7. Calls also on the Commission, in connecti
on with forthcoming enlargements, regularly to calculate, showing separate figures for each state, the regional policy expenditure which the EU would be likely
to incur, using the current as well as the amended and extended criteria, and what consequences this would have on the existing eligibility for funding of the regions; in this respect, notes tha
t the databases and analytical instruments of the ...[+++]European Spatial Planning Observation Network (ESPON) could also be used; believes that consideration should also be given to improving the integration of the various EU funding instruments;