Implementing decision 2022/2080 - Amendment of Implementing Decision (EU) 2020/1350 granting temporary support to Lithuania to mitigate unemployment risks following the COVID-19 outbreak

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This implementing decision has been published on October 28, 2022 and should have been implemented in national regulation on the same day at the latest.

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Key information

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Council Implementing Decision (EU) 2022/2080 of 25 October 2022 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
Number legal act Implementing decision 2022/2080
Regdoc number ST(2022)12702
Original proposal COM(2022)479 EN
CELEX number i 32022D2080

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Key dates

Document 25-10-2022; Date of adoption
Publication in Official Journal 28-10-2022; OJ L 280 p. 19-22
Effect 28-10-2022; Takes effect Date notif. See Art 2
End of validity 31-12-9999
Notification 28-10-2022

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Legislative text

28.10.2022   

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

L 280/19

 

COUNCIL IMPLEMENTING DECISION (EU) 2022/2080

of 25 October 2022

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, the Council, by means of Implementing Decision (EU) 2020/1350 (2), 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, and with an availability period of 18 months, 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 short-time work schemes and similar measures, as referred to in Article 3 of Implementing Decision (EU) 2020/1350.

 

(3)

Further to a second request from Lithuania on 11 March 2021, the Council, by means of Implementing Decision (EU) 2021/678 (3) amending Implementing Decision (EU) 2020/1350, granted additional financial assistance of EUR 354 950 000 to Lithuania by increasing the maximum loan amount to EUR 957 260 000 with a maximum average maturity of 15 years, and with an availability period of 18 months, 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.

 

(4)

The additional loan was to be used by Lithuania to finance the short-time work schemes and similar measures, as referred to in Article 3 of Implementing Decision (EU) 2020/1350, as amended by Implementing Decision (EU) 2021/678.

 

(5)

The COVID-19 outbreak has immobilised a substantial part of the labour force in Lithuania. This has led to repeated sudden and severe increases 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.

 

(6)

The COVID-19 outbreak and the extraordinary measures implemented by Lithuania 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, Lithuania had a general government deficit and debt of 7,3 % and 46,6 % of gross domestic product (GDP) respectively, which narrowed to 1,0 % and 44,3 % respectively at the end of 2021. According to the Commission’s 2022 spring forecast, Lithuania is expected to have a general government deficit and debt of 4,6 % and 42,7 % of GDP respectively by the end of 2022. According to the Commission’s 2022 summer interim forecast, Lithuania’s GDP is projected to increase by 1,9 % in 2022.

 

(7)

On 8 August 2022 Lithuania requested further financial assistance from the Union in the amount of EUR 141 800 000 with a view to continuing to complement its national efforts undertaken in 2020, 2021 and 2022 to address the impact of the COVID-19 outbreak and respond to the socioeconomic consequences of the outbreak for workers. In particular, Lithuania further extended or amended the short-time work schemes and similar measures set out in...


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