2014/99/EU: Commission Implementing Decision of 18 February 2014 setting out the list of regions eligible for funding from the European Regional Development Fund and the European Social Fund and of Member States eligible for funding from the Cohesion Fund for the period 2014-2020 (notified under document C(2014) 974)
Date: 2014-02-18
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: Cohesion Fund, EU Member State, European Regional Development Fund, European Social Fund, distribution of EU funding, economic region, eligible region, regional aid, regional disparity








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20.2.2014   


EN


Official Journal of the European Union


L 50/22








            COMMISSION IMPLEMENTING DECISION
         
of 18 February 2014
         
setting out the list of regions eligible for funding from the European Regional Development Fund and the European Social Fund and of Member States eligible for funding from the Cohesion Fund for the period 2014-2020
(notified under document C(2014) 974)
(2014/99/EU)


THE EUROPEAN COMMISSION,

Having regard to the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union,


Having regard to Regulation (EU) No 1303/2013 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 17 December 2013 laying down common provisions on the European Regional Development Fund, the European Social Fund, the Cohesion Fund, the European Agricultural Fund for Rural Development and the European Maritime and Fisheries Fund, laying down general provisions on the European Regional Development Fund, the European Social Fund, the Cohesion Fund and the European Maritime and Fisheries Fund, and repealing Regulation (EC) No 1083/2006 (1), and in particular Article 90(4) thereof,

Whereas:







(1)


The European Regional Development Fund and the European Social Fund support the ‘Investment for growth and jobs’ goal in all regions corresponding to level 2 of the common classification of territorial units for statistics (hereinafter referred to as ‘NUTS level 2’), which was established by Regulation (EC) No 1059/2003 of the European Parliament and of the Council (2) as amended by Commission Regulation (EC) No 105/2007 (3).












(2)


Pursuant to Article 90(4) of Regulation (EU) No 1303/2013 it is necessary that the Commission sets up a list of regions fulfilling the respective criteria of each of the three categories of regions (less developed regions, transition regions and more developed regions) at NUTS level 2.












(3)


Pursuant to Article 90(4) of Regulation (EU) No 1303/2013 it is also necessary that the Commission sets up the list of Member States that are eligible for funding from the Cohesion Fund and a list of Member States that shall receive support from the Cohesion Fund on a transitional and specific basis.












(4)


According to point 32 of the Conclusions on the multiannual financial framework 2014-20 adopted by the European Council of 7/8 February 2013, at the request of a Member State, NUTS level 2 regions which have been merged by Commission Regulation (EU) No 31/2011 (4), and where the application of the modified NUTS classification results in changes in the eligibility category status of one or more of the regions concerned, shall be part of the category determined at the level of the modified NUTS region. Consequently this Decision should be coherent with these Conclusions.












(5)


For reasons of transparency, the codes and names of the NUTS level 2 regions applicable from 1 January 2012 in accordance with Regulation (EU) No 31/2011 should also be included into the annexes to this Decision.












(6)


The list of eligible regions and Member States should therefore be set up accordingly,





HAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION:



Article 1
The regions under the less-developed category eligible for funding from the European Regional Development Fund (ERDF) and European Social Fund (ESF) are listed in Annex I.


Article 2
The regions under the transition category eligible for funding from the ERDF and the ESF are listed in Annex II.


Article 3
The regions under the more-developed category eligible for funding from the ERDF and the ESF are listed in Annex III.


Article 4
The Member States eligible for funding from the Cohesion Fund are listed in Annex IV.


Article 5
The Member States eligible for funding from the Cohesion Fund on a transitional and specific basis are listed in Annex V.


Article 6
This Decision is addressed to the Member States.




Done at Brussels, 18 February 2014.


For the Commission

Johannes HAHN
            

Member of the Commission






(1)  
            OJ L 347, 20.12.2013, p. 320.

(2)  Regulation (EC) No 1059/2003 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 26 May 2003 on the establishment of a common classification of territorial units for statistics (NUTS) (OJ L 154, 21.6.2003, p. 1).

(3)  Commission Regulation (EC) No 105/2007 of 1 February 2007, amending the annexes to Regulation (EC) No 1059/2003 of the European Parliament and of the Council, on the establishment of a common classification of territorial units for statistics (NUTS) (OJ L 39, 10.2.2007, p. 1).

(4)  Commission Regulation (EU) No 31/2011 of 17 January 2011 amending annexes to Regulation (EC) No 1059/2003 of the European Parliament and of the Council on the establishment of a common classification of territorial units for statistics (NUTS) (OJ L 13, 18.1.2011, p. 3).




ANNEX I

List of less developed regions pursuant to Article 1








 


 


NUTS 2010 (1)





BG31


Северозападен (Severozapaden)


 




BG32


Северен централен (Severen tsentralen)


 




BG33


Североизточен (Severoiztochen)


 




BG34


Югоизточен (Yugoiztochen)


 




BG41


Югозападен (Yugozapaden)


 




BG42


Южен централен (Yuzhen tsentralen)


 




CZ02


Střední Čechy


 




CZ03


Jihozápad


 




CZ04


Severozápad


 




CZ05


Severovýchod


 




CZ06


Jihovýchod


 




CZ07


Střední Morava


 




CZ08


Moravskoslezsko


 




EE00


Eesti


 




GR11


Ανατολική Μακεδονία, Θράκη (Anatoliki Makedonia, Thraki)


(new code EL11)




GR12


Κεντρική Μακεδονία (Kentriki Makedonia)


(new code EL12)




GR14


Θεσσαλία (Thessalia)


(new code EL14)




GR21


Ήπειρος (Ipeiros)


(new code EL21)




GR23


Δυτική Ελλάδα (Dytiki Ellada)


(new code EL23)




ES43


Extremadura


 




FR91


Guadeloupe


 




FR92


Martinique


 




FR93


Guyane


 




FR94


Réunion


 




FR–


Mayotte


 




HR03


Jadranska Hrvatska


 




HR04


Kontinentalna Hrvatska


 




ITF3


Campania


 




ITF4


Puglia


 




ITF5


Basilicata


 




ITF6


Calabria


 




ITG1


Sicilia


 




LV00


Latvija


 




LT00


Lietuva


 




HU21


Közép-Dunántúl


 




HU22


Nyugat-Dunántúl


 




HU23


Dél-Dunántúl


 




HU31


Észak-Magyarország


 




HU32


Észak-Alföld


 




HU33


Dél-Alföld


 




PL11


Łódzkie


 




PL21


Małopolskie


 




PL22


Śląskie


 




PL31


Lubelskie


 




PL32


Podkarpackie


 




PL33


Świętokrzyskie


 




PL34


Podlaskie


 




PL41


Wielkopolskie


 




PL42


Zachodniopomorskie


 




PL43


Lubuskie


 




PL51


Dolnośląskie


 




PL52


Opolskie


 




PL61


Kujawsko-Pomorskie


 




PL62


Warmińsko-Mazurskie


 




PL63


Pomorskie


 




PT11


Norte


 




PT16


Centro (P)


(new name Centro (PT))




PT18


Alentejo


 




PT20


Região Autónoma dos Açores


 




RO11


Nord-Vest


 




RO12


Centru


 




RO21


Nord-Est


 




RO22


Sud-Est


 




RO31


Sud — Muntenia


 




RO41


Sud-Vest Oltenia


 




RO42


Vest


 




SI01


Vzhodna Slovenija


 




SK02


Západné Slovensko


 




SK03


Stredné Slovensko


 




SK04


Východné Slovensko


 




UKK3


Cornwall and Isles of Scilly


 




UKL1


West Wales and The Valleys


 






(1)  Changes to the codes and names introduced by Regulation (EU) No 31/2011, applicable as of 1 January 2012.





ANNEX II

List of transition regions pursuant to Article 2








 


 


NUTS 2010




BE32


Prov. Hainaut


 




BE33


Prov. Liège


 




BE34


Prov. Luxembourg (B)


(new name Prov. Luxembourg (BE))




BE35


Prov. Namur


 




DK02


Sjælland


 




DE41


Brandenburg — Nordost


(merged into DE40 Brandenburg)




DE42


Brandenburg — Südwest


(merged into DE40 Brandenburg)




DE80


Mecklenburg-Vorpommern


 




DE93


Lüneburg


 




DED1


Chemnitz


(DED1 is part of DED4Chemnitz)




DED2


Dresden


 




DEE0


Sachsen-Anhalt


 




DEG0


Thüringen


 




GR13


Δυτική Μακεδονία (Dytiki Makedonia)


