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Council Implementing Decision (EU) 2020/1348 of 25 September 2020 granting temporary support under Regulation (EU) 2020/672 to the Republic of Croatia to mitigate unemployment risks in the emergency following the COVID-19 outbreakLegal instrument | implementing decision |
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Number legal act | Implementing decision 2020/1348 |
Original proposal | COM(2020)465 ![]() |
CELEX number i | 32020D1348 |
Document | 25-09-2020; Date of adoption |
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Publication in Official Journal | 29-09-2020; OJ L 314 p. 28-30 |
Effect | 28-09-2020; Takes effect Date notif. See Art 5 |
Deadline | 30-03-2021; See Art 4 |
End of validity | 31-12-9999 |
Notification | 28-09-2020 |
29.9.2020 |
EN |
Official Journal of the European Union |
L 314/28 |
COUNCIL IMPLEMENTING DECISION (EU) 2020/1348
of 25 September 2020
granting temporary support under Regulation (EU) 2020/672 to the Republic of Croatia to mitigate unemployment risks in the emergency following the COVID-19 outbreak
THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN UNION,
Having regard to the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union,
Having regard to Council Regulation (EU) 2020/672 of 19 May 2020 on the establishment of a European instrument for temporary support to mitigate unemployment risks in an emergency (SURE) following the COVID-19 outbreak (1), and in particular Article 6(1) thereof,
Having regard to the proposal from the European Commission,
Whereas:
(1) |
On 6 August 2020, Croatia requested financial assistance from the Union with a view to complementing its national efforts to address the impact of the COVID-19 outbreak and respond to the socioeconomic consequences of the outbreak for workers and the self-employed. |
(2) |
The COVID-19 outbreak and the extraordinary measures implemented by Croatia to contain the outbreak and its socioeconomic and health-related impact are expected to have a dramatic impact on public finances. According to the Commission’s 2020 Spring forecast, Croatia was expected to have a general government deficit and debt of 7,1 % and 88,6 % of gross domestic product (GDP) respectively by the end of 2020. According to the Commission’s 2020 Summer interim forecast, Croatia’s GDP is projected to decrease by 10,8 % in 2020. |
(3) |
The COVID-19 outbreak has immobilised a substantial part of labour force in Croatia. This has led to a sudden and severe increase in public expenditure by Croatia in respect of job preservation subsidies in sectors affected by COVID–19 and aid for reduced working hours, as set out in recitals (4) and (5). |
(4) |
More specifically, on the basis of the ‘Labour Market Act’ (2), which is referred to in Croatia’s request of 6 August 2020, the Croatian Employment Service decided (3) to introduce a measure that provides co-financing of workers’ salaries to businesses that experience a drop in revenue (of 20 % in the period March to May 2020 or 50 % in June 2020), on condition that the employment relationship is not terminated. For March 2020, the amount of support is set at HRK 3 250,00 per full-time employee, and for the months of April, May and June 2020, the monthly amount of support is set at HRK 4 000 per full-time employee. |
(5) |
On the basis of the ‘Labour Market Act’, the Croatian Employment Service also decided (4) to introduce a measure that provides support for the temporary reduction of working time in the period between June and December 2020 to businesses employing 10 or more employees operating in any sector, on condition that the employment relationship is not terminated. Up to HRK 2 000 per month per employee can be financed by the measure. |
(6) |
Croatia fulfils the conditions for requesting financial assistance set out in Article 3 of Regulation (EU) 2020/672. Croatia has provided the Commission with appropriate evidence that the actual and planned public expenditure has increased by EUR 1 381 780 800 as of 1 February 2020 due to the national measures taken to address the socioeconomic effects of the COVID-19 outbreak. This constitutes a sudden and severe increase because of the almost immediate and unprecedented increase in the number of workers covered by those measures and the magnitude of the related expenditures in Croatia. Croatia intends to finance EUR 210 000 000 of the increased amount of expenditure through Union funds and EUR 151 180 800 through its own financing. |
(7) |
The Commission has consulted Croatia and verified the sudden and severe increase in the actual and planned public expenditure... |
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