Council Implementing Decision (EU) 2021/678 of 23 April 2021 amending Implementing Decision (EU) 2020/1350 granting temporary support under Regulation (EU) 2020/672 to the Republic of Lithuania to mitigate unemployment risks in the emergency following the COVID-19 outbreak

‘1 The Union shall make available to Lithuania a loan amounting to a maximum of EUR 957260000. The loan shall have a maximum average maturity of 15 years.’;

‘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.’;

Lithuania may finance the following measures: (a) wage subsidies during time without work, as provided for in Article 41 of “Law on Employment No XII-2470” of 21 June 2016, as amended in 2020; (b) wage subsidies after time without work, as provided for in Article 41 of “Law on Employment No XII-2470” of 21 June 2016, as amended in 2020; (c) benefits to the self-employed, as provided for in Article 5-1 of “Law on Employment No XII-2470” of 21 June 2016, as amended in 2020; (d) benefits to the self-employed engaged in agriculture, as provided for in Article 5-2 of “Law on Employment No XII-2470” of 21 June 2016, as amended in 2020.’;

1 Lithuania 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.

2 Where measures referred to in Article 3 are based on planned public expenditure and have been subject to an implementing decision amending Implementing Decision (EU) 2020/1350, Lithuania shall inform the Commission within six months after the date of adoption of that amending implementing decision, and every six months thereafter, of the implementation of the planned public expenditure until that planned public expenditure has been fully implemented.’.

This Decision is addressed to the Republic of Lithuania. This Decision shall take effect on the date of its notification to the addressee.

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