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- THE EUROPEAN COMMISSION, Having regard to the Treaty on th…
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- 2 The Member States eligible for funding from the Cohesion F…
- 3 This Decision is addressed to the Member States.
- I Regions eligible for funding from the European Regional Development Fund (ERDF) and European Social Fund Plus (ESF+) under the less developed regions category
- II Regions eligible for funding from the ERDF and the ESF+ under the transition regions category
- III Regions eligible for funding from the ERDF and the ESF+ under the more developed regions category
- IV List of Member States supported by the Cohesion Fund
THE EUROPEAN COMMISSION,Having regard to the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union,Having regard to Regulation (EU) 2021/1060 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 24 June 2021 laying down common provisions on the European Regional Development Fund, the European Social Fund Plus, the Cohesion Fund, the Just Transition Fund and the European Maritime, Fisheries and Aquaculture Fund and financial rules for those and for the Asylum, Migration and Integration Fund, the Internal Security Fund and the Instrument for Financial Support for Border Management and Visa Policynote, and in particular Article 108(4) thereof,Whereas:
(1)The European Regional Development Fund (ERDF) and the European Social Fund Plus (ESF+) support the Investment for jobs and growth 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 Councilnote, as amended by Commission Regulation (EU) 2016/2066note.
(2)In order to set out an appropriate financial framework for the ERDF and the ESF+, it is necessary that the Commission set up a list of regions fulfilling the respective criteria laid down in Annex XXVI to Regulation (EU) 2021/1060 of each of the three categories of regions (less developed regions, transition regions and more developed regions) at NUTS level 2.
(3)For the same reason, it is also necessary that the Commission set up the list of Member States that are eligible for funding from the Cohesion Fund in accordance with Article 108(3) of Regulation (EU) 2021/1060.
(4)For reasons of transparency, the codes and names of the NUTS level 2 regions applicable from 1 January 2021 in accordance with Regulation (EC) No 1059/2003, as amended by Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) 2019/1755note, should also be included into the Annexes to this Decision.
(5)The list of eligible regions and Member States should therefore be set up accordingly,
HAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION:
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1.The regions eligible for funding from the ERDF and ESF+ under the category of less developed regions are listed in Annex I.
2.The regions eligible for funding from the ERDF and the ESF+ under the category of transition regions are listed in Annex II.
3.The regions eligible for funding from the ERDF and the ESF+ under the category of more developed regions are listed in Annex III.
