Corrigendum to Council Regulation (EC) No 1083/2006 of 11 July 2006 laying down general provisions on the European Regional Development Fund, the European Social Fund and the Cohesion Fund and repealing Regulation (EC) No 1260/1999 ( OJ L 210, 31.7.2006 )
Date: 2006-09-01
Institutions: Council of the European Union
Subjects: Cohesion Fund, European Regional Development Fund, European Social Fund, competitiveness, cross-border cooperation, economic and social cohesion, financial management, powers of the institutions (EU)

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CORRIGENDA

Corrigendum to Council Regulation (EC) No 1083/2006 of 11 july 2006 laying down general provisions on the
European Regional Development Fund, the European Social Fund and the Cohesion Fund and repealing regulation
(EC) No 1260/1999

(Official Journal of the European Union L 210 of 31 July 2006)

On page 76, Annex IV shall read as follows:

‘ANNEX IV

Categories of expenditure

(referred to in Article 9(3))

Objectives: Convergence and Regional competitiveness and employment

Objective: Convergence and regions referred to in Article 8(2) without prejudice to the decision taken in
accordance with last subparagraph of Article 5(3) of Regulation (EC) No 1080/2006.

Code

Priority themes

Research and technological development (R&TD), innovation and entrepreneurship

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R&TD activities in research centres

R&TD infrastructure (including physical plant, instrumentation and high-speed computer networks linking
research centres) and centres of competence in a specific technology

Technology transfer and improvement of cooperation networks between small and medium-sized
businesses (SMEs), between these and other businesses and universities, post-secondary education
establishments of all kinds, regional authorities, research centres and scientific and technological poles
(scientific and technological parks, technopoles, etc.)

Assistance to R&TD, particularly in SMEs (including access to R&TD services in research centres)

Advanced support services for firms and groups of firms

Assistance to SMEs for the promotion of environmentally-friendly products and production processes
(introduction of effective environment managing system, adoption and use of pollution prevention
technologies, integration of clean technologies into firm production)

Investment in firms directly linked to research and innovation (innovative technologies, establishment of
new firms by universities, existing R&TD centres and firms, etc.)

Other investment in firms

Other measures to stimulate research and innovation and entrepreneurship in SMEs

Telephone infrastructures (including broadband networks)

Information society

Information and communication technologies (access, security, interoperability, risk-prevention, research,
innovation, e-content, etc.)

Information and communication technologies (TEN-ICT)

Services and applications for the citizen (e-health, e-government, e-learning, e-inclusion, etc.)

Services and applications for SMEs (e-commerce, education and training, networking, etc.)

Other measures for improving access to and efficient use of ICT by SMEs

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Transport

Energy

Railways

Railways (TEN-T)

Motorways

Motorways (TEN-T)

Multimodal transport

Multimodal transport (TEN-T)

Intelligent transport systems

Airports

Ports

Inland waterways (TEN-T)

Electricity (TEN-E)

Natural gas (TEN-E)

Petroleum products (TEN-E)

Renewable energy: wind

Renewable energy: solar

Renewable energy: biomass

Renewable energy: hydroelectric, geothermal and other

Energy efficiency, co-generation, energy management

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Promotion of clean urban transport

Environmental protection and risk prevention

Increasing the adaptability of workers and firms, enterprises and entrepreneurs

Development of life-long learning systems and strategies in firms; training and services for employees to
step up their adaptability to change; promoting entrepreneurship and innovation

Design and dissemination of innovative and more productive ways of organising work

Development of specific services for employment, training and support in connection with restructuring of
sectors and firms, and development of systems for anticipating economic changes and future requirements
in terms of jobs and skills

Improving access to employment and sustainability

Modernisation and strengthening of labour market institutions

Implementing active and preventive measures on the labour market

Measures encouraging active ageing and prolonging working lives

Support for self-employment and business start-up

Measures to improve access to employment and increase sustainable participation and progress of women
in employment to reduce gender-based segregation in the labour market and to reconcile work and private
life, such as facilitating access to childcare and care for dependent persons

Specific action to increase participation of migrants in employment and thereby strengthen their social
integration

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Improving the social inclusion of less-favoured persons

Pathways to integration and re-entry into employment for disadvantaged people; combating discrimination
in accessing and progressing in the labour market and promoting acceptance of diversity at the workplace

Improving human capital

Design, introduction and implementation of reforms in education and training systems in order to develop
employability, improving the labour market relevance of initial and vocational education and training,
updating skills of training personnel with a view to innovation and a knowledge based economy.

Measures to increase participation in education and training throughout the life-cycle, including through
action to achieve a reduction in early school leaving, gender-based segregation of subjects and increased
access to and quality of initial vocational and tertiary education and training

Developing human potential in the field of research and innovation, in particular through post-graduate
studies and training of researchers, and networking activities between universities, research centres and
businesses’