Commission Implementing Decision (EU) 2017/2440 of 18 December 2017 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 together with the list of eligible regions (notified under document C(2017) 8300)

Commission Implementing Decision (EU) 2017/2440 of 18 December 2017 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 together with the list of eligible regions (notified under document C(2017) 8300) 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 OJ L 347, 20.12.2013, p. 320. , and in particular Article 91(2) thereof, Whereas: (1) Commission Implementing Decision 2014/190/EU 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). sets out, among others, the annual breakdown by Member State of resources from the specific allocation for the Youth Employment Initiative (YEI), together with the list of eligible regions for the YEI pursuant to Article 91(2) of Regulation (EU) No 1303/2013. (2) By Regulation (EU) 2017/2305 of the European Parliament and of the Council Regulation (EU) 2017/2305 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 12 December 2017 amending Regulation (EU) No 1303/2013 as regards the changes to the resources for economic, social and territorial cohesion and to the resources for the Investment for growth and jobs goal and for the European territorial cooperation goal (OJ L 335, 15.12.2017, p. 1). amending Regulation (EU) No 1303/2013, the specific allocation for the YEI has been increased. (3) The regions eligible for the YEI for the period 2017-2020 are determined in accordance with Article 16 of Regulation (EU) No 1304/2013 of the European Parliament and of the Council Regulation (EU) No 1304/2013 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 17 December 2013 on the European Social Fund and repealing Council Regulation (EC) No 1081/2006 (OJ L 347, 20.12.2013, p. 470). by making reference, however, to the latest available annual data on youth unemployment. Pursuant to Article 65(2) of Regulation (EU) No 1303/2013, expenditure under the YEI is eligible until 31 December 2023, both for the regions already listed in Annex IV to Implementing Decision 2014/190/EU and for the regions eligible for the YEI for the period 2017-2020. The existing list should therefore continue to apply. For reasons of clarity and transparency, Annex IV to Implementing Decision 2014/190/EU should therefore include both lists and be amended accordingly.

(4) In accordance with Annex VIII to Regulation (EU) No 1303/2013 the breakdown by Member State of the additional resources should follow the same steps applied for the initial allocation. The annual breakdown of the specific allocation for the YEI set out in 2011 prices in Annex III to Implementing Decision 2014/190/EU should therefore be amended accordingly. (5) 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 Implementing Decision 2014/190/EU should therefore be amended accordingly. (6) Implementing Decision 2014/190/EU should therefore be amended, HAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION:

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Implementing Decision 2014/190/EU is amended as follows: (1) Annexes III and IV are 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.

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This Decision is addressed to the Member States. Done at Brussels, 18 December 2017. For the Commission Corina Crețu Member of the Commission

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ANNEX III YOUTH EMPLOYMENT INITIATIVE — ANNUAL BREAKDOWN OF THE SPECIFIC ALLOCATION EUR, 2011 prices2014201520162017201820192020TotalBE2246489617179038—756954634631913395285332871157400667BG2921662222342123—————51558745CZ—12564283—————12564283DK————————DE————————EE————————IE3607581527587388—————63663203EL9080018469435434—29193451133564811309458912837832228717971ES499481827381956689—1547158557078503169397090680363621244372854FR164197762125562994—59683863273063422677092426246004429767889HR3503382126790569—1299320859446045828044571376892304014IT300437373229746226—126913692580650885692655755810350827899286CY61262074684747—242885711112421089453106809116508597LV1535807511744410—————27102485 LT1682555312866600—————29692153LU————————HU2634550920146566—————46492075MT————————NL————————AT————————PL133639212102194692—6060353277271127183442665043250050355PT8511191365085581—23156678105945591038682210183159204518712RO5611281542909800—16695447763844074886667341830138186998SI48765373729117—————8605654SK3820919029218793—457474120930192051979201174578159467FI————————SE2337970317878597—————41258300UK24516103166367414—————190883517EU 2816082091171389991061—4439856912031307081991477531952428954039707225

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ANNEX IV YOUTH EMPLOYMENT INITIATIVE — LIST OF ELIGIBLE REGIONS LIST OF ELIGIBLE REGIONS BASED ON 2012 YOUTH UNEMPLOYMENT DATA BE10 Région de Bruxelles-Capitale/Brussels Hoofdstedelijk Gewest BE32 Prov. Hainaut BE33 Prov. Liège BG31 Severozapaden BG32 Severen tsentralen BG33 Severoiztochen BG34 Yugoiztochen BG42 Yuzhen tsentralen CZ04 Severozápad IE01 Border, Midland and Western IE02 Southern and Eastern EL11 Anatoliki Makedonia, Thraki EL12 Kentriki Makedonia EL13 Dytiki Makedonia EL14 Thessalia EL21 Ipeiros EL23 Dytiki Ellada EL24 Sterea Ellada EL25 Peloponnisos EL30 Attiki EL41 Voreio Aigaio EL42 Notio Aigaio

