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Official Journal of the European Union
20.12.2013
REGULATION (EU) No 1298/2013 OF THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT AND OF THE COUNCIL
of 11 December 2013
amending Council Regulation (EC) No 1083/2006 as regards the financial allocation for certain
Member States from the European Social Fund
THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT AND THE COUNCIL OF THE
provisions that set the overall resources of the Funds for
EUROPEAN UNION,
the three objectives to which they contribute, and Annex
II to that Regulation establishing the criteria and
methodology that are used for the indicative annual
Having regard to the Treaty on the Functioning of the European
breakdowns of commitment appropriations by Member
Union, and in particular Article 177 thereof,
States, should be adjusted.
Having regard to the proposal from the European Commission,
(5) To ensure the effectiveness of the increase of
commitment appropriations for the year 2013 and to
After transmission of the draft legislative act to the national
facilitate the implementation of operational programmes,
parliaments,
the absorption capacity of the Member States concerned
in respect of the Convergence and the Regional competi
tiveness and employment objectives of the Funds should
Having regard to the opinion of the European Economic and
be taken into account.
Social Committee,
After consulting the Committee of the Regions,
(6) In
order
to
provide
for
sufficient
time
for
the
operational
programmes to benefit from additional ESF allocations, it
is also necessary to extend the deadline for the budget
Acting in accordance with the ordinary legislative procedure ( 1 ),
commitments in respect of the operational programmes
that are to benefit from the new amounts provided for in
Whereas:
Annex II to Regulation (EC) No 1083/2006.
(1)
In the context of the negotiations of the Multiannual
Financial Framework for the years 2014-2020, certain
(7) Given
that
those
commitment
appropriations
relate
to
issues stemming from the final outcome of the negoti
the year 2013, this Regulation should enter into force
ations should be addressed.
as a matter of urgency.

(2) At
its
meeting
of
27
and
28
June
2013,
the
European (8) Regulation
(EC)
No
1083/2006
should
therefore
be
Council considered that a budgetary solution should be
amended accordingly,
found to address those issues for the Member States most
affected, namely France, Italy and Spain.
HAVE ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:
(3) Having
regard
to
the
current
economic
crisis,
in
order
to
strengthen the economic, social and territorial cohesion
of the Union, and as a contribution to the special effort
needed to address the specific problems of
Article 1
unemployment, in particular youth unemployment, and
of poverty and social exclusion in France, Italy and Spain,
Regulation (EC) No 1083/2006 is amended as follows:
the European Social Fund (ESF) allocations to those
Member States for the year 2013 should be increased.
(1) Article 18 is amended as follows:
(4)
In order to establish the amounts to be allocated to the
Member States concerned pursuant to Annex I to
Council Regulation (EC) No 1083/2006
( 2 ), the
(a) in paragraph 1, the first subparagraph is replaced by the
following:
( 1 ) Position of the European Parliament of 20 November 2013 (not yet
published in the Official Journal) and decision of the Council of
5 December 2013.
( 2 ) Council Regulation (EC) No 1083/2006 of 11 July 2006 laying
‘The resources available for commitment from the Funds
down general provisions on the European Regional Development
for the period 2007 to 2013 shall be EUR
Fund, the European Social Fund and the Cohesion Fund and
repealing Regulation (EC) No 1260/1999 (OJ L 210, 31.7.2006,
308 542 551 107 at 2004 prices in accordance with
p. 25).
the annual breakdown shown in Annex I.’;

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(b) paragraph 3 is replaced by the following:
Article 20
Resources for the Regional competitiveness and
‘3. The amounts referred to in paragraphs 12 to 30
employment objective
and 32 of Annex II shall be included in the amounts
referred to in Articles 19, 20 and 21 and shall be clearly
Overall resources for the Regional competitiveness and
identified in the programming documents.’;
employment objective shall amount to 15,96 % of the
resources referred to in Article 18(1) (i.e. a total of EUR
49 239 337 841) and shall be distributed between the
(2) Articles 19 and 20 are replaced by the following:
different components as follows:
‘Article 19
(a) 78,91 % (i.e. a total of EUR 38 854 031 211) for the
financing referred to in Article 6, using eligible popu
Resources for the Convergence objective
lation, regional prosperity, unemployment rate,
Overall resources for the Convergence objective shall
employment rate and population density as the criteria
amount to 81,53 % of the resources referred to in
for calculating the indicative breakdowns by Member
Article 18(1) (i.e. a total of EUR 251 543 760 146) and
State; and
shall be distributed between the different components as
follows:
(b) 21,09 % (i.e. a total of EUR 10 385 306 630) for the
transitional and specific support referred to in
(a) 70,50 % (i.e. a total of EUR 177 338 880 991) for the
Article 8(2), using eligible population, regional pros
financing referred to in Article 5(1), using eligible popu
perity, national prosperity and unemployment rate as
lation, regional prosperity, national prosperity and
the criteria for calculating the indicative breakdowns
unemployment rate as the criteria for calculating the
by Member State.’;
indicative breakdowns by Member State;
(3) In Article 21(1), the introductory sentence is replaced by the
(b) 4,98 % (i.e. a total of EUR 12 521 289 405) for the
following:
transitional and specific support referred to in
Article 8(1), using eligible population, regional pros
‘Overall resources for the European territorial cooperation
perity, national prosperity and unemployment rate as
objective shall amount to 2,51 % of the resources referred
the criteria for calculating the indicative breakdowns
to in Article 18(1) (i.e. a total of EUR 7 759 453 120) and,
by Member State;
excluding the amount referred to in paragraph 22 of Annex
II, shall be distributed between the different components as
follows:’;
(c) 23,23 % (i.e. a total of EUR 58 433 589 750) for the
financing referred to in Article 5(2), using population,
national prosperity, and surface area as the criteria for
(4) In Article 75, the following paragraph is inserted:
calculating the indicative breakdowns by MemberState;
‘1b. By
way
of
derogation
from
paragraph
1,
budget
(d) 1,29 % (i.e. a total of EUR 3 250 000 000) for the tran
commitments for the amounts referred to in paragraph
sitional and specific support referred to in Article 8(3).
32 of Annex II shall be made by 30 June 2014.’;
(5) Annex I is replaced by the following:
‘ANNEX I
Annual breakdown of commitment appropriations for 2007 to 2013
(referred to in Article 18)
(EUR, 2004 prices)
2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013
42 863 000 000 43
318
000
000 43
862
000
000 43
860
000
000 44
073
000
000 44
723
000
000
45 843 551 107’;
(6) In Annex II, the following paragraph is added:
EUR 25 102 658 will be allocated to Italy and EUR
16 735 105 will be allocated to Spain.’.
Article 2
‘32. For
the
year
2013,
an
additional
envelope
of
EUR
125 513 290 under the ESF will be allocated as
This Regulation shall enter into force on the day following that
follows: EUR 83 675 527 will be allocated to France,
of its publication in the Official Journal of the European Union.

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Official Journal of the European Union
20.12.2013
This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States.
Done at Strasbourg, 11 December 2013.
For the European Parliament
For the Council
The President
The President
M. SCHULZ
V. LEKEVIIUS

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