# Commission Regulation (EC) No 1828/2006 of 8 December 2006 setting out rules for the implementation of Council Regulation (EC) No 1083/2006 laying down general provisions on the European Regional Development Fund, the European Social Fund and the Cohesion Fund and of Regulation (EC) No 1080/2006 of the European Parliament and of the Council on the European Regional Development Fund, Part A:: Codes by dimension Extent: E+W+S+N.I. TABLE 1: CODES FOR THE PRIORITY THEME DIMENSION Code Priority theme Research and technological development (R&TD), innovation and entrepreneurship 01 R&TD activities in research centres 02 R&TD infrastructure ( including physical plant, instrumentation and high-speed computer networks linking research centres ) and centres of competence in a specific technology 03 Technology transfer and improvement of cooperation networks between small businesses (SMEs), between these and other businesses and universities, post-secondary education establishments of all kinds, regional authorities, research centres and scientific and technological poles ( scientific and technological parks, technopoles, etc .) 04 Assistance to R&TD, particularly in SMEs ( including access to R&TD services in research centres ) 05 Advanced support services for firms and groups of firms 06 Assistance to SMEs for the promotion of environmentally-friendly products and production processes ( introduction of effective environment managing system, adoption and use of pollution prevention technologies, integration of clean technologies into firm production ) 07 Investment in firms directly linked to research and innovation ( innovative technologies, establishment of new firms by universities, existing R&TD centres and firms, etc .) 08 Other investment in firms 09 Other measures to stimulate research and innovation and entrepreneurship in SMEs Information society 10 Telephone infrastructures ( including broadband networks ) 11 Information and communication technologies ( access, security, interoperability, risk-prevention, research, innovation, e-content, etc .) 12 Information and communication technologies (TEN-ICT) 13 Services and applications for the citizen ( e-health, e-government, e-learning, e-inclusion, etc .) 14 Services and applications for SMEs ( e-commerce, education and training, networking, etc .) 15 Other measures for improving access to and efficient use of ICT by SMEs Transport 16 Railways 17 Railways (TEN-T) 18 Mobile rail assets 19 Mobile rail assets (TEN-T) 20 Motorways 21 Motorways (TEN-T) 22 National roads 23 Regional/local roads 24 Cycle tracks 25 Urban transport 26 Multimodal transport 27 Multimodal transport (TEN-T) 28 Intelligent transport systems 29 Airports 30 Ports 31 Inland waterways ( regional and local ) 32 Inland waterways (TEN-T) Energy 33 Electricity 34 Electricity (TEN-E) 35 Natural gas 36 Natural gas (TEN-E) 37 Petroleum products 38 Petroleum products (TEN-E) 39 Renewable energy: wind 40 Renewable energy: solar 41 Renewable energy: biomass 42 Renewable energy: hydroelectric, geothermal and other 43 Energy efficiency, co-generation, energy management Environmental protection and risk prevention 44 Management of household and industrial waste 45 Management and distribution of water ( drinking water ) 46 Water treatment ( waste water ) 47 Air quality 48 Integrated prevention and pollution control 49 Mitigation and adaptation to climate change 50 Rehabilitation of industrial sites and contaminated land 51 Promotion of biodiversity and nature protection ( including NATURA 2000 ) 52 Promotion of clean urban transport 53 Risk prevention ( including the drafting and implementation of plans and measures to prevent and manage natural and technological risks ) 54 Other measures to preserve the environment and prevent risks Tourism 55 Promotion of natural assets 56 Protection and development of natural heritage 57 Other assistance to improve tourist services Culture 58 Protection and preservation of the cultural heritage 59 Development of cultural infrastructure 60 Other assistance to improve cultural services Urban and rural regeneration 61 Integrated projects for urban and rural regeneration Increasing the adaptability of workers and firms, enterprises and entrepreneurs 62 Development of life-long learning systems and strategies in firms; training and services for employees to step up their adaptability to change; promoting entrepreneurship and innovation 63 Design and dissemination of innovative and more productive ways of organising work 64 Development of specific services for employment, training and support in connection with restructuring of sectors and firms, and development of systems for anticipating economic changes and future requirements in terms of jobs and skills Improving access to employment and sustainability 65 Modernisation and strengthening labour market institutions 66 Implementing active and preventive measures on the labour market 67 Measures encouraging active ageing and prolonging working lives 68 Support for self-employment and