(new code EL13)




GR22


Ιόνια Νησιά (Ionia Nisia)


(new code EL22)




GR24


Στερεά Ελλάδα (Sterea Ellada)


(new code EL24)




GR25


Πελοπόννησος (Peloponnisos)


(new code EL25)




GR41


Βόρειο Αιγαίο (Voreio Aigaio)


(new code EL41)




GR43


Κρήτη (Kriti)


(new code EL43)




ES42


Castilla-La Mancha


 




ES61


Andalucía


 




ES62


Región de Murcia


 




ES64


Ciudad Autónoma de Melilla


 




ES70


Canarias


 




FR22


Picardie


 




FR25


Basse-Normandie


 




FR30


Nord — Pas-de-Calais


 




FR41


Lorraine


 




FR43


Franche-Comté


 




FR53


Poitou-Charentes


 




FR63


Limousin


 




FR72


Auvergne


 




FR81


Languedoc-Roussillon


 




FR83


Corse


 




ITF1


Abruzzo


 




ITF2


Molise


 




ITG2


Sardegna


 




MT00


Malta


 




AT11


Burgenland (A)


(new name Burgenland (AT))




PT15


Algarve


 




UKC1


Tees Valley and Durham


 




UKD1


Cumbria


 




UKD4


Lancashire


 




UKD5


Merseyside


 




UKE1


East Yorkshire and Northern Lincolnshire


 




UKE3


South Yorkshire


 




UKF3


Lincolnshire


 




UKG2


Shropshire and Staffordshire


 




UKK4


Devon


 




UKM6


Highlands and Islands


 




UKN0


Northern Ireland


 









ANNEX III

List of more developed regions pursuant to Article 3








 


 


NUTS 2010




BE10


Région de Bruxelles-Capitale/Brussels Hoofdstedelijk Gewest


 




BE21


Prov. Antwerpen


 




BE22


Prov. Limburg (B)


(new name Prov. Limburg (BE))




BE23


Prov. Oost-Vlaanderen


 




BE24


Prov. Vlaams-Brabant


 




BE25


Prov. West-Vlaanderen


 




BE31


Prov. Brabant Wallon


 




CZ01


Praha


 




DK01


Hovedstaden


 




DK03


Syddanmark


 




DK04


Midtjylland


 




DK05


Nordjylland


 




DE11


Stuttgart


 




DE12


Karlsruhe


 




DE13


Freiburg


 




DE14


Tübingen


 




DE21


Oberbayern


 




DE22


Niederbayern


 




DE23


Oberpfalz


 




DE24


Oberfranken


 




DE25


Mittelfranken


 




DE26


Unterfranken


 




DE27


Schwaben


 




DE30


Berlin


 




DE50


Bremen


 




DE60


Hamburg


 




DE71


Darmstadt


 




DE72


Gießen


 




DE73


Kassel


 




DE91


Braunschweig


 




DE92


Hannover


 




DE94


Weser-Ems


 




DEA1


Düsseldorf


 




DEA2


Köln


 




DEA3


Münster


 




DEA4


Detmold


 




DEA5


Arnsberg


 




DEB1


Koblenz


 




DEB2


Trier


 




DEB3


Rheinhessen-Pfalz


 




DEC0


Saarland


 




DED3


Leipzig


(DED3 contains DED5 Leipzig and part of DED4 Chemnitz)




DEF0


Schleswig-Holstein


 




IE01


Border, Midland and Western


 




IE02


Southern and Eastern


 




GR30


Αττική (Attiki)


(new code EL30)




GR42


Νότιο Αιγαίο (Notio Aigaio)


(new code EL42)




ES11


Galicia


 




ES12


Principado de Asturias


 




ES13


Cantabria


 




ES21


País Vasco


 




ES22


Comunidad Foral de Navarra


 




ES23


La Rioja


 




ES24


Aragón


 




ES30


Comunidad de Madrid


 




ES41


Castilla y León


 




ES51


Cataluña


 




ES52


Comunidad Valenciana


 




ES53


Illes Balears


 




ES63


Ciudad Autónoma de Ceuta


 




FR10


Île de France


 




FR21


Champagne-Ardenne


 




FR23


Haute-Normandie


 




FR24


Centre


 




FR26


Bourgogne


 




FR42


Alsace


 




FR51


Pays de la Loire


 




FR52


Bretagne


 




