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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)

EU Decision 2007/190 · Adopted 26 March 2007 · Extends to United Kingdom

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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 1260/1999f1, and in particular Article 7 thereof,

Whereas:

(1)

By Commission Decision 2006/769/ECf2 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:

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 312, 11.11.2006, p. 47.

Contents

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

1

Decision 2006/769/EC is amended as follows:

  1. 1..

    Annex I is amended as follows:

    1. (a)

      the following entries are inserted after the entry ‘BE353 Arr. Philippeville’:

      BG311

    2. ‘Vidin

      3. BG312

    3. Montana

      4. BG313

    4. Vratsa

      5. BG314

    5. Pleven

      6. BG321

    6. Veliko Tarnovo

      7. BG323

    7. Ruse

      8. BG325

    8. Silistra

      9. BG332

    9. Dobrich

      10. BG413

    10. Blagoevgrad

      11. BG422

    11. Haskovo

      12. BG424

    12. Smolyan

      13. BG425

    13. Kardzhali’;

    14. (b)

      the following entries are inserted after the entry ‘PT184 Baixo Alentejo’:

      RO111

    15. ‘Bihor

      16. RO115

    16. Satu Mare

      17. RO223

    17. Constanța

      18. RO312

    18. Călărași

      19. RO314

    19. Giurgiu

      20. RO317

    20. Teleorman

      21. RO411

    21. Dolj

      22. RO413

    22. Mehedinți

      23. RO414

    23. Olt

      24. RO421

    24. Arad

      25. RO424

    25. Timiș’.

  2. 2..

    In Annex II, the list of areas under the heading ‘SOUTH EAST EUROPE’ is amended as follows:

    1. (a)

      the following entries are inserted before the entry ‘GR11 Anatoliki Makedonia, Thraki’:

      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 ‘AT34 Vorarlberg’:

      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 the 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