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Council Implementing Decision (EU) 2020/1346 of 25 September 2020 granting temporary support under Regulation (EU) 2020/672 to the Hellenic Republic to mitigate unemployment risks in the emergency following the COVID-19 outbreak| Legal instrument | implementing decision |
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| Number legal act | Implementing decision 2020/1346 |
| Original proposal | COM(2020)449  |
| CELEX number i | 32020D1346 |
| Document | 25-09-2020; Date of adoption |
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| Publication in Official Journal | 29-09-2020; OJ L 314 p. 21-23 |
| 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 314/21 |
COUNCIL IMPLEMENTING DECISION (EU) 2020/1346
of 25 September 2020
granting temporary support under Regulation (EU) 2020/672 to the Hellenic Republic 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, Greece 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 socio-economic consequences of the outbreak for workers and the self‐employed. |
(2) |
The COVID-19 outbreak and the extraordinary measures implemented by Greece to contain the outbreak and its socio-economic and health-related impact are expected to have a dramatic impact on public finances. According to the Commission’s 2020 Spring forecast, Greece was expected to have a general government deficit and debt of 6,4 % and 196,4 % of gross domestic product (GDP) respectively by the end of 2020. According to the Commission’s 2020 Summer interim forecast, Greece’s GDP is projected to decrease by 9 % in 2020. |
(3) |
The COVID-19 outbreak has immobilised a substantial part of the labour force in Greece. This has led to a sudden and severe increase in public expenditure in Greece in respect of the special allowance provided to private sector employees whose labour contracts were suspended because of the crisis, the cost of their social security coverage during the suspension period, the special allowance provided to professionals who are self-employed, the short-time work scheme, and the employer social security contributions for employees in seasonal enterprises of the tertiary sector, as set out in recitals (4) to (8). |
(4) |
More specifically, ‘Legal Act of 14 March 2020’ (2), which is referred to in Greece’s request of 6 August 2020, introduced a special allowance for private sector employees whose labour contracts have been suspended. That measure aims to protect employment in companies that cease their operations by public order or belong to economic sectors that are heavily affected by the COVID-19 outbreak, and concerns the provision of a special monthly allowance of EUR 534 to employees whose labour contracts are suspended from mid-March 2020. The precondition to benefit from the scheme is that the employer retains the same number of employees (meaning the same exact employees) for a period equal to the period for which the labour contract had been suspended. |
(5) |
The authorities additionally introduced the financing by the State of the social security coverage of employees that benefit from the special allowance referred to in recital (4). The precondition to benefit from the scheme is that the employer retains the same number of employees (meaning the same exact employees) for a period equal to the period for which the labour contract had been suspended. |
(6) |
The ‘Legal Act of 20 March 2020’ (3), which is referred to in Greece’s request of 6 August 2020, introduced a special allowance for professionals who are self-employed (economists, accountants, engineers, lawyers, medical doctors, teachers, and researchers). The measure concerns a one-off special allowance of EUR 600 provided either in April or in June 2020 to such professionals. |
(7) |
A short-time work scheme that applies from 15 June 2020 until 15 October 2020 in... |
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