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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-decision-2020-1347/article-3",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-decision-2020-1347/article-3.json",
  "legislation": "eudn/2020/1347",
  "legislation_title": "Council Implementing Decision (EU) 2020/1347 of 25 September 2020 granting temporary support under Regulation (EU) 2020/672 to the Kingdom of Spain to mitigate unemployment risks in the emergency following the COVID-19 outbreak",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-decision-2020-1347",
  "path": "article/3",
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  "number": "3",
  "heading": null,
  "text": "Spain may finance the following measures:\n(a) the short-time work scheme ‘ERTE’ (Expediente de Regulación Temporal de Empleo) for employees, as provided for in ‘Royal Decree Law 8/2020 of 17 March’ (Chapter II, Articles 22 to28), ‘Royal Decree Law 18/2020 of 12 May’ and ‘Royal Decree Law 24/2020 of 26 June’ (Articles 1 to7);\n(b) the extraordinary social security contribution measures for employees subject to ‘ERTE’, as provided for in ‘Royal Decree-Law 8/2020 of 17 March’ (Chapter II, Articles 22-28), ‘Royal Decree-Law 18/2020 of 12 May’ (Articles 1 to 4), ‘Royal Decree-Law 24/2020 of 26 June’ (Chapter I, Article 4 and additional provision 1);\n(c) the benefit due to ‘cessation of activity’ and the accompanying social security contribution exemptions, as provided for in ‘Royal Decree-Law 8/2020 of 17 March’ (Article 17), as amended by ‘Royal Decree-Law 11/2020 of 31 March’ (final provision 1.8) and by ‘Royal Decree-Law 24/2020 of 26 June’ (Articles 8.9 and 10);\n(d) the support scheme for ‘permanent seasonal workers’, as provided for by ‘Royal Decree-Law 15/2020 of 21 April’ (final provision 8) and in application of ‘Royal Decree-Law 8/2020 of 17 March’ (Article 24) to these workers;\n(e) the partial exemption of employers from payment of social security contributions to support ‘employment conservation in the tourism sector’, as provided for in ‘Royal Decree Law 8/2019 of 8 March’, ‘Royal Decree Law 12/2019 of 11 October’, ‘Royal Decree Law 7/2020 of 12 March’ (Article 13) and ‘Royal Decree Law 25/2020’ (final provision 4);\n(f) health benefits for workers absent due to COVID-19, as provided for in ‘Royal Decree-Law 6/2020 of 10 March’ (Article 5), ‘Royal Decree-Law 13/2020 of 7 April’ (final provision 1) and ‘Royal Decree-Law 27/2020 of 4 August’ (final provision 10).",
  "extent": "E+W+S+N.I.",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/eudn/2020/1347/article/3",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-11-01T15:12:09.639416+00:00"
  },
  "licence": "Open Government Licence v3.0",
  "licence_url": "https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/",
  "attribution": "Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives."
}