Cohesion Policy Legislative Package 2021-2027 - Partial mandate for negotiations with the European Parliament - Main contents

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Council of the European Union Brussels, 13 February 2019 (OR. en)

6147/19

Interinstitutional File: ADD 2

2018/0197(COD) i

FSTR 18 REGIO 28 FC 10 SOC 79 PECHE 51 CADREFIN 69 JAI 104 SAN 67 CODEC 326

NOTE

From: General Secretariat of the Council

To: Delegations

Subject: Cohesion Policy Legislative Package 2021-2027

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  Partial mandate for negotiations with the European Parliament

Delegations will find attached document 6147/19 ADD 2 on the ERDF/Cohesion Fund Regulation.

ERDF / Cohesion Fund Regulation

TABLE OF CONTENTS

CHAPTER I COMMON PROVISIONS

Article 1 Subject matter

Article 2 Specific objectives for the ERDF and the Cohesion Fund

[Article 3] [Thematic concentration of ERDF support]

Article 4 Scope of support from the ERDF

Article 5 Scope of support from the Cohesion Fund

Article 6 Exclusion from the scope of the ERDF and the Cohesion Fund

Article 7 Indicators

CHAPTER II SPECIFIC PROVISIONS ON PARTICULAR TERRITORIAL FEATURES AND

INTERREGIONAL INNOVATION INVESTMENTS

Article 9 Sustainable urban development

Article 10 European Urban Initiative

Article 10bis Interregional Innovation Investments

Article 11 Outermost regions

CHAPTER III FINAL PROVISIONS

Article 12 Transitional provisions

Article 13 Exercise of the delegation

Article 14 Entry into force

[ANNEX I] [Common output and result indicators for the ERDF and the Cohesion

Fund - Article 7(1) ]

[ANNEX II] [Core set of performance indicators for the ERDF and the Cohesion Fund referred to in Article 7(3)]

CHAPTER I

Common provisions

Article 1 Subject matter

• 1. 

  This Regulation sets out the specific objectives and the scope of support from the European

  Regional Development Fund ('ERDF') with regard to the Investment for jobs and growth goal and the European territorial cooperation goal (Interreg) referred to in Article [4(2)] of Regulation (EU) 2018/xxxx [new CPR].

• 2. 

  This Regulation also sets out the specific objectives and the scope support from the

  Cohesion Fund with regard to the Investment for jobs and growth goal ('the Investment for jobs and growth goal') referred to in [point (a) of Article 4(2)] of Regulation (EU) 2018/xxxx [new CPR].

  Article 2 Specific objectives for the ERDF and the Cohesion Fund

• 1. 

  In accordance with the policy objectives set out in Article [4(1)] of Regulation (EU)

  2018/xxxx[new CPR], the ERDF shall support the following specific objectives:

  (a) 'a smarter Europe by promoting innovative and smart economic transformation' ('PO 1') by:

  (i) enhancing research and innovation capacities and the uptake of advanced technologies;

  (ii) reaping the benefits of digitisation for citizens, companies and governments;

  (iii) enhancing growth and competitiveness of SMEs, including by productive investments;

  (iv) developing skills for smart specialisation, industrial transition and entrepreneurship;

  (b) 'a greener, low-carbon and resilient Europe by promoting clean and fair energy transition, green and blue investment, the circular economy, climate adaptation and risk prevention and management ('PO 2') by:

  (i) promoting energy efficiency and reducing greenhouse gas emissions 1 ;

  (ii) promoting renewable energy 2 ;

  (iii) developing smart energy systems, grids and storage outside TEN-E;

  (iv) promoting climate change adaptation, risk prevention and disaster resilience;

  (v) promoting sustainable water management;

  (vi) promoting the transition to a circular economy;

  (vii) enhancing nature protection and biodiversity, green infrastructure in particular in the urban environment, and reducing pollution;

  (viii) promoting sustainable multimodal urban mobility;

1 The following recital will be added:

(9a) Modernisation of district heating networks could be supported with a view to improving energy efficiency of efficient district heating systems, as defined in Directive 2012/27 i/EU, pursuant to objectives laid down in National Energy and Climate Plans.

2 The following recital will be added:

(9b) With a view to promoting renewable energy, support could be provided for district heating boilers supplied by a combination of gas and renewable energy sources. In such cases support from the Funds should correspond pro-rata to the share of renewable energy input to such boilers.

(c ) 'a more connected Europe by enhancing mobility and regional ICT connectivity' ('PO 3') by:

(i) enhancing digital connectivity;

(ii) developing a sustainable, climate resilient, intelligent, secure and intermodal TEN-T;

(iii) developing and enhancing sustainable, climate resilient, intelligent and intermodal national, regional and local mobility, including improved access to TEN-T and cross-border mobility;

(d) 'a more social Europe implementing the European Pillar of Social Rights' ('PO 4') by:

(i) enhancing the effectiveness of labour markets and access to quality employment through developing social innovation and infrastructure;

(ii) improving access to inclusive and quality services in education, training and lifelong learning through developing infrastructure;

(iii) increasing the socioeconomic integration of marginalised communities, migrants and disadvantaged groups, through integrated measures including housing and social services;

(iv) ensuring equal access to health care through developing infrastructure, including primary care;

(e) 'a Europe closer to citizens by fostering the sustainable and integrated development of all types of territories' ('PO 5') by:

(i) fostering the integrated social, economic and environmental local development and cultural heritage 3 , tourism and security in urban areas;

3 The following recital will be added:

(10a) Investments supporting the creative and cultural industries, cultural services and cultural heritage sites could be financed under any policy objective provided that they contribute to the specific objectives and that they fall within the scope of support from the ERDF.

(ii) fostering the integrated social, economic and environmental local development and cultural heritage, tourism and security in areas other than urban areas.

1(bis). Under the two specific objectives of point (e) of paragraph 1, Member States may also support operations which can be funded under the specific objectives set out under points (a) to (d) of paragraph 1.

• 2. 

  The Cohesion Fund shall support PO 2 and specific objectives under PO 3 set out in points

  (ii) and (iii) of paragraph 1(c).

• 3. 

  With regard to the specific objectives set out in paragraph 1, the ERDF or the Cohesion

  Fund, as appropriate, may also support activities under the Investment for jobs and growth goal, where they either:

  (a) improve the capacity of programme authorities, and bodies linked to the implementation of the Funds;

  (b) enhance cooperation with partners both within and outside a given Member State.

  Cooperation referred to in point (b) shall include cooperation with partners from crossborder regions, from non-contiguous regions or from regions located in the territory covered by a macro-regional or sea-basin strategy or a combination thereof.

  [Article 3 Thematic concentration of ERDF support

• 1. 

  With regard to programmes implemented under the Investment for jobs and growth goal, the total ERDF resources in each Member State shall be concentrated at national level in accordance with paragraphs 3 and 4.

• 2. 

  With regard to the thematic concentration of support for Member States comprising outermost regions, the ERDF resources allocated specifically to programmes for the outermost regions and those allocated to all other regions shall be treated separately.

• 3. 

  Member States shall be classified, in terms of their gross national income ratio, as follows:

  (a) those with a gross national income ratio equal to or above 100 % of the EU average ('group 1');

  (b) those with a gross national income ratio equal to or above 75 % and below 100 % of the EU average ('group 2');

  (c) those with a gross national income ratio below 75 % of the EU average ('group 3').

  For the purposes of this Article, the gross national income ratio means the ratio between the gross national income per capita of a Member State, measured in purchasing power standards and calculated on the basis of Union figures for the period from 2014 to 2016, and the average gross national income per capita in purchasing power standards of the 27 Member States for that same reference period.

  With regard to programmes under the Investment for Jobs and growth goal for the outermost regions, they shall be classified as falling within group 3.

• 4. 

  Member States shall comply with the following thematic concentration requirements:

  (a) Member States of group 1 shall allocate at least 85 % of their total ERDF resources under priorities other than for technical assistance to PO 1 and PO 2, and at least

  60 % to PO 1;

  (b) Member States of group 2 shall allocate at least 45 % of their total ERDF resources under priorities other than for technical assistance to PO 1, and at least 30 % to PO 2;

  (c) Member States of group 3 shall allocate at least 35 % of their total ERDF resources under priorities other than for technical assistance to PO 1, and at least 30 % to PO 2.

• 5. 

  The thematic concentration requirements set out in paragraph 4 shall be complied with throughout the entire programming period, including when ERDF allocations are

  transferred between priorities of a programme or between programmes and at the mid-term review in accordance with Article [14] of Regulation (EU) 2018/xxxx [new CPR].

• 6. 

  Where the ERDF allocation with regard to PO 1 or PO 2 or both of a given programme is reduced following a decommitment under Article [99] of Regulation (EU) 2018/xxxx [new CPR], or due to financial corrections by the Commission in accordance with Article [98] of that Regulation, compliance with the thematic concentration requirement set out in

  paragraph 4 shall not be re-assessed.] Article 4

  Scope of support from the ERDF

• 1. 

  The ERDF shall support the following:

  (a) investments in infrastructure;

  (b) investments in access to services;

  (c) productive investments in SMEs 4

  (d) equipment, software and intangible assets;

  (d)bis networking, cooperation, exchange of experience and activities involving clusters;

  (e) information, communication and studies;

  (f) technical assistance.

4 N.B. Recital 19 will be amended as follows:

• (19) 

  This Regulation should set out the different types of activities the costs of which may be supported by means of investments from the ERDF and the Cohesion Fund, under their respective objectives as set out in the TFEU. The Cohesion Fund should be able to support investments in the environment and in TEN-T. With regard to the ERDF, the list of activities should be simplified and it should be able to support investments in infrastructure, investments in relation to access to services, productive investments in SME's, equipment, software and intangible assets, as well as measures with regard to information, communication, studies, networking, cooperation, exchange of experiences and activities involving clusters. Productive investment should be understood as investment in fixed capital or immaterial assets of enterprises, in view of producing goods and services thereby contributing to gross capital formation and employment. In order to support the programme implementation, both funds should also be able to support technical assistance activities. Finally, in order to support provide for a broader range of interventions for Interreg programmes, the scope should be enlarged to also include the sharing a broad range of facilities and human resources and costs linked to measures within the scope of the ESF+.

