# Official Journal C 21/2022

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| English edition | Information and Notices | Volume 6514 January 2022 |

ISSN 1977-091X

Official Journal

of the European Union

C 21

English edition

Information and Notices

Volume 6514 January 2022

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| | II   Information |
| | INFORMATION FROM EUROPEAN UNION INSTITUTIONS, BODIES, OFFICES AND AGENCIES |
| | European Commission |
| 2022/C 21/01 | Non-opposition to a notified concentration (Case M.10444 – RWE GENERATION / MESSER INDUSTRIEGASE / KREIS DÜREN / SIEMENS PROJECT VENTURES / JV) (
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| 2022/C 21/02 | Non-opposition to a notified concentration (Case M.10428 – CDPQ / OTPPB / CMLIC) (
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  ) | 2 |
| 2022/C 21/03 | Non-opposition to a notified concentration (Case M.10364 – ECI / BONAK / FAST GROUP) (
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  ) | 3 |

Contents

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II   Information

INFORMATION FROM EUROPEAN UNION INSTITUTIONS, BODIES, OFFICES AND AGENCIES

European Commission

2022/C 21/01

Non-opposition to a notified concentration (Case M.10444 – RWE GENERATION / MESSER INDUSTRIEGASE / KREIS DÜREN / SIEMENS PROJECT VENTURES / JV) (
  1
  )

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2022/C 21/02

Non-opposition to a notified concentration (Case M.10428 – CDPQ / OTPPB / CMLIC) (
  1
  )

1

2

2022/C 21/03

Non-opposition to a notified concentration (Case M.10364 – ECI / BONAK / FAST GROUP) (
  1
  )

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| | IV   Notices |
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| | NOTICES FROM MEMBER STATES |
| 2022/C 21/04 | Public holidays 2022 | 4 |

IV   Notices

NOTICES FROM MEMBER STATES

2022/C 21/04

Public holidays 2022

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| | V   Announcements |
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| | PROCEDURES RELATING TO THE IMPLEMENTATION OF COMPETITION POLICY |
| | European Commission |
| 2022/C 21/05 | Prior notification of a concentration (Case M.10539 – SOUTH32 / KGHM / SIERRA GORDA) – Candidate case for simplified procedure (
  1
  ) | 5 |

V   Announcements

PROCEDURES RELATING TO THE IMPLEMENTATION OF COMPETITION POLICY

European Commission

2022/C 21/05

Prior notification of a concentration (Case M.10539 – SOUTH32 / KGHM / SIERRA GORDA) – Candidate case for simplified procedure (
  1
  )

1

5

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| | Corrigenda |
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| | Corrigendum to Joint statement by the European Parliament and by the Council and to Statement by the Commission ( OJ C 523, 28.12.2021 ) | 7 |

Corrigenda

Corrigendum to Joint statement by the European Parliament and by the Council and to Statement by the Commission ( OJ C 523, 28.12.2021 )

( OJ C 523, 28.12.2021 )

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II Information

INFORMATION FROM EUROPEAN UNION INSTITUTIONS, BODIES, OFFICES AND AGENCIES

European Commission

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Non-opposition to a notified concentration

(Case M.10444 – RWE GENERATION / MESSER INDUSTRIEGASE / KREIS DÜREN / SIEMENS PROJECT VENTURES / JV)

(Text with EEA relevance)

(2022/C 21/01)

On 12 October 2021, the Commission decided not to oppose the above notified concentration and to declare it compatible with the internal market. This decision is based on Article 6(1)(b) of Council Regulation (EC) No 139/2004 (1). The full text of the decision is available only in German language and will be made public after it is cleared of any business secrets it may contain. It will be available:

| — | in the merger section of the ‘Competition policy’ website of the Commission (http://ec.europa.eu/competition/mergers/cases/). This website provides various facilities to help locate individual merger decisions, including company, case number, date and sectoral indexes, |
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in the merger section of the ‘Competition policy’ website of the Commission (http://ec.europa.eu/competition/mergers/cases/). This website provides various facilities to help locate individual merger decisions, including company, case number, date and sectoral indexes,

| — | in electronic form on the EUR-Lex website (http://eur-lex.europa.eu/homepage.html?locale=en) under document number 32021M10444. EUR-Lex is the online point of access to European Union law. |
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in electronic form on the EUR-Lex website (http://eur-lex.europa.eu/homepage.html?locale=en) under document number 32021M10444. EUR-Lex is the online point of access to European Union law.

