Author (Person) | SapaĆa, Magdalena |
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Author (Corporate) | European Parliament: European Parliamentary Research Service |
Publisher | European Parliament: European Parliamentary Research Service (EPRS) |
Series Title | Briefing: How the EU Budget is Spent |
Publication Date | September 2016 |
Content Type | Overview |
Summary: The Cohesion Fund is one of the European Structural and Investment Funds. Created in 1993, it supports large-scale investments in environmental sustainability, including through an increase in renewable energy use and energy efficiency, and in transport infrastructure, especially the trans-European transport networks. The Cohesion Fund is addressed exclusively to Member States with per capita gross national income of less than 90% of the EU average and have put in place a programme leading to the achievement of economic convergence. The Cohesion Fund's fourth edition is currently being implemented in 15 EU Member States: Bulgaria, Croatia, Cyprus, the Czech Republic, Estonia, Greece, Hungary, Latvia, Lithuania, Malta, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Slovakia and Slovenia.
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http://www.europarl.europa.eu/thinktank/en/document.html?reference=EPRS_BRI%282016%29586678
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Subject Categories | Internal Markets |
Keywords | Cohesion Fund [CF] |
International Organisations | European Union [EU] |