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Council Implementing Decision (EU) 2022/99 of 25 January 2022 amending Implementing Decision (EU) 2020/1354 granting temporary support under Regulation (EU) 2020/672 to the Portuguese Republic to mitigate unemployment risks in the emergency following the COVID-19 outbreak| Legal instrument | implementing decision |
|---|---|
| Number legal act | Implementing decision 2022/99 |
| Regdoc number | ST(2022)5059 |
| Original proposal | COM(2022)3  |
| CELEX number i | 32022D0099 |
| Document | 25-01-2022; Date of adoption |
|---|---|
| Publication in Official Journal | 26-01-2022; OJ L 17 p. 47-51 |
| Effect | 26-01-2022; Takes effect Date notif. |
| End of validity | 31-12-9999 |
| Notification | 26-01-2022 |
26.1.2022 |
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Official Journal of the European Union |
L 17/47 |
COUNCIL IMPLEMENTING DECISION (EU) 2022/99
of 25 January 2022
amending Implementing Decision (EU) 2020/1354 granting temporary support under Regulation (EU) 2020/672 to the Portuguese 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) |
Further to a request from Portugal on 11 August 2020, the Council, by means of Implementing Decision (EU) 2020/1354 (2), granted financial assistance to Portugal in the form of a loan amounting to a maximum of EUR 5 934 462 488 with a maximum average maturity of 15 years, with a view to complementing Portugal’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 Portugal to finance short-time work schemes, similar measures and health-related measures, as referred to in Article 3 of Implementing Decision (EU) 2020/1354. |
(3) |
The COVID-19 outbreak has immobilised a substantial part of the labour force in Portugal. This has led to repeated sudden and severe increases in public expenditure in Portugal in respect of new measures that Portugal has implemented, namely the extraordinary support scheme for self-employed workers, workers without access to other social protection mechanisms, and managers whose income has been particularly affected by the COVID-19 pandemic, the social support scheme for artists, authors, technicians and other art professionals, and the hiring of additional health professionals and overtime work in the National Health Service to help address pandemic-related challenges. |
(4) |
The COVID-19 outbreak and the extraordinary measures implemented by Portugal in 2020 and 2021 to contain that outbreak and its socioeconomic and health-related impact had, and are still having, a dramatic impact on public finances. Portugal had a general government deficit and debt of 5,8 % and 135,2 % of gross domestic product (GDP) respectively by the end of 2020. According to the Commission’s 2021 autumn forecast, Portugal’s general government deficit and debt are forecast to narrow to 4,5 % and 128,1 % of GDP respectively in 2021, and its GDP is projected to increase by 4,5 % in 2021. |
(5) |
On 9 December 2021 Portugal requested the Union to extend the list of measures for which financial assistance had already been granted by means of Implementing Decision (EU) 2020/1354 in order to further 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 the outbreak for workers and the self-employed, in particular the measures referred to in recitals (6) and (7). |
(6) |
‘Law No 75-B/2020 of 31 December’ and the subsequent ‘Government Ordinance No 19-A/2021 of 25 January’, which are referred to in Portugal’s request of 9 December 2021, introduced an extraordinary support scheme for self-employed workers, workers without access to other social protection mechanisms, and managers whose income has been particularly affected by the COVID-19 pandemic. In the case of self-employed workers, the measure provides a benefit equal to two thirds of the drop in the workers’ monthly income, between the monthly average according to the last quarterly income statement and the... |
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