Regional Policy (Spicers European Policy Reports)

HALF-TITLE......Page 1
TITLE......Page 4
COPYRIGHT......Page 5
CONTENTS......Page 6
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS......Page 8
FOREWORD......Page 9
THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITY: ITS ROLE, INSTITUTIONS, AND LEGISLATION......Page 14
EC Law......Page 17
SECTION I EC POLICY TOWARDS THE REGIONS......Page 19
A Community of Contrasts......Page 22
Regional Policy: Early Steps......Page 27
Defining the Regions of the European Community......Page 31
Regional Disparities within the Community......Page 34
Types of Region Within the EC......Page 42
European Regional Development Fund......Page 47
ERDF Fund Level......Page 48
ERDF Ranges (1986 Percentages)......Page 49
ERDF and the Reform of the Structural Funds......Page 52
Sectoral Policies and their Regional Impact......Page 61
The Regions and ‘1992’......Page 67
FURTHER READING......Page 73
SECTION II KEY DOCUMENTS ON REGIONAL POLICY......Page 74
Concentrating on Specific Objectives......Page 77
Adequate Financial Resources......Page 79
Complementarity, Partnership and Programming......Page 81
Simplification of Procedures and Improved Co-ordination......Page 82
Balance between Infrastructure and Productive Investment......Page 89
Development of Local Initiatives......Page 90
Guidance by Objective......Page 91
Regional Development at Community Level......Page 93
Steel Policy (RESIDER) COM(87) 388/2/Revision Final......Page 99
SECTION III OFFICIAL PUBLICATIONS AND RELATED DOCUMENTS......Page 120
A. EUROPEAN REGIONAL DEVELOPMENT FUND......Page 121
B. DECLINING INDUSTRIAL AREAS......Page 126
C. LESS-FAVOURED AREAS......Page 128
D. OTHER REGIONAL POLICY AND PROGRAMMES......Page 132
E. GENERAL......Page 136
APPENDIX 1: COUNCIL REGULATIONS......Page 138
APPENDIX 2: INITIAL LIST OF AREAS ELIGIBLE FOR OBJECTIVE 2......Page 198
APPENDIX 3: GLOSSARY......Page 235