Såfremt en medlemsstat ikke reducerer sine samlede udgifter, ligger strukturfondsmidlerne ud over de nationale udgifter, og princippet om additionalitet betragtes som værende opfyldt.
This is how, provided that the Member State does not reduce all its own expenditure, the Structural Funds can be added to the national expenditure and we can consider that the additionality principle is respected.