- the European Regional Development Fund
- the European Social Fund Plus
- the Cohesion Fund
- the European Maritime and Fisheries Fund
- the Asylum and Migration Fund
- the Internal Security Fund
- the Border Management and Visa Instrument
These proposals provide for a date of application as of 1 January 2021 and are presented for a Union of 27 Member States, in line with the notification by the United Kingdom of its intention to withdraw from the European Union and Euratom based on Article 50 of the Treaty on European Union received by the European Council on 29 March 2017.
At the end of May and in the beginning of June 2018 the Commission presented also proposals for selected specific regulations regarding:
- the European Regional Development Fund and Cohesion Fund
- the European Social Fund Plus
- the European territorial cooperation goal (Interreg) supported by the European Regional Development Fund and external financing instruments
- the Asylum and Migration Fund
- the Integrated Border Management Fund, the instrument for financial support for border management and visa
- the Internal Security Fund
- the European Maritime and Fisheries Fund
- the mechanism to resolve legal and administrative obstacles in a cross-border context
The main platform for negotiation of the CPR and specific regulations for Cohesion Policy is so-called Structural Measures Working Party, which is a working group at Council’s level. Drafts of regulations are then discussed at the Committee of Permanent Representatives (COREPER II), which approves the Council’s position. Subsequent political discussions and approvals are then held at the General Affairs Council (GAC), thereby adopting the Council’s position on the Commission’s proposal as an input into the consecutive trialogue.
As a third player, the European Parliament (EP) is involved in the negotiation process, as a co-legislator, who also adopts its position on Commission’s proposals. The trialogue (negotiation on proposals of individual institution) results in a compromise text, which is discussed again at the Council and must subsequently be approved by both the Council and the EP. This way the final version of the relevant legislative act is achieved, which comes into force on the date stipulated therein, otherwise on the twentieth day following its publication in the Official Journal of the EU. For more information on how the trialogue works watch the video at the following link: https://multimedia.europarl.europa.eu/cs/how-it-works-trilogue_V003-0041_ev.
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