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Council Implementing Decision (EU) 2022/2190 of 8 November 2022 amending Implementing Decision (EU) 2020/1353 granting temporary support under Regulation (EU) 2020/672 to the Republic of Poland to mitigate unemployment risks in the emergency following the COVID-19 outbreak| Legal instrument | implementing decision |
|---|---|
| Number legal act | Implementing decision 2022/2190 |
| Regdoc number | ST(2022)13225 |
| Original proposal | COM(2022)508  |
| CELEX number i | 32022D2190 |
| Document | 08-11-2022; Date of adoption |
|---|---|
| Publication in Official Journal | 10-11-2022; OJ L 289 p. 3-6 |
| Effect | 08-11-2022; Takes effect Date notif. See Art 2 |
| End of validity | 31-12-9999 |
| Notification | 08-11-2022 |
10.11.2022 |
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Official Journal of the European Union |
L 289/3 |
COUNCIL IMPLEMENTING DECISION (EU) 2022/2190
of 8 November 2022
amending Implementing Decision (EU) 2020/1353 granting temporary support under Regulation (EU) 2020/672 to the Republic of Poland 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 Poland on 6 August 2020, the Council, by means of Implementing Decision (EU) 2020/1353 (2), granted financial assistance to Poland in the form of a loan amounting to a maximum of EUR 11 236 693 087 with a maximum average maturity of 15 years, and with an availability period of 18 months, with a view to complementing Poland’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 Poland to finance the short-time work schemes and similar measures, as referred to in Article 3 of Implementing Decision (EU) 2020/1353. |
(3) |
The COVID-19 outbreak has immobilised a substantial part of the labour force in Poland. This has led to repeated sudden and severe increase in public expenditure in Poland in respect of new measures, namely PCR testing and cash benefits for healthcare workers fighting COVID-19. |
(4) |
The COVID-19 outbreak and the extraordinary measures implemented by Poland 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, Poland had a general government deficit and debt of 6,9 % and 57,1 % of gross domestic product (GDP) respectively, which narrowed to 1,9 % and 53,8 % respectively at the end of 2021. According to the Commission’s 2022 spring forecast, Poland is expected to have a general government deficit and debt of 4,0 % and 50,8 % of GDP respectively by the end of 2022. According to the Commission 2022 summer forecast, Poland’s GDP is projected to increase by 5,2 % in 2022. |
(5) |
On 19 September 2022, Poland requested the Union to extend the list of measures for which financial assistance was already granted by Implementing Decision (EU) 2020/1353 with a view to continuing 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 and the self-employed (‘the request’). In particular, Poland introduced a series of health-related measures to address the COVID-19 outbreak set out in recitals 6 to 7. |
(6) |
Based on the ‘Act of March 2, 2020 on specific solutions related to the prevention, counteraction and eradication of COVID-19, other infectious diseases and crisis situations caused by them’ (3), the Minister of Health instructed the National Health Fund to conclude with interested laboratories contracts on performing diagnostic RT-PCR tests for SARS-CoV-2. The costs of tests were financed from the state budget and they were commensurate to the number of people applying for testing. As referred to in the request, only expenditure executed in 2020 and 2021 is requested to be financed under Regulation (EU) 2020/672. The measure is new and was implemented from end of April 2020 to end of March 2022. |
(7) |
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