COMMISSION IMPLEMENTING DECISION (EU) 2018/1849

of 23 November 2018

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

(notified under document C(2018) 7100)

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’).

(2) By Regulation (EU) 2018/1719 of the European Parliament and of the Council (3) amending Regulation (EU) No 1303/2013, the commitment appropriations for the specific allocation for the YEI for 2018 have been increased and the commitment appropriations for 2020 have been adjusted downwards accordingly to reflect the frontloading to 2018.

(3) The annual breakdown of the specific allocation for the YEI set out in 2011 prices in Annex III to Decision 2014/190/EU should therefore be amended accordingly.

(4) 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 Decision 2014/190/EU should therefore be amended accordingly.

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

HAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION:

Article 1 Implementing Decision 2014/190/EU is amended as follows: (1) Annex III is 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 2 This Decision is addressed to the Member States.

Done at Brussels, 23 November 2018. For the Commission Corina CREȚU Member of the Commission

(1) OJ L 347, 20.12.2013, p. 320.

(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) 2018/1719 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 14 November 2018 amending Regulation (EU) No 1303/2013 as regards the resources for economic, social and territorial cohesion and the resources for the Investment for growth and jobs goal (OJ L 291, 16.11.2018, p. 5).