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Council Implementing Decision (EU) 2021/678 of 23 April 2021 amending Implementing Decision (EU) 2020/1350 granting temporary support under Regulation (EU) 2020/672 to the Republic of Lithuania 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 2021/678 |
| Original proposal | COM(2021)164  |
| CELEX number i | 32021D0678 |
| Document | 23-04-2021; Date of adoption |
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| Publication in Official Journal | 27-04-2021; OJ L 144 p. 12-15 |
| Effect | 26-04-2021; Takes effect Date notif. |
| End of validity | 31-12-9999 |
| Notification | 26-04-2021 |
27.4.2021 |
EN |
Official Journal of the European Union |
L 144/12 |
COUNCIL IMPLEMENTING DECISION (EU) 2021/678
of 23 April 2021
amending Implementing Decision (EU) 2020/1350 granting temporary support under Regulation (EU) 2020/672 to the Republic of Lithuania 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) |
Further to a request from Lithuania on 7 August 2020, on 25 September 2020 the Council granted financial assistance to Lithuania in the form of a loan amounting to a maximum of EUR 602 310 000 with a maximum average maturity of 15 years, with a view to complementing Lithuania’s national efforts to address the impact of the COVID-19 outbreak and respond to the socioeconomic consequences of that outbreak for workers and the self-employed. |
(2) |
The loan was to be used by Lithuania to finance the short-time work schemes and similar measures referred to in Article 3 of Council Implementing Decision (EU) 2020/1350 (2). |
(3) |
The COVID-19 outbreak continues to immobilise a substantial part of the labour force in Lithuania. This has led to a sudden and severe increase in public expenditure in Lithuania in respect of the measures referred to in Article 3, points (a) and (b), of Implementing Decision (EU) 2020/1350. |
(4) |
The COVID-19 outbreak and the extraordinary measures implemented by Lithuania in 2020 and 2021 to contain that outbreak and its socioeconomic and health-related impact have had and continue to have a dramatic impact on public finances. According to the Commission’s 2020 autumn forecast, Lithuania was expected to have a general government deficit and debt of 8,4 % and 47,2 % of gross domestic product (GDP) respectively by the end of 2020. In 2021, Lithuania’s general government deficit and debt are forecast to stand at 6,0 % and 50,7 % of GDP respectively. According to the Commission’s 2021 winter interim forecast, Lithuania’s GDP is projected to increase by 2,2 % in 2021. |
(5) |
On 11 March 2021, Lithuania requested further financial assistance from the Union of EUR 354 950 000, with a view to continuing to complement its national efforts undertaken in 2020 and 2021 to address the impact of the COVID-19 outbreak and respond to the socioeconomic consequences of that outbreak for workers and the self-employed. In particular it concerns the measures set out in recitals (6) to (8). |
(6) |
In the ‘Law on Employment No XII-2470’ of 21 June 2016, as amended in 2020 (3), as referred to in Article 3, point (a), of Implementing Decision (EU) 2020/1350, Lithuania introduced a scheme to pay subsidies to employers to cover estimated wages for each employed person facing time without work, as a support during the quarantine and state emergency. Before 1 January 2021, an employer could choose between subsidies to cover 70 % of the salary, up to a maximum of 1,5 times the minimum wage, or 90 % of the salary (100 % in the case of employees aged 60 and above), up to a maximum of the minimum wage. From 1 January 2021, an employer can receive subsidies to cover 100 % of the salary, up to a maximum of 1,5 times the minimum wage. Employers that have participated in the scheme must retain at least 50 % of their employees for at least three months after the pay subsidy ends. |
(7) |
Under the ‘Law on Employment No XII-2470’ of 21 June 2016, as amended in 2020, as referred to in... |
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