Proposal for a Regulation amending Council Regulation (EC) No 1083/2006 as regards the financial allocation for certain Member States from the European Social Fund

Summary:

In the context of the negotiations of the new Multiannual Financial Framework for 2014-2020, certain issues stemming from the final outcome of the negotiations should be addressed.

The European Commission is therefore proposing to provide France, Italy and Spain with €100 million, €30 million and €20 million respectively as additional commitments to their 2013 ESF allocations. Nonetheless, since the amounts in the regulation are expressed in 2004 prices, the corresponding amounts quoted in the regulation total €126 million as follows: €84 million for France, €17 million for Spain and €25 million for Italy.

The compensation will be provided from the 2007-2013 period with the amounts made available through the flexibility instrument.