# 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, Article 3

Extent: E+W+S+N.I.

Spain may finance the following measures:
(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);
(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);
(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);
(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;
(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);
(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).

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/eudn/2020/1347/article/3 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/eu-decision-2020-1347/article-3
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