Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) 2017/90 of 31 October 2016 amending Delegated Regulation (EU) 2015/2195 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

THE EUROPEAN COMMISSION,

Having regard to the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union,

Having regard to Regulation (EU) No 1304/2013 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 17 December 2013 on the European Social Fund and repealing Council Regulation (EC) No 1081/2006 (1), and in particular Article 14(1) thereof,

Whereas:

(1) The standard scales of unit costs and lump sums for reimbursement to Member States should be established on the basis of methods submitted by Member States and assessed by the Commission, including the methods set out in Article 67(5) of Regulation (EU) No 1303/2013 of the European Parliament and of the Council (2) and Articles 14(2) and 14(3) of Regulation (EU) No 1304/2013.

(2) Taking into account the significant disparities between Member States, regarding the level of costs for a type of operation, the definition and amounts of standard scales of unit costs and lump sums may differ by type of operation and Member State in order to reflect their specificities.

(3) Italy, Slovakia, the Netherlands, Malta and Germany have submitted methods for defining standard scales of unit costs for reimbursement of expenditure by the Commission. The Commission considers that those methods are appropriate for the reimbursement of expenditure to those Member States.

(4) Further to the submission by the Czech Republic concerning types of operations not yet covered by Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) 2015/2195 (3), additional standard scales of unit costs should be defined for reimbursement of expenditure to the Czech Republic concerning these types of operations.

(5) Delegated Regulation (EU) 2015/2195 should therefore be amended accordingly,

HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:

Article 1

Annex III to Delegated Regulation (EU) 2015/2195 is replaced by the text in Annex I to this Regulation.

Article 2

The text in Annex II to this Regulation is added as Annexes V to IX to Delegated Regulation (EU) 2015/2195.

Article 3

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.

Done at Brussels, 31 October 2016.

For the Commission The President Jean-Claude JUNCKER

(1) OJ L 347, 20.12.2013, p. 470.

(2) 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 (OJ L 347, 20.12.2013, p. 320).

(3) 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 (OJ L 313, 28.11.2015, p. 22).