Article 1 
The single programming document for Community structural assistance under Objective 2 in the East Wales region of the United Kingdom for the period 1 January 2000 to 31 December 2005 for transitional areas and 1 January 2000 to 31 December 2006 for fully eligible areas is hereby approved. Article 2 1. In accordance with Article 19 of Regulation (EC) No 1260/1999, the single programming document includes the following elements: (a) the strategy and priorities for the joint action of the Community Structural Funds and the Member State; their specific quantified targets; the ex ante evaluation of the expected impact, including on the environmental situation, and the consistency of the priorities with the economic, social and regional policies and the employment strategy of the United Kingdom. The priorities are as follows: - developing sustainable and competitive SMEs, - sustainable rural development, - urban community regeneration, - technical assistance; (b) a summary description of the measures planned to implement the priorities, including the information needed to check compliance with the State aid rules under Article 87 of the Treaty; (c) the indicative financing plan specifying for each priority and each year the financial allocation envisaged for the contribution from the ERDF, the EIB and the other financial instruments and indicating separately the funding planned for the regions receiving transitional support and the total amounts of eligible public or equivalent expenditure and estimated private funding in the Member State. The total contribution from the ERDF planned for each year for the single programming document is consistent with the relevant financial perspectives; (d) the provisions for implementing the single programming document including designation of the managing authority, a description of the arrangements for managing the single programming document and the use to be made of global grants, a description of the systems for monitoring and evaluation, including the role of the Monitoring Committee and the arrangements for the participation of the partners in that Committee; (e) the ex ante verification of compliance with additionality and information on the transparency of financial flows; (f) information on the resources required for preparing, monitoring and evaluating the assistance. 2. The indicative financing plan puts the total cost of the priorities selected for the joint action by the Community and the Member State at EUR 303264000 for the whole period and the financial contribution from the Structural Funds at EUR 121120000. The resulting requirement for national resources of EUR 133230000 from the public sector and EUR 48914000 from the private sector can be partly met by Community loans from the EIB and other lending instruments. Article 3 1. The total assistance from the European Regional Development Fund granted under the single programming document amounts to EUR 121120000. The procedure for granting the financial assistance, including the financial contribution from the Fund for the various priorities included in the single programming document, is set out in the financing plan annexed to this Decision. 2. During implementation of the financing plan, the total cost or Community financing of a given priority can be adjusted in agreement with the Member State by up to 25 % of the total Community contribution to the single programming document throughout the programme period or by up to EUR 30 million, whichever is the greater, without altering the total Community contribution referred to in paragraph 1. Article 4 This Decision is without prejudice to the Commission's position on aid schemes falling within Article 87(1) of the Treaty that are included in this assistance and which have not yet been approved by the Commission. Submission of the application for assistance, the programming complement or a request for payment by the Member State does not replace the notification required by Article 88(3) of the Treaty. Community financing of State aid falling within Article 87(1) of the Treaty, granted under aid schemes or in individual cases, requires prior approval by the Commission under Article 88 of the Treaty, except where the aid falls within the de minimis rule or is exempted under an exemption regulation adopted by the Commission under Council Regulation (EC) No 994/98 of 7 May 1998 on the application of Articles 87 and 88 to certain categories of horizontal aid(2). In the absence of such exemption or approval, aid is illegal and subject to the consequences set out in the procedural regulation for State aid, and its co-financing would be treated as an irregularity within the meaning of Articles 38 and 39 of Regulation (EC) No 1260/1999. Consequently, the Commission will not accept requests for interim and final payments under Article 32 of Regulation (EC) No 1260/1999 for measures being co-financed with new or altered aid, as defined in the procedural regulation for State aid, granted under aid schemes or in individual cases, until such aid has been notified to and formally approved by the Commission. Article 5 The date from which expenditure shall be eligible is 26 May 2000. The closing date for the eligibility of expenditure shall be 31 December 2007 for transitional areas and 31 December 2008 for fully eligible areas. This date is extended to 30 April 2008 for expenditure incurred by bodies granting assistance under Article 9(l) of Regulation (EC) No 1260/1999 in transitional areas and to 30 April 2009 for such bodies in fully eligible areas. Article 6 This Decision is addressed to the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland. Done at Brussels, 26 March 2001. For the Commission Michel Barnier Member of the Commission (1) OJ L 161, 26.6.1999, p. 1. (2) OJ L 142, 14.5.1998, p. 1.
