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A-9-2020-0150 → TA-9-2020-0355

From: A-9-2020-0150 Plenary report of 9 Sept 2020
To: TA-9-2020-0355 Adopted text of 16 Dec 2020
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Title (from): on the proposal for a regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council amending Regulation (EU) No 1303/2013 as regards exceptional additional resources and implementing arrangements under the Investment for growth and jobs goal to provide assistance for fostering crisis repair in the context of the COVID-19 pandemic and preparing a green, digital and resilient recovery of the economy (REACT-EU)
Title (to): Additional resources in the context of the COVID-19 pandemic: REACT-EU ***I

Title (from): on the proposal for a regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council amending Regulation (EU) No 1303/2013 as regards exceptional additional resources and implementing arrangements under the Investment for growth and jobs goal to provide assistance for fostering crisis repair in the context of the COVID-19 pandemic and preparing a green, digital and resilient recovery of the economy (REACT-EU)
Title (to): Additional resources in the context of the COVID-19 pandemic: REACT-EU ***I

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Part 2 of 4: Paragraphs 61–120

Removed~~Regulation (EU) No 1303/2013~~

Removed~~Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 2, Article 92b – paragraph 2 – indent 3: — 2022: EUR 10 820 400 000 in current prices (EUR 9 996 674 058 in 2018 prices).~~

Removed~~Regulation (EU) No 1303/2013~~

RemovedArticle 1 – paragraph 1 – point 2, Article 92b – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 3: Under both the Investment for growth and jobs goal and the European territorial cooperation goal, the additional resources as set out in Article 92a shall be made available for 2021 and 2022. By way of revision of this Regulation through a delegated act and based on a reasoned request of a Member State, the additional resources may also be made available for budgetary commitment in 2023 and 2024. The additional resources set out in Article 92a shall be supplemented by support for administrative expenditure of up to EUR 18 000 000 in current prices (EUR 16 795 821 in 2018 prices).

Removed~~Regulation (EU) No 1303/2013~~

RemovedArticle 1 – paragraph 1 – point 2, Article 92b – paragraph 3: 3. 0.35% of the additional resources shall be allocated to technical assistance at the initiative of the Commission with a special focus on Member States hit harder by the COVID-19 pandemic and Member States with lower absorption and implementation rates.

Removed~~Regulation (EU) No 1303/2013~~

RemovedArticle 1 – paragraph 1 – point 2, Article 92b – paragraph 4: 4. With regard to both the Investment for growth and jobs goal and the European territorial cooperation goal, the Commission shall adopt a decision by means of implementing acts setting out the breakdown of the additional resources as appropriations from the Structural Funds for 2020 and 2021 for each Member State in accordance with the criteria and methodology set out in Annex VIIa. That decision shall be revised in 2021 to set out the breakdown of the additional resources for 2022 based on data available by 19 October 2021. Where applicable, it shall also be revised in 2022 in relation to budgetary commitments in 2023 and 2024, based on the latest statistical data available. The revisions shall ensure that operational programmes are not negatively impacted. / (Annex VII a shall be updated to cover the breakdown for the European Territorial Cooperation goal)

Removed~~Regulation (EU) No 1303/2013~~

RemovedArticle 1 – paragraph 1 – point 2, Article 92b – paragraph 5 – subparagraph 6: Each Member State shall allocate the additional resources available for programming under the ERDF and the ESF to operational programmes, involving local and regional authorities, as well as relevant bodies representing civil society and social partners, in accordance with the partnership principle.

Removed~~Regulation (EU) No 1303/2013~~

RemovedArticle 1 – paragraph 1 – point 2, Article 92b – paragraph 5 – subparagraph 7: By way of derogation from Article 92(7), a share of at least 3% of the additional resources shall may also be proposed to be used to increase the support for the Fund for European Aid to the Most Deprived (‘FEAD’), in order to address the situation of those who have been hit to an unprecedented degree by the COVID-19 crisis. A share of the additional resources may also be used to increase the support for the Youth Employment Initiative, before or at the same time as the allocation to the ERDF and the ESF.

Removed~~Regulation (EU) No 1303/2013~~

RemovedArticle 1 – paragraph 1 – point 2, Article 92b – paragraph 5 – subparagraph 7 a (new): The additional allocation for the outermost regions shall be added to the allocation that every outermost region will receive through the distribution of the national budget as calculated in line with paragraphs 1 and 2 of Annex I.

Removed~~Regulation (EU° No 1303/2013~~

RemovedArticle 1 – paragraph 1 – point 2, Article 92b – paragraph 5 – subparagraph 8: Following their initial allocation, the additional resources may, at the request of a Member State for amendment of an operational programme pursuant to Article 30(1), be transferred between the ERDF and the ESF, irrespective of the percentages referred to in points (a), (b) and (c) of Article 92(1), as long as the ESF share does not decrease below 23,1 %.

Removed~~Regulation (EU° No 1303/2013~~

RemovedArticle 1 – paragraph 1 – point 2, Article 92b – paragraph 5 – subparagraph 13: The additional resources shall be implemented in accordance with the rules of the Fund to which they are allocated or transferred and with the provisions of this Regulation.

Removed~~Regulation (EU) No 1303/2013~~

RemovedArticle 1 – paragraph 1 – point 2, Article 92b – paragraph 6: 6. Up to 4% of the total additional resources under the ERDF and the ESF may be allocated to technical assistance at the initiative of the Member States, in all stages, under any existing operational programme supported from the ERDF or the ESF or the new operational programme referred to in paragraph 10.

Removed~~Regulation (EU) No 1303/2013~~

RemovedArticle 1 – paragraph 1 – point 2, Article 92b – paragraph 7 – subparagraph 1: By way of derogation from Article 81(1) and Article 134(1), the initial pre-financing to be paid following the Commission decision adopting an operational programme or approving the amendment to an operational programme for the allocation of the additional resources shall be 50% of the additional resources allocated to programmes for the year 2020 under the new thematic objective referred to in paragraph 9 of this Article.

Removed~~Regulation (EU) No 1303/2013~~

RemovedArticle 1 – paragraph 1 – point 2, Article 92b – paragraph 7 – subparagraph 2: By way of derogation from Article 134(2), the annual pre-financing for the years 2021, 2022, and, based on a reasoned request from a Member State, for 2023 and 2024, may consist of up to 50 % of the additional resources allocated to programmes under the new thematic objective referred to in paragraph 9. For the purposes of calculating the annual pre-financing for 2021, 2022, 2023 and, where applicable, for 2024, the amount of the support from the Funds for the whole programming period to the operational programme shall include the additional resources.

Removed~~Regulation (EU) No 1303/2013~~

RemovedArticle 1 – paragraph 1 – point 2, Article 92b – paragraph 8 – subparagraph 1: The additional resources not allocated to technical assistance shall be used under the thematic objective set out in paragraph 9 to support operations fostering crisis repair in the context of the COVID-19 pandemic, preparing a green, digital and resilient recovery of the economy, by focusing for example on the revitalization of health and the competitiveness of hard-hit economic sectors.

Removed~~Regulation (EU) No 1303/2013~~

RemovedArticle 1 – paragraph 1 – point 2, Article 92b – paragraph 8 – subparagraph 2: Member States may allocate the additional resources either to one or more separate priority axes within an existing operational programme or programmes or to a new operational programme referred to in paragraph 10. By way of derogation from Article 26(1), the programme shall cover the period until 31 December 2022, or 31 December 2024 where the derogation referred to in paragraph 2 applies, subject to paragraph 4 of this Article.

