Council Regulation (EC) No 1083/2006
of 11 July 2006
laying down general provisions on the European Regional Development Fund, the European Social Fund and the Cohesion Fund and repealing Regulation (EC) No 1260/1999 (repealed)

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Repealed by Regulation (EU) No 1303/2013 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 17 December 2013 laying down common provisions on the European Regional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.

TITLE I OBJECTIVES AND GENERAL RULES ON ASSISTANCE

CHAPTER I Scope and definitions

Article 1 Subject matter
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Article 2 Definitions
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CHAPTER II Objectives and missions

Article 3 Objectives
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Article 4 Instruments and missions
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CHAPTER III Geographical eligibility

Article 5 Convergence
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Article 6 Regional competitiveness and employment
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Article 7 European Territorial Cooperation
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Article 8 Transitional support
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CHAPTER IV Principles of assistance

Article 9 Complementarity, consistency, coordination and compliance
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Article 10 Programming
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Article 11 Partnership
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Article 12 Territorial level of implementation
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Article 13 Proportional intervention
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Article 14 Shared management
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Article 15 Additionality
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Article 16 Equality between men and women and non-discrimination
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Article 17 Sustainable development
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CHAPTER V Financial framework

Article 18 Global resources
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Article 19 Resources for the Convergence objective
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Article 20 Resources for the Regional competitiveness and employment objective
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Article 21 Resources for the European territorial cooperation objective
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Article 22 Non transferability of resources
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Article 23 Resources for the performance reserve
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Article 24 Resources for technical assistance
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TITLE II STRATEGIC APPROACH TO COHESION

CHAPTER I Community strategic guidelines on cohesion

Article 25 Content
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Article 26 Adoption and review
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CHAPTER II National strategic reference framework

Article 27 Content
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Article 28 Preparation and adoption
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CHAPTER III Strategic follow-up

Article 29 Strategic reporting by the Member States
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Article 30 Strategic reporting by the Commission and debate on cohesion policy
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Article 31 Cohesion report
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TITLE III PROGRAMMING

CHAPTER I General provisions on the structural funds and the cohesion fund

Article 32 Preparation and approval of operational programmes
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Article 33 Revision of operational programmes
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Article 34 Specific character of the Funds
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Article 35 Geographical scope
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Article 36 Participation by the European Investment Bank and the European Investment Fund
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Article 36a Risk-sharing instrument
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CHAPTER II Programming content

Section 1 Operational programmes

Article 37 Operational programmes for the Convergence and Regional competitiveness and employment objectives
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Article 38 Operational programmes for the European territorial cooperation objective
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Section 2 Major projects

Article 39 Content
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Article 40 Information submitted to the Commission
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Article 41 Decision of the Commission
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Section 3 Global grants

Article 42 General provisions
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Article 43 Implementing rules
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Section 3A Repayable assistance

Article 43a Forms of repayable assistance
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Article 43b Reuse of repayable assistance
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Section 4 Financial engineering

Article 44 Financial engineering instruments
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Article 44a Non-application of certain provisions
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Section 5 Technical assistance

Article 45 Technical assistance at the initiative of the Commission
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Article 46 Technical assistance of the Member States
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TITLE IV EFFECTIVENESS

CHAPTER I Evaluation

Article 47 General provisions
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Article 48 Responsibility of Member States
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Article 49 Responsibility of the Commission
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CHAPTER II Reserves

Article 50 National performance reserve
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Article 51 National contingency reserve
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TITLE V FINANCIAL CONTRIBUTION FROM THE FUNDS

CHAPTER I Contribution from the funds

Article 52 Modulation of the contribution rates
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Article 53 Contribution from the Funds
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Article 54 Other provisions
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CHAPTER II Revenue-generating projects

Article 55 Revenue-generating projects
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CHAPTER III Eligibility of expenditure

Article 56 Eligibility of expenditure
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CHAPTER IV Durability of operations

Article 57 Durability of operations
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TITLE VI MANAGEMENT, MONITORING AND CONTROLS

CHAPTER I Management and control systems

Article 58 General principles of the management and control systems
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Article 59 Designation of authorities
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Article 60 Functions of the managing authority
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Article 61 Functions of the certifying authority
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Article 62 Functions of the audit authority
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CHAPTER II Monitoring

Article 63 Monitoring committee
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Article 64 Composition
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Article 65 Tasks
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Article 66 Arrangements for monitoring
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Article 67 Annual report and final report on implementation
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Article 68 Annual examination of programmes
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CHAPTER III Information and publicity

