Article 1
The regions and areas eligible for funding from the European...
Article 2
The NUTS level 3 regions of the Union which have...
Article 3
The regions and areas eligible for funding from the ERDF...
Article 4
This Decision is addressed to the Member States.
ANNEX I
List of areas to receive support, broken down by cross-border cooperation programme
ANNEX II
Regions taken into account for the allocation to cross-border cooperation, not part of any of the cross-border programme areas listed in Annex I
ANNEX III
List of areas to receive support, broken down by transnational cooperation programme
(Interreg V-B) ADRIATIC-IONIAN
(Interreg V-B) ALPINE SPACE
(Interreg V-B) ATLANTIC AREA
(Interreg V-B) BALTIC SEA
(Interreg V-B) CARIBBEAN AREA
(Interreg V-B) CENTRAL EUROPE
(Interreg V-B) DANUBE
(Interreg V-B) INDIAN OCEAN AREA
(Inside cross-border programme 2014TC16RFCB007) MAC (Madeira-Açores-Canarias)
(Interreg V-B) MEDITERRANEAN
(Interreg V-B) NORTHERN PERIPHERY AND ARCTIC
(Interreg V-B) NORTH SEA
(Interreg V-B) NORTH WEST EUROPE
(Interreg V-B) AMAZONIA
(Interreg V-B) SOUTH WEST EUROPE
(Interreg V-B) BALKAN-MEDITERRANEAN
Commission Implementing Decision
of 16 June 2014
setting up the list of regions and areas eligible for funding from the European Regional Development Fund under the cross-border and transnational components of the European territorial cooperation goal for the period 2014 to 2020
(notified under document number C(2014) 3898)
(2014/388/EU)
THE EUROPEAN COMMISSION,
Having regard to the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union,
Having regard to Regulation (EU) No 1299/2013 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 17 December 2013 on specific provisions for the support from the European Regional Development Fund to the European territorial cooperation goal , and in particular the second subparagraph of Article 3(1) and the first subparagraph of Article 3(3) thereof,
After consulting the Coordination Committee for the European Structural and Investment Funds established by Article 150(1) of 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 and 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 Council Regulation (EC) No 1083/2006 ,
Whereas:
(1)
The European Regional Development Fund (ERDF) supports the ‘European territorial cooperation goal’ in certain regions corresponding to level 3 of the common classification of territorial units for statistics (hereinafter referred to as ‘NUTS level 3’) for cross-border cooperation, in all regions corresponding to level 2 of the common classification of territorial units for statistics (hereinafter referred to as ‘NUTS level 2’) for transnational cooperation, which was established by Regulation (EC) No 1059/2003 of the European Parliament and of the Council as amended by Commission Regulation (EU) No 31/2011 . It is therefore necessary to set out these lists of eligible regions.
(2)
Pursuant to the third subparagraph of Article 3(1) of Regulation (EU) No 1299/2013, the list of eligible regions for cross-border cooperation is also to specify those NUTS level 3 regions of the Union taken into account for the ERDF allocation for cross-border cooperation at all internal borders, and those external borders covered by the external financial instruments of the Union, such as the European Neighbourhood Instrument (ENI) within the scope of Regulation (EU) No 232/2014 of the European Parliament and of the Council and the Pre-Accession Assistance (IPA II) within the scope of Regulation (EU) No 231/2014 of the European Parliament and of the Council .
(3)
Pursuant to the fifth subparagraph of Article 3(1) of Regulation (EU) No 1299/2013, at the request of the Member State or Member States concerned, this list may also cover NUTS level 3 regions in outermost regions along maritime borders separated by more than 150 km as cross-border areas.
(4)
Pursuant to Article 3(6) of Regulation (EU) No 1299/2013, the Commission decision setting out the lists of cross-border and transnational areas is also to mention, for information purposes, the regions of third countries or territories, as referred to in paragraphs 2 and 4 of Article 3 of that Regulation.
(5)
It is therefore necessary to establish the lists of cross-border and transnational areas eligible for funding from the ERDF, broken down by cooperation programme,
HAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION:
OJ L 347, 20.12.2013, p. 259.
OJ L 347, 20.12.2013, p. 320.
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).
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).
Regulation (EU) No 232/2014 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 11 March 2014 establishing a European Neighbourhood Instrument (OJ L 77, 15.3.2014, p. 27).
Regulation (EU) No 231/2014 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 11 March 2014 establishing an Instrument for Pre-accession Assistance (IPA II) (OJ L 77, 15.3.2014, p. 11).