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8.5 Regional Policy: the Structural Funds (2000-06)
The bulk (76%) of Structural Funds spending was concentrated in the underdeveloped regions, as identified under Objective 1, in the period 2000-06. This is shown in the table below.
Structural Funds (commitments): member states shares, under Objectives 1-3, 2000-06 (€m)
|
|
Objectives
|
|
|
|
1
|
2
|
3
|
Total
|
Order
|
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EU15:
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Austria
|
261
|
680
|
528
|
1,469
|
13
|
|
Belgium
|
625
|
433
|
737
|
1,795
|
12
|
|
Denmark
|
0
|
183
|
365
|
548
|
14
|
|
Finland
|
913
|
489
|
403
|
1,805
|
11
|
|
France
|
3,805
|
6,050
|
4,5540
|
14,395
|
7
|
|
Germany
|
19,558
|
3,510
|
4,581
|
27,649
|
3
|
|
Greece
|
20,961
|
0
|
0
|
20,961
|
4
|
|
Ireland
|
2,088
|
0
|
0
|
2,088
|
10
|
|
Italy
|
22,122
|
2,522
|
3,744
|
28,388
|
2
|
|
Luxembourg
|
0
|
40
|
38
|
78
|
15
|
|
Netherlands
|
123
|
795
|
1,686
|
2,604
|
8
|
|
Portugal
|
19,029
|
0
|
0
|
19,029
|
5
|
|
Spain
|
38,096
|
2,651
|
2,140
|
42,887
|
1
|
|
Sweden
|
1,076
|
406
|
720
|
2,202
|
9
|
|
UK
|
6,251
|
4,695
|
4,568
|
15,514
|
6
|
|
Total
|
134,908
|
22,454
|
24,050
|
181,412
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
New member states:
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Cyprus
|
0
|
25
|
19
|
44
|
10
|
|
Czech Republic
|
1,286
|
63
|
52
|
1,401
|
3
|
|
Estonia
|
329
|
0
|
0
|
329
|
7
|
|
Hungary
|
1,765
|
0
|
0
|
1,765
|
2
|
|
Latvia
|
554
|
0
|
0
|
554
|
6
|
|
Lithuania
|
792
|
0
|
0
|
792
|
5
|
|
Malta
|
56
|
0
|
0
|
56
|
9
|
|
Poland
|
7,321
|
0
|
0
|
7,321
|
1
|
|
Slovakia
|
921
|
33
|
40
|
994
|
4
|
|
Slovenia
|
210
|
0
|
0
|
210
|
8
|
|
Total
|
13,234
|
124
|
111
|
13,469
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
EU25:
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Grand total
|
148,142 (76%)
|
22,578 (11.5%)
|
24,161 (12.5%)
|
194,881
|
|
NB Totals do not add up exactly owing to rounding errors.
Source: Dick Leonard, Guide to the European Union (9th edition), Economist, 2005, quoting the European Commission.
RL, February 2007
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