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, 24 June 2021.
For the European Parliament
The President
D. M. SASSOLI
For the Council
The President
A. P. ZACARIAS
(1)
OJ C 290, 1.9.2020, p. 1.
(2)
OJ C 311, 18.9.2020, p. 55 and OJ C 429, 11.12.2020, p. 240.
(3)
OJ C 324, 1.10.2020, p. 74.
(4) Position of the European Parliament of 18 May 2021 (not yet published in the Official Journal) and decision of the Council of 7 June 2021.
(5)
OJ L 282, 19.10.2016, p. 4.
(6) Regulation (EU) 2021/1060 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 24 June 2021 laying down common provisions on the European Regional Development Fund, the European Social Fund Plus, the Cohesion Fund, the Just Transition Fund and the European Maritime, Fisheries and Aquaculture Fund and financial rules for those and for the Asylum, Migration and Integration Fund, the Internal Security Fund and the Instrument for Financial Support for Border Management and Visa Policy (see page 159 of this Official Journal).
(7) Regulation (EU) 2021/1058 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 24 June 2021 on the European Regional Development Fund and on the Cohesion Fund (see page 60 of this Official Journal).
(8) Regulation (EU) 2021/1057 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 24 June 2021 establishing the European Social Fund Plus (ESF+) and repealing Regulation (EU) No 1296/2013 (see page 21 of this Official Journal).
(9) Regulation (EU) 2020/852 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 18 June 2020 on the establishment of a framework to facilitate sustainable investment, and amending Regulation (EU) 2019/2088 (OJ L 198, 22.6.2020, p. 13).
(10) Regulation (EU, Euratom) 2018/1046 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 18 July 2018 on the financial rules applicable to the general budget of the Union, amending Regulations (EU) No 1296/2013, (EU) No 1301/2013, (EU) No 1303/2013, (EU) No 1304/2013, (EU) No 1309/2013, (EU) No 1316/2013, (EU) No 223/2014, (EU) No 283/2014, and Decision No 541/2014/EU and repealing Regulation (EU, Euratom) No 966/2012 (OJ L 193, 30.7.2018, p. 1).
(11) Council Regulation (EU) 2020/2094 of 14 December 2020 establishing a European Union Recovery Instrument to support the recovery in the aftermath of the COVID-19 crisis (OJ L 433 I, 22.12.2020, p. 23).
(12) Commission Recommendation of 6 May 2003 concerning the definition of micro, small and medium-sized enterprises (OJ L 124, 20.5.2003, p. 36).
(13) Directive 2003/87/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 13 October 2003 establishing a scheme for greenhouse gas emission allowance trading within the Community and amending Council Directive 96/61/EC (OJ L 275, 25.10.2003, p. 32).
(14) Regulation (EC) No 1059/2003 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 26 May 2003 on the establishment of a common classification of territorial units for statistics (NUTS) (OJ L 154, 21.6.2003, p. 1).
(15) Regulation (EU) 2018/1999 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 11 December 2018 on the Governance of the Energy Union and Climate Action, amending Regulations (EC) No 663/2009 and (EC) No 715/2009 of the European Parliament and of the Council, Directives 94/22/EC, 98/70/EC, 2009/31/EC, 2009/73/EC, 2010/31/EU, 2012/27/EU and 2013/30/EU of the European Parliament and of the Council, Council Directives 2009/119/EC and (EU) 2015/652 and repealing Regulation (EU) No 525/2013 of the European Parliament and of the Council (OJ L 328, 21.12.2018, p. 1).
(16) Regulation (EC) No 166/2006 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 18 January 2006 concerning the establishment of a European Pollutant Release and Transfer Register and amending Council Directives 91/689/EEC and 96/61/EC (OJ L 33, 4.2.2006, p. 1).
(17) Directive (EU) 2018/2001 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 11 December 2018 on the promotion of the use of energy from renewable sources (OJ L 328, 21.12.2018, p. 82).
(18) Commission Regulation (EU) No 651/2014 of 17 June 2014 declaring certain categories of aid compatible with the internal market in application of Articles 107 and 108 of the Treaty (OJ L 187, 26.6.2014, p. 1).
