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Document 02020D1346-20221028

Consolidated text: Council Implementing Decision (EU) 2020/1346 of 25 September 2020 granting temporary support under Regulation (EU) 2020/672 to the Hellenic Republic to mitigate unemployment risks in the emergency following the COVID-19 outbreak

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COUNCIL IMPLEMENTING DECISION (EU) 2020/1346

of 25 September 2020

granting temporary support under Regulation (EU) 2020/672 to the Hellenic Republic to mitigate unemployment risks in the emergency following the COVID-19 outbreak

(OJ L 314 29.9.2020, p. 21)

Amended by:

 

 

Official Journal

  No

page

date

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COUNCIL IMPLEMENTING DECISION (EU) 2021/679 of 23 April 2021

  L 144

16

27.4.2021

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COUNCIL IMPLEMENTING DECISION (EU) 2022/2081 of 25 October 2022

  L 280

23

28.10.2022



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COUNCIL IMPLEMENTING DECISION (EU) 2020/1346

of 25 September 2020

granting temporary support under Regulation (EU) 2020/672 to the Hellenic Republic to mitigate unemployment risks in the emergency following the COVID-19 outbreak



Article 1

Greece fulfils the conditions set out in Article 3 of Regulation (EU) 2020/672.

Article 2

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1.  
The Union shall make available to Greece a loan amounting to a maximum of EUR 6 165 000 000 . The loan shall have a maximum average maturity of 15 years.
2.  
The availability period for financial assistance granted by this Decision shall be 39 months starting from the first day after this Decision has taken effect.

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3.  
The Union financial assistance shall be made available by the Commission to Greece in a maximum of eight instalments. An instalment may be disbursed in one or several tranches. The maturities of the tranches under the first instalment may be longer than the maximum average maturity referred to in paragraph 1. In such cases, the maturities of further tranches shall be set so that the maximum average maturity referred to in paragraph 1 is respected once all instalments have been disbursed.

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4.  
The first instalment shall be released subject to the entry into force of the loan agreement provided for in Article 8(2) of Regulation (EU) 2020/672. Any further instalments shall be released in accordance with the terms of that loan agreement or, where relevant, be subject to the entry into force of an addendum thereto, or of an amended loan agreement concluded between Greece and the Commission replacing the original loan agreement.

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5.  
Greece shall pay the cost of the funding of the Union referred to in Article 4 of Regulation (EU) 2020/672 for each instalment plus any fees, costs and expenses of the Union resulting from any funding related to the loan granted under paragraph 1 of this Article.
6.  
The Commission shall decide on the size and release of instalments, as well as on the size of the tranches.

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Article 3

Greece may finance the following measures:

(a) 

a special allowance provided to employees whose labour contracts have been suspended, as provided for in Article 13 of Legal Act of 14 March 2020, as last extended by Law 4778/2021 of 19 February 2021 and ‘Ministerial Decision 3512/2022’;

(b) 

the social security coverage of employees under the measure referred to in point (a) of this Article, as provided for in Article 13 of Legal Act of 14 March 2020, as last extended by Law 4778/2021 of 19 February 2021 and ‘Ministerial Decision 3512/2022’;

(c) 

a special allowance to professionals who are self-employed, as provided for in Article 8 of ‘Legal Act of 20 March 2020’;

(d) 

a short-time work scheme, as provided for in Article 31 of ‘Law 4690/2020’;

(e) 

the employer social security contributions for employees in seasonal enterprises in the tertiary sector, as provided for in Article 123 of ‘Law 4714/2020’.

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Article 4

Greece shall inform the Commission by 30 March 2021, and every six months thereafter of the implementation of the planned public expenditure until that planned public expenditure has been fully implemented.

Article 5

This Decision is addressed to the Hellenic Republic.

This Decision shall take effect on the date of its notification to the addressee.

Article 6

This Decision shall be published in the Official Journal of the European Union.

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