# L_2022272EN.01002101.xml

| 20.10.2022 | EN | Official Journal of the European Union | L 272/21 |
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20.10.2022

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

L 272/21

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COMMISSION IMPLEMENTING DECISION (EU) 2022/1980

of 19 October 2022

amending Implementing Decision (EU) 2021/626 establishing the InvestEU Portal and setting out its technical specifications

(Text with EEA relevance)

THE EUROPEAN COMMISSION,

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

Having regard to Regulation (EU) 2021/523 of the European Parliament and of the Council establishing the InvestEU Programme and amending Regulation (EU) 2015/1017 (1), and in particular Article 26 thereof,

Whereas:

| (1) | Commission Implementing Decision (EU) 2021/626 (2) establishing the InvestEU Portal should be amended in order to enable projects from the European Free Trade Association (EFTA) States to be published on the InvestEU Portal. |
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(1)

Commission Implementing Decision (EU) 2021/626 (2) establishing the InvestEU Portal should be amended in order to enable projects from the European Free Trade Association (EFTA) States to be published on the InvestEU Portal.

| (2) | Implementing Decision (EU) 2021/626 should also be amended in order to clarify the maturity of projects that are eligible to be published on the InvestEU Portal, |
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(2)

Implementing Decision (EU) 2021/626 should also be amended in order to clarify the maturity of projects that are eligible to be published on the InvestEU Portal,

HAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION:

Article 1

Article 2 of Implementing Decision (EU) 2021/626 is amended as follows:

| (1) | point (e) is replaced by the following:






  ‘(e) | the project shall be situated in the Union, in an European Free Trade Association (EFTA) State or in an overseas country or territory linked to a Member State as set out in Annex II to the Treaty. In the case of a cross-border project, the principal part of the implementation of project shall take place in the Union, in the EFTA States or in an overseas country or territory linked to a Member State as set out in Annex II to the Treaty;’; |
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(1)

point (e) is replaced by the following:

‘(e)

the project shall be situated in the Union, in an European Free Trade Association (EFTA) State or in an overseas country or territory linked to a Member State as set out in Annex II to the Treaty. In the case of a cross-border project, the principal part of the implementation of project shall take place in the Union, in the EFTA States or in an overseas country or territory linked to a Member State as set out in Annex II to the Treaty;’;

| (2) | point (g) is replaced by the following:






  ‘(g) | the project implementation already commenced or is expected to commence within three years from the date of submission to the InvestEU Portal;’. |
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(2)

point (g) is replaced by the following:

‘(g)

the project implementation already commenced or is expected to commence within three years from the date of submission to the InvestEU Portal;’.

Article 2

This Decision shall enter into force on the third day following that of its publication in the Official Journal of the European Union.

Done at Brussels, 19 October 2022.

For the Commission

The President

Ursula VON DER LEYEN

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(1)  
  OJ L 107, 26.3.2021, p. 30.

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(2)  Commission Implementing Decision (EU) 2021/626 of 14 April 2021 establishing the InvestEU Portal and setting out its technical specifications (OJ L 131, 16.4.2021, p. 183).

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