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Council Implementing Decision (EU) 2022/1262 of 18 July 2022 amending Implementing Decision (EU) 2020/1355 granting temporary support under Regulation (EU) 2020/672 to Romania to mitigate unemployment risks in the emergency following the COVID-19 outbreak| Legal instrument | implementing decision |
|---|---|
| Number legal act | Implementing decision 2022/1262 |
| Regdoc number | ST(2022)10604 |
| Original proposal | COM(2022)314  |
| CELEX number i | 32022D1262 |
| Document | 18-07-2022; Date of adoption |
|---|---|
| Publication in Official Journal | 20-07-2022; OJ L 191 p. 72-80 |
| Effect | 19-07-2022; Takes effect Date notif. See Art 2 |
| End of validity | 31-12-9999 |
| Notification | 19-07-2022 |
20.7.2022 |
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Official Journal of the European Union |
L 191/72 |
COUNCIL IMPLEMENTING DECISION (EU) 2022/1262
of 18 July 2022
amending Implementing Decision (EU) 2020/1355 granting temporary support under Regulation (EU) 2020/672 to Romania 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 Romania on 7 August 2020, the Council, by means of Implementing Decision (EU) 2020/1355 (2), granted financial assistance to Romania in the form of a loan amounting to a maximum of EUR 4 099 244 587 with a maximum average maturity of 15 years, with a view to complementing Romania’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 Romania to finance a short-time work scheme, similar measures and health-related measures, as referred to in Article 3 of Implementing Decision (EU) 2020/1355. |
(3) |
The COVID-19 outbreak has immobilised a substantial part of the labour force in Romania. This has led to repeated sudden and severe increases in public expenditure in Romania in respect of new measures, namely those referred to in recitals 11, 12 and 16 to 34 of this Decision, and measures referred to in Article 3, points (a), (c), (d), (e), (f), (g), (h) and (i), of Implementing Decision (EU) 2020/1355. |
(4) |
The COVID-19 outbreak and the extraordinary measures implemented by Romania in 2020, 2021 and 2022 to contain that outbreak and its socioeconomic and health-related impact had, and are still having, a dramatic impact on public finances. In 2020, Romania had a general government deficit and debt of 9,3 % and 47,2 % of gross domestic product (GDP) respectively, which changed to 7,1 % and 48,8 % respectively at the end of 2021. According to the Commission’s 2022 spring forecast, Romania is expected to have a general government deficit and debt of 7,5 % and 50,9 % of GDP respectively by the end of 2022. Romania’s GDP is projected to increase by 2,6 % in 2022. |
(5) |
On 26 May 2022, Romania requested the Union to extend the list of measures for which financial assistance had already been granted by means of Implementing Decision (EU) 2020/1355 in order to further complement its national efforts undertaken in 2020 to address the impact of the COVID-19 outbreak and respond to the socioeconomic consequences of the outbreak for workers and the self-employed (‘the request’). In particular, Romania introduced and further extended a series of short-time work schemes and similar measures set out in recitals 6 to 12. |
(6) |
‘Government Emergency Ordinance 30/2020’ (3), as referred to in Article 3, point (a), of Implementing Decision (EU) 2020/1355, provides for a benefit to employees of employers that reduce or temporarily interrupt their activity because of the effects of the COVID-19 outbreak. The benefit is capped at 75 % of those employees’ basic salary (but no more than 75 % of the average gross salary in the economy) for the duration of the state of emergency. The measure was extended by means of ‘Government Emergency Ordinance 111/2021’ (4) until December 2021 and by means of ‘Government Emergency Ordinance 2/2022’ (5) until March 2022. |
(7) |
‘Government Emergency Ordinance 132/2020’ (6), as referred to in Article 3, point (c),... |
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