1999/501/EC: Commission Decision of 1 July 1999 fixing an indicative allocation by Member State of the commitment appropriations for Objective 1 of the Structural Funds for the period 2000 to 2006 (notified under document number C(1999) 1769)
27. 7. 1999 EN Official Journal of the European Communities L 194/49 COMMISSION DECISION of 1 July 1999 fixing an indicative allocation by Member State of the commitment appropriations for Objective 1 of the Structural Funds for the period 2000 to 2006 (notified under document number C(1999) 1769) (1999/501/EC) THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES, Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community, Having regard to Council Regulation (EC) No 1260/1999 of 21 June 1999 laying down general provisions on the Structural Funds (1), and in particular the first subparagraph of Article 7(3) thereof, (1) Whereas point 1 of the first subparagraph of Article 1 of Regulation (EC) No 1260/1999 states that Objective 1 of the Structural Funds aims to promote the development and structural adjustment of regions whose development is lagging behind; (2) Whereas the second subparagraph of Article 7(2) of Regulation (EC) No 1260/1999 stipulates that 69,7 % of the appropriations for the Structural Funds are to be including 4,3 % under the allocated to Objective 1, transitional support arrangements; (3) Whereas the first subparagraph of Article 7(3) of Regula- tion (EC) No 1260/1999 stipulates that the Commission is to use transparent procedures to make indicative breakdowns by Member State of the commitment appropriations available for programming in 2000 to 2006 taking full account, for Objectives 1 and 2, of one or more objective criteria similar to those applied during the previous period covered by Council Regulation (EEC) No 2052/88 of 24 June 1988 on the tasks of the Structural Funds and their effectiveness and on coordina- tion of their activities between themselves and with the operations of the European Investment Bank and the other existing financial instruments (2), as last amended by Regulation (EC) No 3193/94 (3), namely: eligible population, regional prosperity, national prosperity and the relative severity of the structural problems, especially the level of unemployment; (4) Whereas the third subparagraph of Article 7(3) of Regu- lation (EC) No 1260/1999 stipulates, in the case of Objectives 1 and 2, that these breakdowns are to distin- guish allocations of appropriations to regions and areas benefiting from transitional support, that these alloca- tions are to be determined in accordance with the criteria referred to in the first subparagraph of that Article and that the annual breakdown of these appro- priations is to be degressive as from 1 January 2000 and (1) OJ L 161, 26. 6. 1999, p. 1. (2) OJ L 185, 15. 7. 1988, p. 9. (3) OJ L 337, 24. 12. 1994, p. 11. must be lower in 2000 than in 1999; whereas the transitional support profile may be tailored to the specific needs of the individual regions, and whereas the Commission has taken into consideration the Member States' requests in this respect, taking account of the annual breakdown of Structural Fund resources set out in the Annex to Regulation (EC) No 1260/1999; (5) Whereas the first subparagraph of Article 7(4) of Regula- tion (EC) No 1260/1999 sets up under Objective 1 a programme to assist the peace process in Northern Ireland (Peace) for 2000 to 2004 for the benefit of Northern Ireland and the border areas in Ireland under the those pertaining to the programme for the period 1994 to 1999; conditions same as (6) Whereas the second subparagrah of Article 7(4) of Regu- lation (EC) No 1260/1999 sets up under Objective 1 a programme of special assistance for 2000 to 2006 for the Swedish NUTS II regions which are not covered by the list referred to in Article 3(2) of that Regulation and the criteria laid down in Article 2 of which meet Protocol 6 annexed to the Act of Accession of Austria, Finland and Sweden (4); (7) Whereas the Commission's statement annexed to the minutes of the Council meeting of 21 June 1999 indi- cates the method that the Commission will use to decide the indicative allocation by Member State of the appro- priations for Objective 1, in accordance with the first subparagraph of Article 7(3) of Regulation (EC) No 1260/1999; (8) Whereas, bearing this method in mind, paragraph 44(a), (b), (c), (e), (f), (h), (i) and (j) of the Presidency conclu- sions of the Berlin European Council of 24 and 25 March 1999 fixed the amounts pertaining to certain specific cases for the period 2000 to 2006, HAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION: Article 1 The indicative amounts per Member State of the commitment appropriations for Objective 1 for 2000 to 2006, including the Peace programme and the special programme for the Swedish regions, shall be as set out in Annex I. (4) OJ L 1, 1. 1. 1995, p. 11. L 194/50 EN Official Journal of the European Communities 27. 7. 1999 The indicative amounts by Member State and by year of the commitment appropriations for transitional support under Objective 1 for 2000 to 2006 shall be as set out in Annex II. Article 2 This Decision is addressed to the Member States. Article 3 Done at Brussels, 1 July 1999. For the Commission Monika WULF-MATHIES Member of the Commission 27. 7. 1999 EN Official Journal of the European Communities L 194/51 ANNEX I Indicative allocation by Member State of the commitment appropriations for Objective 1 of the Structural Funds for the period 2000 to 2006 Member State Regions eligible under Objective 1 Peace programme Special programme for the Swedish regions Amount of appropriations (in million EUR (1999 prices)) Belgium Denmark Germany Greece Spain France Ireland Italy Luxembourg Netherlands Austria Portugal Finland Sweden United Kingdom — — 19 229 20 961 37 744 3 254 1 215 21 935 — — 261 16 124 913 372 4 685 Total 126 693 — — — — — — 100 — — — — — — — 400 500 — — — — — — — — — — — — — 350 — 350 L 194/52 EN Official Journal of the European Communities 27. 7. 1999 ANNEX II Indicative allocation by Member State of the commitment appropriations for transitional support for Objective 1 of the Structural Funds for the period 2000 to 2006 Member State 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 Total (in million EUR (1999 prices)) Belgium Denmark Germany Greece Spain France Ireland Italy Luxembourg Netherlands Austria Portugal Finland Sweden United Kingdom 105 — 122 — 78 83 400 32 — 23 — 650 — — 216 100 — 121 — 67 81 350 30 — 21 — 640 — — 204 95 — 121 — 56 79 300 28 — 20 — 610 — — 193 95 — 120 — 45 79 250 26 — 19 — 350 — — 181 91 — 119 — 37 78 200 25 — 18 — 300 — — 166 Total 1 709 1 614 1 502 1 165 1 034 90 — 118 — 37 76 150 24 — 17 — 271 — — 133 916 49 — 8 — 32 75 625 — 729 — 352 551 123 1 773 22 — 5 — 84 — — 73 187 — 123 — 2 905 — — 1 166 471 8 411