Article 2 
1. In accordance with Article 19 of Regulation (EC) No 1260/1999, the single programming document includes the following elements: (a) the strategy and priorities for the joint action of the Community Structural Funds and the Member State; their specific quantified targets; the ex ante evaluation of the expected impact, including on the environmental situation, and the consistency of the priorities with the economic, social and regional policies and the employment strategy of the United Kingdom. The priorities are as follows: - developing sustainable and competitive SMEs, - sustainable rural development, - urban community regeneration, - technical assistance; (b) a summary description of the measures planned to implement the priorities, including the information needed to check compliance with the State aid rules under Article 87 of the Treaty; (c) the indicative financing plan specifying for each priority and each year the financial allocation envisaged for the contribution from the ERDF, the EIB and the other financial instruments and indicating separately the funding planned for the regions receiving transitional support and the total amounts of eligible public or equivalent expenditure and estimated private funding in the Member State. The total contribution from the ERDF planned for each year for the single programming document is consistent with the relevant financial perspectives; (d) the provisions for implementing the single programming document including designation of the managing authority, a description of the arrangements for managing the single programming document and the use to be made of global grants, a description of the systems for monitoring and evaluation, including the role of the Monitoring Committee and the arrangements for the participation of the partners in that Committee; (e) the ex ante verification of compliance with additionality and information on the transparency of financial flows; (f) information on the resources required for preparing, monitoring and evaluating the assistance. 2. The indicative financing plan puts the total cost of the priorities selected for the joint action by the Community and the Member State at EUR 303264000 for the whole period and the financial contribution from the Structural Funds at EUR 121120000. The resulting requirement for national resources of EUR 133230000 from the public sector and EUR 48914000 from the private sector can be partly met by Community loans from the EIB and other lending instruments. Article 3 1. The total assistance from the European Regional Development Fund granted under the single programming document amounts to EUR 121120000. The procedure for granting the financial assistance, including the financial contribution from the Fund for the various priorities included in the single programming document, is set out in the financing plan annexed to this Decision. 2. During implementation of the financing plan, the total cost or Community financing of a given priority can be adjusted in agreement with the Member State by up to 25 % of the total Community contribution to the single programming document throughout the programme period or by up to EUR 30 million, whichever is the greater, without altering the total Community contribution referred to in paragraph 1. Article 4 This Decision is without prejudice to the Commission's position on aid schemes falling within Article 87(1) of the Treaty that are included in this assistance and which have not yet been approved by the Commission. Submission of the application for assistance, the programming complement or a request for payment by the Member State does not replace the notification required by Article 88(3) of the Treaty. Community financing of State aid falling within Article 87(1) of the Treaty, granted under aid schemes or in individual cases, requires prior approval by the Commission under Article 88 of the Treaty, except where the aid falls within the de minimis rule or is exempted under an exemption regulation adopted by the Commission under Council Regulation (EC) No 994/98 of 7 May 1998 on the application of Articles 87 and 88 to certain categories of horizontal aid(2). In the absence of such exemption or approval, aid is illegal and subject to the consequences set out in the procedural regulation for State aid, and its co-financing would be treated as an irregularity within the meaning of Articles 38 and 39 of Regulation (EC) No 1260/1999. Consequently, the Commission will not accept requests for interim and final payments under Article 32 of Regulation (EC) No 1260/1999 for measures being co-financed with new or altered aid, as defined in the procedural regulation for State aid, granted under aid schemes or in individual cases, until such aid has been notified to and formally approved by the Commission. Article 5 The date from which expenditure shall be eligible is 26 May 2000. The closing date for the eligibility of expenditure shall be 31 December 2007 for transitional areas and 31 December 2008 for fully eligible areas. This date is extended to 30 April 2008 for expenditure incurred by bodies granting assistance under Article 9(l) of Regulation (EC) No 1260/1999 in transitional areas and to 30 April 2009 for such bodies in fully eligible areas. Article 6 This Decision is addressed to the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland. Done at Brussels, 26 March 2001. For the Commission Michel Barnier Member of the Commission (1) OJ L 161, 26.6.1999, p. 1. (2) OJ L 142, 14.5.1998, p. 1.
