Other information: Sixth Periodic Report on the Regions

Other information:

Sixth Periodic Report on the Regions. The Commission has adopted the Sixth Periodic Report on the social and economic situation and development of the regions. The report shows that the GDP, or output, per head of poorer regions is converging towards the EU's average. Over the ten years 1986-1996, GDP per head in the ten poorest regions increased from 41% of the average to 50%, in the twenty five poorest regions, it rose from 52% to 59%. The report also examines in detail the socio-economic developments in the ten accession countries to the EU.
Source: Press Release (European Commission), IP/99/61 (2.2.99);