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For the purposes of a thematic concentration at national level, Member States shall be classified, in terms of their gross national income ratio, as follows: those with a gross national income ratio equal to or above 100 % of the EU average (‘group 1’); those with a gross national income ratio equal to or above 75 % and below 100 % of the EU average (‘group 2’); those with a gross national income ratio below 75 % of the EU average (‘group 3’). For the purposes of this Article, the gross national income ratio means the ratio between the gross national income per capita of a Member State, measured in purchasing power standards and calculated on the basis of Union figures for the period from 2015 to 2017, and the average gross national income per capita in purchasing power standards of the 27 Member States for that same reference period. With regard to programmes under the Investment for jobs and growth goal for the outermost regions, they shall be classified as falling within group 3. With regard to programmes under the Investment for jobs and growth goal for island Member States which receive support from the Cohesion Fund, they shall be classified as falling within group 3.

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Source: EUR-Lex (Cellar) · retrieved 2026-11-01 · Text as adopted (Official Journal); later amendments are not incorporated in this text.