§ Lord Inglewoodasked Her Majesty's Government:
What is the legal base for the instructions for applying for European Structural Funds, SEM 2000 49WA Datasheets: Eligibility of Expenditure under the Structural Funds Summary. [HL3890]
§ The Minister for Science, Department of Trade and Industry (Lord Sainsbury of Turville)The legal base is a Commission decision dated 23 April 1997 which modified existing Commission Decisions approving EU Structural Funds programmes to include the requirements of the SEM 2000 data sheets. The data sheets were included in all new Commission decisions thereafter.