  In addition, productive investments in enterprises other than SMEs can be supported:

  • - 

    through financial instruments; - when they involve cooperation with SMEs in research and innovation activities supported under point (a)(i) of Article 2 (1); - when primarily supporting energy efficiency measures and renewable energy under point (b)(i) and (ii) of Article 2(1).

  Productive investments in small mid-cap companies as defined in Article 2(6) of

  Regulation (EU) No 2015/1017 of the European Parliament and the Council 5 can also be

  supported in research and innovation activities supported under point (a)(i) of Article 2(1).

  In order to contribute to the specific objective under PO 1 set out in point (a) (iv) of Article 2(1), the ERDF shall also support training, life long learning and education activities.

• 2. 

  Under the European territorial cooperation goal (Interreg), the ERDF may also support:

  (a) sharing of facilities and of human resources;

  (b) accompanying soft investments and other activities linked to PO 4 under the European Social Fund Plus as set out in Regulation (EU) 2018/xxxx [new ESF+].

5 Regulation (EU) No 2015/1017 of the European Parliament and the Council of 25 June 2015 on the European Fund for Strategic Investments, the European Investment Advisory Hub and the European Investment Project Portal and amending Regulations (EU) No 1291/2013 i and (EU) No 1316/2013 — the European Fund for Strategic Investments.

Article 5 Scope of support from the Cohesion Fund

• 1. 

  The Cohesion Fund shall support the following:

  (a) investments in the environment, including investments related to sustainable development and energy presenting environmental benefits;

  (b) investments in TEN-T;

  (c) technical assistance.

  Member States shall ensure an appropriate balance between investments under points (a) and (b).

• 2. 

  6 The amount of the Cohesion Fund transferred to the Connecting Europe Facility shall be

  used for TEN-T projects.

  Article 6 Exclusion from the scope of the ERDF and the Cohesion Fund

• 1. 

  The ERDF and the Cohesion Fund shall not support

  (a) the decommissioning or the construction of nuclear power stations;

  (b) investment to achieve the reduction of greenhouse gas emissions from activities listed in Annex I to Directive 2003/87/EC i of the European Parliament and of the Council 7 ;

  (c) the manufacturing, processing and marketing of tobacco and tobacco products;

6 Reference

7 Directive 2003/87/EC i of the European Parliament and of the Council of 13 October 2003 establishing a scheme for greenhouse gas emission allowance trading within the Community and amending Council Directive 96/61/EC i.

(d) undertakings in difficulty, as defined in point 18 of Article 2 of Commission Regulation (EU) No 651/2014 i;

(e) investment in airport infrastructure, except for:

(i) investment in security, safety and air traffic management systems, in particular those resulting from the SESAR system, for existing airports;

(ii) in outermost regions;

(f) investments increasing the capacities for disposal of waste in landfill;

(g) investments increasing the capacities in facilities for the treatment of residual waste; 8

(h) investment related to production, processing, distribution, storage or combustion of fossil fuels, with the exception of:

(i) the replacement of coal-based heating systems by gas-based heating systems for climate mitigation purposes;

(ii) investment in the distribution and transport of natural gas substituting coal.

The total EU investment in (i) and (ii) shall not exceed an overall amount of 1% of the total programmes allocation from the ERDF and Cohesion fund under the Investment for jobs and growth goal for the Member State concerned;

(iii) investment related to clean vehicles as defined in [the recast of Directive 2009/33/EC i of the European Parliament and of the Council 9 ];

 (i) investment in broadband infrastructure in areas in which there are at least one Very High Capacity Network;

8 N.B: As regards Article 6(g), the following sentence will be inserted in a recital of the

ERDF/CF Regulation (to be dealt with in block 8): "Residual waste should be understood as primarily non separately collected municipal waste and rejects from waste treatment"

9 Directive 2009/33/EC i of the European Parliament and of the Council of 23 April 2009 on the promotion of clean and energy-efficient road transport vehicles (OJ L 120, 15.5.2009, p. 5).

(j) funding for the purchase of rolling stock for use in rail transport, except if it is linked to the:

(i) discharge of a public service obligation and public service contracts under direct award, in accordance with the provisions under Regulation 1370/2007 i as amended;

(ii) provision of rail transport services on lines fully opened to competition, and the beneficiary is a new entrant.

1a. With regard to operations falling under Article 111 of Regulation No …/… [CPR] point

(g) shall not apply.

• 2. 

  In addition, the Cohesion Fund shall not support investment in housing unless related to the promotion of energy efficiency or renewable energy use.

• 3. 

  Overseas countries and territories shall not be eligible for support from the ERDF or the

  Cohesion Fund, but may participate in Interreg programmes in accordance with the conditions set out in Regulation (EU) 2018/xxxx [ETC (Interreg].

  Article 7 Indicators

• 1. 