Annex I · Regions eligible for funding from the European Regional Development Fund (ERDF) and European Social Fund Plus (ESF+) under the less developed regions category
| BE34 | Prov. Luxembourg (BE) | |
| BG31 | Северозападен (Severozapaden) | |
| BG32 | Северен централен (Severen tsentralen) | |
| BG33 | Североизточен (Severoiztochen) | |
| BG34 | Югоизточен (Yugoiztochen) | |
| BG42 | Южен централен (Yuzhen tsentralen) | |
| CZ04 | Severozápad | |
| CZ05 | Severovýchod | |
| CZ07 | Střední Morava | |
| CZ08 | Moravskoslezsko | |
| EL41 | Βόρειο Αιγαίο (Voreio Aigaio) | |
| EL43 | Κρήτη (Kriti) | |
| EL51 | Aνατολική Μακεδονία, Θράκη (Anatoliki Makedonia, Thraki) | |
| EL52 | Κεντρική Μακεδονία (Kentriki Makedonia) | |
| EL53 | Δυτική Μακεδονία (Dytiki Makedonia) | |
| EL54 | Ήπειρος (Ipeiros) | |
| EL61 | Θεσσαλία (Thessalia) | |
| EL62 | Ιόνια Νησιά (Ionia Nisia) | |
| EL63 | Δυτική Ελλάδα (Dytiki Ellada) | |
| EL64 | Στερεά Ελλάδα (Sterea Ellada) | |
| EL65 | Πελοπόννησος (Peloponnisos) | |
| ES42 | Castilla-La Mancha | |
| ES43 | Extremadura | |
| ES61 | Andalucía | |
| ES63 | Ciudad Autónoma de Ceuta | (new name: Cuidad de Ceuta) |
| ES64 | Ciudad Autónoma de Melilla | (new name: Ciudad de Melilla) |
| FRY1 | Guadeloupe | |
| FRY3 | Guyane | |
| FRY4 | La Réunion | |
| FRY5 | Mayotte | |
| HR03 | Jadranska Hrvatska | |
| HR04 | Kontinentalna Hrvatska | (split in: HR05 Grad Zagreb, HR06 Sjeverna Hrvatska and HR02 Panonska Hrvatska) |
| ITF2 | Molise | |
| ITF3 | Campania | |
| ITF4 | Puglia | |
| ITF5 | Basilicata | |
| ITF6 | Calabria | |
| ITG1 | Sicilia | |
| ITG2 | Sardegna | |
| LV00 | Latvija | |
| LT02 | Vidurio ir vakarų Lietuvos regionas | |
| HU12 | Pest | |
| HU21 | Közép-Dunántúl | |
| HU22 | Nyugat-Dunántúl | |
| HU23 | Dél-Dunántúl | |
| HU31 | Észak-Magyarország | |
| HU32 | Észak-Alföld | |
| HU33 | Dél-Alföld | |
| PL21 | Małopolskie | |
| PL22 | Śląskie | |
| PL42 | Zachodniopomorskie | |
| PL43 | Lubuskie | |
| PL52 | Opolskie | |
| PL61 | Kujawsko-pomorskie | |
| PL62 | Warmińsko-mazurskie | |
| PL63 | Pomorskie | |
| PL71 | Łódzkie | |
| PL72 | Świętokrzyskie | |
| PL81 | Lubelskie | |
| PL82 | Podkarpackie | |
| PL84 | Podlaskie | |
| PL92 | Mazowiecki regionalny | |
| PT11 | Norte | |
| PT16 | Centro (PT) | |
| PT18 | Alentejo | |
| PT20 | Região Autónoma dos Açores | |
| PT30 | Região Autónoma da Madeira | |
| RO11 | Nord-Vest | |
| RO12 | Centru | |
| RO21 | Nord-Est | |
| RO22 | Sud-Est | |
| RO31 | Sud - Muntenia | |
| RO41 | Sud-Vest Oltenia | |
| RO42 | Vest | |
| SI03 | Vzhodna Slovenija | |
| SK02 | Západné Slovensko | |
| SK03 | Stredné Slovensko | |
| SK04 | Východné Slovensko |
Annex II · Regions eligible for funding from the ERDF and the ESF+ under the transition regions category
| BE22 | Prov. Limburg (BE) | |
| BE32 | Prov. Hainaut | |
| BE33 | Prov. Liège | |
| BE35 | Prov. Namur | |
| BG41 | Югозападен (Yugozapaden) | |
| CZ02 | Střední Čechy | |
| CZ03 | Jihozápad | |
| CZ06 | Jihovýchod | |
| DK02 | Sjælland | |
| DE40 | Brandenburg | |
| DE80 | Mecklenburg-Vorpommern | |
| DE93 | Lüneburg | |
| DEB2 | Trier | |
| DED2 | Dresden | |
| DED4 | Chemnitz | |
| DEE0 | Sachsen-Anhalt | |
