Legal provisions of COM(2009)382 - Amendment of Regulation (EC) No 1080/2006 on the European Regional Development Fund as regards the eligibility of housing interventions in favour of marginalised communities

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Article 1

Article 7(2) of Regulation (EC) No 1080/2006 is replaced by the following:

‘2.   Expenditure on housing, except for energy efficiency and the use of renewable energy as set out in paragraph 1a, shall be eligible expenditure in the following cases:

(a)for the Member States that acceded to the European Union on or after 1 May 2004 and within the framework of an integrated urban development approach for areas experiencing or threatened by physical deterioration and social exclusion;

(b)for all Member States only within the framework of an integrated approach for marginalised communities.

The allocation to housing expenditure shall be either a maximum of 3 % of the ERDF allocation to the operational programmes concerned or 2 % of the total ERDF allocation.

2a.   For the purposes of points (a) and (b) of paragraph 2 but without prejudice to the second subparagraph of this paragraph, expenditure shall be limited to the following interventions:

(a)renovation of the common parts in existing multi-family housing;

(b)renovation and change of use of existing buildings owned by public authorities or non-profit operators for use as housing designated for low-income households or people with special needs.

For the purposes of point (b) of paragraph 2, interventions may include the renovation or replacement of existing housing.

The Commission shall adopt the list of criteria needed for determining the areas referred to under point (a) of paragraph 2 and the list of eligible interventions in accordance with the procedure referred to in Article 103(3) of Regulation (EC) No 1083/2006.’

Article 2

This Regulation shall enter into force on the 20th day following its publication in the Official Journal of the European Union.

This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States.