FR61


Aquitaine


 




FR62


Midi-Pyrénées


 




FR71


Rhône-Alpes


 




FR82


Provence-Alpes-Côte d’Azur


 




ITC1


Piemonte


 




ITC2


Valle d’Aosta/Vallée d’Aoste


 




ITC3


Liguria


 




ITC4


Lombardia


 




ITD1


Provincia Autonoma Bolzano/Bozen


(new code and name ITH1 Provincia Autonoma di Bolzano/Bozen)




ITD2


Provincia Autonoma Trento


(new code and name ITH2 Provincia Autonoma di Trento)




ITD3


Veneto


(new code ITH3)




ITD4


Friuli-Venezia Giulia


(new code ITH4)




ITD5


Emilia-Romagna


 




ITE1


Toscana


(new code ITI1)




ITE2


Umbria


(new code ITI2)




ITE3


Marche


 




ITE4


Lazio


(new code ITI4)




CY00


Κύπρος/Kıbrıs (Kýpros/Kıbrıs)


(new name Κύπρος (Kýpros))




LU00


Luxembourg (Grand-Duché)


(new name Luxembourg)




HU10


Közép-Magyarország


 




NL11


Groningen


 




NL12


Friesland (NL)


 




NL13


Drenthe


 




NL21


Overijssel


 




NL22


Gelderland


 




NL23


Flevoland


 




NL31


Utrecht


 




NL32


Noord-Holland


 




NL33


Zuid-Holland


 




NL34


Zeeland


 




NL41


Noord-Brabant


 




NL42


Limburg (NL)


 




AT12


Niederösterreich


 




AT13


Wien


 




AT21


Kärnten


 




AT22


Steiermark


 




AT31


Oberösterreich


 




AT32


Salzburg


 




AT33


Tirol


 




AT34


Vorarlberg


 




PL12


Mazowieckie


 




PT17


Lisboa


 




PT30


Região Autónoma da Madeira


 




RO32


București — Ilfov


 




SI02


Zahodna Slovenija


 




SK01


Bratislavský kraj


 




FI13


Itä-Suomi


(merged into FI1D Pohjois- ja Itä-Suomi)




FI1A


Pohjois-Suomi


(merged into FI1D Pohjois- ja Itä-Suomi)




FI18


Etelä-Suomi


(split in FI1B Helsinki-Uusimaa and FI1C Etelä-Suomi)




FI19


Länsi-Suomi


 




FI20


Åland


 




SE11


Stockholm


 




SE12


Östra Mellansverige


 




SE21


Småland med öarna


 




SE22


Sydsverige


 




SE23


Västsverige


 




SE31


Norra Mellansverige


 




SE32


Mellersta Norrland


 




SE33


Övre Norrland


 




UKC2


Northumberland and Tyne and Wear


 




UKD2


Cheshire


 




UKD3


Greater Manchester


 




UKE2


North Yorkshire


 




UKE4


West Yorkshire


 




UKF1


Derbyshire and Nottinghamshire


 




UKF2


Leicestershire, Rutland and Northamptonshire


 




UKG1


Herefordshire, Worcestershire and Warwickshire


 




UKG3


West Midlands


 




UKH1


East Anglia


 




UKH2


Bedfordshire and Hertfordshire


 




UKH3


Essex


 




UKI1


Inner London


 




UKI2


Outer London


 




UKJ1


Berkshire, Buckinghamshire and Oxfordshire


 




UKJ2


Surrey, East and West Sussex


 




UKJ3


Hampshire and Isle of Wight


 




UKJ4


Kent


 




UKK1


Gloucestershire, Wiltshire and Bristol/Bath area


 




UKK2


Dorset and Somerset


 




UKL2


East Wales


 




UKM2


Eastern Scotland


 




UKM3


South Western Scotland


 




UKM5


North Eastern Scotland


 









ANNEX IV

List of Member States eligible for funding from the Cohesion Fund pursuant to Article 4







 


Bulgaria










 


Czech Republic










 


Estonia










 


Greece










 


Croatia










 


Latvia










 


Lithuania










 


Hungary










 


Malta










 


Poland










 


Portugal










 


Romania










 


Slovenia










 


Slovakia









ANNEX V

List of Member States eligible for funding from the Cohesion Fund on a transitional and specific basis pursuant to Article 5

Cyprus