# Council Regulation (EC) No 1083/2006 of 11 July 2006 laying down general provisions on the European Regional Development Fund, the European Social Fund and the Cohesion Fund and repealing Regulation (EC) No 1260/1999 (repealed) EU Regulation No 1083/2006 ยท adopted 11 July 2006 Council Regulation (EC) No 1083/2006 of 11 July 2006 laying down general provisions on the European Regional Development Fund, the European Social Fund and the Cohesion Fund and repealing Regulation (EC) No 1260/1999 (repealed) PDFs: Printed copy https://openlegislation.uk/eu-regulation-2006-1083/pdf/eur_20061083_adopted_en.pdf; Revised version (1 January 2014) https://openlegislation.uk/eu-regulation-2006-1083/pdf/eur_20061083_2014-01-01_en.pdf; Revised version (21 December 2013) https://openlegislation.uk/eu-regulation-2006-1083/pdf/eur_20061083_2013-12-21_en.pdf; Revised version (1 July 2013) https://openlegislation.uk/eu-regulation-2006-1083/pdf/eur_20061083_2013-07-01_en.pdf; Revised version (23 May 2012) https://openlegislation.uk/eu-regulation-2006-1083/pdf/eur_20061083_2012-05-23_en.pdf; Revised version (23 December 2011) https://openlegislation.uk/eu-regulation-2006-1083/pdf/eur_20061083_2011-12-23_en.pdf; Revised version (25 June 2010) https://openlegislation.uk/eu-regulation-2006-1083/pdf/eur_20061083_2010-06-25_en.pdf; Revised version (9 April 2009) https://openlegislation.uk/eu-regulation-2006-1083/pdf/eur_20061083_2009-04-09_en.pdf; Revised version (25 December 2008) https://openlegislation.uk/eu-regulation-2006-1083/pdf/eur_20061083_2008-12-25_en.pdf; Revised version (1 January 2007) https://openlegislation.uk/eu-regulation-2006-1083/pdf/eur_20061083_2007-01-01_en.pdf; Revised version (1 August 2006) https://openlegislation.uk/eu-regulation-2006-1083/pdf/eur_20061083_2006-08-01_en.pdf; Correction slip (1 September 2006) https://openlegislation.uk/eu-regulation-2006-1083/pdf/eurcs_20061083_en_001.pdf; Correction slip (7 June 2007) https://openlegislation.uk/eu-regulation-2006-1083/pdf/eurcs_20061083_en_002.pdf; Correction slip (12 November 2008) https://openlegislation.uk/eu-regulation-2006-1083/pdf/eurcs_20061083_en_003.pdf ## Introductory text Council Regulation (EC) No 1083/2006 of 11 July 2006 laying down general provisions on the European Regional Development Fund, the European Social Fund and the Cohesion Fund and repealing Regulation (EC) No 1260/1999 (repealed) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## Title I: OBJECTIVES AND GENERAL RULES ON ASSISTANCE ### Chapter I: Scope and definitions ## 1 Subject matter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 2 Definitions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ### Chapter II: Objectives and missions ## 3 Objectives . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 4 Instruments and missions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ### Chapter III: Geographical eligibility ## 5 Convergence . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 6 Regional competitiveness and employment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 7 European Territorial Cooperation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 8 Transitional support . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ### Chapter IV: Principles of assistance ## 9 Complementarity, consistency, coordination and compliance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 10 Programming . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 11 Partnership . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 12 Territorial level of implementation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 13 Proportional intervention . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 14 Shared management . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 15 Additionality . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 16 Equality between men and women and non-discrimination . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 17 Sustainable development . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ### Chapter V: Financial framework ## 18 Global resources . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 19 Resources for the Convergence objective . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 20 Resources for the Regional competitiveness and employment objective . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 21 Resources for the European territorial cooperation objective . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 22 Non transferability of resources . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 23 Resources for the performance reserve . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 24 Resources for technical assistance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## Title II: STRATEGIC APPROACH TO COHESION ### Chapter I: Community strategic guidelines on cohesion ## 25 Content . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 26 Adoption and review . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ### Chapter II: National strategic reference framework ## 27 Content . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 28 Preparation and adoption . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ### Chapter III: Strategic follow-up ## 29 Strategic reporting by the Member States . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 30 Strategic reporting by the Commission and debate on cohesion policy . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 31 Cohesion report . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## Title III: PROGRAMMING ### Chapter I: General provisions on the structural funds and the cohesion fund ## 32 Preparation and approval of operational programmes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 33 Revision of operational programmes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 34 Specific character of the Funds . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 35 Geographical scope . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 36 Participation by the European Investment Bank and the European Investment Fund . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 36a Risk-sharing instrument . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ### Chapter II: Programming content ### Section 1: Operational programmes ## 37 Operational programmes for the Convergence and Regional competitiveness and employment objectives . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 38 Operational programmes for the European territorial cooperation objective . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ### Section 2: Major projects ## 39 Content . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 40 Information submitted to the Commission . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 41 Decision of the Commission . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ### Section 3: Global grants ## 42 General provisions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 43 Implementing rules . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ### Section 3A: Repayable assistance ## 43a Forms of repayable assistance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 43b Reuse of repayable assistance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ### Section 4: Financial engineering ## 44 Financial engineering instruments . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 44a Non-application of certain provisions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ### Section 5: Technical assistance ## 45 Technical assistance at the initiative of the Commission . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 46 Technical assistance of the Member States . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## Title IV: EFFECTIVENESS ### Chapter I: Evaluation ## 47 General provisions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 48 Responsibility of Member States . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 49 Responsibility of the Commission . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ### Chapter II: Reserves ## 50 National performance reserve . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 51 National contingency reserve . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 51a . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## Title V: FINANCIAL CONTRIBUTION FROM THE FUNDS ### Chapter I: Contribution from the funds ## 52 Modulation of the contribution rates . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 53 Contribution from the Funds . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 54 Other provisions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ### Chapter II: Revenue-generating projects ## 55 Revenue-generating projects . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ### Chapter III: Eligibility of expenditure ## 56 Eligibility of expenditure . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ### Chapter IV: Durability of operations ## 57 Durability of operations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## Title VI: MANAGEMENT, MONITORING AND CONTROLS ### Chapter I: Management and control systems ## 58 General principles of the management and control systems . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 59 Designation of authorities . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 60 Functions of the managing authority . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 61 Functions of the certifying authority . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 62 Functions of the audit authority . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ### Chapter II: Monitoring ## 63 Monitoring committee . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 64 Composition . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 65 Tasks . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 66 Arrangements for monitoring . