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TITLE IU.K.OBJECTIVES AND GENERAL RULES ON ASSISTANCE

CHAPTER VU.K.Financial framework

Article 18U.K.Global resources

[F11. The resources available for commitment from the Funds for the period 2007 to 2013 shall be EUR 308 417 037 817 at 2004 prices in accordance with the annual breakdown shown in Annex I.]

For the purpose of programming and subsequent inclusion in the general budget of the European Union, the amount referred to in the first subparagraph shall be indexed at 2 % per year.

The breakdown of budgetary resources by the objectives defined in Article 3(2) shall be such as to achieve a significant concentration on the regions of the Convergence objective.

2.The Commission shall make indicative annual breakdowns by Member States in accordance with the criteria and methodology set out in Annex II without prejudice to the provisions referred to in Articles 23 and 24.

3.The amounts referred to in paragraphs 12 to 30 of Annex II shall be included in the amounts referred to in Articles 19, 20 and 21 and shall be clearly identified in the programming documents.

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[F1Article 19 U.K. Resources for the Convergence objective

Overall resources for the Convergence objective shall amount to 81,56 % of the resources referred to in Article 18(1) (i.e. a total of EUR 251 529 800 379 ) and shall be distributed between the different components as follows:

(a)

70,50 % (i.e. a total of EUR 177 324 921 223 ) for the financing referred to in Article 5(1), using eligible population, regional prosperity, national prosperity and unemployment rate as the criteria for calculating the indicative breakdowns by Member State;

(b)

4,98 % (i.e. a total of EUR 12 521 289 405 ) for the transitional and specific support referred to in Article 8(1), using eligible population, regional prosperity, national prosperity and unemployment rate as the criteria for calculating the indicative breakdowns by Member State;

(c)

23,23 % (i.e. a total of EUR 58 433 589 750 ) for the financing referred to in Article 5(2), using population, national prosperity, and surface area as the criteria for calculating the indicative breakdowns by Member State;

(d)

1,29 % (i.e. a total of EUR 3 250 000 000 ) for the transitional and specific support referred to in Article 8(3).]

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Article 20U.K.Resources for the Regional competitiveness and employment objective

[F1Overall resources for the Regional competitiveness and employment objective shall amount to 15,93 % of the resources referred to in Article 18(1) (i.e. a total of EUR 49 127 784 318 ) and shall be distributed between the different components as follows:]

(a)

78,86 % (i.e. a total of EUR 38 742 477 688) for the financing referred to in Article 6, using eligible population, regional prosperity, unemployment rate, employment rate and population density as the criteria for calculating the indicative breakdowns by Member State; and

(b)

21,14 % (i.e. a total of EUR 10 385 306 630) for the transitional and specific support referred to in Article 8(2), using eligible population, regional prosperity, national prosperity and unemployment rate as the criteria for calculating the indicative breakdowns by Member State.

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Article 21U.K.Resources for the European territorial cooperation objective

[F11. Overall resources for the European territorial cooperation objective shall amount to 2,52 % of the resources referred to in Article 18(1) (i.e. a total of EUR 7 759 453 120 ) and, excluding the amount referred to in paragraph 22 of Annex II, shall be distributed between the different components as follows:

(a) 73,86 % (i.e. a total of EUR 5 583 386 893 ) for the financing of cross-border cooperation referred to in Article 7(1), using eligible population as the criterion for calculating the indicative breakdowns by Member State;

(b) 20,95 % (i.e. a total of EUR 1 583 594 654 ) for the financing of transnational cooperation referred to in Article 7(2), using eligible population as the criterion for calculating the indicative breakdowns by Member State;

(c) 5,19 % (i.e. a total of EUR 392 471 574 ) for the financing of interregional cooperation, cooperation networks and exchange of experience referred to in Article 7(3).

2. The contribution from the ERDF to the cross-border and sea-basin programmes under the European Neighbourhood and Partnership Instrument and to the cross-border programmes under the Instrument for Pre-Accession Assistance pursuant to Regulation (EC) No 1085/2006 shall be EUR 817 691 234 , as a result of the indication of each Member State concerned, deducted from their allocations under paragraph 1(a). These ERDF contributions shall not be subject to reallocation between the Member States concerned.]

3.The contribution from the ERDF to each cross-border and sea-basin programme under the instruments referred to in paragraph 2 shall be granted provided that the contribution from such instruments to each such programme is at least equivalent to the contribution from the ERDF. However, this equivalence shall be subject to a maximum amount of EUR 465 690 000 under the European Neighbourhood and Partnership Instrument and of EUR 243 782 000 under the Instrument for Pre-Accession Assistance.

4.The annual appropriations corresponding to the contribution from the ERDF mentioned in paragraph 2 shall be entered in the relevant budget lines of the cross-border strand of the instruments referred to in paragraph 2 with the 2007 budgetary exercise.

5.In 2008 and in 2009, the annual contribution from the ERDF mentioned in paragraph 2 for which no operational programme has been submitted to the Commission by 30 June at the latest under the cross-border and sea-basin strands of the instruments referred to in paragraph 2 shall then be made available to the Member State concerned for the financing of cross-border cooperation under paragraph 1(a), including cooperation on external borders.

If by 30 June 2010 at the latest, there are still operational programmes under the cross-border and sea-basin strands of the instruments referred to in paragraph 2 which have not been submitted to the Commission, the entire contribution from the ERDF mentioned in paragraph 2 for the remaining years up to 2013 shall then be made available to the Member States concerned for financing cross-border cooperation under paragraph 1(a), including cooperation on external borders.

6.If, following the adoption by the Commission of the cross-border and sea basin programmes mentioned in paragraph 2, such programmes need to be discontinued on the grounds that:

(a)the partner country does not sign the financing agreement by the end of the year following the adoption of the programme; or

(b)the programme cannot be implemented owing to problems arising in relations between the participating countries,

the contribution from the ERDF mentioned in paragraph 2 corresponding to the annual instalments not yet committed shall be made available to the Member States concerned, at their request, for the financing of cross-border cooperation under paragraph 1(a), including cooperation on external borders.

Textual Amendments

Article 22U.K.Non transferability of resources

The total appropriations allocated by Member State under each of the objectives of the Funds and their components shall not be transferable between them.

By way of derogation from the first subparagraph, each Member State under the European territorial cooperation objective may transfer up to 15 % of the financial allocation of one of the components referred to in Article 21(1)(a) and (b) to the other.

[F2By way of derogation from the first paragraph, Croatia may distribute its financial allocation under the European territorial cooperation objective among the three components referred to in Article 21(1)(a) to (c) with a view to achieving a high level of efficiency and simplification.]

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[F1Article 23 U.K. Resources for the performance reserve

Three per cent of the resources referred to in Article 19(a) and (b) and Article 20 may be allocated by the Member States, with the exception of Croatia, in accordance with Article 50.]

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Article 24U.K.Resources for technical assistance

Of the resources referred to in Article 18(1), 0,25 % shall be devoted to technical assistance for the Commission as defined in Article 45.