1 Amendments of Nikos CHRYSOGELOS related to 2011/0273(COD)
Amendment 113 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 3 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 4
Article 3 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 4
When submitting draft cross-border cooperation programmes, Member States, in duly justified cases, and , in order to ensure the coherence of cross border areas, may request that additional NUTS level 3 regions adjacentre included to those listed in the decision referred to in the second subparagraph are added to a given cross- border area and shall give reasons for the request. Pursuant to Article 174 of the TFEU, islands situated in the same sea-basin are eligible for these programmes without any restrictions concerning NUTS level or distance. At the request of those Member States concerned, in order to facilitate cross- border cooperation on maritime borders for outermost regions, and without prejudice to the provisions of the first subparagraph, the Commission my include in the decision referred to in the second subparagraph as cross border areas which may receive support from the corresponding allocation of those Member States, NUTS level 3 regions in outermost regions along maritime borders separated by more than 150 km.