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Criteria Member States ERDF and ESF Percentage of eligible expenditure Cohesion Fund Percentage of eligible expenditure (1) Member States whose average GDP per capita for the period 2001 to 2003 was below 85 % of the EU-25 average during the same period. Czech Republic, Estonia, Greece, Cyprus, Latvia, Lithuania, Hungary, Malta, Poland, Portugal, Slovenia, Slovakia 85 % for the Convergence and Regional competitiveness and employment objectives 85 % (2) Member States other than those under (1) eligible for the transitional regime of the Cohesion Fund on 1 January 2007. Spain 80 % for the Convergence and phasing-in regions under the Regional competitiveness and employment objective 50 % for the Regional competitiveness and employment objective outside phasing-in regions 85 % (3) Member States other than those referred to under (1) and (2). Belgium, Denmark, Federal Republic of Germany, France, Ireland, Italy, Luxemburg, the Netherlands, Austria, Finland, Sweden and United Kingdom. 75 % for the Convergence objective — (4) Member States other than those referred to under (1) and (2). Belgium, Denmark, Federal Republic of Germany, France, Ireland, Italy, Luxemburg, the Netherlands, Austria, Finland, Sweden and United Kingdom. 50 % for the Regional competitiveness and employment objective — (5) Outermost regions referred to in Article 299(2) of the Treaty benefiting from the additional allocation for these regions provided for in paragraph 20 of Annex II Spain, France and Portugal 50 % — (6) Outermost regions referred to in Article 299(2) of the Treaty Spain, France and Portugal 85 % under the Convergence and Regional competitiveness and employment objectives —

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