Reform history

Regulation (EU) No 1303/2013 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 17 December 2013 laying down common provisions on the European Regional Development Fund, the European Social Fund, the Cohesion Fund, the European Agricultural Fund for Rural Development and the European Maritime and Fisheries Fund and laying down general provisions on the European Regional Development Fund, the European Social Fund, the Cohesion Fund and the European Maritime and Fisheries Fund and repealing Council Regulation (EC) No 1083/2006

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##### Resources for economic, social and territorial cohesion
1. The resources for economic, social and territorial cohesion available for budgetary commitment for the period 2014 - 2020 shall be EUR 330 081 919 243 in 2011 prices, in accordance with the annual breakdown set out in Annex VI, of which EUR 325 938 694 233 represents the global resources allocated to the ERDF, the ESF and the Cohesion Fund, and EUR 4 143 225 010 represents a specific allocation for the YEI. For the purposes of programming and subsequent inclusion in the budget of the Union, the amount of resources for economic, social and territorial cohesion shall be indexed at 2 % per year.
1. The resources for economic, social and territorial cohesion available for budgetary commitment for the period 2014–2020 shall be EUR 330 105 627 309 in 2011 prices, in accordance with the annual breakdown set out in Annex VI, of which EUR 325 938 694 233 represents the global resources allocated to the ERDF, the ESF and the Cohesion Fund, and EUR 4 166 933 076 represents a specific allocation for the YEI. For the purposes of programming and subsequent inclusion in the budget of the Union, the amount of resources for economic, social and territorial cohesion shall be indexed at 2 % per year.
2. The Commission shall adopt a decision, by means of implementing acts, setting out the annual breakdown of the global resources per Member State under the Investment for growth and jobs goal and the European territorial cooperation goal, and the annual breakdown of the resources from the specific allocation for the YEI per Member State together with the list of eligible regions in accordance with the criteria and methodology set out in Annexes VII and VIII respectively, without prejudice to paragraph 3 of this Article or to Article 92(8).
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4. In order to ensure that sufficient investment is targeted at youth employment, labour mobility, knowledge, social inclusion and combating poverty, the share of Structural Funds resources available for programming for operational programmes, under the Investment for growth and jobs goal allocated to the ESF in each Member State, shall not be lower than the corresponding ESF share for that Member State laid down in the operational programmes for the Convergence and Regional competitiveness and employment objectives for the 2007-2013 programming period. To that share shall be added an additional amount for each Member State determined in accordance with the method set out in Annex IX in order to ensure that the share of the ESF as a percentage of total combined resources for the Funds at Union level, excluding the support from the Cohesion Fund for transport infrastructure under the CEF referred to in paragraph 6 and support from the Structural Funds for aid for the most deprived referred to in paragraph 7, in Member States is not less than 23,1 %. For the purposes of this paragraph, investment provided from the ESF to the YEI shall be considered to be part of the share of Structural Funds allocated to the ESF.
5. Resources for the YEI shall amount to EUR 4 143 225 010 from the specific allocation for the YEI, of which EUR 99 573 877 constitutes the additional resources for 2019. Those resources shall be complemented by ESF targeted investment in accordance with Article 22 of the ESF Regulation.
Member States who benefit from the additional resources for the specific allocation for the YEI for 2019 as referred to in the first subparagraph may request the transfer of up to 50 % of the additional resources for the specific allocation for the YEI to the ESF in order to constitute the corresponding ESF targeted investment as required by Article 22 of the ESF Regulation. Such a transfer shall be made to the respective categories of region corresponding to the categorisation of the regions eligible for the increase of the specific allocation for the YEI. Member States shall request the transfer in the request for amendment of the programme in accordance with Article 30(1) of this Regulation. Resources allocated to past years may not be transferred.
The second subparagraph of this paragraph shall apply to any additional resources for specific allocation for the YEI increasing the resources to above EUR 4 043 651 133 .
5. Resources for the YEI shall amount to EUR 4 166 933 076 , of which EUR 23,7 million constitutes the additional resources for 2020. Those resources shall be complemented by ESF targeted investment in accordance with Article 22 of the ESF Regulation.
Member States that benefit from the additional resources for the specific allocation for the YEI may request the transfer of up to 50 % of these additional resources to the ESF in order to constitute the corresponding ESF targeted investment as required by Article 22(1) of the ESF Regulation. Such a transfer shall be made to the respective categories of region corresponding to the categorisation of the regions eligible for the increase of the specific allocation for the YEI. Member States shall request the transfer in the request for amendment of the programme in accordance with Article 30(1) of this Regulation. Resources allocated to past years may not be transferred.
The second subparagraph of this paragraph shall apply to any additional resources for specific allocation for the YEI allocated in 2019 and 2020.
6. The amount of support from the Cohesion Fund to be transferred to the CEF shall be EUR 10 000 000 000 . It shall be spent for transport infrastructure projects in line with Regulation (EU) No 1316/2013 exclusively in Member States eligible for funding from the Cohesion Fund.
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## ANNEX VI
### ANNUAL BREAKDOWN OF COMMITMENT APPROPRIATIONS FOR THE YEARS 2014 TO 2020
Adjusted annual profile (including the YEI top-up)
| | 2014 | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | Total |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| EUR, 2011 prices | 34 108 069 924 | 55 725 174 682 | 46 044 910 736 | 48 027 317 164 | 48 341 984 652 | 48 811 933 191 | 49 022 528 894 | 330 081 919 243 |
| EUR, 2011 prices | 34 108 069 924 | 55 725 174 682 | 46 044 910 736 | 48 027 317 164 | 48 341 984 652 | 48 811 933 191 | 49 046 236 960 | 330 105 627 309 |
## ANNEX VII
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