Commission Decision

of 26 March 2007

amending Decision 2006/594/EC fixing an indicative allocation by Member State of the commitment appropriations for the Convergence Objective for the period 2007 to 2013 as concerns Bulgaria and Romania

(notified under document number C(2007) 1290)

(2007/191/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 18(2) thereof,

Whereas:

(1) By Decision 2006/594/EC [2], the Commission fixed an indicative allocation by Member State of the commitment appropriations for the Convergence Objective for the period 2007 to 2013.

(2) Following the accession of Bulgaria and Romania, the indicative amounts of the commitment appropriations for the regions eligible to benefit from Structural Funds under the Convergence Objective, should be fixed for those Member States.

(3) Decision 2006/594/EC should therefore be amended accordingly.

(4) 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 2006/594/EC is amended as follows:

1. Annex I is replaced by Annex I to this Decision.

2. Annex III is replaced by Annex II to this Decision.

Article 2

This Decision shall apply from 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 243, 6.9.2006, p. 37.

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ANNEX I

"ANNEX I

Indicative allocation by Member State of the commitment appropriations for the regions eligible for funding from the Structural Funds under the Convergence Objective for the period from 1 January 2007 to 31 December 2013

(EUR) |

Member State | TABLE 1 —Amount of appropriations (2004 prices) |

Regions eligible under the Convergence Objective | Additional funding referred to in Annex II of Council Regulation (EC) No 1083/2006 under paragraph: |

14 | 20 | 24 | 26 | 28 | 30 |

Bulgaria | 3863601178 | | | | | | |

Ceska Republika | 15111066754 | | | | | | |

Deutschland | 10360473669 | | | | | | 166582500 |

Eesti | 1955979029 | | | 31365110 | | | |

Ellada | 8358352296 | | | | | | |

España | 17283774067 | | | | 1396500000 | | |

France | 2403498342 | | 427408905 | | | | |

Italia | 17993716405 | | | | | 825930000 | |

Latvija | 2586694732 | | | 53886609 | | | |

Lietuva | 3875516071 | | | 79933567 | | | |

Magyarország | 12622187455 | | | | | | |

Malta | 493750177 | | | | | | |

Polska | 38507171321 | 880349050 | | | | | |

Portugal | 15143387819 | | 58206001 | | | | |

România | 11115420983 | | | | | | |

Slovenija | 2401302729 | | | | | | |

Slovensko | 6214921468 | | | | | | |

United Kingdom | 2429762895 | | | | | | |

Total | 172720577390 | 880349050 | 485614906 | 165185286 | 1396500000 | 825930000 | 166582500 |

(EUR) |

Member State | TABLE 2 —Yearly breakdown of appropriations (2004 prices) |

2007 | 2008 | 2009 | 2010 | 2011 | 2012 | 2013 |

Bulgaria | 300892058 | 431830557 | 576458082 | 595526527 | 625067349 | 653446232 | 680380373 |

Ceska Republika | 1993246617 | 2050979461 | 2106089584 | 2162632571 | 2216183128 | 2266449252 | 2315486141 |

Deutschland | 1503865167 | 1503865167 | 1503865167 | 1503865167 | 1503865167 | 1503865167 | 1503865167 |

Eesti | 229977253 | 245929572 | 262982602 | 281212290 | 300982256 | 322136118 | 344124048 |

Ellada | 1194050328 | 1194050328 | 1194050328 | 1194050328 | 1194050328 | 1194050328 | 1194050328 |

España | 2668610581 | 2668610581 | 2668610581 | 2668610581 | 2668610581 | 2668610581 | 2668610581 |

France | 404415321 | 404415321 | 404415321 | 404415321 | 404415321 | 404415321 | 404415321 |

Italia | 2688520915 | 2688520915 | 2688520915 | 2688520915 | 2688520915 | 2688520915 | 2688520915 |

Latvija | 308012292 | 330054158 | 353328505 | 376808997 | 400322218 | 424084983 | 447970188 |

Lietuva | 528903377 | 525252930 | 525724448 | 549071072 | 581530171 | 606085051 | 638882589 |

Magyarország | 1838275243 | 1749371409 | 1634208005 | 1659921561 | 1847533517 | 1913391641 | 1979486079 |

Malta | 81152175 | 73854132 | 68610286 | 61225559 | 61225559 | 68610286 | 79072180 |

Polska | 5686360306 | 5705409032 | 5720681799 | 5535346918 | 5557271412 | 5579376731 | 5603074173 |

Portugal | 2171656260 | 2171656260 | 2171656260 | 2171656260 | 2171656260 | 2171656260 | 2171656260 |

România | 782254110 | 1123289385 | 1498844810 | 1773286696 | 1875412911 | 1979406577 | 2082926494 |

Slovenija | 423258365 | 397135571 | 370643430 | 343781942 | 316551106 | 288950923 | 260981392 |

Slovensko | 939878406 | 896645972 | 845960417 | 765136058 | 807732837 | 873727195 | 1085840583 |

United Kingdom | 347108985 | 347108985 | 347108985 | 347108985 | 347108985 | 347108985 | 347108985 |

Total | 24090437759 | 24507979736 | 24941759525 | 25082177748 | 25568040021 | 25953892546 | 26496451797" |

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ANNEX II

"ANNEX III

Indicative allocation by Member State of the commitment appropriations for the Member States eligible for funding from the Cohesion Fund under the Convergence Objective for the period from 1 January 2007 to 31 December 2013

(EUR) |

Member State | TABLE 1 —Amount of appropriations (2004 prices) |

| Additional funding referred to in Annex II of Council Regulation (EC) No 1083/2006 under paragraph 24 |

Bulgaria | 2009650238 | |

Ceska Republika | 7809984551 | |

Eesti | 1000465639 | 16157785 |

Ellada | 3280399675 | |

Kypros | 193005267 | |

Latvija | 1331962318 | 27759767 |

Lietuva | 1987693262 | 41177899 |

Magyarorszag | 7570173505 | |

Malta | 251648410 | |

Polska | 19512850811 | |

Portugal | 2715031963 | |

România | 5754788708 | |

Slovenija | 1235595457 | |

Slovensko | 3424078134 | |

Total | 56067677700 | 85095451 |

(EUR) |

Member State | TABLE 2 —Yearly breakdown of appropriations (2004 prices) |

2007 | 2008 | 2009 | 2010 | 2011 | 2012 | 2013 |

Bulgaria | 161567407 | 227036657 | 299350419 | 308884642 | 323655053 | 337844495 | 351311565 |

Ceska Republika | 1032973476 | 1061839898 | 1089394960 | 1117666453 | 1144441732 | 1169574794 | 1194093238 |

Eesti | 118267391 | 126243551 | 134770066 | 143884910 | 153769893 | 164346824 | 175340789 |

Ellada | 468628525 | 468628525 | 468628525 | 468628525 | 468628525 | 468628525 | 468628525 |

Kypros | 52598692 | 42866160 | 33133627 | 23401096 | 13668564 | 13668564 | 13668564 |

Latvija | 159639206 | 170660138 | 182297312 | 194037557 | 205794168 | 217675551 | 229618153 |

Lietuva | 180857472 | 230966558 | 277869373 | 303013907 | 320491883 | 348611677 | 367060291 |

Magyarorszag | 328094604 | 687358082 | 1080433910 | 1308130864 | 1343212938 | 1388664318 | 1434278789 |

Malta | 24809997 | 32469219 | 37971049 | 45716955 | 45716955 | 37971049 | 26993186 |

Polska | 1883652471 | 2208285009 | 2532817229 | 2755750999 | 3075155487 | 3377773568 | 3679416048 |

Portugal | 387861709 | 387861709 | 387861709 | 387861709 | 387861709 | 387861709 | 387861709 |

România | 419281086 | 589798724 | 777576436 | 914797379 | 965860486 | 1017857319 | 1069617278 |

Slovenija | 86225407 | 115705905 | 145555750 | 175774942 | 206363481 | 237321369 | 268648603 |

Slovensko | 197125902 | 317519267 | 452740053 | 630951164 | 664262430 | 668505352 | 492973966 |

Total | 5340015938 | 6440202745 | 7601049999 | 8469616460 | 8995228251 | 9498460619 | 9808199139" |

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