Recital 19

(19) In order to extend possibilities for supporting investments that have the aim of strengthening industrial development and reinforcement of value chains in strategic sectors, the scope of support from the ERDF should be extended by providing for new specific objectives under the ERDF, without prejudice to the rules on eligibility of expenditure and climate spending laid down in Regulation (EU) 2021/1058 and Regulation (EU) 2021/1060 of the European Parliament and of the Council (19). In strategic sectors, it should also be possible to support productive investments in enterprises other than SMEs, while preserving a focus on SMEs, that could make a significant contribution to the development of less developed and transition regions, as well as in more developed regions of Member States with a GDP per capita below the EU-27 average. Managing authorities are encouraged to promote the collaboration between large enterprises and local SMEs, supply chains, innovation and technology ecosystems. That would allow for the reinforcement of the Union’s overall capacity to strengthen its position in those sectors by providing access to all Member States for such investments, thus counteracting the risk of increasing disparities. The resources programmed for those new specific objectives should be limited to a maximum of 20 % of the initial national allocation of the ERDF in accordance with Regulation (EU) 2021/1060.

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Source: EUR-Lex (Cellar) · retrieved 2026-10-13 · Text as adopted (Official Journal); later amendments are not incorporated in this text.