Removed~~Regulation (EU) No 1303/2013~~

RemovedArticle 1 – paragraph 1 – point 2, Article 92b – paragraph 8 – subparagraph 3: For the ERDF, the additional resources shall primarily be used to support investment in products and services for health and social infrastructure, health systems and services for all, including cross-border ones, as well as care homes (including elderly day-care residences), to provide support in the form of working capital or investment and advisory support to SMEs and social economy enterprises, investments contributing to the transition towards a digital, and green economy, including adaptation to teleworking conditions, investments in infrastructure providing non-discriminatory basic services to people living in rural, border, less developed, insular, mountainous, sparsely populated and outermost regions, as well as areas affected by industrial transition and depopulation, and economic measures in the regions which are dependent on sectors most affected by the crisis such as tourism and culture. Other investments with a high job creation potential, such as urban renewal, may also be supported.

Removed~~Regulation (EU) No 1303/2013~~

RemovedArticle 1 – paragraph 1 – point 2, Article 92b – paragraph 8 – subparagraph 4: For the ESF, the additional resources shall primarily be used to support the labour market, social economy, health and social systems, job maintenance, including through short-time work schemes aiming at maintaining the same level of working and employment conditions and rights, including protection against dismissal and reduction in wages. In the case of those short-timework schemes, the ESF additional resources shall be used exclusively for financing the partial unemployment benefits and not for any other company purposes or expenditure. The support shall cover entrepreneurs and the self-employed, including freelancers, artists and other creative workers, even when that support is not combined with active labour market measures, unless the latter are imposed by national law, as well as social inclusion, antidiscrimination and poverty eradication measures, with a particular focus on child poverty. The additional resources shall support quality job creation, in particular for people in vulnerable situations, including the long-term unemployed and those far from the labour market, as well as those living in rural, insular, mountainous, sparsely populated, and outermost regions as well as areas affected by industrial transition and depopulation. Furthermore, the resources shall also cover youth employment measures, inclusive lifelong education and training, online education, skills development, individualised reskilling and upskilling, in particular for disadvantaged groups, to…

Removed~~Regulation (EU) No 1303/2013~~

RemovedArticle 1 – paragraph 1 – point 2, Article 92b – paragraph 9 – subparagraph 1: With the exception of technical assistance referred to in paragraph 6 and of the additional resources used for the FEAD or for the Youth Employment Initiative referred to in the seventh subparagraph of paragraph 5, the additional resources shall support operations under the new thematic objective “Fostering crisis repair in the context of the COVID-19 pandemic and preparing a green, digital and resilient recovery of the economy”, complementing the thematic objectives set out in Article 9.

Removed~~Regulation (EU) 1303/2013~~

RemovedArticle 1 – paragraph 1 – point 2, Article 92b – paragraph 9 – subparagraph 5: The revised financing plan set out in Article 96(2)(d)shall set out the allocation of the additional resources for the years 2020, 2021 and, where applicable, for 2022, 2023 and 2024, without identifying amounts for the performance reserve and with no breakdown per category of regions.

Removed~~Regulation (EU) No 1303/2013~~

RemovedArticle 1 – paragraph 1 – point 2, Article 92b – paragraph 9 – subparagraph 6: By way of derogation from Article 30(1), requests for the amendment of a programme submitted by a Member State shall be duly justified and shall in particular set out expected impact of the changes to the programme on fostering crisis repair in the context of the COVID-19 pandemic and preparing a green, digital and resilient recovery of the economy as well as of health systems. They shall be accompanied by the revised programme.

Removed~~Regulation (EU) No 1303/2013~~

RemovedArticle 1 – paragraph 1 – point 2, Article 92b – paragraph 10 – subparagraph 3: Where such a new operational programme is established, only authorities designated under on-going operational programmes supported by the ERDF, the ESF and the Cohesion Fund may be identified by the Member States for the purposes of point(a) of Article 96(5), following the consultation with regional and local authorities.

Removed~~Regulation (EU) No 1303/2013~~

RemovedArticle 1 – paragraph 1 – point 2, Article 92b – paragraph 10 – subparagraph 4 a (new): By way of derogation from Article 29(3) and (4) and Article 30(2), the Commission shall approve any new dedicated operational programme or any amendment to an existing programme within 10 working days of its submission by a Member State.