business start-up 69 Measures to improve access to employment and increase sustainable participation and progress of women in employment to reduce gender-based segregation in the labour market, and to reconcile work and private life, such as facilitating access to childcare and care for dependent persons 70 Specific action to increase migrants’ participation in employment and thereby strengthen their social integration Improving the social inclusion of less-favoured persons 71 Pathways to integration and re-entry into employment for disadvantaged people; combating discrimination in accessing and progressing in the labour market and promoting acceptance of diversity at the workplace Improving human capital 72 Design, introduction and implementation of reforms in education and training systems in order to develop employability, improving the labour market relevance of initial and vocational education and training, updating skills of training personnel with a view to innovation and a knowledge based economy 73 Measures to increase participation in education and training throughout the life-cycle, including through action to achieve a reduction in early school leaving, gender-based segregation of subjects and increased access to and quality of initial vocational and tertiary education and training 74 Developing human potential in the field of research and innovation, in particular through post-graduate studies and training of researchers, and networking activities between universities, research centres and businesses Investment in social infrastructure 75 Education infrastructure 76 Health infrastructure 77 Childcare infrastructure 78 Housing infrastructure 79 Other social infrastructure Mobilisation for reforms in the fields of employment and inclusion 80 Promoting partnerships, pacts and initiatives through the networking of relevant stakeholders Strengthening institutional capacity at national, regional and local level 81 Mechanisms for improving good policy and programme design, monitoring and evaluation at national, regional and local level, capacity building in the delivery of policies and programmes. Reduction of additional costs hindering the outermost regions development 82 Compensation of any additional costs due to accessibility deficit and territorial fragmentation 83 Specific action addressed to compensate additional costs due to size market factors 84 Support to compensate additional costs due to climate conditions and relief difficulties Technical assistance 85 Preparation, implementation, monitoring and inspection 86 Evaluation and studies; information and communication TABLE 2: CODES FOR THE FORM OF FINANCE DIMENSION Code Form of finance 01 Non-repayable aid 02 Aid ( loan, interest subsidy, guarantees ) 03 Venture capital ( participation, venture-capital fund ) 04 Other forms of finance TABLE 3: CODES FOR THE TERRITORIAL DIMENSION Code Territory type 01 Urban 02 Mountains 03 Islands 04 Sparsely and very sparsely populated areas 05 Rural areas ( other than mountains, islands or sparsely and very sparsely populated areas ) 06 Former EU external borders ( after 30 April 2004 ) 07 Outermost region 08 Cross-border cooperation area 09 Transnational cooperation area 10 Inter-regional cooperation area 00 Not applicable TABLE 4: CODES FOR THE ECONOMIC ACTIVITY DIMENSION Based on the statistical classification of economic activities in the European Community (NACE Rev. 1); Regulation (EC) No 29/2002 of 19 December 2001 amending Regulation (EEC) No 3037/90 of 9 October 1990 . Code Economic activity 01 Agriculture, hunting and forestry 02 Fishing 03 Manufacture of food products and beverages 04 Manufacture of textiles and textile products 05 Manufacture of transport equipment 06 Unspecified manufacturing industries 07 Mining and quarrying of energy producing materials 08 Electricity, gas, steam and hot water supply 09 Collection, purification and distribution of water 10 Post and telecommunications 11 Transport 12 Construction 13 Wholesale and retail trade 14 Hotels and restaurants 15 Financial intermediation 16 Real estate, renting and business activities 17 Public administration 18 Education 19 Human health activities 20 Social work, community, social and personal services 21 Activities linked to the environment 22 Other unspecified services 00 Not applicable TABLE 5: CODES FOR THE LOCATION DIMENSION Field 4 of Annex IIIA. The codes for this dimension may be found in the Nomenclature of Territorial Units for Statistics (NUTS) which appears in the Annex to Regulation (EC) No 1059/2003 of 26 May 2003 , as amended by Regulation (EC) No 1888/2005 of 26 October 2005 . Code Location Code of region or area where operation is located/carried out (NUTS Level or other, if appropriate, eg: cross-border, transnational, inter-regional) --- Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/eur/2006/1828/annex/II/part/A (the official version) Page: https://openlegislation.uk/eu-regulation-2006-1828/annex-II/part-A Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives.