Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2018/277 of 23 February 2018 amending Implementing Regulation (EU) 2015/207 with regard to changes to the models for the implementation reports for the Investment for Growth and Jobs goal and for the European territorial cooperation goal, as well as for the models for the progress report and the annual control reports and correcting that Regulation with regard to the model for the implementation report for the Investment for Growth and Jobs goal and annual control report

Implementing Regulation (EU) 2015/207 is amended as follows: (1) Annex I is amended as follows: (a) in Part I, point 2(c) is replaced by the following: ‘(c) A description of the contribution of the ESI Funds to relevant country-specific recommendations.’; (b) in Part I, under point 5, a new sub-point (ca) is inserted: ‘(ca) In relation to Article 15(2)(a)(i) of Regulation (EU) No 1303/2013 - Overview of implementation of integrated actions for sustainable urban development. <type=’S’ maxlength=7000 input=’M’>’ (c) in Part III, the title of point 11.1 is replaced by the following: ‘11.1 Progress in the implementation of the integrated approach to territorial development, including development of regions facing demographic challenges and permanent or natural handicaps, integrated territorial investments, sustainable urban development, and community led local development under the operational programme’; (2) Annex V is amended as follows: (a) in Part A, Table 3A, the headings of the rows are replaced respectively by the following: ‘Cumulative value - outputs to be delivered by selected operations [forecast provided by beneficiaries]’ and ‘Cumulative value - outputs delivered by operations [actual achievement]’; (b) in Part B, the title of point 14.1, is replaced by the following: ‘14.1 Progress in the implementation of the integrated approach to territorial development, including development of regions facing demographic challenges and permanent or natural handicaps, integrated territorial investments, sustainable urban development, and community led local development under the operational programme’; (3) Annex X is amended as follows: (a) in Part A, in Table 2, the headings of the rows are replaced respectively by the following: ‘Cumulative value - outputs to be delivered by selected operations [forecast provided by beneficiaries]’ and ‘Cumulative value - outputs delivered by operations [actual achievement]’; (b) in Part B, the title of point 11.1, is replaced by the following: ‘11.1 Progress in the implementation of the integrated approach to territorial development, including integrated territorial investments, sustainable urban development, and community led local development under the cooperation programme’.

Implementing Regulation (EU) 2015/207 is corrected as follows: (1) Annex V is corrected as follows: (a) in Table 8 ‘The use made of cross-financing’, columns 4 to 6 are replaced by the following: ‘4.5.6.As a share of the EU support to the priority axis (%) (3/EU support to priority axis*100)The amount of EU support used under cross financing based on eligible expenditure declared by the beneficiary to the managing authority (EUR)As a share of the EU support to the priority axis (%) (5/EU support to priority axis*100)’ (b) in Table 9 ‘Cost of operations implemented outside the programme area’, columns 3 to 6 are replaced by the following: ‘3.4.5.6.The amount of EU support envisaged to be used for operations implemented outside the programme area based on selected operations (EUR)As a share of the EU support to the priority axis (%) (3/EU support to priority axis*100)The amount of EU support in operations implemented outside the programme area based on eligible expenditure declared by the beneficiary to the managing authority (EUR)As a share of the EU support to the priority axis (%) (5/EU support to priority axis*100)’ (c) the following text is inserted between points 14.6 and 15 and deleted between points 15 and 16: ‘PART C REPORTING SUBMITTED IN YEAR 2019 AND FINAL IMPLEMENTATION REPORT (Article 50(5) of Regulation (EU) No 1303/2013)’; (2) in Annex IX, Table ‘10.2 Results of audit of operations’, is replaced by the following: ‘10.2 Results of audit of operations FundProgramme CCI numberProgramme titleABCDEFGHIAmount in euros corresponding to the population from which the sample was drawnExpenditure in reference to the accounting year audited for the random sampleCoverage of non-statistical random sampleAmount of irregular expenditure in random sampleTotal error rateCorrections implemented as a result of the total error rateResidual total error rateOther expenditure auditedAmount of irregular expenditure in other expenditure auditedAmount%% of operations covered% of expenditure covered

This Regulation shall enter into force on the day following that of its publication in the Official Journal of the European Union.