
COMMISSION DECISION of 4 August 2006 drawing up the list of regions eligible for funding from the Structural Funds under the Convergence objective for the period 2007-2013 (notified under document number C(2006) 3475) (2006/595/EC) 

THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community,
Having regard to the Council Regulation (EC) No 1083/2006 of 11 July 2006 laying down general provisions for the European Regional Development Fund, the European Social Fund and the Cohesion Fund and repealing Regulation (EC) No 1260/1999, and in particular Article 5(3) and 8(4) thereof,
Whereas:

(1) Pursuant to Article 3(2)(a) of Regulation (EC) No 1083/2006 the Convergence objective aims at speeding up the Convergence of the least developed Member States and regions.

(2) Pursuant to Article 5(1) of Regulation (EC) No 1083/2006 the regions eligible for funding from the Structural Funds under the Convergence objective shall be regions corresponding to level 2 of the Nomenclature of Territorial Statistical Units (hereinafter NUTS level 2) within the meaning of Regulation (EC) No 1059/2003 of the European Parliament and of the Council whose per capita gross domestic product (GDP), measured in purchasing power parities and calculated on the basis of Community figures for the period 2000-2002, is less than 75 % of the average GDP of the EU-25 for the same reference period.

(3) Pursuant to Article 8(1) of Regulation (EC) No 1083/2006 specifies that the NUTS level 2 regions which would have been eligible for Convergence objective status under Article 5(1) of that Regulation had the eligibility threshold remained at 75 % of average GDP of the EU-15, but which lose eligibility because their nominal per capita GDP level will exceed 75 % of the average GDP of the EU-25, measured and calculated according to the same Article 5(1), are also eligible, on a transitional and specific basis, for financing by the Structural Funds under the Convergence objective.

(4) It is necessary to establish the lists of eligible regions accordingly,
HAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION:

Article 1 
The regions eligible for funding from the Structural Funds under the Convergence objective shall be those listed in Annex I.
Article 2 
The regions eligible for funding from the Structural Funds under the Convergence objective on a transitional and specific basis, as referred to in Article 8(1) of Regulation (EC) No 1083/2006, shall be those listed in Annex II.
Article 3 
This Decision is addressed to the Member States.
ANNEX I

List of NUTS 2 regions eligible for funding from the Structural Funds under the Convergence objective for the period from 1 January 2007 to 31 December 2013BG31 Severozapaden
BG32 Severen tsentralen
BG33 Severoiztochen
BG34 Yugoiztochen
BG41 Yugozapaden
BG42 Yuzhen tsentralen
CZ02 Střední Čechy
CZ03 Jihozápad
CZ04 Severozápad
CZ05 Severovýchod
CZ06 Jihovýchod
CZ07 Střední Morava
CZ08 Moravskoslezsko
DE41 Brandenburg — Nordost
DE80 Mecklenburg-Vorpommern
DED1 Chemnitz
DED2 Dresden
DEE1 Dessau
DEE3 Magdeburg
DEG0 Thüringen
EE00 Eesti
GR11 Anatoliki Makedonia, Thraki
GR14 Thessalia
GR21 Ipeiros
GR22 Ionia Nisia
GR23 Dytiki Ellada
GR25 Peloponnisos
GR41 Voreio Aigaio
GR43 Kriti
ES11 Galicia
ES42 Castilla-La Mancha
ES43 Extremadura
ES61 Andalucía
FR91 Guadeloupe
FR92 Martinique
FR93 Guyane
FR94 Réunion
ITF3 Campania
ITF4 Puglia
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
MT00 Malta
PL11 Łódzkie
PL12 Mazowieckie
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 (PT)
PT18 Alentejo
PT20 Região Autónoma dos Açores
RO11 Nord-Vest
RO12 Centru
RO21 Nord-Est
RO22 Sud-Est
RO31 Sud-Muntenia
RO32 București-Ilfov
RO41 Sud-Vest Oltenia
RO42 Vest
SI00 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 NUTS 2 regions eligible for funding from the Structural Funds on a transitional and specific basis under the Convergence objective for the period from 1 January 2007 to 31 December 2013BE32 Province of Hainaut
DE42 Brandenburg — Südwest
DE93 Lüneburg
DED3 Leipzig
DEE2 Halle
GR12 Kentriki Makedonia
GR13 Dytiki Makedonia
GR30 Attiki
ES12 Principado de Asturias
ES62 Región de Murcia
ES63 Ciudad Autónoma de Ceuta
ES64 Ciudad Autónoma de Melilla
ITF5 Basilicata
AT11 Burgenland
PT15 Algarve
UKM4 Highlands and Islands