European Fund for Regional Development and Cohesion Fund 2028–2034
With the Council of the EU, which is preparing its first-reading position.
Last active 16 Sept 2026
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What this bill does
In plain terms: what it changes and who it affects.
This proposal sets EU regional development and cohesion funding rules for 2028–2034, including cross-border cooperation and support for disadvantaged regions.
It affects EU regions and cities, especially less-developed, rural, industrial-transition, outermost, border, island, mountain and sparsely populated areas. It also affects communities in Interreg cooperation areas, including Ireland–Northern Ireland.
- ERDF supports regional development, territorial cooperation, disadvantaged areas, sustainable urban development and outermost regions.
- Cohesion Fund supports environment and trans-European transport investments in lower-income Member States.
- Interreg covers cross-border, transnational, interregional and outermost-regions cooperation through separate Interreg Plan chapters.
- PEACE PLUS continues support for cooperation, peace and reconciliation between Ireland’s border counties and Northern Ireland.
- Takes effect
- It enters into force twenty days after Official Journal publication and applies from the application date of the related NRP Regulation.
- Transitional law
- Interreg chapters must generally be submitted within six months; unsubmitted chapters by 2030 or 2031 trigger reallocation rules.
Latest update
17 Sept 2026The most recent development in this bill's progress.
1st reading – Council of the EU → 1st reading – European Parliament
1st reading – Council of the EU → 1st reading – European Parliament
Documents
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