ANNEX I
MEMBER STATE ALLOCATIONS
Allocations from the European Union Recovery Instrument
Allocations from MFF resources
Total allocations
Member States’ share from total
Belgium
95
71
166
0,95 %
Bulgaria
673
505
1 178
6,73 %
Czechia
853
640
1 493
8,53 %
Denmark
46
35
81
0,46 %
Germany
1 288
966
2 254
12,88 %
Estonia
184
138
322
1,84 %
Ireland
44
33
77
0,44 %
Greece
431
324
755
4,31 %
Spain
452
339
790
4,52 %
France
535
402
937
5,35 %
Croatia
97
72
169
0,97 %
Italy
535
401
937
5,35 %
Cyprus
53
39
92
0,53 %
Latvia
100
75
174
1,00 %
Lithuania
142
107
249
1,42 %
Luxembourg
5
4
8
0,05 %
Hungary
136
102
237
1,36 %
Malta
12
9
21
0,12 %
Netherlands
324
243
567
3,24 %
Austria
71
53
124
0,71 %
Poland
2 000
1 500
3 500
20,00 %
Portugal
116
87
204
1,16 %
Romania
1 112
834
1 947
11,12 %
Slovenia
134
101
235
1,34 %
Slovakia
239
179
418
2,39 %
Finland
242
182
424
2,42 %
Sweden
81
61
142
0,81 %
EU 27
10 000
7 500
17 500
100,00 %
Allocations in EUR million, in 2018 prices and before deductions for technical assistance and administrative expenditure (totals may not tally due to rounding up or down).
ANNEX II
TEMPLATE FOR TERRITORIAL JUST TRANSITION PLANS
1.
Outline of the transition process and identification of the most negatively affected territories within the Member State
Text field [12000]
Reference: point (a) of Article 11(2)
1.1.
Outline of the expected transition process towards the Union’s 2030 targets for energy and climate and a climate-neutral economy of the Union by 2050, in line with the objectives of the integrated national energy and climate plans and other existing transition plans with a timeline for ceasing or scaling down activities such as coal and lignite mining or coal-fired electricity production
Reference: point (b) of Article 11(2)
1.2.
Identifying the territories expected to be the most negatively affected and justifying this choice with the corresponding estimation of the economic and employment impacts based on the outline of Section 1.1
Reference: Article 6
1.3.
Identifying the outermost regions and islands with specific challenges within territories listed under Section 1.1 and the specific amounts allocated for those territories with corresponding justification
2.
Assessment of transition challenges, for each of the identified territories
2.1.
Assessment of the economic, social and territorial impact of the transition to a climate-neutral economy of the Union by 2050
Reference: point (c) of Article 11(2)
Text field [12000]
Identification of economic activities and industrial sectors impacted, distinguishing:
—
declining sectors, expected to cease or significantly scale down their activities related to the transition, including a corresponding timeline;
—
transforming sectors, expected to undergo a transformation of their activities, processes and outputs.
For each of the two types of sectors:
—
expected job losses and requalification needs, taking into account skills forecasts;
—
economic diversification potential and development opportunities.
2.2.
Development needs and objectives by 2030 in view of reaching a climate-neutral economy of the Union by 2050
Reference: point (d) of Article 11(2)
Text field [6000]
—
Development needs to address the transition challenges;
—
Objectives and results expected through implementing the JTF priority, including the expected contribution in terms of job creation and preservation.
2.3.
Consistency with other relevant national, regional or territorial strategies and plans
Reference: point (e) of Article 11(2)
Text field [6000]
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Smart specialisation strategies;
—
Territorial strategies referred to in Article 29 of Regulation (EU) 2021/…;
—
Other regional or national development plans.
2.4.
Types of operations envisaged
Text field [12000]
Reference: point (g) of Article 11(2)
—
type of operations envisaged and their expected contribution to alleviating the impact of the transition
Reference: point (h) of Article 11(2)
To fill in only if support is provided to productive investments in enterprises other than SMEs:
—
an indicative list of operations and enterprises to be supported and for each of them a justification of the necessity of such support through a gap analysis demonstrating that the expected job losses would exceed the expected number of jobs created in the absence of the investment
Update or fill in this section through the revision of the territorial just transition plans, depending on the decision to provide such support.
