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 (c. 1303)

ANNEX IX U.K. METHODOLOGY FOR DETERMINING MINIMUM SHARE OF THE ESF

The additional percentage share to be added to the share of Structural Funds resources referred to in Article 92(4) allocated in a Member State to the ESF which corresponds to the share of that Member State for the 2007-2013 programming period shall be determined as follows, based on employment rates (for persons between the ages of 20-64) of reference year 2012:

• where the employment rate is 65 % or less the share shall be increased by 1,7 percentage points;

• where the employment rate is above 65 % but not higher than 70 % the share shall be increased by 1,2 percentage points;

• where the employment rate is above 70 % but not higher than 75 % the share shall be increased by 0,7 percentage points;

• where the employment rate is above 75 %, no increase shall be required.

The total percentage share of a Member State after the addition shall not exceed 52 % of Structural Funds resources referred to in Article 92(4).

For Croatia the share of Structural Funds resources, excluding the European Territorial Cooperation goal, allocated to the ESF for the 2007-2013 programming period shall be the average share of convergence regions of those Member States which acceded to the Union on or after 1 January 2004.