  Common output and result indicators, as set out in the Annex I with regard to the ERDF and to the Cohesion Fund, and, where necessary, programme-specific output and result indicators shall be used in accordance with point (a) of the second subparagraph of

  Article [12(1)], point (d)(ii) of Article [17(3)] and point (b) of Article [37(2)] of Regulation (EU) 2018/xxxx [new CPR].

• 2. 

  For output indicators, baselines shall be set at zero. The milestones set for 2024 and targets set for 2029 shall be cumulative.

• 3. 

  In compliance with its reporting requirement pursuant to Article [41(3)(h)] of the Financial

  Regulation, the Commission shall present to the European Parliament and the Council information on performance in accordance with Annex II.

• 4. 

  The Commission is empowered to adopt delegated acts in accordance with Article 13 to amend Annex II in order to make the necessary adjustments to the information on

  performance to be provided to the European Parliament and the Council.

  CHAPTER II

Specific provisions on particular territorial features and Interregional

Innovation Investments

[Article 8 has been deleted]

Article 9 Sustainable urban development

• 1. 

  At least 6% of the ERDF resources at national level under the Investment for jobs and growth goal, other than for technical assistance, shall be allocated to sustainable urban development in one or more of the forms referred to in Article [22] of Regulation (EU) 2018/xxxx [new CPR].

  The programme or programmes concerned shall set out the planned amounts for this purpose under point (c) of Article [17(3)] of Regulation (EU) 2018/xxxx [new CPR].

• 2. 

  The percentage allocated to sustainable urban development under paragraph 1 shall be complied with throughout the entire programming period when ERDF allocations are transferred between priorities of a programme or between programmes, including at the mid-term review in accordance with Article [14] of Regulation (EU) 2018/xxxx [new CPR].

• 3. 

  Where the ERDF allocation is reduced following a decommitment under Article [99] of

  Regulation (EU) No [new CPR], or due to financial corrections by the Commission in accordance with Article [98] of that Regulation, compliance with paragraph 1 shall not be re-assessed.

  Article 10 European Urban Initiative 10

• 1. 

  The ERDF shall also support the European Urban Initiative, implemented by the

  Commission in direct and indirect management.

  This initiative shall cover all urban areas and shall support the Urban Agenda for the EU.

• 2. 

  The European Urban Initiative shall consist of the following two strands, all with regard to sustainable urban development:

  (a) support of innovative actions;

  (b) support of capacity and knowledge building, policy development and communication.

  Upon request from one or more Member States, the European Urban Initiative may also support inter-governmental cooperation on urban matters.

• 3. 

  The governance model of the European Urban Initiative shall include the involvement of

  Member States, regional authorities and cities and shall ensure appropriate coordination and complementarities with the dedicated programme under Article XX of [Interreg Regulation] dealing with sustainable urban development.

10 N.B.: The Interreg Regulation will be amended accordingly in line with the formulation of current Article 7(1)(c)(i) of Regulation (EU) No 1299/2013 i (current ETC Regulation). It will be the successor of the URBACT programme.

Article 10bis

Interregional Innovation Investments

• 1. 

  The ERDF shall support the Interregional Innovation Investments Instrument, implemented by the Commission under direct and indirect management.

• 2. 

  The Interregional Innovation Investments Instrument shall support the commercialisation and scaling up of interregional innovation projects having the potential to encourage the development of European value chains.

• 3. 

  The Interregional Innovation Investments Instrument shall cover the entire territory of the

  Union. [Third countries can be covered by this instrument in line with the arrangements foreseen in Article XXX of the [Horizon Europe programme]].

• 4. 

  The Interregional Innovation Investments Instrument shall consist of the following two strands:

  (a) Financial and advisory support for investments in interregional innovation projects;

  (b) Financial and advisory support for the development of value chains in less developed regions.

• 5. 

  The governance model of the Interregional Innovation Investments Instrument shall include the set-up of a dedicated expert group composed of representatives from Member States, regional authorities and cities, representatives of business, research and civil society bodies. The expert group shall support the Commission in defining a long-term work programme and in preparing calls for proposals.

• 6. 

  The governance model shall also ensure appropriate coordination and complementarities with ERDF programmes under the Investment for jobs and growth goal, as well as with Interreg programmes, in particular under strand 'Interreg C' as defined in Article XX of

  [Interreg Regulation] 11 .

11 Strand 'Interreg C' as defined in the Presidency paper for GAC (Cohesion)

Article 11 Outermost regions

• 1. 

  The specific additional allocation for the outermost regions shall be used to offset the additional costs incurred in these regions as a result of one or several of the permanent restraints to their development listed in Article 349 of the TFEU. Article 3 shall not apply to the specific additional allocation for the outermost regions. 12

• 2. 

  The allocation referred to in paragraph 1 shall support:

  (a) the activities within the scope as set out in Article 4;

  (b) by way of derogation from Article 4, measures covering operating costs with a view to offsetting the additional costs incurred in the outermost regions as a result of one or several of the permanent restraints to their development listed in Article 349 of the TFEU.

  The allocation referred to in paragraph 1 may also support expenditure covering compensation granted for the provision of public service obligation and contracts in the outermost regions.