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(1)  OJ L 24, 29.1.2004, p. 1.

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Non-opposition to a notified concentration

(Case M.10428 – CDPQ / OTPPB / CMLIC)

(Text with EEA relevance)

(2022/C 21/02)

On 22 October 2021, the Commission decided not to oppose the above notified concentration and to declare it compatible with the internal market. This decision is based on Article 6(1)(b) of Council Regulation (EC) No 139/2004 (1). The full text of the decision is available only in English and will be made public after it is cleared of any business secrets it may contain. It will be available:

| — | in the merger section of the ‘Competition policy’ website of the Commission (http://ec.europa.eu/competition/mergers/cases/). This website provides various facilities to help locate individual merger decisions, including company, case number, date and sectoral indexes, |
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in the merger section of the ‘Competition policy’ website of the Commission (http://ec.europa.eu/competition/mergers/cases/). This website provides various facilities to help locate individual merger decisions, including company, case number, date and sectoral indexes,

| — | in electronic form on the EUR-Lex website (http://eur-lex.europa.eu/homepage.html?locale=en) under document number 32021M10428. EUR-Lex is the online point of access to European Union law. |
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in electronic form on the EUR-Lex website (http://eur-lex.europa.eu/homepage.html?locale=en) under document number 32021M10428. EUR-Lex is the online point of access to European Union law.

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(1)  OJ L 24, 29.1.2004, p. 1.

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Non-opposition to a notified concentration

(Case M.10364 – ECI / BONAK / FAST GROUP)

(Text with EEA relevance)

(2022/C 21/03)

On 29 October 2021, the Commission decided not to oppose the above notified concentration and to declare it compatible with the internal market. This decision is based on Article 6(1)(b) of Council Regulation (EC) No 139/2004 (1). The full text of the decision is available only in English and will be made public after it is cleared of any business secrets it may contain. It will be available:

| — | in the merger section of the ‘Competition policy’ website of the Commission (http://ec.europa.eu/competition/mergers/cases/). This website provides various facilities to help locate individual merger decisions, including company, case number, date and sectoral indexes, |
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in the merger section of the ‘Competition policy’ website of the Commission (http://ec.europa.eu/competition/mergers/cases/). This website provides various facilities to help locate individual merger decisions, including company, case number, date and sectoral indexes,

| — | in electronic form on the EUR-Lex website (http://eur-lex.europa.eu/homepage.html?locale=en) under document number 32021M10364. EUR-Lex is the online point of access to European Union law. |
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in electronic form on the EUR-Lex website (http://eur-lex.europa.eu/homepage.html?locale=en) under document number 32021M10364. EUR-Lex is the online point of access to European Union law.

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(1)  OJ L 24, 29.1.2004, p. 1.

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IV Notices

NOTICES FROM MEMBER STATES

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Public holidays 2022

(2022/C 21/04)

