Commission Implementing Decision of 18 February 2014 setting out the list of regions eligible for funding from the European Regional Development Fund and the European Social Fund and of Member States eligible for funding from the Cohesion Fund for the period 2014-2020 (notified under document C(2014) 974) (2014/99/EU)

Commission Implementing Decision

of 18 February 2014

setting out the list of regions eligible for funding from the European Regional Development Fund and the European Social Fund and of Member States eligible for funding from the Cohesion Fund for the period 2014-2020

(notified under document C(2014) 974)

(2014/99/EU)

THE EUROPEAN COMMISSION,

Having regard to the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union,

Having regard to Regulation (EU) No 1303/2013 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 17 December 2013 laying down common provisions on the European Regional Development Fund, the European Social Fund, the Cohesion Fund, the European Agricultural Fund for Rural Development and the European Maritime and Fisheries Fund, laying down general provisions on the European Regional Development Fund, the European Social Fund, the Cohesion Fund and the European Maritime and Fisheries Fund, and repealing Regulation (EC) No 1083/2006(1), and in particular Article 90(4) thereof,

Whereas:

(1) The European Regional Development Fund and the European Social Fund support the ‘Investment for growth and jobs’ goal in all regions corresponding to level 2 of the common classification of territorial units for statistics (hereinafter referred to as ‘NUTS level 2’), which was established by Regulation (EC) No 1059/2003 of the European Parliament and of the Council(2) as amended by Commission Regulation (EC) No 105/2007(3).

(2) Pursuant to Article 90(4) of Regulation (EU) No 1303/2013 it is necessary that the Commission sets up a list of regions fulfilling the respective criteria of each of the three categories of regions (less developed regions, transition regions and more developed regions) at NUTS level 2.

(3) Pursuant to Article 90(4) of Regulation (EU) No 1303/2013 it is also necessary that the Commission sets up the list of Member States that are eligible for funding from the Cohesion Fund and a list of Member States that shall receive support from the Cohesion Fund on a transitional and specific basis.

(4) According to point 32 of the Conclusions on the multiannual financial framework 2014-20 adopted by the European Council of 7/8 February 2013, at the request of a Member State, NUTS level 2 regions which have been merged by Commission Regulation (EU) No 31/2011(4), and where the application of the modified NUTS classification results in changes in the eligibility category status of one or more of the regions concerned, shall be part of the category determined at the level of the modified NUTS region. Consequently this Decision should be coherent with these Conclusions.

(5) For reasons of transparency, the codes and names of the NUTS level 2 regions applicable from 1 January 2012 in accordance with Regulation (EU) No 31/2011 should also be included into the annexes to this Decision.

(6) The list of eligible regions and Member States should therefore be set up accordingly,

HAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION:

Article 1

The regions under the less-developed category eligible for funding from the European Regional Development Fund (ERDF) and European Social Fund (ESF) are listed in Annex I.

Article 2

The regions under the transition category eligible for funding from the ERDF and the ESF are listed in Annex II.

Article 3

The regions under the more-developed category eligible for funding from the ERDF and the ESF are listed in Annex III.

Article 4

The Member States eligible for funding from the Cohesion Fund are listed in Annex IV.

Article 5

The Member States eligible for funding from the Cohesion Fund on a transitional and specific basis are listed in Annex V.

Article 6

This Decision is addressed to the Member States.

Done at Brussels, 18 February 2014.