Reference: point (i) of Article 11(2);
To fill in only if support is provided to investments to achieve the reduction of greenhouse gas emissions from activities listed in Annex I to Directive 2003/87/EC:
—
a list of operations to be supported and a justification that they contribute to the transition to a climate-neutral economy and lead to substantial reductions in greenhouse gas emissions going substantially below the relevant benchmarks established for free allocation under Directive 2003/87/EC and provided that they are necessary for the protection of a significant number of jobs
Update or fill in this section through the revision of the territorial just transition plans, depending on the decision to provide such support.
Reference: point (j) of Article 11(2)
—
synergies and complementarities of the envisaged operations with other relevant Union programmes under the Investments for jobs and growth goal (supporting the transition process), other financing instruments (the Union Emissions Trading Modernisation Fund) to address identified development needs
Reference: point (k) of Article 11(2) and Article 11(5)
—
synergies and complementarities with planned support from the other pillars of the Just Transition Mechanism
—
sectors and thematic areas envisaged to be supported under the other pillars
3.
Governance mechanisms
Reference: point (f) of Article 11(2)
Text field [5000]
3.1.
Partnership
—
Arrangements for involvement of partners in the preparation, implementation, monitoring and evaluation of the territorial just transition plan;
—
Outcome of public consultation
3.2.
Monitoring and evaluation
—
Monitoring and evaluation measures planned, including indicators to measure the ability of the plan to achieve its objectives
3.3.
Coordination and monitoring body/bodies
Body or bodies responsible for coordinating and monitoring the implementation of the plan and their role
4.
Programme-specific output or result indicators
Reference: Article 12(1)
To fill in only if programme-specific indicators are envisaged:
—
justification for the necessity of programme-specific output or result indicators based on the types of operations envisaged
Table 1.
Output indicators
Specific objective
ID [5]
Indicator [255]
Measurement unit
Milestone (2024)
Target (2029)
Table 2.
Result indicators
Specific objective
ID [5]
Indicator [255]
Measurement unit
Baseline or reference value
Reference year
Target (2029)
Source of data [200]
Comments [200]
ANNEX III
COMMON OUTPUT INDICATORS AND COMMON RESULT INDICATORS FOR THE JUST TRANSITION FUND (1)
REGIO Common Output Indicators (RCO) and REGIO Common Result Indicators (RCR)
Outputs
Results
RCO 01 - Enterprises supported (of which: micro, small, medium, large) (*1)
RCO 02 - Enterprises supported by grants
RCO 03 - Enterprises supported by financial instruments
RCO 04 - Enterprises with non-financial support
RCO 05 - New enterprises supported
RCO 07 - Research organisations participating in joint research projects
RCO 10 - Enterprises cooperating with research organisations
RCO 121 – Enterprises supported to achieve the reduction of greenhouse-gas emissions from activities listed in Annex I to Directive 2003/87/EC
RCR 01 - Jobs created in supported entities
RCR 102 – Research jobs created in supported entities
RCR 02 - Private investments matching public support (of which: grants, financial instruments) (*1)
RCR 03 – Small and medium-size enterprises (SMEs) introducing product or process innovation
RCR 04 - SMEs introducing marketing or organisational innovation
RCR 05 - SMEs innovating in-house
RCR 06 - Patent applications submitted
RCR 29a – Estimated greenhouse-gas emissions from activities listed in Annex I to Directive 2003/87/EC in supported enterprises
RCO 13 – Value of digital services, products and processes developed for enterprises
RCR 11 - Users of new and upgraded public digital services, products and processes
RCR 12 - Users of new and upgraded digital services, products and processes developed by enterprises
RCO 15 - Capacity of incubation created
RCR 17 - New enterprises surviving in the market
RCR 18 - SMEs using incubator services after incubator creation
RCO 101 – SMEs investing in skills for smart specialisation, for industrial transition and entrepreneurship
RCR 97 – Apprenticeships supported in SMEs
RCR 98 – SMEs staff completing training for skills for smart specialisation, for industrial transition and entrepreneurship (by type of skill: technical, management, entrepreneurship, green, other) (*1)
RCO 18 – Dwellings with improved energy performance
RCO 19 - Public buildings with improved energy performance
RCO 20 - District heating and cooling network lines newly constructed or improved
