Structural Funds: eligible areas and allocation of resources (decisions 2000-2006)
Following adoption by the Council of the main regulation on the Structural Funds, the Cohesion Fund and the Instrument for Structural Policies for Pre-Accession, the European Commission has taken a series of decisions intended to get preparation of assistance for the 2000-2006 period underway.
The texts below are taken from the Official Journal.
Structural Funds
Based on the criteria set down in the general regulation on the Structural Funds, the Commission
has drawn up a list of regions eligible under Objective 1 and has negotiated the national lists of
regions eligible under Objective 2 with the Member States.
Addendum : New Member States (23/09/2003) 
Objective 2 areas and regions :
- Belgium (60 KB) :
- Denmark (40 KB) :
- Germany (120 KB) :
- Spain (85 KB) :
- France (1740 KB) : / Amended decision 2001 (130 KB) / Amended decision 2003 : Eur-lex
- Italy (212 KB) :
/ Amended decision (130 KB)
- Luxembourg (185 KB) :
- Netherlands (70 KB) :
- Austria (90 KB) : / Amended decision (90 KB)
- Finland (70 KB) :
- United Kingdom (160 KB) : / Amended decision (220 KB)
- Sweden (50 KB) :
- Česká republika :
- Κύπρος (Kibris) :
- Slovensko :
Population ceiling for each Member State under Objective 2 :