COMMISSION IMPLEMENTING DECISION
of 20 March 2014
amending Decision 2006/594/EC as regards additional allocations from the European Social Fund to certain Member States in the framework of the Convergence objective
(notified under document C(2014) 1707)
(2014/158/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 on 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 2006/594/EC (2) fixed an indicative allocation by Member State of the commitment appropriations for the Convergence objective for the period 2007-2013.
(2)
Regulation (EC) No 1083/2006 was amended by Regulation (EU) No 1298/2013 of the European Parliament and of the Council (3) with a view to address the specific problems of unemployment, in particular youth unemployment, and poverty and social exclusion by adding a total envelope of EUR 125 513 290, in 2004 prices, under the European Social Fund.
(3)
Article 19 of Regulation (EC) No 1083/2006 as amended modifies the resources available for the Convergence objective in order to increase the European Social Fund allocation of France by EUR 13 959 768 in 2013.
(4)
The indicative amounts of the commitment appropriations for the regions eligible to benefit from Structural Funds under the Convergence objective in 2013 should be revised for that Member State.
(5)
Decision 2006/594/EC has not been amended with regard to the additional financial allocation for Croatia at its accession. For reasons of transparency and completeness, the allocations for Croatia should also be inserted.
(6)
Decision 2006/594/EC should therefore be amended accordingly,
HAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION:
Article 1
Annexes I and III to Decision 2006/594/EC are replaced by the Annex to this Decision.
Article 2
This Decision is addressed to the Member States.
Done at Brussels, 20 March 2014.