RCO 104 – Number of high efficiency co-generation units
RCR 26 - Annual primary energy consumption (of which: dwellings, public buildings, enterprises, other) (*1)
RCR 29 – Estimated greenhouse gas emissions
RCO 22 - Additional production capacity for renewable energy (of which: electricity, thermal) (*1)
RCR 31 - Total renewable energy produced (of which: electricity, thermal) (*1)
RCR 32 – Additional operational capacity installed for renewable energy
RCO 34 - Additional capacity for waste recycling
RCO 107 – Investments in facilities for separate waste collection
RCO 119 - Waste prepared for re-use
RCR 47 - Waste recycled
RCR 48 - Waste used as raw materials
RCO 36 - Green infrastructure supported for other purposes than adaptation to climate change
RCO 38 - Surface area of rehabilitated land supported
RCO 39 – Area covered by systems for monitoring air pollution installed
RCR 50 - Population benefiting from measures for air quality (*2)
RCR 52 - Rehabilitated land used for green areas, social housing, economic or other uses
RCO 55 - Length of new tram and metro lines
RCO 56 - Length of reconstructed or modernised tram and metro lines
RCO 57 – Capacity of environmentally friendly rolling stock for collective public transport
RCO 58 - Dedicated cycling infrastructure supported
RCO 60 - Cities and towns with new or modernised digitised urban transport systems
RCR 62 - Annual users of new or modernised public transport
RCR 63 - Annual users of new or modernised tram and metro lines
RCR 64 - Annual users of dedicated cycling infrastructure
RCO 61 – Surface of new or modernised facilities for employment services
RCR 65 – Annual users of new or modernised facilities for employment services
RCO 66 - Classroom capacity of new or modernised childcare facilities
RCO 67 - Classroom capacity of new or modernised education facilities
RCR 70 - Annual users of new or modernised childcare facilities
RCR 71 - Annual users of new or modernised education facilities
RCO 113 - Population covered by projects in the framework of integrated actions for socioeconomic inclusion of marginalised communities, low income households and disadvantaged groups (*2)
RCO 69 - Capacity of new or modernised health care facilities
RCO 70 - Capacity of new or modernised social care facilities (other than housing)
RCR 72 – Annual users of new or modernised e-health care services
RCR 73 - Annual users of new or modernised health care facilities
RCR 74 - Annual users of new or modernised social care facilities
Common Immediate Output Indicators (EECO) and Common Immediate Result Indicators (EECR) for participants (2)
,
(3)
Outputs
Results
EECO 01- unemployed, including long-term unemployed (*2)
EECO 02 - long-term unemployed (*2)
EECO 03 – inactive (*2)
EECO 04 - employed, including self-employed (*2)
EECO 05 – number of children below 18 years of age (*2)
EECO 06 - young people between 18 and 29 years of age (*2)
EECO 07 - number of participants of 55 years of age and above (*2)
EECO 08 - with lower secondary education or less (ISCED 0-2) (*2)
EECO 09 - with upper secondary (ISCED 3) or post-secondary education (ISCED 4) (*2)
EECO 10 - with tertiary education (ISCED 5 to 8) (*2)
EECO 11 - total number of participants (4)
EECR 01 - participants engaged in job searching upon leaving (*2)
EECR 02 - participants in education or training upon leaving (*2)
EECR 03 - participants gaining a qualification upon leaving (*2)
EECR 04 - participants in employment, including self-employment, upon leaving (*2)
(1) For presentational reasons, indicators are grouped to provide for easier matching with the indicators included in other Fund-specific Regulations.
(*1) Breakdown not requested for programming but only for reporting.
(*2) Data reported are personal data according to Article 4(1) of Regulation (EU) 2016/679 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 27 April 2016 on the protection of natural persons with regard to the processing of personal data and on the free movement of such data, and repealing Directive 95/46/EC (General Data Protection Regulation) (OJ L 119, 4.5.2016, p. 1).
(2) All output and result indicators related to participants are to be reported.
(3) Personal data are to be broken down by gender (women, men, non-binary persons, according to national law).
If certain results are not possible, data for those results do not have to be collected or reported.
Where appropriate, common output indicators can be reported based on the target group of the operation.
When data are collected from registers or equivalent sources, Member States may use national definitions.
(4) This indicator shall be calculated automatically on the basis of the common output indicators relating to employment status.