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 H眉bner

Member of the Commission

[1] OJ L 210, 31.7.2006, p. 25.

[2] OJ L 154, 21.6.2003, p. 1.

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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 | St艡edn铆 膶echy |

CZ03 | Jihoz谩pad |

CZ04 | Severoz谩pad |

CZ05 | Severov媒chod |

CZ06 | Jihov媒chod |

CZ07 | St艡edn铆 Morava |

CZ08 | Moravskoslezsko |

DE41 | Brandenburg ‘�Nordost |

DE80 | Mecklenburg-Vorpommern |

DED1 | Chemnitz |

DED2 | Dresden |

DEE1 | Dessau |

DEE3 | Magdeburg |

DEG0 | Th眉ringen |

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 | Andaluc铆a |

FR91 | Guadeloupe |

FR92 | Martinique |

FR93 | Guyane |

FR94 | Réunion |

ITF3 | Campania |

ITF4 | Puglia |

ITF6 | Calabria |

ITG1 | Sicilia |

LV00 | Latvija |

LT00 | Lietuva |

HU21 | K枚zép-Dun谩nt煤l |

HU22 | Nyugat-Dun谩nt煤l |

HU23 | Dél-Dun谩nt煤l |

HU31 | 脡szak-Magyarorsz谩g |

HU32 | 脡szak-Alf枚ld |

HU33 | Dél-Alf枚ld |

MT00 | Malta |

PL11 | 艁贸dzkie |

PL12 | Mazowieckie |

PL21 | Ma艂opolskie |

PL22 | 艢l膮skie |

PL31 | Lubelskie |

PL32 | Podkarpackie |

PL33 | 艢wi臋tokrzyskie |

PL34 | Podlaskie |

PL41 | Wielkopolskie |

PL42 | Zachodniopomorskie |

PL43 | Lubuskie |

PL51 | Dolno艣l膮skie |

PL52 | Opolskie |

PL61 | Kujawsko-Pomorskie |

PL62 | Warmi艅sko-Mazurskie |

PL63 | Pomorskie |

PT11 | Norte |

PT16 | Centro (PT) |

PT18 | Alentejo |

PT20 | Regi茫o Aut贸noma dos Açores |

SI00 | Slovenija |

SK02 | Z谩padné Slovensko |

SK03 | Stredné Slovensko |

SK04 | V媒chodné Slovensko |

UKK3 | Cornwall and Isles of Scilly |

UKL1 | West Wales and The Valleys |

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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 ‘�S眉dwest |

DE93 | L眉neburg |

DED3 | Leipzig |

DEE2 | Halle |

GR12 | Kentriki Makedonia |

GR13 | Dytiki Makedonia |

GR30 | Attiki |

ES12 | Principado de Asturias |

ES62 | Regi贸n de Murcia |

ES63 | Ciudad Aut贸noma de Ceuta |

ES64 | Ciudad Aut贸noma de Melilla |

ITF5 | Basilicata |

AT11 | Burgenland |

PT15 | Algarve |

UKM4 | Highlands and Islands |

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