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Commission Implementing Decision (EU) 2017/2440

of 18 December 2017

amending Implementing Decision 2014/190/EU as regards the annual breakdown of the resources from the specific allocation for the Youth Employment Initiative by Member State together with the list of eligible regions

(notified under document C(2017) 8300)

THE EUROPEAN COMMISSION,

Having regard to the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union,

Having regard to Regulation (EU) No 1303/2013 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 17 December 2013 laying down common provisions on the European Regional Development Fund, the European Social Fund, the Cohesion Fund, the European Agricultural Fund for Rural Development and the European Maritime and Fisheries Fund and laying down general provisions on the European Regional Development Fund, the European Social Fund, the Cohesion Fund and the European Maritime and Fisheries Fund and repealing Council Regulation (EC) No 1083/2006(1), and in particular Article 91(2) thereof,

Whereas:

(1) Commission Implementing Decision 2014/190/EU(2) sets out, among others, the annual breakdown by Member State of resources from the specific allocation for the Youth Employment Initiative (‘YEI’), together with the list of eligible regions for the YEI pursuant to Article 91(2) of Regulation (EU) No 1303/2013.

(2) By Regulation (EU) 2017/2305 of the European Parliament and of the Council(3) amending Regulation (EU) No 1303/2013, the specific allocation for the YEI has been increased.

(3) The regions eligible for the YEI for the period 2017-2020 are determined in accordance with Article 16 of Regulation (EU) No 1304/2013 of the European Parliament and of the Council(4) by making reference, however, to the latest available annual data on youth unemployment. Pursuant to Article 65(2) of Regulation (EU) No 1303/2013, expenditure under the YEI is eligible until 31 December 2023, both for the regions already listed in Annex IV to Implementing Decision 2014/190/EU and for the regions eligible for the YEI for the period 2017-2020. The existing list should therefore continue to apply. For reasons of clarity and transparency, Annex IV to Implementing Decision 2014/190/EU should therefore include both lists and be amended accordingly.

(4) In accordance with Annex VIII to Regulation (EU) No 1303/2013 the breakdown by Member State of the additional resources should follow the same steps applied for the initial allocation. The annual breakdown of the specific allocation for the YEI set out in 2011 prices in Annex III to Implementing Decision 2014/190/EU should therefore be amended accordingly.

(5) In order to allow Member States to plan ahead, the annual breakdown should also be provided in current prices to reflect the indexation of 2 % per year in accordance with Article 91(1) of Regulation (EU) No 1303/2013. Annex X to Implementing Decision 2014/190/EU should therefore be amended accordingly.

(6) Implementing Decision 2014/190/EU should therefore be amended,

HAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION:

Article 1U.K.

Implementing Decision 2014/190/EU is amended as follows:

(1)

Annexes III and IV are replaced by the text set out in Annex I to this Decision;

(2)

Annex X is replaced by the text set out in Annex II to this Decision.

Article 2U.K.

This Decision is addressed to the Member States.

Done at Brussels, 18 December 2017.

For the Commission

Corina Crețu

Member of the Commission

ANNEX IU.K.

ANNEX III YOUTH EMPLOYMENT INITIATIVE — ANNUAL BREAKDOWN OF THE SPECIFIC ALLOCATION

EUR, 2011 prices
2014201520162017201820192020Total
BE22 464 89617 179 0387 569 5463 463 1913 395 2853 328 71157 400 667
BG29 216 62222 342 12351 558 745
CZ12 564 28312 564 283
DK
DE
EE
IE36 075 81527 587 38863 663 203
EL90 800 18469 435 43429 193 45113 356 48113 094 58912 837 832228 717 971
ES499 481 827381 956 689154 715 85570 785 03169 397 09068 036 3621 244 372 854
FR164 197 762125 562 99459 683 86327 306 34226 770 92426 246 004429 767 889
HR35 033 82126 790 56912 993 2085 944 6045 828 0445 713 76892 304 014
IT300 437 373229 746 226126 913 69258 065 08856 926 55755 810 350827 899 286
CY6 126 2074 684 7472 428 8571 111 2421 089 4531 068 09116 508 597
LV15 358 07511 744 41027 102 485
LT16 825 55312 866 60029 692 153
LU
HU26 345 50920 146 56646 492 075
MT
NL
AT
PL133 639 212102 194 6926 060 3532 772 7112 718 3442 665 043250 050 355
PT85 111 91365 085 58123 156 67810 594 55910 386 82210 183 159204 518 712
RO56 112 81542 909 80016 695 4477 638 4407 488 6667 341 830138 186 998
SI4 876 5373 729 1178 605 654
SK38 209 19029 218 7934 574 7412 093 0192 051 9792 011 74578 159 467
FI
SE23 379 70317 878 59741 258 300
UK24 516 103166 367 414190 883 517
EU 28 1 608 209 117 1 389 991 061 443 985 691 203 130 708 199 147 753 195 242 895 4 039 707 225