EL43 Kriti ES11 Galicia ES12 Principado de Asturias ES13 Cantabria ES21 País Vasco ES22 Comunidad Foral de Navarra ES23 La Rioja ES24 Aragón ES30 Comunidad de Madrid ES41 Castilla y León ES42 Castilla-La Mancha ES43 Extremadura ES51 Cataluña ES52 Comunidad Valenciana ES53 Illes Balears ES61 Andalucía ES62 Región de Murcia ES63 Ciudad Autónoma de Ceuta ES64 Ciudad Autónoma de Melilla ES70 Canarias FR61 Aquitaine FR21 Champagne-Ardenne FR22 Picardie FR23 Haute-Normandie FR24 Centre FR30 Nord — Pas-de-Calais FR72 Auvergne FR81 Languedoc-Roussillon FR91 Guadeloupe FR92 Martinique FR93 Guyane FR94 Réunion FR — Mayotte HR03 Jadranska Hrvatska HR04 Kontinentalna Hrvatska ITC1 Piemonte ITC2 Valle d'Aosta/Vallée d'Aoste ITC3 Liguria ITC4 Lombardia ITF1 Abruzzo ITF2 Molise ITF3 Campania ITF4 Puglia ITF5 Basilicata ITF6 Calabria ITG1 Sicilia ITG2 Sardegna ITH5 Emilia-Romagna ITH4 Friuli-Venezia Giulia ITI1 Toscana ITI2 Umbria ITI3 Marche ITI4 Lazio CY00 Kýpros LV00 Latvija LT00 Lietuva HU23 Dél-Dunántúl HU31 Észak-Magyarország HU32 Észak-Alföld HU33 Dél-Alföld PL11 Łódzkie PL21 Małopolskie PL31 Lubelskie PL32 Podkarpackie PL33 Świętokrzyskie PL42 Zachodniopomorskie PL43 Lubuskie PL51 Dolnośląskie PL61 Kujawsko-Pomorskie PL62 Warmińsko-Mazurskie PT11 Norte PT15 Algarve PT16 Centro (PT) PT17 Lisboa PT18 Alentejo PT20 Região Autónoma dos Açores PT30 Região Autónoma da Madeira RO12 Centru RO22 Sud-Est RO31 Sud — Muntenia SI01 Vzhodna Slovenija SK02 Západné Slovensko SK03 Stredné Slovensko SK04 Východné Slovensko SE22 Sydsverige SE31 Norra Mellansverige SE32 Mellersta Norrland UKC1 Tees Valley and Durham UKD7 Merseyside UKG3 West Midlands UKI1 Inner London UKM3 South Western Scotland LIST OF ELIGIBLE REGIONS BASED ON 2016 Youth UNEMPLOYMENT DATA BE10 — Région de Bruxelles-Capitale/Brussels Hoofdstedelijk Gewest BE32 — Prov. Hainaut BE34 — Prov. Luxembourg (BE) BE35 — Prov. Namur EL51 — Anatoliki Makedonia, Thraki EL52 — Kentriki Makedonia EL53 — Dytiki Makedonia EL54 — Ipeiros EL61 — Thessalia EL62 — Ionia Nisia EL63 — Dytiki Ellada EL64 — Sterea Ellada EL65 — Peloponnisos EL30 — Attiki EL41 — Voreio Aigaio EL42 — Notio Aigaio EL43 — Kriti ES11 — Galicia ES12 — Principado de Asturias ES13 — Cantabria ES21 — País Vasco ES22 — Comunidad Foral de Navarra ES23 — La Rioja ES24 — Aragón ES30 — Comunidad de Madrid ES41 — Castilla y León ES42 — Castilla-la Mancha ES43 — Extremadura ES51 — Cataluña ES52 — Comunidad Valenciana ES53 — Illes Balears ES61 — Andalucía ES62 — Región de Murcia ES63 — Ciudad Autónoma de Ceuta (ES) ES64 — Ciudad Autónoma de Melilla (ES) ES70 — Canarias (ES) FR21 — Champagne-Ardenne FR22 — Picardie FR23 — Haute-Normandie FR24 — Centre (FR) FR26 — Bourgogne FR30 — Nord — Pas-de-Calais FR42 — Alsace FR81 — Languedoc-Roussillon FRA1 — Guadeloupe FRA2 — Martinique FRA3 — Guyane FRA4 — La Réunion FRA5 — Mayotte HR03 — Jadranska Hrvatska HR04 — Kontinentalna Hrvatska ITC1 — Piemonte ITC2 — Valle d'Aosta/Vallée d'Aoste ITC3 — Liguria ITC4 — Lombardia ITF1 — Abruzzo

ITF2 — Molise ITF3 — Campania ITF4 — Puglia ITF5 — Basilicata ITF6 — Calabria ITG1 — Sicilia ITG2 — Sardegna ITH4 — Friuli-Venezia Giulia ITI1 — Toscana ITI2 — Umbria ITI3 — Marche ITI4 — Lazio CY00 — Kypros PL32 — Podkarpackie PT11 — Norte PT16 — Centro (PT) PT17 — Área Metropolitana de Lisboa PT18 — Alentejo PT20 — Região Autónoma dos Açores (PT) PT30 — Região Autónoma da Madeira (PT) RO22 — Sud-Est RO31 — Sud — Muntenia RO41 — Sud-Vest Oltenia SK04 — Východné Slovensko

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ANNEX X YOUTH EMPLOYMENT INITIATIVE — SPECIFIC ALLOCATION EUR current prices2014201520162017201820192020TotalBE2383992718595143—852453839781183978118397811862893962BG3100491324183832—————55188745CZ—13599984—————13599984DK————————DE————————EE————————IE3828394329861476—————68145419EL9635788275159147—32876567153423981534239815342398250420790ES530054111413442204—1742351828130975181309751813097511361660750FR174247979135913423—67213724313664043136640431366404471474338HR3717817128998973—14632462682848268284826828482101295052IT318826544248684704—142925430666985346669853466698534910532280CY65011805070921—273528812764681276468127646818136793LV1629811212712527—————29010639LT1785541113927222—————31782633LU————————HU2795806521807291—————49765356MT————————NL———————— AT————————PL141819001110618821—6824942318497331849733184973268817683PT9032144370450726—26078181121698181216981812169818223359804RO5954736846446947—18801785877416687741668774166151118598SI51750204036516—————9211536SK4054789831627361—515190124042212404221240422184539823FI————————SE2481072819352368—————44163096UK26016685180081439—————206098124EU 2817066443811504571025—5000000002333333332333333332333333334411215405