12 N.B.: A provision on the specific additional allocation for the northernmost regions with very low population density will be discussed in the context of the discussions on thematic

concentration (Art.3). It should be noted that, since according to Art.7(6)ESF+ the specific ESF+ allocation is not part of the regular thematic concentration requirements, the specific ERDF allocation is not to be counted as part of ERDF thematic concentration requirements either.

• 3. 

  The allocation, referred to in paragraph 1, shall not support:

  (a) operations involving products listed in Annex I to the TFEU;

  (b) aid for the transport of persons authorised under point (a) of Article 107(2) of the TFEU;

  (c) tax exemptions and exemption of social charges;

  (d) public services obligations not discharged by undertakings and where the State acts by exercising public power.

• 4. 

  By way of derogation from point (c) of paragraph 1 of Article 4, the ERDF may support productive investments in enterprises in the outermost regions, irrespective of the size of those enterprises.

  CHAPTER III

  Final provisions

  Article 12 Transitional provisions

Regulations (EC) No 1300/2013 i and 1301/2013 or any act adopted thereunder shall continue to apply to programmes and operations supported by the ERDF or the Cohesion Fund under the 2014- 2020 programming period.

Article 13 Exercise of the delegation

• 1. 

  The power to adopt delegated acts is conferred on the Commission subject to the conditions laid down in this Article.

• 2. 

  The power to adopt delegated acts referred to in Article 7(4) shall be conferred on the

  Commission for an indeterminate period of time from the date of the entry into force of this Regulation.

• 3. 

  The delegation of power referred to in Article 7(4) may be revoked at any time by the

  European Parliament or by the Council. A decision to revoke shall put an end to the delegation of the power specified in that decision. It shall take effect the day following the publication of the decision in the Official Journal of the European Union or at a later date specified therein. It shall not affect the validity of any delegated acts already in force.

• 4. 

  Before adopting a delegated act, the Commission shall consult experts designated by each

  Member State in accordance with the principles laid down in the Interinstitutional Agreement on Better Law-Making of 13 April 2016 13 .

13 OJ L 123, 12.5.2016, p. 13.

• 5. 

  As soon as it adopts a delegated act, the Commission shall notify it simultaneously to the

  European Parliament and to the Council.

• 6. 

  A delegated act adopted pursuant to Article 7(4) shall enter into force only if no objection has been expressed either by the European Parliament or by the Council within a period of two months of notification of that act to the European Parliament and the Council or if,

  before the expiry of that period, the European Parliament and the Council have both informed the Commission that they will not object. That period shall be extended by two months at the initiative of the European Parliament or of the Council.

  Article 14 Entry into force

This Regulation shall enter into force on the twentieth day following that of its publication in the

Official Journal of the European Union.

This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States.

[Annexes I and II are bracketed]

[ANNEX I

Common output and result indicators for the ERDF and the Cohesion Fund - Article 7(1) 14

Table 1: Common output and result indicators for ERDF (Investment for jobs and growth and Interreg) and the Cohesion Fund**

Policy objective Outputs Results

• (1) 

  (2) (3)

  RCO 15 01 - Enterprises supported (of which: micro, small, medium, large) * RCO 02 - Enterprises supported by grants * RCR 16 01 - Jobs created in supported entities *

• 1. 

  A smarter RCO 03 - Enterprises supported by financial instruments * RCR 02 - Private investments matching public support (of which: grants, financial Europe by RCO 04 - Enterprises with non-financial support

• * 

  instruments) *

  promoting RCO 05 - Start-ups supported

  • * 

    RCR 03 – SMEs introducing product or process innovation *

innovative and RCO 06 - Researchers working in supported research facilities RCR 04 - SMEs introducing marketing or organisational innovation

*

smart economic RCO 07 - Research institutions participating in joint research RCR 05 - SMEs innovating in-house

*

projects RCR 06 - Patent applications submitted to European Patent Office *

transformation RCO 08 - Nominal value of research and innovation equipment RCR 07 - Trademark and design applications *

RCO 10 - Enterprises cooperating with research institutions RCR 08 - Public-private co-publications

RCO 96 – Interregional investments in EU projects *

14 To be used, for the Investment for jobs and growth and Interreg in accordance with point (a) of the second subparagraph of Article [12(1)], and point (b) of Article [36(2) [data transmission] of Regulation (EU) [new CPR] and, for Investment for jobs and growth in accordance with point (d)(ii) of Article [17 (3)] of the Regulation (EU) [new CPR] and, for Interreg, in accordance with point (e)(ii) of Article 17 (4) of the of the Regulation (EU) [new ETC regulation]

15 RCO: Regional Policy Common Output Indicator.

16 RCR: Regional Policy Common Result Indicator.

ECOMP.2B EN

RCO 12 - Enterprises supported to digitise their products and RCR 11 - Users of new public digital services and applications * services RCR 12 - Users of new digital products, services and applications developed by RCO 13 - Digital services and products developed for enterprises enterprises * RCO 14 - Public institutions supported to develop digital services RCR 13 - Enterprises reaching high digital intensity * and applications RCR 14 - Enterprises using public digital services *