For the Commission

Johannes Hahn

Member of the Commission

ANNEX I

List of less developed regions pursuant to Article 1

a Changes to the codes and names introduced by Regulation (EU) No 31/2011, applicable as of 1 January 2012.
		NUTS 2010a
BG31	Северозападен (Severozapaden)
BG32	Северен централен (Severen tsentralen)
BG33	Североизточен (Severoiztochen)
BG34	Югоизточен (Yugoiztochen)
BG41	Югозападен (Yugozapaden)
BG42	Южен централен (Yuzhen tsentralen)
CZ02	Střední Čechy
CZ03	Jihozápad
CZ04	Severozápad
CZ05	Severovýchod
CZ06	Jihovýchod
CZ07	Střední Morava
CZ08	Moravskoslezsko
EE00	Eesti
GR11	Ανατολική Μακεδονία, Θράκη (Anatoliki Makedonia, Thraki)	(new code EL11)
GR12	Κεντρική Μακεδονία (Kentriki Makedonia)	(new code EL12)
GR14	Θεσσαλία (Thessalia)	(new code EL14)
GR21	Ήπειρος (Ipeiros)	(new code EL21)
GR23	Δυτική Ελλάδα (Dytiki Ellada)	(new code EL23)
ES43	Extremadura
FR91	Guadeloupe
FR92	Martinique
FR93	Guyane
FR94	Réunion
FR–	Mayotte
HR03	Jadranska Hrvatska
HR04	Kontinentalna Hrvatska
ITF3	Campania
ITF4	Puglia
ITF5	Basilicata
ITF6	Calabria
ITG1	Sicilia
LV00	Latvija
LT00	Lietuva
HU21	Közép-Dunántúl
HU22	Nyugat-Dunántúl
HU23	Dél-Dunántúl
HU31	Észak-Magyarország
HU32	Észak-Alföld
HU33	Dél-Alföld
PL11	Łódzkie
PL21	Małopolskie
PL22	Śląskie
PL31	Lubelskie
PL32	Podkarpackie
PL33	Świętokrzyskie
PL34	Podlaskie
PL41	Wielkopolskie
PL42	Zachodniopomorskie
PL43	Lubuskie
PL51	Dolnośląskie
PL52	Opolskie
PL61	Kujawsko-Pomorskie
PL62	Warmińsko-Mazurskie
PL63	Pomorskie
PT11	Norte
PT16	Centro (P)	(new name Centro (PT))
PT18	Alentejo
PT20	Região Autónoma dos Açores
RO11	Nord-Vest
RO12	Centru
RO21	Nord-Est
RO22	Sud-Est
RO31	Sud — Muntenia
RO41	Sud-Vest Oltenia
RO42	Vest
SI01	Vzhodna Slovenija
SK02	Západné Slovensko
SK03	Stredné Slovensko
SK04	Východné Slovensko
UKK3	Cornwall and Isles of Scilly
UKL1	West Wales and The Valleys

ANNEX II

List of transition regions pursuant to Article 2

		NUTS 2010
BE32	Prov. Hainaut
BE33	Prov. Liège
BE34	Prov. Luxembourg (B)	(new name Prov. Luxembourg (BE))
BE35	Prov. Namur
DK02	Sjælland
DE41	Brandenburg — Nordost	(merged into DE40 Brandenburg)
DE42	Brandenburg — Südwest	(merged into DE40 Brandenburg)
DE80	Mecklenburg-Vorpommern
DE93	Lüneburg
DED1	Chemnitz	(DED1 is part of DED4Chemnitz)
DED2	Dresden
DEE0	Sachsen-Anhalt
DEG0	Thüringen
GR13	Δυτική Μακεδονία (Dytiki Makedonia)	(new code EL13)
GR22	Ιόνια Νησιά (Ionia Nisia)	(new code EL22)
GR24	Στερεά Ελλάδα (Sterea Ellada)	(new code EL24)
GR25	Πελοπόννησος (Peloponnisos)	(new code EL25)
GR41	Βόρειο Αιγαίο (Voreio Aigaio)	(new code EL41)
GR43	Κρήτη (Kriti)	(new code EL43)
ES42	Castilla-La Mancha
ES61	Andalucía
ES62	Región de Murcia
ES64	Ciudad Autónoma de Melilla
ES70	Canarias
FR22	Picardie
FR25	Basse-Normandie
FR30	Nord — Pas-de-Calais
FR41	Lorraine
FR43	Franche-Comté
FR53	Poitou-Charentes
FR63	Limousin
FR72	Auvergne
FR81	Languedoc-Roussillon
FR83	Corse
ITF1	Abruzzo
ITF2	Molise
ITG2	Sardegna
MT00	Malta
AT11	Burgenland (A)	(new name Burgenland (AT))
PT15	Algarve
UKC1	Tees Valley and Durham
UKD1	Cumbria
UKD4	Lancashire
UKD5	Merseyside
UKE1	East Yorkshire and Northern Lincolnshire
UKE3	South Yorkshire
UKF3	Lincolnshire
UKG2	Shropshire and Staffordshire
UKK4	Devon
UKM6	Highlands and Islands
UKN0	Northern Ireland

