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Synthesis Report Ex-post Evaluation of the ERDF 2000-2006
the rest of the EU15, partly reflecting the ongoing need of the former for infrastructure over the
period.
Table 3.1 Expenditure from the ERDF on enterprise support in Objective 1 regions, 2000-2006
Large
firms
SMEs RTDI Total Tourism
support
Large
firms
SMEs RTDI Total Tourism
support
EUR million % Total support % Total expend
BE 46 145 88 279 43 16.6 51.9 31.5 73.8 11.4
DE 658 2,461 1,645 4,764 272 13.8 51.7 34.5 42.5 2.4
IE 0 85 191 276 23 0.0 30.7 69.3 15.2 1.3
GR 123 1,277 232 1,633 534 7.6 78.2 14.2 12.0 3.9
ES 984 2,120 1,644 4,748 482 20.7 44.6 34.6 21.4 2.2
FR 54 179 65 298 199 18.3 60.1 21.7 14.1 9.4
IT 603 2,917 891 4,411 1,091 13.7 66.1 20.2 31.7 7.8
NL 1 12 5 18 13 7.1 65.9 27.1 23.5 16.5
AT 21 63 13 97 49 21.8 65.1 13.1 59.8 30.5
PT 749 1,220 549 2,519 599 29.7 48.5 21.8 21.5 5.1
FI 74 199 134 408 9 18.2 48.9 32.9 86.8 1.8
SE 0 174 88 262 41 0.0 66.3 33.7 60.7 9.6
UK 139 1,022 382 1,543 204 9.0 66.2 24.8 44.7 5.9
EU15 3,454 11,874 5,927 21,255 3,558 16.3 55.9 27.9 26.1 4.4
CZ 25 154 13 193 91 13.1 80.1 6.8 24.6 11.6
EE 2 18 29 49 20 4.5 36.5 59.0 24.2 9.7
LV 38 84 15 138 9 27.9 61.1 11.0 40.1 2.5
LT 19 40 38 97 79 19.4 41.8 38.8 17.1 13.9
HU 30 179 110 319 81 9.4 56.2 34.4 26.4 6.7
MT 0 1 0 1 4 0.0 100.0 0.0 2.5 10.5
PL 94 467 198 759 191 12.4 61.5 26.1 18.1 4.6
SI 7 24 14 46 35 16.1 53.5 30.4 36.9 28.6
SK 5 6 3 15 29 32.8 44.3 22.9 3.1 6.3
EU10 221 975 420 1,616 539 13.6 60.3 26.0 20.4 6.8
EU25 3,675 12,849 6,347 22,870 4,098 16.1 56.2 27.8 25.6 4.6
Note: Expenditure up to end-2008
Source: Estimates based on DG Regio data
Expenditure on business support in the EU10 countries accounted for less than a quarter of total
ERDF funding in all apart from Hungary (26%), Slovenia (37%) and Latvia (40%). In Malta and
Slovakia, it made up only around 3% of the total.
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