RCR 16 - High growth enterprises supported * RCR 17 - 3-year-old enterprises surviving in the market *

RCO 15 - Capacity of incubation created * RCR 18 - SMEs using incubator services one year after the incubator creation RCR 19 - Enterprises with higher turnover

RCR 25 - Value added per employee in supported SMEs *

RCR 24 - SMEs benefiting from activities for skills development delivered by a local/ regional ecosystem

RCO 16 - Stakeholders participating in entrepreneurial discovery RCR 97 – Apprenticeships supported in SMEs

process

RCO 17 - Investments in regional/ local ecosystems for skills RCR 98 – SMEs staff completing Continuing Vocational Education and Training development (CVET) (by type of skill: technical, management, entrepreneurship, green, other)

RCO 101 – SMEs investing in skills development RCR 99 – SMEs staff completing alternative training for knowledge intensive service activities (KISA) (by type of skills: technical, management, entrepreneurship, green,

RCO 102 - SMEs investing in training management systems * other)

RCR 100 – SMEs staff completing formal training for skills development (KISA) (by type of skills: technical, management, entrepreneurship, green, other) *

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RCO 18 - Households supported to improve energy performance of RCR 26 - Annual final energy consumption (of which: residential, private nontheir dwelling residential, public non-residential) RCO 19 - Public buildings supported to improve energy RCR 27 - Households with improved energy performance of their dwellings performance RCR 28 - Buildings with improved energy classification (of which: residential, RCO 20 - District heating network lines newly constructed or private non-residential, public non-residential)

• 2. 

  A greener, improved

  RCR 29 - Estimated greenhouse gas emissions * RCR 30 - Enterprises with improved energy performance

low-carbon and resilient Europe

by promoting

clean and fair RCO 22 - Additional production capacity for renewable energy (of

energy which: electricity, thermal) RCR 31 - Total renewable energy produced (of which: electricity, thermal)

transition, *

green and blue RCO 97 – Number of energy communities and renewable energy

RCR 32 – Renewable energy: Capacity connected to the grid (operational) communities supported * investment, the

circular

economy, RCO 23 - Digital management systems for smart grids RCR 33 - Users connected to smart grids

climate RCO 98 – Households supported to use smart energy grids RCR 34 - Roll-out of projects for smart grids

adaptation and risk prevention

and RCO 24 - New or upgraded disaster monitoring, preparedness,

management warning and response systems * RCR 35 - Population benefiting from flood protection measures

RCO 25 - Coastal strip, river banks and lakeshores, and landslide RCR 36 - Population benefiting from forest fires protection measures

protection newly built or consolidated to protect people, assets and RCR 37 - Population benefiting from protection measures against climate related

the natural environment natural disasters (other than floods and forest fires)

RCO 26 - Green infrastructure built for adaptation to climate change

RCO 27 - National/ regional/ local strategies addressing climate RCR 96 – Population benefiting from protection measures against non-climate related change adaptation natural risks and risks related to human activities

*

RCO 28 - Areas covered by protection measures against forest fires RCR 38 - Estimated average response time to disaster situations

*

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RCO 30 - Length of new or consolidated pipes for household water

connections RCR 41 - Population connected to improved water supply

RCO 31 - Length of sewage collection networks newly constructed RCR 42 - Population connected to at least secondary waste water treatment or consolidated RCR 43 - Water losses

RCO 32 - New or upgraded capacity for waste water treatment RCR 44 - Waste water properly treated

RCR 46 - Population served by waste recycling facilities and small waste management systems

RCO 34 - Additional capacity for waste recycling RCR 47 - Waste recycled

RCR 48 - Recycled waste used as raw materials RCR 49 - Waste recovered

RCO 36 - Surface area of green infrastructure supported in urban areas

RCO 37 - Surface of Natura 2000 sites covered by protection and RCR 50 - Population benefiting from measures for air quality restoration measures in accordance with the prioritised action framework RCR 95 -Population having access to new or upgraded green infrastructure in urban

areas RCO 99 - Surface area outside Natura 2000 sites covered by RCR 51 - Population benefiting from measures for noise reduction protection and restoration measures RCR 52 - Rehabilitated land used for green areas, social housing, economic or

community activities RCO 38 - Surface area of rehabilitated land supported

RCO 39 - Systems for monitoring air pollution installed

RCO 55 - Length of tram and metro lines- new

RCO 56 - Length of tram and metro lines- reconstructed/ upgraded

RCO 57 - Environmentally friendly rolling stock for public transport

RCO 58 - Dedicated cycling infrastructure supported RCR 62 - Annual passengers of public transport

RCO 59 - Alternative fuels infrastructure (refuelling/ recharging RCR 63 - Annual users of new/ upgraded tram and metro lines points) supported RCR 64 - Annual users of dedicated cycling infrastructure

RCO 60 - Cities and towns with new or upgraded digitised urban transport systems

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• 3. 

