CELEX: 32007D0189
Language: en
Date: 2007-03-26 00:00:00
Title: 2007/189/EC: Commission Decision of 26 March 2007 amending Decision 2006/595/EC drawing up the list of regions eligible for funding from the Structural Funds under the Convergence Objective for the period 2007 to 2013 as concerns Bulgaria and Romania (notified under document number C(2007) 1283)

28.3.2007   
            
            
               EN
            
            
               Official Journal of the European Union
            
            
               L 87/15
            
         COMMISSION DECISION
   of 26 March 2007
   amending Decision 2006/595/EC drawing up the list of regions eligible for funding from the Structural Funds under the Convergence Objective for the period 2007 to 2013 as concerns Bulgaria and Romania
   (notified under document number C(2007) 1283)
   (2007/189/EC)
   THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,
   Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community,
   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 5(3) thereof,
   Whereas:
   
               (1)
            
            
               By Commission Decision 2006/595/EC (2) a list of regions eligible for funding from the Structural Funds under the Convergence Objective for the period 2007 to 2013 was established.
            
         
               (2)
            
            
               Following the accession of Bulgaria and Romania, regions in Bulgaria and Romania should be added to the list of regions benefiting from the Structural Funds under the Convergence Objective.
            
         
               (3)
            
            
               Decision 2006/595/EC should therefore be amended accordingly.
            
         
               (4)
            
            
               For reasons of clarity and legal certainty, this Decision should apply from the date of accession of Bulgaria and Romania,
            
         HAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION:
   Article 1
   Annex I of Decision 2006/595/EC is amended as follows:
   
               (a)
            
            
               the following entries are inserted before the entry ‘CZ02 Střední Čechy’:
               
                           ‘BG31
                        
                        
                           Severozapaden
                        
                     
                           BG32
                        
                        
                           Severen tsentralen
                        
                     
                           BG33
                        
                        
                           Severoiztochen
                        
                     
                           BG34
                        
                        
                           Yugoiztochen
                        
                     
                           BG41
                        
                        
                           Yugozapaden
                        
                     
                           BG42
                        
                        
                           Yuzhen tsentralen’
                        
                     
         
               (b)
            
            
               the following entries are inserted after the entry ‘PT20 Região Autónoma dos Açores’:
               
                           ‘RO11
                        
                        
                           Nord-Vest
                        
                     
                           RO12
                        
                        
                           Centru
                        
                     
                           RO21
                        
                        
                           Nord-Est
                        
                     
                           RO22
                        
                        
                           Sud-Est
                        
                     
                           RO31
                        
                        
                           Sud-Muntenia
                        
                     
                           RO32
                        
                        
                           București-Ilfov
                        
                     
                           RO41
                        
                        
                           Sud-Vest Oltenia
                        
                     
                           RO42
                        
                        
                           Vest’.
                        
                     
         Article 2
   This Decision shall apply from 1 January 2007.
   Article 3
   This Decision is addressed to the Member States.
   
      Done at Brussels, 26 March 2007.
      
         
            For the Commission
         
         Danuta HÜBNER
         
            Member of the Commission
         
      
   
   
      (1)  OJ L 210, 31.7.2006, p. 25. Regulation as amended by Regulation (EC) No 1989/2006 (OJ L 411, 30.12.2006, p. 6).
   
      (2)  OJ L 243, 6.9.2006, p. 44.