EU LEGISLATION AND REGIONS

WHICH INSTRUMENTS,
WHICH TOPICS?

HOW IS EU LEGISLATION MADE?

Agriculture

OPINION
PROPOSAL

Macroeconomics

DECISION

REGULATIONS
DIRECT
EFFECT
TO BE CONVERTED
INTO NATIONAL LAW

COUNCIL
OF THE EU

DECISIONS

NO LEGAL
EFFECT

Directives
5 211

Decisions
27 376

Foreign trade
International affairs

DIRECTIVES

Government operations

COMMUNICATIONS

Environment
Transportation

EUROPEAN
COMMITTEE OF
THE REGIONS

Banking and finance

Regulations
47 904

EUROPEAN
COMMISSION

Energy

LEGAL ACT

Labour
Civil rights
Education
Social welfare
EUROPEAN
COURT OF
JUSTICE

EUROPEAN
PARLIAMENT

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

3500

WHO IS ACTING?

EU LEGISLATION BY INSTITUTION
AND CATEGORY OF LEGAL ACT

3000

Number of basic and amending acts, 1990-2014

2500

2000

European
Commission

Council
of the EU

European Parliament
and Council of the EU
1500

Regulations
Directives
1000

Decisions
500

0
BASIC
ACTS

AMENDING
ACTS
1900

BASIC
ACTS

AMENDING
ACTS

BASIC
ACTS

1995

AMENDING
ACTS

BASIC
ACTS

AMENDING
ACTS

2000

2005

BASIC
ACTS

AMENDING
ACTS
2010

BASIC
ACTS

AMENDING
ACTS
2014

HOW DOES THIS MATTER TO EU REGIONS?

STRUCTURAL FUNDS (ERDF AND ESF) ELIGIBILITY 2014-2020

REGIONAL STATE AID, 2014-2017

Canarias

Guyane

Canarias

Guadeloupe
Martinique

Guyane
Mayotte Runion

Aores

Guadeloupe
Martinique
Madeira

Mayotte Runion

Aores

Madeira

CATEGORY
Less developed regions
Transition regions
More developed regions
Note: Mayotte will be eligible as less developed region
Source : DG REGIO

Disclaimer
The content of this document and any opinions expressed therein do not necessarily represent the official position of the European Committee of the Regions
(CoR). It is addressed to the participants of the online course (MOOC) of the CoR on regions, EU institutions and policy-making. Reproduction and translation
for non-commercial purposes are authorized, provided the source is acknowledged and the CoR is given prior notice and sent a copy.
Manuscript completed in October 2015

ELIGIBLE REGIONS AND MAXIMUM AID INTENSITY

Art 107.3a

Art 107.3a
Outermost regions

Art 107.3c
total

Art 107.3c
patial

25%

35%

10%

10%

35%

45%

15%

15%

50%

55%

20%

35%

70%

35%

Other
regions
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European Union, 2015