The objective of this note is to give guidance on Article 55 for ERDF and Cohesion Fund operations by taking also into account:
- Annex XXI of Regulation (EC) No 1828/2006, that is the application form to be used for major projects seeking co-funding from the ERDF and the Cohesion Fund;
- The "Guide to cost-benefit analysis of investment projects" prepared for Commission services (hereafter the "CBA guide"); and
- Commission services' working document n° 4 Guidance on the methodology for carrying out cost-benefit analysis (hereafter "Working document n° 4").