  A more RCO 41 - Additional households with broadband access of very

connected high capacity RCR 53 - Households with broadband subscriptions to a very high capacity network

Europe by RCO 42 - Additional enterprises with broadband access of very high RCR 54 - Enterprises with broadband subscriptions to a very high capacity network

enhancing capacity

mobility and

regional ICT RCO 43 - Length of new roads supported - TEN-T 17 RCR 55 - Users of newly built, reconstructed or upgraded roads

connectivity RCO 44 - Length of new roads supported - other

RCO 45 - Length of roads reconstructed or upgraded - TEN-T RCR 56 - Time savings due to improved road infrastructure RCO 46 - Length of roads reconstructed or upgraded - other RCR 101 – Time savings due to improved rail infrastructure

RCO 47 - Length of new rail supported - TEN-T RCO 48 - Length of new rail supported - other RCO 49 - Length of rail reconstructed or upgraded - TEN-T

RCO 50 - Length of rail reconstructed or upgraded - other RCR 57 - Length of European Rail Traffic Management System equipped railways in RCO 51 - Length of new or upgraded inland waterways - TEN-T operation RCO 52 - Length of new or upgraded inland waterways - other RCR 58 - Annual number of passengers on supported railways RCO 53 - Railways stations and facilities - new or upgraded RCR 59 - Freight transport on rail RCO 54 - Intermodal connections - new or upgraded RCR 60 - Freight transport on inland waterways

RCO 100 – Number of ports supported

17 Regulation (EU) No 1315/2013 i of the European Parliament and of the Council of 11 December 2013 on Union guidelines for the development of the trans-European transport network and repealing Decision No 661/2010/EU (OJ L 348, 20.12.2013, p. 1).

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RCO 61 - Annual unemployed persons served by enhanced facilities RCR 65 - Job seekers using annually the services of the employment services for employment services (capacity) supported

RCO 63 - Capacity of temporary reception infrastructure created RCR 66 - Occupancy of temporary reception infrastructure built or renovated RCO 64 - Capacity of rehabilitated housing – migrants, refugees and RCR 67 - Occupancy of rehabilitated housing – migrants, refugees and persons under persons under or applying for international protection or applying for international protection

• 4. 

  A more social RCO 65 - Capacity of rehabilitated housing - other RCR 68 - Occupancy of rehabilitated housing - other

  Europe

implementing RCO 66 - Classroom capacity of supported childcare infrastructure (new or upgraded) RCR 70 - Annual number of children using childcare infrastructure supported

the European RCO 67 - Classroom capacity of supported education infrastructure RCR 71 - Annual number of students using education infrastructure supported

Pillar of Social (new or upgraded)

Rights

RCO 69 - Capacity of supported health care infrastructure RCR 72 - People with access to improved health care services RCO 70 - Capacity of supported social infrastructure (other than RCR 73 - Annual number of persons using the health care facilities supported

housing) RCR 74 - Annual number of persons using the social care facilities supported RCR 75 - Average response time for medical emergencies in the area supported

RCO 74 - Population covered by strategies for integrated urban

• 5. 

  A Europe development RCR 76 - Stakeholders involved in the preparation and implementation of strategies of

closer to citizens RCO 75 - Integrated strategies for urban development urban development

by fostering the RCO 76 - Collaborative projects RCR 77 - Tourists/ visits to supported sites

*

sustainable and RCO 77 - Capacity of cultural and tourism infrastructure supported

RCR 78 - Users benefiting from cultural infrastructure supported

integrated development of

all types of RCO 80 – Community-led local development strategies for local

territories development

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RCR 91 - Average time for launch of calls, selection of projects and signature of contracts *

Horizontal - RCR 92 - Average time for tendering (from launch of procurement until signature of

Implementation RCO 95 - Staff financed by ERDF and Cohesion Fund contract)

 *

RCR 93 - Average time for project implementation (from signature of contract to last payment) * RCR 94 - Single bidding for ERDF and Cohesion Fund interventions *

** For presentational reasons, indicators are grouped under, but not limited to, a policy objective. In particular, under policy objective 5, specific objectives from policy objectives 1- 4 may be used with the relevant indicators. In addition, in order to develop a full picture of the expected and actual performance of the programmes, the indicators marked with (*) may be used by specific objectives under more than one of the policy objectives 1 to 4, when relevant.

Table 2: Additional common output and result indicators for the ERDF for Interreg

RCO 81 - Participants in cross-border mobility initiatives

RCO 82 - Participants in joint actions promoting gender equality, equal RCR 79 - Joint strategies/ action plans taken up by organisations at/ opportunities and social inclusion after project completion RCO 83 - Joint strategies/ action plans developed or implemented RCR 80 - Joint pilot activities taken up or up-scaled by organisations RCO 84 - Joint pilot activities implemented in projects at/ after project completion

RCO 85 - Participants in joint training schemes RCR 81 - Participants completing joint training schemes RCR 82 - Legal or administrative obstacles addressed or alleviated

Interreg-specific

indicators RCO 96 – Legal or administrative obstacles identified RCR 83 - Persons covered by signed joint agreements signed

RCO 86 - Joint administrative or legal agreements signed RCR 84 - Organisations cooperating across borders 6-12 months after

