Memo: France and United Kingdom – Operational Programme 2007-2013: France (Channel) – England Cross-border Co-operation Programme

On 19 September 2008 the European Commission approved a Cross-border Co-operation Operational Programme between France and the United Kingdom for the period 2007-2013. This programme involves Community support for the following regions: Somme, Seine-Maritime, Calvados, Manche, Côtes-d'Armor, Finisterre, Ille-et-Vilaine (in France); Norfolk, Suffolk, Southend-on-Sea, Thurrock, Essex CC, Brighton and Hove, East Sussex CC, West Sussex, Portsmouth, Southampton, Hampshire CC, Isle of Wight, the Medway Towns, Kent CC, Bournemouth and Poole, Dorset CC, Cornwall and Isles of Scilly, Plymouth, Torbay, Devon CC (in the United Kingdom).

The regions of Oise, Eure, Orne, Morbihan and Pas de Calais in France, and also Somerset, Wiltshire CC, Surrey and Cambridgeshire CC in the United Kingdom, which are eligible to participate in the projects as adjacent areas, receive a maximum of 20% of the ERDF funding allocated to the programme.

The total budget of the Programme is about €328 million, with Community assistance through the European Regional Development Fund (ERDF) amounting to some €173 million. This represents approximately 1.98% of the total EU investment earmarked for the European Territorial Co-operation Objective under the Cohesion Policy 2007-2013.

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