Article 30 Geographical coverage

The list of eligible regions shall be included in the relevant cross-border cooperation programme which shall be as follows:

1. (a)

   for cross-border cooperation programmes referred to in point (a) of Article 27, Nomenclature of Territorial Units for Statistics (NUTS) level 3 regions or, in the absence of NUTS classification, equivalent areas along land borders or along maritime borders separated by a maximum of 150 km, without prejudice to potential adjustments needed to ensure the coherence and continuity of cross-border programmes established for the 2007-2013 programming period;

2. (b)

   for cross-border cooperation programmes referred to in points (b) and (c) of Article 27, the eligible regions shall be established in the relevant cross-border cooperation programme, as appropriate.