Article 69 Information and publicity
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CHAPTER IV Responsibilities of Member States and of the Commission

Section 1 Responsibilities of Member States

Article 70 Management and control
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Article 71 Setting up of management and control systems
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Section 2 Responsibilities of the Commission

Article 72 Responsibilities of the Commission
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Article 73 Cooperation with the audit authorities of the Member States
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Section 3 Proportionality in the control of operational programmes

Article 74 Proportional control arrangements
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TITLE VII FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT

CHAPTER I Financial management

Section 1 Budget commitments

Article 75 Budget commitments
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Section 2 Common rules for payments

Article 76 Common rules for payments
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Article 77 Common rules for calculating interim payments and payments of the final balance
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Article 78 Statement of expenditure
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Article 78a Requirement to provide additional information in the statement of expenditure regarding financial engineering instruments and advances paid to the beneficiaries in the context of State aid
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Article 79 Accumulation of pre-financing and of interim payments
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Article 80 Wholeness of payment to beneficiaries
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Article 81 Use of the euro
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Section 3 Pre-financing

Article 82 Payment
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Article 83 Interest
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Article 84 Clearance
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Section 4 Interim payments

Article 85 Interim payments
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Article 86 Acceptability of applications for payment
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Article 87 Date of presentation of applications for payment and payment delays
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Section 5 Programme closure and payment of final balance

Article 88 Partial closure
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Article 89 Conditions for the payment of the final balance
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Article 90 Availability of documents
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Section 6 Interruption of the payment deadline and suspension of payments

Article 91 Interruption of the payment deadline
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Article 92 Suspension of payments
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Section 7 Automatic decommitment

Article 93 Principles
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Article 94 Period of interruption for major projects and aid schemes
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Article 95 Period of interruption for legal proceedings and administrative appeals
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Article 96 Exceptions to the automatic decommitment
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Article 97 Procedure
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CHAPTER II Financial corrections

Section 1 Financial correction by Member States

Article 98 Financial corrections by Member States
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Section 2 Financial corrections by the Commission

Article 99 Criteria for the corrections
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Article 100 Procedure
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Article 101 Obligations of Member States
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Article 102 Repayment
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TITLE VIII COMMITTEES

CHAPTER I Coordination committee of the funds

Article 103 Committee procedure
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CHAPTER II Committee under Article 147 of the treaty

Article 104 Committee under Article 147 of the Treaty
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TITLE IX FINAL PROVISIONS

Article 105 Transitional provisions
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Article 105a Specific provisions following the accession of Croatia
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Article 106 Review clause
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Article 107 Repeal
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Article 108 Entry into force
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ANNEX I Annual breakdown of commitment appropriations for 2007 to 2013
(referred to in Article 18)
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ANNEX II Financial framework
Criteria and methodology referred to in Article 18

Allocation method for the regions eligible under the Convergence objective referred to in Article 5(1)

1. Each Member State's allocation is the sum of the allocations for its individual eligible regions, which are calculated on the basis of relative regional and national prosperity and the unemployment rate according to the following steps:
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Allocation method for the Member States eligible for the Cohesion Fund under Article 5(2)

2. The total theoretical financial envelope for the Cohesion Fund is obtained by multiplying an average per capita aid intensity of EUR 44,7 by the eligible population. Each eligible Member State's a priori allocation of the theoretical financial envelope corresponds to a percentage based on its population, surface area and national prosperity and obtained by applying the following steps:
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Allocation method for the Member States and regions eligible under the Regional competitiveness and employment objective referred to in Article 6
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Allocation method for the European territorial cooperation objective referred to in Article 7

5. The allocation of resources among the beneficiary Member States (including the contribution from the ERDF to the European Neighbourhood and Partnership Instrument and the Instrument for Pre-Accession Assistance referred to in Article 21(2)) is determined as follows:
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Allocation method for the Member States and regions eligible for the transitional support referred to in Article 8

6. The allocations under the transitional support referred to in Article 8 will result from the application of the following parameters:
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Maximum level of transfers from funds supporting cohesion

7. In order to contribute to the objectives of adequately concentrating cohesion funding on the least developed regions and Member States and reducing disparities in average per capita aid intensities resulting from capping, the maximum level of transfer from the Funds to each individual Member State pursuant to this Regulation will be as follows:
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ANNEX IV Categories of expenditure
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ANNEX V Attachment to the statement of expenditure referred to in Article 78a
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