EU LEGISLATION AND REGIONS

HOW IS EU LEGISLATION MADE? WHICH INSTRUMENTS,

WHICH TOPICS?
OPINION Agriculture
PROPOSAL
Macroeconomics
DECISION
REGULATIONS Decisions Directives Foreign trade
DIRECT
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EFFECT DECISIONS
TO BE CONVERTED
OF THE EU International affairs
INTO NATIONAL LAW
NO LEGAL DIRECTIVES Government operations
EFFECT
COMMUNICATIONS Environment
Transportation

Regulations Banking and finance

47 904
EUROPEAN EUROPEAN Energy
COMMITTEE OF
COMMISSION LEGAL ACT
THE REGIONS
Labour
Civil rights
Education
Social welfare

EUROPEAN
EUROPEAN COURT OF
PARLIAMENT JUSTICE

"Numbers cover the period 1984-2007, source Thomas König (2012)

3500

WHO IS ACTING? 3000

EU LEGISLATION BY INSTITUTION
AND CATEGORY OF LEGAL ACT
Number of basic and amending acts, 1990-2014 2500

2000

European Council European Parliament

Commission of the EU and Council of the EU
1500

Regulations

Directives
1000

Decisions

500

0
BASIC AMENDING BASIC AMENDING BASIC AMENDING BASIC AMENDING BASIC AMENDING BASIC AMENDING
ACTS ACTS ACTS ACTS ACTS ACTS ACTS ACTS ACTS ACTS ACTS ACTS

1900 1995 2000 2005 2010 2014

HOW DOES THIS MATTER TO EU REGIONS?

STRUCTURAL FUNDS (ERDF AND ESF) ELIGIBILITY 2014-2020 REGIONAL STATE AID, 2014-2017

Canarias

Guyane

Guadeloupe
Canarias
Martinique

Guyane
Mayotte Réunion

Guadeloupe
Martinique
Açores
Madeira

Mayotte Réunion

Açores
Madeira

CATEGORY
Less developed regions
Transition regions
ELIGIBLE REGIONS AND MAXIMUM AID INTENSITY
More developed regions
Art 107.3a Art 107.3c Art 107.3c
Note: Mayotte will be eligible as less developed region Art 107.3a Outermost regions total patial
Source : DG REGIO
25% 35% 10% 10% Other
regions
35% 45% 15% 15%
European Committee of the Regions
50% 55% 20% 35% Directorate for Communication
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