Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2022/872 of 1 June 2022 amending Implementing Regulation (EU) No 288/2014 as regards changes to the model for operational programmes under the Investment for growth and jobs goal and the model for cooperation programmes under the European territorial cooperation goal with regard to Cohesion’s actions for refugees in Europe (CARE)
Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2022/872of 1 June 2022amending Implementing Regulation (EU) No 288/2014 as regards changes to the model for operational programmes under the Investment for growth and jobs goal and the model for cooperation programmes under the European territorial cooperation goal with regard to Cohesion’s actions for refugees in Europe (CARE)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 1083/2006OJ L 347, 20.12.2013, p. 320., and in particular Article 96(9) thereof,Having regard to Regulation (EU) No 1299/2013 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 17 December 2013 on specific provisions for the support from the European Regional Development Fund to the European territorial cooperation goalOJ L 347, 20.12.2013, p. 259., and in particular Article 8(11) thereof,After consulting the Coordination Committee for the European Structural and Investment Funds,Whereas:(1)Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) No 288/2014Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) No 288/2014 of 25 February 2014 laying down rules pursuant to Regulation (EU) No 1303/2013 of the European Parliament and of the Council 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 with regard to the model for operational programmes under the Investment for growth and jobs goal and pursuant to Regulation (EU) No 1299/2013 of the European Parliament and of the Council on specific provisions for the support from the European Regional Development Fund to the European territorial cooperation goal with regard to the model for cooperation programmes under the European territorial cooperation goal (OJ L 87, 22.3.2014, p. 1). sets out the model for operational programmes under the Investment for growth and jobs goal and the model for cooperation programmes under the European territorial cooperation goal.(2)Due to the exceptional extension of the possibility to temporarily apply a co-financing rate of 100 % also to expenditure declared in payment applications during the accounting year starting on 1 July 2021 and ending on 30 June 2022, for one or more priority axes in a programme supported by the European Regional Development Fund (ERDF), the European Social Fund (ESF) or the Cohesion Fund in accordance with Article 25a(1a) of Regulation (EU) No 1303/2013, introduced by Regulation (EU) 2022/562 of the European Parliament and of the CouncilRegulation (EU) 2022/562 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 6 April 2022 amending Regulations (EU) No 1303/2013 and (EU) No 223/2014 as regards Cohesion’s Action for Refugees in Europe (CARE) (OJ L 109, 8.4.2022, p. 1)., the model for operational programmes under the Investment for growth and jobs goal set out in Annex I to Implementing Regulation (EU) No 288/2014 and the model for cooperation programmes under the European territorial cooperation goal set out in Annex II to Implementing Regulation (EU) No 288/2014 should be amended accordingly.(3)Regulation (EU) 2022/562 also introduced the possibility that operations addressing the migratory challenges as a result of the military aggression by Russia could be financed either by the ERDF or the ESF on the basis of the rules applicable to the other Fund in accordance with Article 98(4) of Regulation (EU) No 1303/2013 where such operations are part of a dedicated priority axis. This new possibility should therefore be reflected in the model for operational programmes under the Investment for growth and jobs goal set out in Annex I to Implementing Regulation (EU) No 288/2014. In particular, the choice of the Fund supporting such operations contributing to the investment priorities of the other Fund should be clear, irrespective of whether the dedicated priority axis relates to the ERDF, the ESF or both.(4)Implementing Regulation (EU) No 288/2014 should therefore be amended accordingly.(5)In order to allow for prompt application of the measures provided for in this Regulation, this Regulation should enter into force on the day following that of its publication in the Official Journal of the European Union,HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION: