Structural Funds – annual breakdown of total resources by country, 2014-2020

 

SUMMARY OF:

Implementing Decision 2014/190/EU – annual distribution of structural funds among EU countries

WHAT IS THE AIM OF THE DECISION?

It defines how much funding each country will get under the EU’s main structural funds, the EU’s development programmes for regions.

KEY POINTS

• The decision breaks down the allocation of structural funds resources (the European Regional Development Fund (ERDF), the European Social Fund (ESF) and the Cohesion Fund) by year and by country.
• The tables in the decision annexes give the annual breakdown of global resources by country
  • under the Investment for growth and jobs goal (Annex I; Total amount: €313 billion);
  • under the European territorial cooperation goal which encourages regions to work together on joint projects (Annex II; Total amount: €9 billion);
  • allocated to less developed regions* under the Investment for growth and jobs goal (Annex V; Total amount: €182 billion);
  • allocated to transition regions* under the Investment for growth and jobs goal (Annex VI; Total amount: €35 billion);
  • allocated to more developed regions* under the Investment for growth and jobs goal (Annex VII; Total amount: €54 billion);
  • allocated to countries eligible for funding under the the Cohesion Fund for projects that fall under the Investment for growth and jobs goal (Annex VIII; Total amount: €63 billion);
  • allocated to additional funding for the outermost regions* and the northern sparsely populated regions* (Annex IX; Total amount: €1.5 billion);
  • allocated to cross-border cooperation programmes (Annex XIV; Total amount: €7.5 billion);
  • allocated to transnational cooperation programmes (Annex XV; Total amount: €2 billion);
  • allocated to interregional cooperation programmes (Annex XVI; Total amount: €571 million).
• The decision also sets out
  • how much is to be spent in each country from the specific allocation for the Youth Employment Initiative (YEI) (Annex III; Total amount: €3 billion in 2011 prices; and Annex X; Total amount: €3.2 billion in current prices);
  • the regions eligible for funding under the Youth Employment Initiative;
  • the annual share of the amounts to be transferred from each country’s Cohesion Fund allocation to the Connecting Europe Facility, which funds transport, energy and telecommunications infrastructure (Annex XI; Total amount: €11.3 billion in current prices);
  • the annual breakdown of the amounts to be transferred from each country’s total allocation to aid for the most deprived (Annex XII; Total amount: €3.8 billion in current prices);
  • the annual breakdown of resources for innovative projects in the area of sustainable urban development (Annex XIII; Total amount: €372 million in current prices).

FROM WHEN DOES THE DECISION APPLY?

It has applied since 3 April 2014.

BACKGROUND

• Regulation (EU) No 1303/2013 – sets out the general rules on how the 5 European Structural and Investment Funds (which include the ERDF, the ESF and the Cohesion Fund) work.
• For more information, see
  • European Structural and Investment Funds (European Commission).

KEY TERMS

MAIN DOCUMENT

Commission Implementing Decision 2014/190/EU of 3 April 2014 setting out the annual breakdown by Member State of global resources for the European Regional Development Fund, the European Social Fund and the Cohesion Fund under the Investment for growth and jobs goal and the European territorial cooperation goal, the annual breakdown by Member State of resources from the specific allocation for the Youth Employment Initiative together with the list of eligible regions, and the amounts to be transferred from each Member State's Cohesion Fund and Structural Funds allocations to the Connecting Europe Facility and to aid for the most deprived for the period 2014-2020 (OJ L 104, 8.4.2014, pp. 13-42)

See consolidated version.

RELATED DOCUMENTS

Regulation (EU) No 1300/2013 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 17 December 2013 on the Cohesion Fund and repealing Council Regulation (EC) No 1084/2006 (OJ L 347, 20.12.2013, pp. 281-288)

Regulation (EU) No 1301/2013 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 17 December 2013 on the European Regional Development Fund and on specific provisions concerning the Investment for growth and jobs goal and repealing Regulation (EC) No 1080/2006 (OJ L 347, 20.12.2013, pp. 289-302)

Regulation (EU) No 1303/2013 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 17 December 2013 laying down common provisions on the European Regional Development Fund, the European Social Fund, the Cohesion Fund, the European Agricultural Fund for Rural Development and the European Maritime and Fisheries Fund and laying down general provisions on the European Regional Development Fund, the European Social Fund, the Cohesion Fund and the European Maritime and Fisheries Fund and repealing Council Regulation (EC) No 1083/2006 (OJ L 347, 20.12.2013, pp. 320-469)

See consolidated version.

Regulation (EU) No 1304/2013 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 17 December 2013 on the European Social Fund and repealing Council Regulation (EC) No 1081/2006 (OJ L 347, 20.12.2013, pp. 470-486)

See consolidated version.

last update 11.10.2017

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(1) The United Kingdom withdraws from the European Union and becomes a third country (non-EU country) as of 1 February 2020.