Press Release: The European Commission adopts a “partnership agreement” with France on using EU Structural and Investment Funds for growth and jobs over the period 2014‑2020

The European Commission on the 8 August 2014 adopted a "partnership agreement" with France setting out the strategy for the optimal use of European Structural and Investment Funds in the country's regions and cities for 2014-2020.

This agreement paves the way for France's return to recovery and growth, and its transformation into a productive economy. It sets out how a total of EUR 15.9 billion in Cohesion Policy funding (at current prices, including European Territorial Cooperation funding) and EUR 11.4 billion for rural development is to be invested in the country's real economy. France will receive EUR 588 million from the European Maritime and Fisheries Fund (EMFF).

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ESO: Background information: European Commission adopts EU's first ‘Partnership Agreement’ on using EU Structural and Investment Funds for growth and jobs in 2014-2020 http://www.europeansources.info/record/press-release-european-commission-adopts-eus-first-partnership-agreement-on-using-eu-structural-and-investment-funds-for-growth-and-jobs-in-2014-2020/

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