Regulation (EU) 2017/2305 of the European Parliament and of the CouncilShow full title

Article 1

Regulation (EU) No 1303/2013 is amended as follows:

(1)

in Article 91, paragraph 1 is replaced by the following:

‘1. The resources for economic, social and territorial cohesion available for budgetary commitment for the period 2014-2020 shall be EUR 329 978 401 458 in 2011 prices, in accordance with the annual breakdown set out in Annex VI, of which EUR 325 938 694 233 represents the global resources allocated to the ERDF, the ESF and the Cohesion Fund, and EUR 4 039 707 225 represents a specific allocation for the YEI. For the purposes of programming and subsequent inclusion in the budget of the Union, the amount of resources for economic, social and territorial cohesion shall be indexed at 2 % per year.’;

(2)

Article 92 is amended as follows:

(a)

paragraph 1 is replaced by the following:

‘1. Resources for the Investment for growth and jobs goal shall amount to 96,09 % of the global resources (i.e., a total of EUR 317 103 114 309) and shall be allocated as follows:

(a) 48,64 % (i.e., a total of EUR 160 498 028 177) for less developed regions;

(b) 10,19 % (i.e., a total of EUR 33 621 675 154) for transition regions;

(c) 15,43 % (i.e., a total of EUR 50 914 723 304) for more developed regions;

(d) 20,01 % (i.e., a total of EUR 66 029 882 135) for Member States supported by the Cohesion Fund;

(e) 0,42 % (i.e., a total of EUR 1 378 882 914) as additional funding for the outermost regions identified in Article 349 TFEU and the NUTS level 2 regions fulfilling the criteria laid down in Article 2 of Protocol No 6 to the 1994 Act of Accession.’;

(b)

paragraph 5 is replaced by the following:

‘5. Resources for the YEI shall amount to EUR 4 039 707 225 from the specific allocation for the YEI and at least EUR 4 039 707 225 from ESF targeted investment.’;

(c)

paragraph 9 is replaced by the following:

‘9. Resources for the European territorial cooperation goal shall amount to 2,69 % of the global resources available for budgetary commitment from the Funds for the period 2014-2020 (i.e., a total of EUR 8 865 148 841).’;

(3)

Annex VI is replaced by the text set out in the Annex to this Regulation.

Article 2

This Regulation shall enter into force on the day following that of its publication in the Official Journal of the European Union.

This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States.

Done at Strasbourg, 12 December 2017.

For the European Parliament

The President

A. Tajani

For the Council

The President

M. Maasikas