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Commission Decision of 26 March 2007 amending Decision 2006/595/EC drawing up the list of regions eligible for funding from the Structural Funds under the Convergence Objective for the period 2007 to 2013 as concerns Bulgaria and Romania (notified under document number C(2007) 1283) (2007/189/EC) in England

EU Decision 2007/189 · Adopted 26 March 2007 · Extends to United Kingdom

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Commission Decision

of 26 March 2007

amending Decision 2006/595/EC drawing up the list of regions eligible for funding from the Structural Funds under the Convergence Objective for the period 2007 to 2013 as concerns Bulgaria and Romania

(notified under document number C(2007) 1283)

(2007/189/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 1260/1999f1, and in particular Article 5(3) thereof,

Whereas:

(1)

By Commission Decision 2006/595/ECf2 a list of regions eligible for funding from the Structural Funds under the Convergence Objective for the period 2007 to 2013 was established.

(2)

Following the accession of Bulgaria and Romania, regions in Bulgaria and Romania should be added to the list of regions benefiting from the Structural Funds under the Convergence Objective.

(3)

Decision 2006/595/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:

Annotations to the whole text

Footnotes

f1

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).

f2

OJ L 243, 6.9.2006, p. 44.

Contents

  1. 1Article 1
  2. 2Article 2
  3. 3Article 3
  4. Signature

1

Annex I of Decision 2006/595/EC is amended as follows:

  1. (a)

    the following entries are inserted before the entry ‘CZ02 Střední Čechy’:

    BG31

  2. ‘Severozapaden

    3. BG32

  3. Severen tsentralen

    4. BG33

  4. Severoiztochen

    5. BG34

  5. Yugoiztochen

    6. BG41

  6. Yugozapaden

    7. BG42

  7. Yuzhen tsentralen’

  8. (b)

    the following entries are inserted after the entry ‘PT20 Região Autónoma dos Açores’:

    RO11

  9. ‘Nord-Vest

    10. RO12

  10. Centru

    11. RO21

  11. Nord-Est

    12. RO22

  12. Sud-Est

    13. RO31

  13. Sud-Muntenia

    14. RO32

  14. București-Ilfov

    15. RO41

  15. Sud-Vest Oltenia

    16. RO42

  16. Vest’.

2

This Decision shall apply from 1 January 2007.

3

This Decision is addressed to the Member States.

Signature

Done at Brussels, 26 March 2007.

For the Commission

Danuta Hübner

Member of the Commission