| Belgique.België | 15.4, 18.4, 26.5, 27.5, 6.6, 11.7, 21.7, 15.8, 27.9, 1.11, 2.11, 15.11, 26.12, 27.12, 28.12, 29.12, 30.12 |
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| България | 1.1, 3.3, 22.4, 23.4, 24.4, 1.5, 6.5, 24.5, 6.9, 22.9, 1.11, 24.12, 25.12, 26.12 |
| Česká republika | 1.1, 15.4, 18.4, 1.5, 8.5, 5.7, 6.7, 28.9, 28.10, 17.11, 24.12, 25.12, 26.12 |
| Danmark | 1.1, 10.4, 14.4, 15.4, 17.4, 18.4, 13.5, 26.5, 5.6, 6.6, 25.12, 26.12 |
| Deutschland | 1.1, 8.3, 15.4, 18.4, 1.5, 26.5, 6.6, 3.10, 25.12, 26.12 |
| Eesti | 1.1, 24.2, 15.4, 17.4, 1.5, 5.6, 24.6, 20.8, 24.12, 25.12, 26.12 |
| Éire.Ireland | 1.1, 17.3, 18.4, 2.5, 6.6, 1.8, 31.10, 25.12, 26.12 |
| Ελλάδα | 1.1, 6.1, 7.3, 25.3, 22.4, 25.4, 1.5, 13.6, 15.8, 28.10, 25.12, 26.12 |
| España | 1.1, 6.1, 15.4, 15.8, 12.10, 1.11, 6.12, 8.12 |
| France | 1.1, 18.4, 1.5, 8.5, 26.5, 6.6, 14.7, 15.8, 1.11, 11.11, 25.12 |
| Hrvatska | 1.1, 6.1, 17.4, 18.4, 1.5, 30.5, 16.6, 22.6, 5.8, 15.8, 1.11, 18.11, 25.12, 26.12 |
| Italia | 1.1, 6.1, 18.4, 25.4, 1.5, 2.6, 15.8, 1.11, 8.12, 25.12, 26.12 |
| Κύπρος.Kıbrıs | 1.1, 6.1, 7.3, 25.3, 1.4, 22.4, 24.4, 25.4, 1.5, 13.6, 15.8, 1.10, 28.10, 24.12, 25.12, 26.12 |
| Latvija | 15.4, 18.4, 4.5, 23.6, 24.6, 18.11, 26.12 |
| Lietuva | 1.1, 16.2, 11.3, 17.4, 18.4, 1.5, 24.6, 6.7, 15.8, 1.11, 2.11, 24.12, 25.12, 26.12 |
| Luxembourg | 18.4, 9.5, 26.5, 6.6, 23.6, 15.8, 1.11, 26.12 |
| Magyarország | 1.1, 15.3, 15.4, 18.4, 1.5, 6.6, 20.8, 23.10, 1.11, 25.12, 26.12 |
| Malta | 1.1, 10.2, 19.3, 31.3, 15.4, 1.5, 7.6, 29.6, 15.8, 8.9, 21.9, 8.12, 13.12, 25.12 |
| Nederland | 1.1, 15.4, 17.4, 18.4, 27.4, 5.5, 26.5, 27.5, 5.6, 6.6, 25.12, 26.12 |
| Österreich | 1.1, 6.1, 18.4, 1.5, 26.5, 6.6, 16.6, 15.8, 26.10, 1.11, 08.12, 25.12, 26.12 |
| Polska | 1.1, 6.1, 17.4, 18.4, 1.5, 3.5, 16.6, 15.8, 1.11, 11.11, 25.12, 26.12 |
| Portugal | 1.1, 15.4, 17.4, 25.4, 1.5, 10.6, 16.6, 15.8, 5.10, 1.11, 1.12, 8.12, 25.12 |
| România | 1.1, 2.1, 24.1, 22.4, 24.4, 25.4, 1.5, 1.6, 12.6, 13.6, 15.8, 30.11, 1.12, 25.12, 26.12 |
| Slovenija | 8.2, 18.4, 27.4, 2.5, 15.8, 31.10, 1.11, 26.12 |
| Slovensko | 1.1, 6.1, 15.4, 18.4, 1.5, 8.5, 5.7, 29.8, 1.9, 15.9, 1.11, 17.11, 24.12, 25.12, 26.12 |
| Suomi.Finland | 1.1, 6.1, 15.4, 17.4, 18.4, 1.5, 26.5, 5.6, 25.6, 5.11, 6.12, 25.12, 26.12 |
| Sverige | 1.1, 6.1, 15.4, 17.4, 18.4, 1.5, 26.5, 5.6, 6.6, 24.6, 25.6, 5.11, 25.12, 26.12 |

Belgique.België

15.4, 18.4, 26.5, 27.5, 6.6, 11.7, 21.7, 15.8, 27.9, 1.11, 2.11, 15.11, 26.12, 27.12, 28.12, 29.12, 30.12

