1. European Territorial Co-operation Resources 2014-2020 16th meeting of the Expert Group on Delegated and Implementing Acts for the ESI funds 27 September 2013

2. Milestones 27 June political agreement on MFF 2014-2020 22 July Commission communication to each MS on its share of the global amount for cross-border (CBC) and transnational (TN), broken down by year 31/10 target for MS to inform on flexibility use intended between CBC/TN and, where applicable, ETC/IPA-ENI envelopes. Commission Implementing Act fixing ERDF support per programme Final target: adoption of cooperation programmes including financing plan (table per year, table for the whole period) Source: Articles 4 & 7 ETC

3. ETC allocation by Member State Sum of: Share of population of border NUTS III regions (for CBC) + Share of total population of each MS (for TN) -------------------------------------------------------------------- Weighted against share of CB and TN strands (respectively 77.9 & 22.1% ETC allocation- itself 2.75% of cohesion) Source: Annex III, § 8 CPR - Articles 3-4 ETC

4. ETC allocation fixed, subject to: All Member States: possible transfer of up to 15% betw. CB & TN Member States involved in external cooperation programmes: possible transfer of ETC ERDF allocation to IPA/ENI Use of flexibility to be communicated by 31/10/2013 Source: Articles 4 & 4 bis ETC

5. ETC allocation NB : Base for ETC allocation programme area Core Areas Core Areas – taken into account for allocation purposes Additional areas – possible, with full support from programme (upon reasoned coordinated requested of MS) - but won't change the resources allocation by MS

6. Next Steps Member States to signal any use of flexibility under July ETC allocation by 31/10/2013 So that amounts for CBC and TN cooperation programmes can be fixed by Implementing Act And preparation of cooperation programmes can advance towards timely delivery