Document ID: 32007D0190

COMMISSION DECISION
of 26 March 2007
amending Decision 2006/769/EC drawing up the list of regions and areas eligible for funding from the European Regional Development Fund under the cross-border and transnational strands of the European territorial cooperation objective for the period 2007 to 2013 as concerns Bulgaria and Romania
(notified under document number C(2007) 1284)
(2007/190/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 7 thereof,
Whereas:
(1)
By Commission Decision 2006/769/EC (2) a list of regions and areas eligible for funding from the European Regional Development Fund under the cross-border and transnational strands of the European territorial cooperation objective for the period 2007 to 2013 was established.
(2)
Following the accession of Bulgaria and Romania, regions and areas from those Member States should be added to the list of regions and areas eligible for funding from the European Regional Development Fund under the cross-border and transnational strands of the European territorial cooperation objective.
(3)
The measures provided for in this Decision are in accordance with the opinion of the Coordination Committee of the Funds.
(4)
Decision 2006/769/EC should therefore be amended accordingly.
(5)
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
Decision 2006/769/EC is amended as follows:
1.
Annex I is amended as follows:
(a)
the following entries are inserted after the entry ‘BE353 Arr. Philippeville’:
‘BG311
Vidin
BG312
Montana
BG313
Vratsa
BG314
Pleven
BG321
Veliko Tarnovo
BG323
Ruse
BG325
Silistra
BG332
Dobrich
BG413
Blagoevgrad
BG422
Haskovo
BG424
Smolyan
BG425
Kardzhali’;
(b)
the following entries are inserted after the entry ‘PT184 Baixo Alentejo’:
‘RO111
Bihor
RO115
Satu Mare
RO223
Constanța
RO312
Călărași
RO314
Giurgiu
RO317
Teleorman
RO411
Dolj
RO413
Mehedinți
RO414
Olt
RO421
Arad
RO424
Timiș’.
2.
In Annex II, the list of areas under the heading ‘SOUTH EAST EUROPE’ is amended as follows:
(a)
the following entries are inserted before the entry ‘GR11 Anatoliki Makedonia, Thraki’:
‘BG31
Severozapaden
BG32
Severen tsentralen
BG33
Severoiztochen
BG34
Yugoiztochen
BG41
Yugozapaden
BG42
Yuzhen tsentralen’;
(b)
the following entries are inserted after the entry ‘AT34 Vorarlberg’:
‘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 the 1 January 2007.
Article 3
This Decision is addressed to the Member States.
Done at Brussels, 26 March 2007.

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