ANNEX III

List of more developed regions pursuant to Article 3

		NUTS 2010
BE10	Région de Bruxelles-Capitale/Brussels Hoofdstedelijk Gewest
BE21	Prov. Antwerpen
BE22	Prov. Limburg (B)	(new name Prov. Limburg (BE))
BE23	Prov. Oost-Vlaanderen
BE24	Prov. Vlaams-Brabant
BE25	Prov. West-Vlaanderen
BE31	Prov. Brabant Wallon
CZ01	Praha
DK01	Hovedstaden
DK03	Syddanmark
DK04	Midtjylland
DK05	Nordjylland
DE11	Stuttgart
DE12	Karlsruhe
DE13	Freiburg
DE14	Tübingen
DE21	Oberbayern
DE22	Niederbayern
DE23	Oberpfalz
DE24	Oberfranken
DE25	Mittelfranken
DE26	Unterfranken
DE27	Schwaben
DE30	Berlin
DE50	Bremen
DE60	Hamburg
DE71	Darmstadt
DE72	Gießen
DE73	Kassel
DE91	Braunschweig
DE92	Hannover
DE94	Weser-Ems
DEA1	Düsseldorf
DEA2	Köln
DEA3	Münster
DEA4	Detmold
DEA5	Arnsberg
DEB1	Koblenz
DEB2	Trier
DEB3	Rheinhessen-Pfalz
DEC0	Saarland
DED3	Leipzig	(DED3 contains DED5 Leipzig and part of DED4 Chemnitz)
DEF0	Schleswig-Holstein
IE01	Border, Midland and Western
IE02	Southern and Eastern
GR30	Αττική (Attiki)	(new code EL30)
GR42	Νότιο Αιγαίο (Notio Aigaio)	(new code EL42)
ES11	Galicia
ES12	Principado de Asturias
ES13	Cantabria
ES21	País Vasco
ES22	Comunidad Foral de Navarra
ES23	La Rioja
ES24	Aragón
ES30	Comunidad de Madrid
ES41	Castilla y León
ES51	Cataluña
ES52	Comunidad Valenciana
ES53	Illes Balears
ES63	Ciudad Autónoma de Ceuta
FR10	Île de France
FR21	Champagne-Ardenne
FR23	Haute-Normandie
FR24	Centre
FR26	Bourgogne
FR42	Alsace
FR51	Pays de la Loire
FR52	Bretagne
FR61	Aquitaine
FR62	Midi-Pyrénées
FR71	Rhône-Alpes
FR82	Provence-Alpes-Côte d’Azur
ITC1	Piemonte
ITC2	Valle d’Aosta/Vallée d’Aoste
ITC3	Liguria
ITC4	Lombardia
ITD1	Provincia Autonoma Bolzano/Bozen	(new code and name ITH1 Provincia Autonoma di Bolzano/Bozen)
ITD2	Provincia Autonoma Trento	(new code and name ITH2 Provincia Autonoma di Trento)
ITD3	Veneto	(new code ITH3)
ITD4	Friuli-Venezia Giulia	(new code ITH4)
ITD5	Emilia-Romagna
ITE1	Toscana	(new code ITI1)
ITE2	Umbria	(new code ITI2)
ITE3	Marche
ITE4	Lazio	(new code ITI4)
CY00	Κύπρος/Kıbrıs (Kýpros/Kıbrıs)	(new name Κύπρος (Kýpros))
LU00	Luxembourg (Grand-Duché)	(new name Luxembourg)
HU10	Közép-Magyarország
NL11	Groningen
NL12	Friesland (NL)
NL13	Drenthe
NL21	Overijssel
NL22	Gelderland
NL23	Flevoland
NL31	Utrecht
NL32	Noord-Holland
NL33	Zuid-Holland
NL34	Zeeland
NL41	Noord-Brabant
NL42	Limburg (NL)
AT12	Niederösterreich
AT13	Wien
AT21	Kärnten
AT22	Steiermark
AT31	Oberösterreich
AT32	Salzburg