България

1.1, 3.3, 22.4, 23.4, 24.4, 1.5, 6.5, 24.5, 6.9, 22.9, 1.11, 24.12, 25.12, 26.12

Česká republika

1.1, 15.4, 18.4, 1.5, 8.5, 5.7, 6.7, 28.9, 28.10, 17.11, 24.12, 25.12, 26.12

Danmark

1.1, 10.4, 14.4, 15.4, 17.4, 18.4, 13.5, 26.5, 5.6, 6.6, 25.12, 26.12

Deutschland

1.1, 8.3, 15.4, 18.4, 1.5, 26.5, 6.6, 3.10, 25.12, 26.12

Eesti

1.1, 24.2, 15.4, 17.4, 1.5, 5.6, 24.6, 20.8, 24.12, 25.12, 26.12

Éire.Ireland

1.1, 17.3, 18.4, 2.5, 6.6, 1.8, 31.10, 25.12, 26.12

Ελλάδα

1.1, 6.1, 7.3, 25.3, 22.4, 25.4, 1.5, 13.6, 15.8, 28.10, 25.12, 26.12

España

1.1, 6.1, 15.4, 15.8, 12.10, 1.11, 6.12, 8.12

France

1.1, 18.4, 1.5, 8.5, 26.5, 6.6, 14.7, 15.8, 1.11, 11.11, 25.12

Hrvatska

1.1, 6.1, 17.4, 18.4, 1.5, 30.5, 16.6, 22.6, 5.8, 15.8, 1.11, 18.11, 25.12, 26.12

Italia

1.1, 6.1, 18.4, 25.4, 1.5, 2.6, 15.8, 1.11, 8.12, 25.12, 26.12

Κύπρος.Kıbrıs

1.1, 6.1, 7.3, 25.3, 1.4, 22.4, 24.4, 25.4, 1.5, 13.6, 15.8, 1.10, 28.10, 24.12, 25.12, 26.12

Latvija

15.4, 18.4, 4.5, 23.6, 24.6, 18.11, 26.12

Lietuva

1.1, 16.2, 11.3, 17.4, 18.4, 1.5, 24.6, 6.7, 15.8, 1.11, 2.11, 24.12, 25.12, 26.12

Luxembourg

18.4, 9.5, 26.5, 6.6, 23.6, 15.8, 1.11, 26.12

Magyarország

1.1, 15.3, 15.4, 18.4, 1.5, 6.6, 20.8, 23.10, 1.11, 25.12, 26.12

Malta

1.1, 10.2, 19.3, 31.3, 15.4, 1.5, 7.6, 29.6, 15.8, 8.9, 21.9, 8.12, 13.12, 25.12

Nederland

1.1, 15.4, 17.4, 18.4, 27.4, 5.5, 26.5, 27.5, 5.6, 6.6, 25.12, 26.12

Österreich

1.1, 6.1, 18.4, 1.5, 26.5, 6.6, 16.6, 15.8, 26.10, 1.11, 08.12, 25.12, 26.12

Polska

1.1, 6.1, 17.4, 18.4, 1.5, 3.5, 16.6, 15.8, 1.11, 11.11, 25.12, 26.12

Portugal

1.1, 15.4, 17.4, 25.4, 1.5, 10.6, 16.6, 15.8, 5.10, 1.11, 1.12, 8.12, 25.12

România

1.1, 2.1, 24.1, 22.4, 24.4, 25.4, 1.5, 1.6, 12.6, 13.6, 15.8, 30.11, 1.12, 25.12, 26.12

Slovenija

8.2, 18.4, 27.4, 2.5, 15.8, 31.10, 1.11, 26.12

Slovensko

1.1, 6.1, 15.4, 18.4, 1.5, 8.5, 5.7, 29.8, 1.9, 15.9, 1.11, 17.11, 24.12, 25.12, 26.12

Suomi.Finland

1.1, 6.1, 15.4, 17.4, 18.4, 1.5, 26.5, 5.6, 25.6, 5.11, 6.12, 25.12, 26.12

Sverige

1.1, 6.1, 15.4, 17.4, 18.4, 1.5, 26.5, 5.6, 6.6, 24.6, 25.6, 5.11, 25.12, 26.12

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V Announcements

PROCEDURES RELATING TO THE IMPLEMENTATION OF COMPETITION POLICY

European Commission

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Prior notification of a concentration

(Case M.10539 – SOUTH32 / KGHM / SIERRA GORDA)

Candidate case for simplified procedure

(Text with EEA relevance)

(2022/C 21/05)

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This notification concerns the following undertakings:

| — | South32 Limited (‘South32’, Australia); |
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South32 Limited (‘South32’, Australia);

| — | KGHM Polska Miedz S.A. (‘KGHM’, Poland); |
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KGHM Polska Miedz S.A. (‘KGHM’, Poland);

| — | Sierra Gorda SCM (‘Sierra Gorda’, Chile). |
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Sierra Gorda SCM (‘Sierra Gorda’, Chile).

