COMMISSION IMPLEMENTING DECISION
of 20 March 2014
amending Decision 2006/593/EC as regards additional allocations from the European Social Fund to certain Member States in the framework of the Regional competitiveness and employment objective
(notified under document C(2014) 1708)
(2014/159/EU)
THE EUROPEAN COMMISSION,
Having regard to the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union,
Having regard to Council Regulation (EC) No 1083/2006 of 11 July 2006 laying down general provisions for the European Regional Development Fund, the European Social Fund and the Cohesion Fund and repealing Regulation (EC) No 1260/1999 (1), and in particular Article 18(2) thereof,
Whereas:
(1)
Commission Decision 2006/593/EC (2), as amended by Commission Decision 2010/476/EU (3), fixed an indicative allocation by Member State of the commitment appropriations for the Regional competitiveness and employment objective for the period 2007 to 2013.
(2)
Regulation (EC) No 1083/2006 was amended by Regulation (EU) No 1298/2013 of the European Parliament and of the Council (4) with a view to address the specific problems of unemployment, in particular youth unemployment, and poverty and social exclusion in those countries by adding a total envelope of EUR 125 513 290, in 2004 prices, under the European Social Fund.
(3)
Article 20 of Regulation (EU) No 1083/2006 as amended modifies the resources available for the Regional competitiveness and employment objective in order to increase the European Social Fund allocations of France, Italy and Spain by EUR 111 553 522 in 2013.
(4)
The indicative amounts of the commitment appropriations for the regions eligible to benefit from Structural Funds under the Regional competitiveness and employment objective should be revised for those Member States.
(5)
Decision 2006/593/EC should therefore be amended accordingly,
HAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION:
Article 1
Annex I to Decision 2006/593/EC is replaced by the Annex to this Decision.
Article 2
This Decision is addressed to the Member States.
Done at Brussels, 20 March 2014.