553

Deutschland

653 249 463

614 596 891

575 944 319

537 291 745

498 639 173

459 986 599

421 334 027

Ellada

España

Italia

Österreich

Portugal

1 013 524 846

950 194 286

886 863 726

823 533 166

760 202 605

696 872 046

633 541 486

344 327 561

297 685 964

251 044 367

204 402 770

157 761 175

111 119 578

64 477 981

85 272 320

75 272 602

65 272 883

55 273 165

45 273 446

35 273 728

25 274 009

27 808 219

26 070 205

24 332 192

22 594 178

20 856 165

19 118 151

17 380 137

64 441 805

55 031 480

45 621 155

36 210 831

26 800 506

17 390 181

7 979 856

United Kingdom

40 228 788

34 327 205

28 425 623

22 524 040

16 622 457

10 720 875

4 819 292

Total

2 369 713 110

2 174 569 316

1 979 425 521

1 784 281 726

1 589 137 931

1 393 994 137

1 198 850 341

L 243/42

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Official Journal of the European Union

6.9.2006

ANNEX III

Indicative allocation by Member State of the commitment appropriations for the Member States eligible for
funding from the Cohesion Fund under the Convergence objective for the period from 1 January 2007 to
31 December 2013

Member State

TABLE 1 — Amount of appropriations (2004 prices)

(EUR)

Additional funding referred to in Annex II
to Council Regulation (EC) No 1083/2006
under point 24

Česká republika
Eesti

Ellada

Kypros

Latvija

Lietuva

Magyarorszag

Malta

Polska

Portugal

Slovenija

Slovensko

16 157 785

27 759 767

41 177 899

7 809 984 551

1 000 465 639

3 280 399 675

193 005 267

1 331 962 318

1 987 693 262

7 570 173 505

251 648 410

19 512 850 811

2 715 031 963

1 235 595 457

3 424 078 134

Total

50 312 888 992

85 095 451

(EUR)

Member State

Česká republika

Eesti

Ellada

Kypros

Latvija

Lietuva

TABLE 2 — Yearly breakdown of appropriations (2004 prices)

2007

2008

2009

2010

2011

2012

2013

1 032 973 476

1 061 839 898

1 089 394 960

1 117 666 453

1 144 441 732

1 169 574 794

1 194 093 238

118 267 391

126 243 551

134 770 066

143 884 910

153 769 893

164 346 824

175 340 789

468 628 525

468 628 525

468 628 525

468 628 525

468 628 525

468 628 525

468 628 525

52 598 692

42 866 160

33 133 627

23 401 096

13 668 564

13 668 564

13 668 564

159 639 206

170 660 138

182 297 312

194 037 557

205 794 168

217 675 551

229 618 153

180 857 472

230 966 558

277 869 373

303 013 907

320 491 883

348 611 677

367 060 291

Magyarorszag

328 094 604

687 358 082

1 080 433 910

1 308 130 864

1 343 212 938

1 388 664 318

1 434 278 789

Malta

Polska

Portugal

Slovenija

24 809 997

32 469 219

37 971 049

45 716 955

45 716 955

37 971 049

26 993 186

1 883 652 471

2 208 285 009

2 532 817 229

2 755 750 999

3 075 155 487

3 377 773 568

3 679 416 048

387 861 709

387 861 709

387 861 709

387 861 709

387 861 709

387 861 709

387 861 709

86 225 407

115 705 905

145 555 750

175 774 942

206 363 481

237 321 369

268 648 603

Slovensko

197 125 902

317 519 267

452 740 053

630 951 164

664 262 430

668 505 352

492 973 966

Total

4 920 734 852

5 850 404 021

6 823 473 563

7 554 819 081

8 029 367 765

8 480 603 300

8 738 581 861

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Official Journal of the European Union

L 243/43

ANNEX IV

Indicative allocation by Member State of the commitment appropriations for the Member States eligible for
funding from the Cohesion Fund on a specific and transitional bases under the Convergence objective for the
period from 1 January 2007 to 31 December 2013

Member State

TABLE 1 — Amount of appropriations (2004 prices)

España

Total

3 241 875 000

3 241 875 000

(EUR)

(EUR)

Member State

2007

2008

2009

2010

2011

2012

2013

TABLE 2 — Yearly breakdown of appropriations (2004 prices)

España

1 197 000 000

847 875 000

498 750 000

249 375 000

199 500 000

149 625 000

99 750 000

Total

1 197 000 000

847 875 000

498 750 000

249 375 000

199 500 000

149 625 000

99 750 000