Article 1
The regions under the less-developed category eligible for funding from the European Regional Development Fund (ERDF) and European Social Fund (ESF) are listed in Annex I.
2014/99/EU: Commission Implementing Decision of 18 February 2014 setting out the list of regions eligible for funding from the European Regional Development Fund and the European Social Fund and of Member States eligible for funding from the Cohesion Fund for the period 2014-2020 (notified under document C(2014) 974)
2014/99/EU: Commission Implementing Decision of 18 February 2014 setting out the list of regions eligible for funding from the European Regional Development Fund and the European Social Fund and of Member States eligible for funding from the Cohesion Fund for the period 2014-2020 (notified under document C(2014) 974)
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Article 2
The regions under the transition category eligible for funding from the ERDF and the ESF are listed in Annex II.
Article 3
The regions under the more-developed category eligible for funding from the ERDF and the ESF are listed in Annex III.
Article 4
The Member States eligible for funding from the Cohesion Fund are listed in Annex IV.
Article 5
The Member States eligible for funding from the Cohesion Fund on a transitional and specific basis are listed in Annex V.
Article 6
This Decision is addressed to the Member States.
Supplementary provisions
ANNEX ISupplementary provisions
ANNEX I List of less developed regions pursuant to Article 1 NUTS 2010 ( 1 ) BG31 Северозападен (Severozapaden) BG32 Северен централен (Severen tsentralen) BG33 Североизточен (Severoiztochen) BG34 Югоизточен (Yugoiztochen) BG41 Югозападен (Yugozapaden) BG42 Южен централен (Yuzhen tsentralen) CZ02 Střední Čechy CZ03 Jihozápad CZ04 Severozápad CZ05 Severovýchod CZ06 Jihovýchod CZ07 Střední Morava CZ08 Moravskoslezsko EE00 Eesti GR11 Ανατολική Μακεδονία, Θράκη (Anatoliki Makedonia, Thraki) (new code EL11) GR12 Κεντρική Μακεδονία (Kentriki Makedonia) (new code EL12) GR14 Θεσσαλία (Thessalia) (new code EL14) GR21 Ήπειρος (Ipeiros) (new code EL21) GR23 Δυτική Ελλάδα (Dytiki Ellada) (new code EL23) ES43 Extremadura FR91 Guadeloupe FR92 Martinique FR93 Guyane FR94 Réunion FR– Mayotte HR03 Jadranska Hrvatska HR04 Kontinentalna Hrvatska ITF3 Campania ITF4 Puglia ITF5 Basilicata 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 PL11 Łódzkie 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 (P) (new name Centro (PT)) PT18 Alentejo PT20 Região Autónoma dos Açores RO11 Nord-Vest RO12 Centru RO21 Nord-Est RO22 Sud-Est RO31 Sud — Muntenia RO41 Sud-Vest Oltenia RO42 Vest SI01 Vzhodna Slovenija SK02 Západné Slovensko SK03 Stredné Slovensko SK04 Východné Slovensko UKK3 Cornwall and Isles of Scilly UKL1 West Wales and The Valleys ( 1 ) Changes to the codes and names introduced by Regulation (EU) No 31/2011, applicable as of 1 January 2012.
ANNEX IISupplementary provisions
ANNEX II List of transition regions pursuant to Article 2 NUTS 2010 BE32 Prov. Hainaut BE33 Prov. Liège BE34 Prov. Luxembourg (B) (new name Prov. Luxembourg (BE)) BE35 Prov. Namur DK02 Sjælland DE41 Brandenburg — Nordost (merged into DE40 Brandenburg) DE42 Brandenburg — Südwest (merged into DE40 Brandenburg) DE80 Mecklenburg-Vorpommern DE93 Lüneburg DED1 Chemnitz (DED1 is part of DED4Chemnitz) DED2 Dresden DEE0 Sachsen-Anhalt DEG0 Thüringen GR13 Δυτική Μακεδονία (Dytiki Makedonia) (new code EL13) GR22 Ιόνια Νησιά (Ionia Nisia) (new code EL22) GR24 Στερεά Ελλάδα (Sterea Ellada) (new code EL24) GR25 Πελοπόννησος (Peloponnisos) (new code EL25) GR41 Βόρειο Αιγαίο (Voreio Aigaio) (new code EL41) GR43 Κρήτη (Kriti) (new code EL43) ES42 Castilla-La Mancha ES61 Andalucía ES62 Región de Murcia ES64 Ciudad Autónoma de Melilla ES70 Canarias FR22 Picardie FR25 Basse-Normandie FR30 Nord — Pas-de-Calais FR41 Lorraine FR43 Franche-Comté FR53 Poitou-Charentes FR63 Limousin FR72 Auvergne FR81 Languedoc-Roussillon FR83 Corse ITF1 Abruzzo ITF2 Molise ITG2 Sardegna MT00 Malta AT11 Burgenland (A) (new name Burgenland (AT)) PT15 Algarve UKC1 Tees Valley and Durham UKD1 Cumbria UKD4 Lancashire UKD5 Merseyside UKE1 East Yorkshire and Northern Lincolnshire UKE3 South Yorkshire UKF3 Lincolnshire UKG2 Shropshire and Staffordshire UKK4 Devon UKM6 Highlands and Islands UKN0 Northern Ireland
ANNEX IIISupplementary provisions
ANNEX III List of more developed regions pursuant to Article 3 NUTS 2010 BE10 Région de Bruxelles-Capitale/Brussels Hoofdstedelijk Gewest BE21 Prov. Antwerpen BE22 Prov. Limburg (B) (new name Prov. Limburg (BE)) BE23 Prov. Oost-Vlaanderen BE24 Prov. Vlaams-Brabant BE25 Prov. West-Vlaanderen BE31 Prov. Brabant Wallon CZ01 Praha DK01 Hovedstaden DK03 Syddanmark DK04 Midtjylland DK05 Nordjylland DE11 Stuttgart DE12 Karlsruhe DE13 Freiburg DE14 Tübingen DE21 Oberbayern DE22 Niederbayern DE23 Oberpfalz DE24 Oberfranken DE25 Mittelfranken DE26 Unterfranken DE27 Schwaben DE30 Berlin DE50 Bremen DE60 Hamburg DE71 Darmstadt DE72 Gießen DE73 Kassel DE91 Braunschweig DE92 Hannover DE94 Weser-Ems DEA1 Düsseldorf DEA2 Köln DEA3 Münster DEA4 Detmold DEA5 Arnsberg DEB1 Koblenz DEB2 Trier DEB3 Rheinhessen-Pfalz DEC0 Saarland DED3 Leipzig (DED3 contains DED5 Leipzig and part of DED4 Chemnitz) DEF0 Schleswig-Holstein IE01 Border, Midland and Western IE02 Southern and Eastern GR30 Αττική (Attiki) (new code EL30) GR42 Νότιο Αιγαίο (Notio Aigaio) (new code EL42) ES11 Galicia ES12 Principado de Asturias ES13 Cantabria ES21 País Vasco ES22 Comunidad Foral de Navarra ES23 La Rioja ES24 Aragón ES30 Comunidad de Madrid ES41 Castilla y León ES51 Cataluña ES52 Comunidad Valenciana ES53 Illes Balears ES63 Ciudad Autónoma de Ceuta FR10 Île de France FR21 Champagne-Ardenne FR23 Haute-Normandie FR24 Centre FR26 Bourgogne FR42 Alsace FR51 Pays de la Loire FR52 Bretagne FR61 Aquitaine FR62 Midi-Pyrénées FR71 Rhône-Alpes FR82 Provence-Alpes-Côte d’Azur ITC1 Piemonte ITC2 Valle d’Aosta/Vallée d’Aoste ITC3 Liguria ITC4 Lombardia ITD1 Provincia Autonoma Bolzano/Bozen (new code and name ITH1 Provincia Autonoma di Bolzano/Bozen) ITD2 Provincia Autonoma Trento (new code and name ITH2 Provincia Autonoma di Trento) ITD3 Veneto (new code ITH3) ITD4 Friuli-Venezia Giulia (new code ITH4) ITD5 Emilia-Romagna ITE1 Toscana (new code ITI1) ITE2 Umbria (new code ITI2) ITE3 Marche ITE4 Lazio (new code ITI4) CY00 Κύπρος/Kıbrıs (Kýpros/Kıbrıs) (new name Κύπρος (Kýpros)) LU00 Luxembourg (Grand-Duché) (new name Luxembourg) HU10 Közép-Magyarország NL11 Groningen NL12 Friesland (NL) NL13 Drenthe NL21 Overijssel NL22 Gelderland NL23 Flevoland NL31 Utrecht NL32 Noord-Holland NL33 Zuid-Holland NL34 Zeeland NL41 Noord-Brabant NL42 Limburg (NL) AT12 Niederösterreich AT13 Wien AT21 Kärnten AT22 Steiermark AT31 Oberösterreich AT32 Salzburg AT33 Tirol AT34 Vorarlberg PL12 Mazowieckie PT17 Lisboa PT30 Região Autónoma da Madeira RO32 București — Ilfov SI02 Zahodna Slovenija SK01 Bratislavský kraj FI13 Itä-Suomi (merged into FI1D Pohjois- ja Itä-Suomi) FI1A Pohjois-Suomi (merged into FI1D Pohjois- ja Itä-Suomi) FI18 Etelä-Suomi (split in FI1B Helsinki-Uusimaa and FI1C Etelä-Suomi) FI19 Länsi-Suomi FI20 Åland SE11 Stockholm SE12 Östra Mellansverige SE21 Småland med öarna SE22 Sydsverige SE23 Västsverige SE31 Norra Mellansverige SE32 Mellersta Norrland SE33 Övre Norrland UKC2 Northumberland and Tyne and Wear UKD2 Cheshire UKD3 Greater Manchester UKE2 North Yorkshire UKE4 West Yorkshire UKF1 Derbyshire and Nottinghamshire UKF2 Leicestershire, Rutland and Northamptonshire UKG1 Herefordshire, Worcestershire and Warwickshire UKG3 West Midlands UKH1 East Anglia UKH2 Bedfordshire and Hertfordshire UKH3 Essex UKI1 Inner London UKI2 Outer London UKJ1 Berkshire, Buckinghamshire and Oxfordshire UKJ2 Surrey, East and West Sussex UKJ3 Hampshire and Isle of Wight UKJ4 Kent UKK1 Gloucestershire, Wiltshire and Bristol/Bath area UKK2 Dorset and Somerset UKL2 East Wales UKM2 Eastern Scotland UKM3 South Western Scotland UKM5 North Eastern Scotland
ANNEX IVSupplementary provisions
ANNEX IV List of Member States eligible for funding from the Cohesion Fund pursuant to Article 4 Bulgaria Czech Republic Estonia Greece Croatia Latvia Lithuania Hungary Malta Poland Portugal Romania Slovenia Slovakia
ANNEX VSupplementary provisions
ANNEX V List of Member States eligible for funding from the Cohesion Fund on a transitional and specific basis pursuant to Article 5 Cyprus
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