Recital 25

(25) In order to reduce the administrative burden and to ensure a timely deployment of the STEP, it should be possible, by way of derogation from the applicable rules, to exclude from the mid-term review of the ERDF, the ESF+, the Cohesion Fund and the JTF provided for in Regulation (EU) 2021/1060 priorities that have been included to address investments contributing to the STEP objectives. It should be possible for such programme amendments to definitively allocate the totality or part of the flexibility amount for the years 2026 and 2027. The Commission should approve programme amendments that are exclusively related to the introduction of priorities contributing to the STEP objectives and submitted by 31 August 2024, within two months of their submission by a Member State. Moreover, it should also be possible to introduce any corresponding amendments to the Partnership Agreements referred to in Regulation (EU) 2021/1060 and have them approved in an expedited way by the Commission.

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Source: EUR-Lex (Cellar) · retrieved 2026-10-13 · Text as adopted (Official Journal); later amendments are not incorporated in this text.