Article 3 
1. The total assistance from the European Regional Development Fund granted under the single programming document amounts to EUR 121120000. The procedure for granting the financial assistance, including the financial contribution from the Fund for the various priorities included in the single programming document, is set out in the financing plan annexed to this Decision. 2. During implementation of the financing plan, the total cost or Community financing of a given priority can be adjusted in agreement with the Member State by up to 25 % of the total Community contribution to the single programming document throughout the programme period or by up to EUR 30 million, whichever is the greater, without altering the total Community contribution referred to in paragraph 1. Article 4 This Decision is without prejudice to the Commission's position on aid schemes falling within Article 87(1) of the Treaty that are included in this assistance and which have not yet been approved by the Commission. Submission of the application for assistance, the programming complement or a request for payment by the Member State does not replace the notification required by Article 88(3) of the Treaty. Community financing of State aid falling within Article 87(1) of the Treaty, granted under aid schemes or in individual cases, requires prior approval by the Commission under Article 88 of the Treaty, except where the aid falls within the de minimis rule or is exempted under an exemption regulation adopted by the Commission under Council Regulation (EC) No 994/98 of 7 May 1998 on the application of Articles 87 and 88 to certain categories of horizontal aid(2). In the absence of such exemption or approval, aid is illegal and subject to the consequences set out in the procedural regulation for State aid, and its co-financing would be treated as an irregularity within the meaning of Articles 38 and 39 of Regulation (EC) No 1260/1999. Consequently, the Commission will not accept requests for interim and final payments under Article 32 of Regulation (EC) No 1260/1999 for measures being co-financed with new or altered aid, as defined in the procedural regulation for State aid, granted under aid schemes or in individual cases, until such aid has been notified to and formally approved by the Commission. Article 5 The date from which expenditure shall be eligible is 26 May 2000. The closing date for the eligibility of expenditure shall be 31 December 2007 for transitional areas and 31 December 2008 for fully eligible areas. This date is extended to 30 April 2008 for expenditure incurred by bodies granting assistance under Article 9(l) of Regulation (EC) No 1260/1999 in transitional areas and to 30 April 2009 for such bodies in fully eligible areas. Article 6 This Decision is addressed to the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland. Done at Brussels, 26 March 2001. For the Commission Michel Barnier Member of the Commission (1) OJ L 161, 26.6.1999, p. 1. (2) OJ L 142, 14.5.1998, p. 1.
Article 4 
This Decision is without prejudice to the Commission's position on aid schemes falling within Article 87(1) of the Treaty that are included in this assistance and which have not yet been approved by the Commission. Submission of the application for assistance, the programming complement or a request for payment by the Member State does not replace the notification required by Article 88(3) of the Treaty. Community financing of State aid falling within Article 87(1) of the Treaty, granted under aid schemes or in individual cases, requires prior approval by the Commission under Article 88 of the Treaty, except where the aid falls within the de minimis rule or is exempted under an exemption regulation adopted by the Commission under Council Regulation (EC) No 994/98 of 7 May 1998 on the application of Articles 87 and 88 to certain categories of horizontal aid(2). In the absence of such exemption or approval, aid is illegal and subject to the consequences set out in the procedural regulation for State aid, and its co-financing would be treated as an irregularity within the meaning of Articles 38 and 39 of Regulation (EC) No 1260/1999. Consequently, the Commission will not accept requests for interim and final payments under Article 32 of Regulation (EC) No 1260/1999 for measures being co-financed with new or altered aid, as defined in the procedural regulation for State aid, granted under aid schemes or in individual cases, until such aid has been notified to and formally approved by the Commission. Article 5 The date from which expenditure shall be eligible is 26 May 2000. The closing date for the eligibility of expenditure shall be 31 December 2007 for transitional areas and 31 December 2008 for fully eligible areas. This date is extended to 30 April 2008 for expenditure incurred by bodies granting assistance under Article 9(l) of Regulation (EC) No 1260/1999 in transitional areas and to 30 April 2009 for such bodies in fully eligible areas. Article 6 This Decision is addressed to the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland. Done at Brussels, 26 March 2001. For the Commission Michel Barnier Member of the Commission (1) OJ L 161, 26.6.1999, p. 1. (2) OJ L 142, 14.5.1998, p. 1.
Article 5 
The date from which expenditure shall be eligible is 26 May 2000. The closing date for the eligibility of expenditure shall be 31 December 2007 for transitional areas and 31 December 2008 for fully eligible areas. This date is extended to 30 April 2008 for expenditure incurred by bodies granting assistance under Article 9(l) of Regulation (EC) No 1260/1999 in transitional areas and to 30 April 2009 for such bodies in fully eligible areas. Article 6 This Decision is addressed to the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland. Done at Brussels, 26 March 2001. For the Commission Michel Barnier Member of the Commission (1) OJ L 161, 26.6.1999, p. 1. (2) OJ L 142, 14.5.1998, p. 1.
Article 6 
This Decision is addressed to the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland. Done at Brussels, 26 March 2001. For the Commission Michel Barnier Member of the Commission (1) OJ L 161, 26.6.1999, p. 1. (2) OJ L 142, 14.5.1998, p. 1.