Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2021/436 of 3 March 2021 amending Implementing Regulation (EU) 2015/207 as regards changes to the model for the implementation reports for the Investment for growth and jobs goal

THE EUROPEAN COMMISSION,

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

Having regard to 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 (1), and in particular Article 111(5), thereof,

After consulting the Coordination Committee for the European Structural and Investment Funds,

Whereas:

(1) Annex V to Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2015/207 (2) sets out the model for the implementation reports for the Investment for growth and jobs goal in accordance with Article 111(5) of Regulation (EU) No 1303/2013.

(2) Article 92b of Regulation (EU) No 1303/2013, as amended by Regulation (EU) 2020/2221 of the European Parliament and of the Council (3), sets out the conditions for the use of the additional resources from the European Union Recovery Instrument for the Investment in growth and jobs goal for the new thematic objective ‛Fostering crisis repair in the context of the COVID-19 pandemic and its social consequences and preparing a green, digital and resilient recovery of the economy’. The relevant model for the implementation reports in Annex V to Implementing Regulation (EU) 2015/207 should therefore be amended accordingly.

(3) In order to allow for prompt application of the crisis repair in the context of the COVID-19 pandemic, this Regulation should enter into force on the day following that of its publication in the Official Journal of the European Union,

HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:

Article 1

Annex V to Implementing Regulation (EU) 2015/207 is replaced by the text in the Annex to this Regulation.

Article 2

This Regulation shall enter into force on the 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, 3 March 2021.

For the Commission The President Ursula VON DER LEYEN

(1) OJ L 347, 20.12.2013, p. 320.

(2) Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2015/207 of 20 January 2015 laying down detailed rules implementing Regulation (EU) No 1303/2013 of the European Parliament and of the Council as regards the models for the progress report, submission of the information on a major project, the joint action plan, the implementation reports for the Investment for growth and jobs goal, the management declaration, the audit strategy, the audit opinion and the annual control report and the methodology for carrying out the cost-benefit analysis and pursuant to Regulation (EU) No 1299/2013 of the European Parliament and of the Council as regards the model for the implementation reports for the European territorial cooperation goal (OJ L 38, 13.2.2015, p. 1).

(3) Regulation (EU) 2020/2221 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 23 December 2020 amending Regulation (EU) No 1303/2013 as regards additional resources and implementing arrangements to provide assistance for fostering crisis repair in the context of the COVID-19 pandemic and its social consequences and for preparing a green, digital and resilient recovery of the economy (REACT-EU) (OJ L 437, 28.12.2020, p. 30).