CELEX: 32007D0188
Language: en
Date: 2007-03-26 00:00:00
Title: 2007/188/EC: Commission Decision of 26 March 2007 amending Decision 2006/596/EC drawing up the list of Member States eligible for funding from the Cohesion Fund for the period 2007 to 2013 as concerns Bulgaria and Romania (notified under document number C(2007) 1282)

28.3.2007   
            
            
               EN
            
            
               Official Journal of the European Union
            
            
               L 87/13
            
         
      COMMISSION DECISION
   
   of 26 March 2007
   amending Decision 2006/596/EC drawing up the list of Member States eligible for funding from the Cohesion Fund for the period 2007 to 2013 as concerns Bulgaria and Romania
   (notified under document number C(2007) 1282)
   (2007/188/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 2006/596/EC (2), a list of Member States eligible for funding from the Cohesion Fund for the period 2007 to 2013 was established.
            
         
               (2)
            
            
               Following the accession of Bulgaria and Romania, these Member States should be added to the list of Member States eligible for funding from the Cohesion Fund for the period 2007 to 2013.
            
         
               (3)
            
            
               Decision 2006/596/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 2006/596/EC is replaced by the Annex to this Decision.
   Article 2
   This Decision shall apply from the 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. 47.
   
      ANNEX
      
         
            ‘ANNEX I
            List of Member States eligible for funding from the Cohesion Fund on 1 January 2007
            
                         
                     
                     
                        Bulgaria
                     
                  
                         
                     
                     
                        Czech Republic
                     
                  
                         
                     
                     
                        Estonia
                     
                  
                         
                     
                     
                        Greece
                     
                  
                         
                     
                     
                        Cyprus
                     
                  
                         
                     
                     
                        Latvia
                     
                  
                         
                     
                     
                        Lithuania
                     
                  
                         
                     
                     
                        Hungary
                     
                  
                         
                     
                     
                        Malta
                     
                  
                         
                     
                     
                        Poland
                     
                  
                         
                     
                     
                        Portugal
                     
                  
                         
                     
                     
                        Romania
                     
                  
                         
                     
                     
                        Slovenia
                     
                  
                         
                     
                     
                        Slovakia’