Commission Decision

of 26 March 2007

amending Decision 2006/769/EC drawing up the list of regions and areas eligible for funding from the European Regional Development Fund under the cross-border and transnational strands of the European territorial cooperation objective for the period 2007 to 2013 as concerns Bulgaria and Romania

(notified under document number C(2007) 1284)

(2007/190/EC)

THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,

Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community,

Having regard to 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 [1], and in particular Article 7 thereof,

Whereas:

(1) By Commission Decision 2006/769/EC [2] a list of regions and areas eligible for funding from the European Regional Development Fund under the cross-border and transnational strands of the European territorial cooperation objective for the period 2007 to 2013 was established.

(2) Following the accession of Bulgaria and Romania, regions and areas from those Member States should be added to the list of regions and areas eligible for funding from the European Regional Development Fund under the cross-border and transnational strands of the European territorial cooperation objective.

(3) The measures provided for in this Decision are in accordance with the opinion of the Coordination Committee of the Funds.

(4) Decision 2006/769/EC should therefore be amended accordingly.

(5) For reasons of clarity and legal certainty, this Decision should apply from the date of accession of Bulgaria and Romania,

HAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION:

Article 1

Decision 2006/769/EC is amended as follows:

1. Annex I is amended as follows:

(a) the following entries are inserted after the entry "BE353 Arr. Philippeville":

"BG311 Vidin

BG312 Montana

BG313 Vratsa

BG314 Pleven

BG321 Veliko Tarnovo

BG323 Ruse

BG325 Silistra

BG332 Dobrich

BG413 Blagoevgrad

BG422 Haskovo

BG424 Smolyan

BG425 Kardzhali";

(b) the following entries are inserted after the entry "PT184 Baixo Alentejo":

"RO111 Bihor

RO115 Satu Mare

RO223 Constanța

RO312 Călărași

RO314 Giurgiu

RO317 Teleorman

RO411 Dolj

RO413 Mehedinți

RO414 Olt

RO421 Arad

RO424 Timiș".

2. In Annex II, the list of areas under the heading "SOUTH EAST EUROPE" is amended as follows:

(a) the following entries are inserted before the entry "GR11 Anatoliki Makedonia, Thraki":

"BG31 Severozapaden

BG32 Severen tsentralen

BG33 Severoiztochen

BG34 Yugoiztochen

BG41 Yugozapaden

BG42 Yuzhen tsentralen";

(b) the following entries are inserted after the entry "AT34 Vorarlberg":

"RO11 Nord-Vest

RO12 Centru

RO21 Nord-Est

RO22 Sud-Est

RO31 Sud-Muntenia

RO32 București-Ilfov

RO41 Sud-Vest Oltenia

RO42 Vest".

Article 2

This Decision shall apply from the 1 January 2007.

Article 3

This Decision is addressed to the Member States.

Done at Brussels, 26 March 2007.

For the Commission

Danuta Hübner

Member of the Commission

[1] OJ L 210, 31.7.2006, p. 25. Regulation as amended by Regulation (EC) No 1989/2006 (OJ L 411, 30.12.2006, p. 6).

[2] OJ L 312, 11.11.2006, p. 47.

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