Proposal for a Amendment to a Commission Proposal COM(2012) 496 REGULATION OF THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT AND COUNCIL 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 covered by the Common Strategic Framework and laying down general provisions on the European Regional Development Fund, the European Social Fund and the Cohesion Fund and repealing Council Regulation (EC) No 1083/2006
Date: 2013-03-12
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: Cohesion Fund, European Regional Development Fund, European Social Fund, European fisheries fund, distribution of EU funding, job creation, youth unemployment

EUROPEAN 
COMMISSION 

Strasbourg, 12.3.2013  
COM(2013) 146 final 

2011/0276 (COD) 

Proposal for a 

Amendment to a Commission Proposal COM(2012) 496 
REGULATION OF THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT AND COUNCIL 

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 covered by the Common 
Strategic Framework and laying down general provisions on the European Regional 
Development Fund, the European Social Fund and the Cohesion Fund and repealing 
Council Regulation (EC) No 1083/2006 

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2011/0276 (COD) 

Proposal for a 

Amendment to a Commission Proposal COM(2012) 496 
REGULATION OF THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT AND COUNCIL 

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 covered by the Common 
Strategic Framework and laying down general provisions on the European Regional 
Development Fund, the European Social Fund and the Cohesion Fund and repealing 
Council Regulation (EC) No 1083/2006 

Commission's proposal COM(2012)496 is amended as follows: 

 (1) the following recital (57bis) is added: 

'(57  bis)  Given  the  urgent  priority  to  address  youth  unemployment  in  the  Union's 
most affected regions, a Youth Employment Initiative should be created and funded 
from  a  specific  allocation  and  from  targeted  investment  from  the  European  Social 
Fund. The Youth Employment Initiative should aim to support young people not in 
employment,  education  or  training  residing  in  the  eligible  regions.  The  Youth 
Employment Initiative should be implemented as a part of the Investment for growth 
and jobs goal. ' 

(2) Article 18 is replaced by the following: 

'Article 18  

Performance reserve 

5%  of  the  resources  allocated  to  each  CSF  Fund  and  Member  State,  with  the  exception  of 
resources  allocated  to  the  European  territorial  cooperation  goal,  to  the  Youth  Employment 
Initiative, and to Title V of the EMFF Regulation, shall constitute a performance reserve to 
be allocated in accordance with Article 20.' 

(3) in Article 44(5), the first sentence is replaced by the following: 

'The  annual  implementation  reports  referred  to  in  paragraphs  1  to  4  shall  be 
admissible where they contain all the information required in those paragraphs and 
in the Fund-specific rules.' 

(4) Article 83 is replaced by the following:  

'Article 83  

Resources for economic, social and territorial cohesion 

The  resources  for  economic,  social  and  territorial  cohesion  available  for  budgetary 
1. 
commitment for the period 2014 to 2020 shall be EUR [x] at 2011 prices, in accordance with 

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the annual breakdown shown in Annex III, of which EUR [x] represents the global resources 
allocated to the ERDF, the ESF and the CF and EUR [3 000 000 000] constitutes a specific 
allocation  for  the  Youth  Employment  Initiative.  For  the  purposes  of  programming  and 
subsequent  inclusion  in  the  general  budget  of  the  Union,  the  amount  of  the  resources  for 
economic, social and territorial cohesion shall be indexed at 2 % per year. 

2. 
The Commission shall adopt a decision, by means of implementing acts, setting out 
the annual breakdown of the global resources for the Funds by Member State, in accordance 
with the criteria and methodology set out in  Annex  IIIbis  and 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, in accordance with the criteria and methodology set 
out in Annex IIIter without prejudice to paragraph 3 of this Article and Article 84(7).  

0,35  %  of  the  global  resources  shall  be  allocated  to  technical  assistance  at  the 

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initiative of the Commission.' 

(5) in Article 84, the following paragraph is inserted: 

'3bis. Resources for the Youth Employment Initiative shall amount to EUR [3 000 
000  000]  from  the  specific  allocation  for  the  Youth  Employment  Initiative  and  at 
least EUR [3 000 000 000] from ESF targeted investment.' 

(6) in Article 93(2), a second subparagraph is added: 

'The first subparagraph shall not apply to the Youth Employment Initiative.' 

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(7) the following Annex III ter is added: 

'ANNEX IIIter 

Methodology concerning the specific allocation for the Youth Employment Initiative 
referred to in Article 83 

I.  The  annual  breakdown  of  the  specific  allocation  for  the  Youth  Employment  Initiative  is 
determined in accordance with the following steps: 

1. The number of young unemployed persons between the ages of 15-24 shall be identified in 
the  NUTS  2  level  regions  that  have  youth  unemployment  rates  of  more  than  25%  in  2012 
(hereinafter the "eligible regions"). 

2. The allocation corresponding to each eligible region is calculated on the basis of the ratio 
between the number of young unemployed persons in the eligible region and the total number 
of young unemployed persons referred to in point 1 in all eligible regions. 

3. The allocation for each Member State is the sum of the allocations for each of its eligible 
regions. ' 

II.  The  specific  allocation  for  the  Youth  Employment  Initiative  shall  not  be  taken  into 
account for the purpose of applying the capping rules set out in Annex IIIbis in relation to the 
allocation of the global resources.' 

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(10) in Annex V, in the table concerning 'thematic ex ante conditionalities' the following row is inserted: 

'8.6. Sustainable  integration into 
the labour market of young 
people  aged  15-24  not  in 
employment,  education  or 
training:  

of 

of 

existence 

The 
a 
comprehensive  strategic  policy 
framework  for  achieving  the 
objectives 
the  Youth 
Employment  Package  and  in 
particular  for  establishing  a 
in 
Youth  Guarantee  scheme 
accordance  with  the  Council 
recommendation of [xxx] 

–  A comprehensive strategic policy framework for achieving the objectives of the Youth 

Employment Package and in particular for establishing a Youth Guarantee scheme in 
accordance with the Council recommendation of [xxx] is in place that:  

– 

is based on evidence that measures the results for young people aged 15-24 not in 
employment, education or training:  

-  provides  for  a  system  for  collecting  and  analysing  data  and  information  on  the 
Youth Guarantee scheme at relevant levels which provides a sufficient evidence-
base to develop targeted policies and monitors developments, with counterfactual 
evaluations whenever possible 

identifies  the  relevant  public  authority in  charge  of  establishing  and  managing  the 
Youth Guarantee scheme and coordinating partnerships across all levels and sectors; 

involves all stakeholders that are relevant for addressing youth unemployment; 

is based on early intervention and activation; 

comprises  supportive  measures  for  labour  market  integration,  including  measures 
enhancing skills and labour market related measures. ' 

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