RCO 87 - Organisations cooperating across borders project completion

RCO 88 - Projects across national borders for peer-learning to enhance RCR 85 - Participants in joint actions 6-12 months after project

cooperation activities completion

RCO 89 - Projects across borders to improve multilevel governance RCR 86 - Stakeholders/ institutions with enhanced cooperation

RCO 90 - Projects across national borders leading to networks/clusters capacity beyond national borders

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[ANNEX II

Core set of performance indicators for the ERDF and the Cohesion Fund referred to in Article 7(3) 18

Policy objective Specific objective Outputs Results

• (1) 

  (2) (3) (4)

  (i) Enhancing research and CCO 01 - Enterprises supported to innovate CCR 01 – (SMEs introducing product, innovation capacities and the CCO 02 - Researchers working in process, marketing or organisational uptake of advanced technologies supported research facilities innovation

  (ii) Reaping the benefits of CCO 03 - Enterprises and public CCR 02 - Additional users of new digitisation for citizens, companies institutions supported to develop digital digital products, services and

  • 1. 

    A smarter Europe by and governments products, services and applications

    applications developed by enterprises and public institutions

promoting innovative and smart economic transformation (iii) Enhancing growth and competitiveness of SMEs, CCO 04 - SMEs supported to create jobs CCR 03 - Jobs created in SMEs including by productive and growth supported investments

(iv) Developing skills for smart

specialisation, industrial transition CCO 05 - SMEs investing in skills CCR 04 - SMEs staff benefiting from and entrepreneurship development training for skills development

18 These indicators will be used by the Commission in compliance with its reporting requirement pursuant to Article 38(3)(e)(i) of the [applicable] Financial Regulation.

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(i) Promoting energy efficiency CCO 06 – Investments in measures to CCR 05 – Beneficiaries with improved measures improve energy efficiency energy classification

(ii) Promoting renewable energy CCO 07 - Additional renewable energy CCR 06 – Volume of additional production capacity renewable energy produced

(iii) Developing smart energy

systems, grids and storage outside CCO 08 - Digital management systems CCR 07 - Additional users connected to TEN-E developed for smart grids smart grids

• 2. 

  A greener, low-carbon and CCR 08 - Additional population

resilient Europe by promoting (iv) Promoting climate change benefiting from protection measures

clean and fair energy transition, adaptation, risk prevention and

CCO 09 - New or upgraded disaster monitoring, warning and response systems against floods, forest fires, and other

green and blue investment, the disaster resilience climate related natural disasters

circular economy, climate adaptation and risk prevention

and management (v) Promoting sustainable water CCO 10 - New or upgraded capacity for

CCR 09 - Additional population

management waste water treatment connected to at least secondary waste water treatment

(vi) Promoting the transition to a CCO 11 – New or upgraded capacity for

circular economy waste recycling CCR 10 - Additional waste recycled

(vii) enhancing environmental protection and biodiversity, green

infrastructure in particular in the CCO 12 - Surface area of green CCR 11 - Population benefiting from urban environment, and reducing infrastructure in urban areas measures for air quality

emissions and pollution;

(viii) Promoting sustainable CCO 16 - Extension and modernisation of CCR 15 - Annual users served by new multimodal urban mobility tram and metro lines and modernised tram and metro lines

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CCO 13 - Additional households and CCR 12 - Additional households and (i) Enhancing digital connectivity enterprises with coverage by very high enterprises with broadband subscriptions

capacity broadband networks to a very high capacity networks

(ii) Developing a sustainable, CCR 13 - Time savings due to improved climate resilient, intelligent, secure CCO 14 – Road TEN-T: New and upgraded road infrastructure and intermodal TEN-T roads

• 3. 

  A more connected Europe by enhancing mobility and regional

  ICT connectivity

  (iii) Developing and enhancing CCO 15 – Rail TEN-T: New and upgraded sustainable, climate resilient, railways intelligent and intermodal national, CCR 14 - Annual number of passengers regional and local mobility, served by improved rail transport including improved access to TEN- T and cross-border mobility

  (i) Enhancing the effectiveness of 4. A more social Europe labour markets and access to CCO 17 - Annual unemployed persons CCR 16 - Job seekers using annually implementing the European quality employment through served by enhanced facilities for enhanced facilities for employment

  Pillar of Social Rights developing social innovation and employment services services infrastructure

  (ii) Improving access to inclusive

  and quality services in education, CCO 18 - New or upgraded capacity for CCR 17 - Annual users served by new training and lifelong learning childcare and education infrastructure or upgraded childcare and education through developing infrastructure infrastructure

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(iii) Increasing the socio-economic integration of marginalised

communities, migrants and CCO 19 - Additional capacity of reception CCR 18 - Annual users served by new disadvantaged groups, through infrastructures created or upgraded and improved reception and housing integrated measures including facilities

housing and social services;

(iv) Ensuring equal access to health care through developing CCO 20 - New or upgraded capacity for CCR 19 - Population with access to infrastructure, including primary health care infrastructure improved health care services

care

• 5. 

  A Europe closer to citizens by (i) Fostering the integrated social, fostering the sustainable and economic and environmental CCO 21 - Population covered by strategies integrated development of all development, cultural heritage and for integrated urban development types of territories security in urban areas

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