refers to persons benefiting directly from an ESF intervention who can be identified and asked for their characteristics, and for whom specific expenditure is earmarked.
1.In addition to the initial prefinancing amount paid in accordance with point (b) of Article 134(1) of Regulation (EU) No 1303/2013, an additional initial prefinancing amount from the specific allocation for the YEI shall be paid in 2015 for all operational programmes supported by the YEI, irrespective of the form of the programming arrangement in accordance with Article 18 of this Regulation, in order to increase the initial prefinancing from the specific allocation for the YEI to 30 % (the ‘additional initial prefinancing amount’).