ANNEX IV YOUTH EMPLOYMENT INITIATIVE — LIST OF ELIGIBLE REGIONS

LIST OF ELIGIBLE REGIONS BASED ON 2012 YOUTH UNEMPLOYMENT DATA

LIST OF ELIGIBLE REGIONS BASED ON 2016 Youth UNEMPLOYMENT DATA

ANNEX IIU.K.

ANNEX X YOUTH EMPLOYMENT INITIATIVE — SPECIFIC ALLOCATION

EUR current prices
2014201520162017201820192020Total
BE23 839 92718 595 1438 524 5383 978 1183 978 1183 978 11862 893 962
BG31 004 91324 183 83255 188 745
CZ13 599 98413 599 984
DK
DE
EE
IE38 283 94329 861 47668 145 419
EL96 357 88275 159 14732 876 56715 342 39815 342 39815 342 398250 420 790
ES530 054 111413 442 204174 235 18281 309 75181 309 75181 309 7511 361 660 750
FR174 247 979135 913 42367 213 72431 366 40431 366 40431 366 404471 474 338
HR37 178 17128 998 97314 632 4626 828 4826 828 4826 828 482101 295 052
IT318 826 544248 684 704142 925 43066 698 53466 698 53466 698 534910 532 280
CY6 501 1805 070 9212 735 2881 276 4681 276 4681 276 46818 136 793
LV16 298 11212 712 52729 010 639
LT17 855 41113 927 22231 782 633
LU
HU27 958 06521 807 29149 765 356
MT
NL
AT
PL141 819 001110 618 8216 824 9423 184 9733 184 9733 184 973268 817 683
PT90 321 44370 450 72626 078 18112 169 81812 169 81812 169 818223 359 804
RO59 547 36846 446 94718 801 7858 774 1668 774 1668 774 166151 118 598
SI5 175 0204 036 5169 211 536
SK40 547 89831 627 3615 151 9012 404 2212 404 2212 404 22184 539 823
FI
SE24 810 72819 352 36844 163 096
UK26 016 685180 081 439206 098 124
EU 28 1 706 644 381 1 504 571 025 500 000 000 233 333 333 233 333 333 233 333 333 4 411 215 405
(2)

Commission Implementing Decision 2014/190/EU of 3 April 2014 setting out the annual breakdown by Member State of global resources for the European Regional Development Fund, the European Social Fund and the Cohesion Fund under the Investment for growth and jobs goal and the European territorial cooperation goal, the annual breakdown by Member State of resources from the specific allocation for the Youth Employment Initiative together with the list of eligible regions, and the amounts to be transferred from each Member State's Cohesion Fund and Structural Funds allocations to the Connecting Europe Facility and to aid for the most deprived for the period 2014-2020 (OJ L 104, 8.4.2014, p. 13).

(3)

Regulation (EU) 2017/2305 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 12 December 2017 amending Regulation (EU) No 1303/2013 as regards the changes to the resources for economic, social and territorial cohesion and to the resources for the Investment for growth and jobs goal and for the European territorial cooperation goal (OJ L 335, 15.12.2017, p. 1).

(4)

Regulation (EU) No 1304/2013 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 17 December 2013 on the European Social Fund and repealing Council Regulation (EC) No 1081/2006 (OJ L 347, 20.12.2013, p. 470).