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 67 Annual report and final report on implementation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 68 Annual examination of programmes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ### Chapter III: Information and publicity ## 69 Information and publicity . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ### Chapter IV: Responsibilities of Member States and of the Commission ### Section 1: Responsibilities of Member States ## 70 Management and control . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 71 Setting up of management and control systems . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ### Section 2: Responsibilities of the Commission ## 72 Responsibilities of the Commission . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 73 Cooperation with the audit authorities of the Member States . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ### Section 3: Proportionality in the control of operational programmes ## 74 Proportional control arrangements . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## Title VII: FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT ### Chapter I: Financial management ### Section 1: Budget commitments ## 75 Budget commitments . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ### Section 2: Common rules for payments ## 76 Common rules for payments . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 77 Common rules for calculating interim payments and payments of the final balance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 78 Statement of expenditure . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 78a Requirement to provide additional information in the statement of expenditure regarding financial engineering instruments and advances paid to the beneficiaries in the context of State aid . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 79 Accumulation of pre-financing and of interim payments . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 80 Wholeness of payment to beneficiaries . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 81 Use of the euro . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ### Section 3: Pre-financing ## 82 Payment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 83 Interest . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 84 Clearance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ### Section 4: Interim payments ## 85 Interim payments . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 86 Acceptability of applications for payment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 87 Date of presentation of applications for payment and payment delays . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ### Section 5: Programme closure and payment of final balance ## 88 Partial closure . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 89 Conditions for the payment of the final balance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 90 Availability of documents . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ### Section 6: Interruption of the payment deadline and suspension of payments ## 91 Interruption of the payment deadline . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 92 Suspension of payments . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ### Section 7: Automatic decommitment ## 93 Principles . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 94 Period of interruption for major projects and aid schemes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 95 Period of interruption for legal proceedings and administrative appeals . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 96 Exceptions to the automatic decommitment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 97 Procedure . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ### Chapter II: Financial corrections ### Section 1: Financial correction by Member States ## 98 Financial corrections by Member States . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ### Section 2: Financial corrections by the Commission ## 99 Criteria for the corrections . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 100 Procedure . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 101 Obligations of Member States . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 102 Repayment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## Title VIII: COMMITTEES ### Chapter I: Coordination committee of the funds ## 103 Committee procedure . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ### Chapter II: Committee under Article 147 of the treaty ## 104 Committee under Article 147 of the Treaty . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## Title IX: FINAL PROVISIONS ## 105 Transitional provisions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 105a Specific provisions following the accession of Croatia . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 106 Review clause . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 107 Repeal . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 108 Entry into force . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## Signature . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## Annex I Annual breakdown of commitment appropriations for 2007 to 2013 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## Annex II: Financial framework ### Division: Allocation method for the regions eligible under the Convergence objective referred to in Article 5(1) ## 1 Each Member State's allocation is the sum of the allocations for its individual eligible regions, which are calculated on the basis of relative regional and national prosperity and the unemployment rate according to the following steps: . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ### Division: Allocation method for the Member States eligible for the Cohesion Fund under Article 5(2) ## 2 The total theoretical financial envelope for the Cohesion Fund is obtained by multiplying an average per capita aid intensity of EUR 44,7 by the eligible population. Each eligible Member State's a priori allocation of the theoretical financial envelope corresponds to a percentage based on its population, surface area and national prosperity and obtained by applying the following steps: . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 3 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ### Division: Allocation method for the Member States and regions eligible under the Regional competitiveness and employment objective referred to in Article 6 ## 4 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ### Division: Allocation method for the European territorial cooperation objective referred to in Article 7 ## 5 The allocation of resources among the beneficiary Member States (including the contribution from the ERDF to the European Neighbourhood and Partnership Instrument and the Instrument for Pre-Accession Assistance referred to in Article 21(2)) is determined as follows: . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ### Division: Allocation method for the Member States and regions eligible for the transitional support referred to in Article 8 ## 6 The allocations under the transitional support referred to in Article 8 will result from the application of the following parameters: . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ### Division: Maximum level of transfers from funds supporting cohesion ## 7 In order to contribute to the objectives of adequately concentrating cohesion funding on the least developed regions and Member States and reducing disparities in average per capita aid intensities resulting from capping, the maximum level of transfer from the Funds to each individual Member State pursuant to this Regulation will be as follows: . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 7a . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 8 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 9 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 9a . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 10 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 11 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ### Division: Additional provisions ## 12 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 13 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 14 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 15 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 16 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 17 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 18 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 19 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 20 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 21 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 22 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 23 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 24 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 25 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 26 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 27 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 28 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 29 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 30 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 31 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 32 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## Annex III . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## Annex IV Categories of expenditure . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## Annex V Attachment to the statement of expenditure referred to in Article 78a . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . --- Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/eur/2006/1083 (the official version) Page: https://openlegislation.uk/eu-regulation-2006-1083 Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. 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