Europa-Kommissionen har gjort dette klart i Agenda 2000, og det har den blandt andet gjort, fordi dens juridiske tjeneste har udsendt et responsum, som fundamenterer anvendelsen af Samhørighedsfonden helt uafhængigt af, om konvergenskriterierne er opfyldt eller ej, og af, om man skal deltage i den fælles valuta eller ej.
That is what the European Commission said in Agenda 2000 because, among other things, its legal department has set out the basis for applying the cohesion fund, and this is absolutely independent of whether or not the convergence criteria have been met and whether monetary union has been accomplished.