| DEG0 | Thüringen | |
| EE00 | Eesti | |
| IE04 | Northern and Western | |
| EL30 | Aττική (Attiki) | |
| EL42 | Νότιο Αιγαίο (Notio Aigaio) | |
| ES11 | Galicia | |
| ES12 | Principado de Asturias | |
| ES13 | Cantabria | |
| ES23 | La Rioja | |
| ES41 | Castilla y León | |
| ES52 | Comunidad Valenciana | (new name: Comunitat Valenciana) |
| ES53 | Illes Balears | |
| ES62 | Región de Murcia | |
| ES70 | Canarias | |
| FRB0 | Centre - Val de Loire | |
| FRC1 | Bourgogne | |
| FRC2 | Franche-Comté | |
| FRD1 | Basse-Normandie | |
| FRD2 | Haute-Normandie | |
| FRE1 | Nord-Pas de Calais | |
| FRE2 | Picardie | |
| FRF1 | Alsace | |
| FRF2 | Champagne-Ardenne | |
| FRF3 | Lorraine | |
| FRG0 | Pays de la Loire | |
| FRH0 | Bretagne | |
| FRI1 | Aquitaine | |
| FRI2 | Limousin | |
| FRI3 | Poitou-Charentes | |
| FRJ1 | Languedoc-Roussillon | |
| FRJ2 | Midi-Pyrénées | |
| FRK1 | Auvergne | |
| FRL0 | Provence-Alpes-Côte d’Azur | |
| FRM0 | Corse | |
| FRY2 | Martinique | |
| ITF1 | Abruzzo | |
| ITI2 | Umbria | |
| ITI3 | Marche | |
| CY00 | Κύπρος (Kýpros) | |
| MT00 | Malta | |
| NL12 | Friesland (NL) | |
| NL13 | Drenthe | |
| NL23 | Flevoland | |
| AT11 | Burgenland | |
| PL41 | Wielkopolskie | |
| PL51 | Dolnośląskie | |
| PT15 | Algarve | |
| FI19 | Länsi-Suomi | |
| FI1C | Etelä-Suomi | |
| FI1D | Pohjois- ja Itä-Suomi | |
| SE31 | Norra Mellansverige |
III · Regions eligible for funding from the ERDF and the ESF+ under the more developed regions category
| BE10 | Région de Bruxelles-Capitale/Brussels Hoofdstedelijk Gewest |
| BE21 | Prov. Antwerpen |
| 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 |
| DEB3 | Rheinhessen-Pfalz |
| DEC0 | Saarland |
| DED5 | Leipzig |
| DEF0 | Schleswig-Holstein |
| IE05 | Southern |
| IE06 | Eastern and Midland |
| ES21 | País Vasco |
| ES22 | Comunidad Foral de Navarra |
| ES24 | Aragón |
| ES30 | Comunidad de Madrid |
| ES51 | Cataluña |
| FR10 | Ile-de-France |
| FRK2 | Rhône-Alpes |
| ITC1 | Piemonte |
| ITC2 | Valle d'Aosta/Vallée d'Aoste |
| ITC3 | Liguria |
| ITC4 | Lombardia |
| ITH1 | Provincia Autonoma di Bolzano/Bozen |
| ITH2 | Provincia Autonoma di Trento |
| ITH3 | Veneto |
| ITH4 | Friuli-Venezia Giulia |
| ITH5 | Emilia-Romagna |
| ITI1 | Toscana |
| ITI4 | Lazio |
| LT01 | Sostinės regionas |
| LU00 | Luxembourg |
| HU11 | Budapest |
| NL11 | Groningen |
| NL21 | Overijssel |
| NL22 | Gelderland |
| 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 |
| PL91 | Warszawski stołeczny |
| PT17 | Área Metropolitana de Lisboa |
| RO32 | Bucureşti - Ilfov |
| SI04 | Zahodna Slovenija |
| SK01 | Bratislavský kraj |
| FI1B | Helsinki-Uusimaa |
| FI20 | Åland |
| SE11 | Stockholm |
| SE12 | Östra Mellansverige |
| SE21 | Småland med öarna |
| SE22 | Sydsverige |
| SE23 | Västsverige |
| SE32 | Mellersta Norrland |
| SE33 | Övre Norrland |
Annex IV · List of Member States supported by the Cohesion Fund
| Bulgaria |
| Czechia |
| Estonia |
| Greece |
| Croatia |
| Cyprus |
| Latvia |
| Lithuania |
| Hungary |
| Malta |
| Poland |
| Portugal |
| Romania |
| Slovenia |
| Slovakia |
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