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 rep

20.2.2014 | EN | Official Journal of the European Union | L 50/22 ---|---|---|--- * * * 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 * * * (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). * * * ANNEX I List of less developed regions pursuant to Article 1 | | NUTS 2010 (1) ---|---|--- 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 | * * * (1) Changes to the codes and names introduced by Regulation (EU) No 31/2011, applicable as of 1 January 2012. * * * 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 * * *