Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) 2015/2195 of 9 July 2015 on supplementing Regulation (EU) No 1304/2013 of the European Parliament and of the Council on the European Social Fund, regarding the definition of standard scales of unit costs and lump sums for reimbursement of expenditure by the Commission to Member States

Type Delegated Regulation
Publication 2015-07-09
State In force
Department European Commission
Source EUR-Lex
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Article 1

Subject matter and scope

This Regulation establishes the standard scales of unit costs and lump sums that may be used by the Commission for reimbursing expenditure to Member States.

Article 2

Types of operations

The types of operations covered by the reimbursement on the basis of standard scales of unit costs and lump sums in accordance with Article 14(1) of Regulation (EU) No 1304/2013 are set out in the Annexes.

Article 3

Definition of standard scales of unit costs and lumps sums and their amounts

The definition and the amounts of standard scales of unit costs and lump sums in accordance with Article 14(1) of Regulation (EU) No 1304/2013 for each type of operations are set out in the Annexes.

Where the relevant conditions for reimbursement by the Commission as defined in the Annexes could not be fulfilled due to the restrictions imposed or recommendations issued by the competent authorities in Member States to delay the spread of the coronavirus, the Commission may reimburse Member States based on inputs, outputs or results achieved by remote means.

For those operations referred to in the second paragraph, the obligation set out in the Annexes to use a simplified cost option for all similar types of operations under the same operational programme shall not apply.

Article 4

Adjustment of amounts

Article 5

Entry in force

This Regulation shall enter into force on the twentieth day following that of its publication in the Official Journal of the European Union.

This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States.

ANNEX I

Conditions for reimbursement of expenditure on the basis of standard scales of unit costs to Sweden

1. Definition of standard scales of unit costs

Type of operations (1) Indicator name Category of costs Measurement unit for the indicator Amounts
1. Operations supported under priority axis 1 ‘Supply of skills’ of the Operational Programme (Nationellt socialfondsprogram för investering för tillväxt och sysselsättning 2014-2020) (CCI- 2014SE05M9OP001) Hours worked All categories of costs except wages for participants. Number of hours worked (2) Wage group (SSYK code (3)) Region: Stockholm (SE 11) (unit cost per hour — amount in SEK (4)) All regions except Stockholm (SE 12-33) (unit cost per hour — amount in SEK)
1 (912 – 913 -919 -921) 321 328
2 (414 – 415 – 421 – 422 -512 – 513 – 514 – 515 – 522 – 611 – 612 – 613 – 614 – 826) 360 356
3 (331 – 348 – 411 – 412 – 413 – 419 – 711 – 712 – 713 – 714 – 721 – 722 – 723 – 724 – 731 – 732 – 734 – 741 – 742 – 743 – 811 – 812 – 813 – 814 – 815 – 816 – 817 – 821 – 822 – 823 – 824 – 825 – 827 – 828 -829 – 831 – 832 – 833 – 834 – 914 – 915 – 931 – 932 – 933) 416 395
4 (223 – 232 – 233 – 234 – 235 – 243 – 249 – 313 – 322 – 323 – 324 – 332 – 342 – 343 – 344 – 345 – 346 – 347 – 511 – 011) 473 438
5 (213 – 221 – 231 – 241 – 244 – 245 – 246 – 247 – 248 – 311 – 312 – 315 – 321 – 341) 587 512
6 (211 – 212 – 214 – 222 – 242 – 314) 776 724
7 A  (121) 1 035 1 035
7 B  (111-123) 1 121 875
7 C  (131-122) 735 601
2. Operations supported under priority axis 1 ‘Supply of skills’ of the Operational Programme (Nationellt socialfondsprogram för investering för tillväxt och sysselsättning 2014-2020) (CCI-2014SE05M9OP001) Hours participated in the operation Participant's wage Number of hours participated (2) Region: Stockholm (SE 11) (unit cost per hour — amount in SEK) All regions except Stockholm (SE 12-33) (unit cost per hour — amount in SEK)
229 234
3. Operations supported under priority axis 2 ‘Increased transition to work’ and priority axis 3 ‘Youth Employment Initiative’ of Operational Programme (Nationellt socialfondsprogram för investering för tillväxt och sysselsättning 2014-2020) (CCI-2014SE05M9OP001) Hours worked All categories of costs except allowances for participants. Number of hours worked (2) Occupational category Region: Stockholm (SE 11) (unit cost per hour — amount in SEK) All regions except Stockholm (SE 12-33) (unit cost per hour – amount in SEK)
Project leader for operations where the total eligible expenditure as stated in the document setting out the conditions for support is above 20 million in SEK) 749 609
Project leader for operations where the total eligible expenditure as stated in the document setting out the conditions for support is below or equal to 20 million in SEK)/assistant project leader for operations where the total eligible expenditure as stated in the document setting out the conditions for support is above 20 million in SEK) 669 567
Project worker 463 420
Project economist 598 508
Administrator 416 378
4. Operations supported under priority axis 2 ‘Increased transition to work’ and priority axis 3 ‘Youth Employment Initiative’ of Operational Programme (Nationellt socialfondsprogram för investering för tillväxt och sysselsättning 2014-2020) (CCI- 2014SE05M9OP001) Hours participated in the operation Participant's allowance Number of hours participated (2) Financial assistance (unit cost per hour)
Age (SEK)
18-24 years 32
25-29 years 40
30-64 years 46
Activity grant and development allowance (unit cost per hour)
Age (SEK)
15-19 years 17
20-24 years 33
25-29 years 51
30-44 years 55
45-69 years 68
Social security and sickness benefit (unit cost per hour)
Age (SEK)
19-29 years (social security benefit) 51
30-64 years (sickness benefit) 58
Sickness benefit, rehabilitation benefit, and work and professional injury benefit (unit cost per hour)
Age (SEK)
– 19 years 48
20-64 years 68
(1) The amounts of standard scales of unit costs apply only to the parts of operations that cover the categories of costs set out in this Annex. (2) The total number of hours declared in a year must not be higher than the standard number of annual hours worked in Sweden, which is equal to 1 862 hours. (3) Professional code applicable in Sweden. (4) Currency in Sweden.

2. Adjustment of amounts

The unit costs in the table apply to the hours worked or participated in 2015. Except for the unit costs relating to participant's allowances, referred to in point 4 of the table, which will not be adjusted, these values will be increased automatically on 1 January each year as from 2016 until 2023 by 2 %.

ANNEX II

1. Definition of standard scales of unit costs

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