Removed~~Regulation (EU) No 1303/2013~~

RemovedArticle 1 – paragraph 1 – point 2, Article 92b – paragraph 10 a (new): 10a. By way of derogation from Article 65(2), expenditure shall be eligible for a contribution if it has been incurred by a beneficiary and paid between the date of submission of the programme to the Commission and 31 December 2024.

Removed~~Regulation (EU) No 1303/2013~~

RemovedArticle 1 – paragraph 1 – point 2, Article 92b – paragraph 10 b (new): 10b. By way of derogation from Article 65(4), in the case of costs reimbursed pursuant to points (b) and (c) of the first subparagraph of Article 67(1), the actions constituting the basis for reimbursement shall be carried out between 1 February 2020 and 31 December 2024.

Removed~~Regulation (EU) No 1303/2013~~

RemovedArticle 1 – paragraph 1 – point 2, Article 92b – paragraph 10 c (new): 10c. By way of derogation from Article 65(9), expenditure for operations supported under the thematic objective set out in paragraph 9 shall be eligible as of 1 February 2020.

Removed~~Regulation (EU) No 1303/2013~~

RemovedArticle 1 – paragraph 1 – point 2, Article 92b – paragraph 10 d (new): 10d. By way of derogation from Article 136(2), that part of commitments still open on 31 December 2023 or on 31 December 2024, as the case may be, shall be decommitted if any of the documents required under Article 141(1) has not been submitted to the Commission by the deadline set out in Article 141(1).

Removed~~Regulation (EU) No 1303/2013~~

RemovedArticle 1 – paragraph 1 – point 2, Article 92b – paragraph 10 e (new): 10e. By way of derogation from Article 141(1), in addition to the documents referred to in Article 138, for the final accounting year from 1 July 2024 to 30 June 2025, Member States shall submit a final implementation report for the operational programme.

Removed~~Regulation (EU) No 1303/2013~~

RemovedArticle 1 – paragraph 1 – point 2, Article 92b – paragraph 11 – subparagraph 1: By way of derogation from the first and second subparagraphs of Article 120(3), a co-financing rate of up to 100% may be applied to the priority axis or axes supported by the additional resources programmed under the thematic objective referred to in paragraph 9 of this Article. To that end, they are required to make use of programme-specific indicators made available by the Commission.

Removed~~Regulation (EU) No 1303/2013~~

RemovedArticle 1 – paragraph 1 – point 2, Article 92b – paragraph 11 – subparagraph 2: By way of derogation from Article 56(3) and 114(2), the Member States shall ensure that by 31 December 2024, or by 31 December 2026, where the derogation referred to in subparagraph 3 of paragraph 2 of this Article applies, at least one evaluation on the use of the additional resources is carried out to assess their effectiveness, efficiency, impact and, where appropriate, inclusiveness and non-discrimination, including from a gender perspective and how they contributed to the thematic objective referred to in paragraph 9 of this Article.

Removed~~Regulation (EU) No 1303/2013~~

Removed~~Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 2, Article 92b – paragraph 12 – point d: deleted~~

Removed~~Regulation (EU) No 1303/2013~~

Removed~~Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 2, Article 92b – paragraph 12 – point e: deleted~~

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@misc{epw-text-2020-12-16,
  author = {{European Parliament}},
  title = {{Changes between A-9-2020-0150 and TA-9-2020-0355}},
  year = {2020},
  date = {2020-12-16},
  howpublished = {\url{https://news.eu-parl.st-solutions.dev/texts/A-9-2020-0150/compare/TA-9-2020-0355?all=1&part=2}},
  url = {https://news.eu-parl.st-solutions.dev/texts/A-9-2020-0150/compare/TA-9-2020-0355?all=1&part=2},
  urldate = {2026-09-28},
  publisher = {EU Parl Watch Research},
  note = {Text. from A-9-2020-0150, to TA-9-2020-0355. Data: European Parliament Open Data (CC BY 4.0)}
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