AT33	Tirol
AT34	Vorarlberg
PL12	Mazowieckie
PT17	Lisboa
PT30	Região Autónoma da Madeira
RO32	București — Ilfov
SI02	Zahodna Slovenija
SK01	Bratislavský kraj
FI13	Itä-Suomi	(merged into FI1D Pohjois- ja Itä-Suomi)
FI1A	Pohjois-Suomi	(merged into FI1D Pohjois- ja Itä-Suomi)
FI18	Etelä-Suomi	(split in FI1B Helsinki-Uusimaa and FI1C Etelä-Suomi)
FI19	Länsi-Suomi
FI20	Åland
SE11	Stockholm
SE12	Östra Mellansverige
SE21	Småland med öarna
SE22	Sydsverige
SE23	Västsverige
SE31	Norra Mellansverige
SE32	Mellersta Norrland
SE33	Övre Norrland
UKC2	Northumberland and Tyne and Wear
UKD2	Cheshire
UKD3	Greater Manchester
UKE2	North Yorkshire
UKE4	West Yorkshire
UKF1	Derbyshire and Nottinghamshire
UKF2	Leicestershire, Rutland and Northamptonshire
UKG1	Herefordshire, Worcestershire and Warwickshire
UKG3	West Midlands
UKH1	East Anglia
UKH2	Bedfordshire and Hertfordshire
UKH3	Essex
UKI1	Inner London
UKI2	Outer London
UKJ1	Berkshire, Buckinghamshire and Oxfordshire
UKJ2	Surrey, East and West Sussex
UKJ3	Hampshire and Isle of Wight
UKJ4	Kent
UKK1	Gloucestershire, Wiltshire and Bristol/Bath area
UKK2	Dorset and Somerset
UKL2	East Wales
UKM2	Eastern Scotland
UKM3	South Western Scotland
UKM5	North Eastern Scotland

ANNEX IV List of Member States eligible for funding from the Cohesion Fund pursuant to Article 4

• Bulgaria

• Czech Republic

• Estonia

• Greece

• Croatia

• Latvia

• Lithuania

• Hungary

• Malta

• Poland

• Portugal

• Romania

• Slovenia

• Slovakia

ANNEX V List of Member States eligible for funding from the Cohesion Fund on a transitional and specific basis pursuant to Article 5

Cyprus

(1)

OJ L 347, 20.12.2013, p. 320.

(2)

Regulation (EC) No 1059/2003 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 26 May 2003 on the establishment of a common classification of territorial units for statistics (NUTS) (OJ L 154, 21.6.2003, p. 1).

(3)

Commission Regulation (EC) No 105/2007 of 1 February 2007, amending the annexes to Regulation (EC) No 1059/2003 of the European Parliament and of the Council, on the establishment of a common classification of territorial units for statistics (NUTS) (OJ L 39, 10.2.2007, p. 1).

(4)

Commission Regulation (EU) No 31/2011 of 17 January 2011 amending annexes to Regulation (EC) No 1059/2003 of the European Parliament and of the Council on the establishment of a common classification of territorial units for statistics (NUTS) (OJ L 13, 18.1.2011, p. 3).