Structural Funds and Cohesion Fund 1994-99. Regulations and commentary. January 1996

Summary:

In August 1993, the European Commission published a document intended to give potential beneficiaries of the Structural Funds an understanding of the way they work. It contained the full text of the six regulations adopted in July 1993 and a comparative synopsis highlighting the main changes compared with the 1989- 1993 period.

Much of the information in that document has now been overtaken by events. Membership of the Community has grown from 12 to 15. Enlargement prompted the addition of a new priority objective for the Structural Funds and, in March 1993, the Council established the cohesion instrument, replaced in May 1994 by the Cohesion Fund. As its name suggests, the new fund is also designed to foster economic and social cohesion within the Union. This new edition takes account of all these changes. It is both an update for previous users and a full introduction to the Structural Funds and Cohesion Fund for new readers

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