CELEX: 32006D0595
Language: en
Date: 2006-08-04 00:00:00
Title: 2006/595/EC: Commission Decision of 4 August 2006 drawing up the list of regions eligible for funding from the Structural Funds under the Convergence objective for the period 2007-2013 (notified under document number C(2006) 3475)

6.9.2006   
            
            
               EN
            
            
               Official Journal of the European Union
            
            
               L 243/44
            
         
      COMMISSION DECISION
   
   of 4 August 2006
   drawing up the list of regions eligible for funding from the Structural Funds under the Convergence objective for the period 2007-2013
   (notified under document number C(2006) 3475)
   (2006/595/EC)
   THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,
   Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community,
   Having regard to the 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) and 8(4) thereof,
   Whereas:
   
               (1)
            
            
               Pursuant to Article 3(2)(a) of Regulation (EC) No 1083/2006 the Convergence objective aims at speeding up the Convergence of the least developed Member States and regions.
            
         
               (2)
            
            
               Pursuant to Article 5(1) of Regulation (EC) No 1083/2006 the regions eligible for funding from the Structural Funds under the Convergence objective shall be regions corresponding to level 2 of the Nomenclature of Territorial Statistical Units (hereinafter NUTS level 2) within the meaning of Regulation (EC) No 1059/2003 of the European Parliament and of the Council (2) whose per capita gross domestic product (GDP), measured in purchasing power parities and calculated on the basis of Community figures for the period 2000-2002, is less than 75 % of the average GDP of the EU-25 for the same reference period.
            
         
               (3)
            
            
               Pursuant to Article 8(1) of Regulation (EC) No 1083/2006 specifies that the NUTS level 2 regions which would have been eligible for Convergence objective status under Article 5(1) of that Regulation had the eligibility threshold remained at 75 % of average GDP of the EU-15, but which lose eligibility because their nominal per capita GDP level will exceed 75 % of the average GDP of the EU-25, measured and calculated according to the same Article 5(1), are also eligible, on a transitional and specific basis, for financing by the Structural Funds under the Convergence objective.
            
         
               (4)
            
            
               It is necessary to establish the lists of eligible regions accordingly,
            
         HAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION:
   Article 1
   The regions eligible for funding from the Structural Funds under the Convergence objective shall be those listed in Annex I.
   Article 2
   The regions eligible for funding from the Structural Funds under the Convergence objective on a transitional and specific basis, as referred to in Article 8(1) 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.
   
      (2)  OJ L 154, 21.6.2003, p. 1.
   
      ANNEX I
      List of NUTS 2 regions eligible for funding from the Structural Funds under the Convergence objective for the period from 1 January 2007 to 31 December 2013
      
                  CZ02
               
               
                  Střední Čechy
               
            
                  CZ03
               
               
                  Jihozápad
               
            
                  CZ04
               
               
                  Severozápad
               
            
                  CZ05
               
               
                  Severovýchod
               
            
                  CZ06
               
               
                  Jihovýchod
               
            
                  CZ07
               
               
                  Střední Morava
               
            
                  CZ08
               
               
                  Moravskoslezsko
               
            
                  DE41
               
               
                  Brandenburg — Nordost
               
            
                  DE80
               
               
                  Mecklenburg-Vorpommern
               
            
                  DED1
               
               
                  Chemnitz
               
            
                  DED2
               
               
                  Dresden
               
            
                  DEE1
               
               
                  Dessau
               
            
                  DEE3
               
               
                  Magdeburg
               
            
                  DEG0
               
               
                  Thüringen
               
            
                  EE00
               
               
                  Eesti
               
            
                  GR11
               
               
                  Anatoliki Makedonia, Thraki
               
            
                  GR14
               
               
                  Thessalia
               
            
                  GR21
               
               
                  Ipeiros
               
            
                  GR22
               
               
                  Ionia Nisia
               
            
                  GR23
               
               
                  Dytiki Ellada
               
            
                  GR25
               
               
                  Peloponnisos
               
            
                  GR41
               
               
                  Voreio Aigaio
               
            
                  GR43
               
               
                  Kriti
               
            
                  ES11
               
               
                  Galicia
               
            
                  ES42
               
               
                  Castilla-La Mancha
               
            
                  ES43
               
               
                  Extremadura
               
            
                  ES61
               
               
                  Andalucía
               
            
                  FR91
               
               
                  Guadeloupe
               
            
                  FR92
               
               
                  Martinique
               
            
                  FR93
               
               
                  Guyane
               
            
                  FR94
               
               
                  Réunion
               
            
                  ITF3
               
               
                  Campania
               
            
                  ITF4
               
               
                  Puglia
               
            
                  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
               
            
                  MT00
               
               
                  Malta
               
            
                  PL11
               
               
                  Łódzkie
               
            
                  PL12
               
               
                  Mazowieckie
               
            
                  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 (PT)
               
            
                  PT18
               
               
                  Alentejo
               
            
                  PT20
               
               
                  Região Autónoma dos Açores
               
            
                  SI00
               
               
                  Slovenija
               
            
                  SK02
               
               
                  Západné Slovensko
               
            
                  SK03
               
               
                  Stredné Slovensko
               
            
                  SK04
               
               
                  Východné Slovensko
               
            
                  UKK3
               
               
                  Cornwall and Isles of Scilly
               
            
                  UKL1
               
               
                  West Wales and The Valleys
               
            
   
      ANNEX II
      List of NUTS 2 regions eligible for funding from the Structural Funds on a transitional and specific basis under the Convergence objective for the period from 1 January 2007 to 31 December 2013
      
                  BE32
               
               
                  Province of Hainaut
               
            
                  DE42
               
               
                  Brandenburg — Südwest
               
            
                  DE93
               
               
                  Lüneburg
               
            
                  DED3
               
               
                  Leipzig
               
            
                  DEE2
               
               
                  Halle
               
            
                  GR12
               
               
                  Kentriki Makedonia
               
            
                  GR13
               
               
                  Dytiki Makedonia
               
            
                  GR30
               
               
                  Attiki
               
            
                  ES12
               
               
                  Principado de Asturias
               
            
                  ES62
               
               
                  Región de Murcia
               
            
                  ES63
               
               
                  Ciudad Autónoma de Ceuta
               
            
                  ES64
               
               
                  Ciudad Autónoma de Melilla
               
            
                  ITF5
               
               
                  Basilicata
               
            
                  AT11
               
               
                  Burgenland
               
            
                  PT15
               
               
                  Algarve
               
            
                  UKM4
               
               
                  Highlands and Islands