South32 and KGHM acquire within the meaning of Articles 3(1)(b) and 3(4) of the Merger Regulation joint control of the whole of Sierra Gorda. The concentration is accomplished by way of purchase of shares.

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| — | for South32: the production of bauxite, alumina, aluminium, metallurgical coal, manganese, nickel, silver, lead and zinc from sites located in Australia, Southern Africa and South America; |
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for South32: the production of bauxite, alumina, aluminium, metallurgical coal, manganese, nickel, silver, lead and zinc from sites located in Australia, Southern Africa and South America;

| — | for KGHM: the production of valuable commodities, predominantly metals, including copper, silver, gold, molybdenum, nickel, rhenium and lead from a number of sites worldwide; |
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for KGHM: the production of valuable commodities, predominantly metals, including copper, silver, gold, molybdenum, nickel, rhenium and lead from a number of sites worldwide;

| — | for Sierra Gorda: the production of copper concentrate and molybdenum concentrate (which can be further processed into molybdennym oxide) from its mine located in Chile. Sierra Gorda’s copper concentrate also contains limited quantities of silver and gold. |
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for Sierra Gorda: the production of copper concentrate and molybdenum concentrate (which can be further processed into molybdennym oxide) from its mine located in Chile. Sierra Gorda’s copper concentrate also contains limited quantities of silver and gold.

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Pursuant to the Commission Notice on a simplified procedure for treatment of certain concentrations under Council Regulation (EC) No 139/2004 (2) it should be noted that this case is a candidate for treatment under the procedure set out in the Notice.

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Observations must reach the Commission not later than 10 days following the date of this publication. The following reference should always be specified:

M.10539 – SOUTH32 / KGHM / SIERRA GORDA

Observations can be sent to the Commission by email, by fax, or by post. Please use the contact details below:

Email: COMP-MERGER-REGISTRY@ec.europa.eu

Fax +32 22964301

Postal address:

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| 1049 Bruxelles/Brussel |
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European Commission

Directorate-General for Competition

Merger Registry

1049 Bruxelles/Brussel

BELGIQUE/BELGIË

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(1)  OJ L 24, 29.1.2004, p. 1 (the ‘Merger Regulation’).

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(2)  OJ C 366, 14.12.2013, p. 5.

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Corrigenda

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Corrigendum to Joint statement by the European Parliament and by the Council and to Statement by the Commission

(
  Official Journal of the European Union C 523 of 28 December 2021
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(2022/C 21/06)

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for:

‘II (Information)

JOINT DECLARATIONS

Council

Joint statement by the European Parliament and by the Council

Statement by the Commission’,

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‘II (Information)

JOINT DECLARATIONS

European Parliament

Council

European Commission

Statements on Decision (EU) 2021/2316 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 22 December 2021 on a European Year of Youth (2022)’.

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On page 1, the text is replaced by the following:

II (Information)

JOINT DECLARATIONS

EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT

COUNCIL

EUROPEAN COMMISSION

Statements on Decision (EU) 2021/2316 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 22 December 2021 on a European Year of Youth (2022) (*1)

(2021/C 523/01)

Joint statement by the European Parliament and the Council

The European Parliament and the Council agree that the minimum operational budget for the implementation of the European Year of Youth (2022) shall be set at EUR 8 million. Of that amount, EUR 3 million will come from the annual budget for 2022 of the European Solidarity Corps and EUR 5 million will come from the annual budget for 2022 of the Erasmus+ programme.

Furthermore, the co-legislators are committed to leaving a lasting legacy of the European Year, beyond 2022. Without prejudice to the powers of the budgetary authority, in accordance with Article 314 TFEU, any additional funding beyond 2022 should be identified within the MFF 2021-2027.

Statement by the Commission

The Commission takes note of the agreement of the co-legislators to introduce a minimum operational budget of EUR 8 million for the implementation of the European Year of Youth (2022), without prejudice to the possibility of complementary contributions from other relevant Union programmes and instruments in addition to this amount of EUR 8 million.

In addition, the Commission will carry out a mapping exercise throughout the Year and will regularly update it outlining the possible and actual contributions by EU programmes and instruments to the implementation of the European Year of Youth and reporting on the activities. The progress in the deployment of contributions by the Union programmes will be regularly presented to the European Parliament and the Council. These contributions should be considered as complementary and above the minimum operational budget of EUR 8 million.

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