Translation of "Allemagne de l'Ouest " (French → English) :

The following maps (based on scenarios of annual employment growth of 1% or 1,5% starting from 2003) indicate which regions are expected to have the highest employment rates up to 2010, and therefore likely to face the largest deficits of skilled labour: for example south of UK, Denmark, Sweden, Netherlands, central France, southern Germany, western Austria and the centre of Portugal.

The waters bounded by a line drawn from Hasenøre Head (56° 09′ N, 10° 44′ E) on the east coast of Jutland to Gniben Point (56° 01′ N, 11° 18′ E) on the west coast of Zealand; then along the west coast and south coast of Zealand to a point situated at longitude 12° 00′ E; from there, due south to the island of Falster; then along the east coast of the island of Falster to Gedser Odde (54° 34′ N, 11° 58′ E); then due east to longitude 12° 00′ E; then due south to the coast of Germany; then in a south-westerly direction along the coast of Germany and the east coast of Jutland as far as the point of departure.

For example, GDP per head is typically half to two-thirds of the EU average in the southern periphery, stretching from Greece through southern Italy to southern and western Spain and Portugal, and around 60% of the EU average in most of the former East Germany.

Good examples are found in Germany, the Objective 2 Programmes of Bavaria, North Rhine-Westphalia and Lower Saxony, and the Objective 1 Programmes of Berlin, Brandenburg and Saxony-Anhalt; in the United Kingdom, the Objective 2 Programmes of North West England and Yorkshire Humber, and the Objective 1 Programmes of South Yorkshire and West Wales and the East Finland Objective 1 Programme.

Good examples are found in Germany, the Objective 2 Programmes of Bavaria, North Rhine-Westphalia and Lower Saxony, and the Objective 1 Programmes of Berlin, Brandenburg and Saxony-Anhalt; in the United Kingdom, the Objective 2 Programmes of North West England and Yorkshire Humber, and the Objective 1 Programmes of South Yorkshire and West Wales and the East Finland Objective 1 Programme.

The waters bounded by a line drawn from Hasenøre Head (56° 09' N, 10° 44' E) on the east coast of Jutland to Gniben Point (56° 01' N, 11° 18' E) on the west coast of Zealand; then along the west coast and south coast of Zealand to a point situated at longitude 12° 00' E; from there, due south to the island of Falster; then along the east coast of the island of Falster to Gedser Odde (54° 34' N, 11° 58' E); then due east to longitude 12° 00' E; then due south to the coast of Germany; then in a south-westerly direction along the coast of Germany and the east coast of Jutland as far as the point of departure.