Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2019/255 of 13 February 2019 amending Implementing Regulation (EU) No 821/2014 laying down rules for the application of Regulation (EU) No 1303/2013 of the European Parliament and of the Council as regards detailed arrangements for the transfer and management of programme contributions, the reporting on financial instruments, technical characteristics of information and communication measures for operations and the system to record and store data
Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2019/255 of 13 February 2019 amending Implementing Regulation (EU) No 821/2014 laying down rules for the application of Regulation (EU) No 1303/2013 of the European Parliament and of the Council as regards detailed arrangements for the transfer and management of programme contributions, the reporting on financial instruments, technical characteristics of information and communication measures for operations and the system to record and store data
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Implementing Regulation (EU) No 821/2014 is amended as follows:
(1)
the title is replaced by the following:
‘
Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) No 821/2014 of 28 July 2014 laying down rules for the application of Regulation (EU) No 1303/2013 of the European Parliament and of the Council as regards detailed arrangements for the transfer and management of programme contributions, the reporting on financial instruments, technical characteristics of information, communication and visibility measures for operations and the system to record and store data
’;
(2)
the title of Chapter II is replaced by the following:
‘TECHNICAL CHARACTERISTICS OF INFORMATION, COMMUNICATION AND VISIBILITY MEASURES FOR OPERATIONS AND INSTRUCTIONS FOR CREATING THE UNION EMBLEM AND A DEFINITION OF THE STANDARD COLOURS’;
(3)
Article 4(4) is replaced by the following:
‘4. The name “European Union” shall always be spelled out in full. The typeface to be used in conjunction with the Union emblem may be any of the following fonts: Arial, Auto, Calibri, Garamond, Trebuchet, Tahoma, Verdana, Ubuntu. Italic, underlined variations or font effects shall not be used. The positioning of the text in relation to the Union emblem shall not interfere with the Union emblem in any way. The font size used shall be proportionate to the size of the emblem. The colour of the font shall be reflex blue, black or white depending on the background.’;
(4)
Annex I to Implementing Regulation (EU) No 821/2014 is amended in accordance with the Annex to this Regulation.
ANNEX
Annex I to Implementing Regulation (EU) No 821/2014 is amended as follows:
(1)
data field 7.2 is replaced by the following:
‘7.2
Financial instrument set up at national, regional, transnational or cross-border level, managed by or under the responsibility of the managing authority referred to in Article 38(1)(b), supported from ESI Fund programme contributions under points (a), (b), (c) and (d) of Article 38(4) of Regulation (EU) No 1303/2013’
(2)
a new data field 7.3 is added:
‘7.3
Financial instrument combining a financial contribution from the managing authority with EIB financial products under the European Fund for Strategic Investment in accordance with Article 39a, referred to in Article 38(1)(c)’
(3)
data field 10 is replaced by the following:
‘10
Legal status of the financial instrument, pursuant to Article 38(6) and Article 39a(5)(b) of Regulation (EU) No 1303/2013 (for financial instruments referred to in Article 38(1)(b) and (c) only): fiduciary account opened in the name of the implementing body and on behalf of the managing authority or separate block of finance within a financial institution’
(4)
Title III is replaced by the following:
‘III.
Identification of the body implementing the financial instrument, and the body implementing fund of funds where applicable, as referred to under point (a), (b) and (c) of Article 38(1) of Regulation (EU) No 1303/2013 (Article 46(2)(c) of Regulation (EU) No 1303/2013 ’;
(5)
data field 11.1 is replaced by the following:
‘11.1
Type of implementing body pursuant to Article 38(4) and Article 39a(5) of Regulation (EU) No 1303/2013: existing or newly created legal entity dedicated to implementing financial instruments; the European Investment Bank; the European Investment Fund; international financial institution in which a Member State is a shareholder; a publicly-owned bank or institution, established as a legal entity carrying out financial activities on a professional basis; a body governed by public or private law; managing authority undertaking implementation tasks directly (for loans or guarantees only)’
(6)
Title VII is replaced by the following:
‘VII.
Interest and other gains generated by support from the ESI Funds to the financial instrument, programme resources paid back to the financial instrument from investments as referred to in Articles 43 and 44, amounts used for differentiated treatment as referred to in Article 43a and the value of equity investments with respect to previous years (Article 46(2)(g) and (i) of Regulation (EU) No 1303/2013) ’;
(7)
data field 37 is replaced by the following:
‘37
Amount of resources attributable to the ESI Funds used in accordance with Articles 43a and 44’
(8)
data field 37.1 is replaced by the following:
‘37.1
out of which amounts paid for differentiated treatment of investors operating under the market economy principle, who provide counterpart resources to the support from the ESI Funds to the financial instrument or who co-invest at the level of the final recipient (in EUR)’
(9)
a new data field 37.3 is added:
‘37.3
out of which amounts to cover losses in the nominal amount of the ESI Funds contribution to the financial instrument resulting from negative interest, if such losses occur despite active treasury management by the bodies implementing financial instruments (in EUR)’
(10)
the following new data field 40 is placed after the new data field 37.3:
‘40
Value of equity investments, with respect to previous years (in EUR)’
(11)
Title VIII is replaced by the following:
‘VIII.
Progress in achieving the expected leverage effect of investments made by the financial instrument (Article 46(2)(h) of Regulation (EU) No 1303/2013) ’;
(12)
a new data field 38.1A is added:
‘38.1A
Contribution under the EIB financial product committed in the funding agreement with the body implementing the financial instrument (only for the instruments under Article 38(1)(c)) (in EUR)’
(13)
a new data field 38.2A is added:
‘38.2A
Contribution under EIB financial product paid to financial instrument (only for the instruments under Article 38(1)(c)) (in EUR)’
(14)
a new data field 38.3A is added:
‘38.3A
Contribution under EIB financial product mobilised at the level of final recipient (only for the instruments under Article 38(1)(c)) (in EUR)’
(15)
data field 40 under Title VIII is deleted.
