Article 1
Open ↗Joint Action 2008/124/CFSP is hereby amended as follows: (1) Article 16 is amended as follows: (a) in paragraph 1, the following subparagraphs are added: ‘The financial reference amount intended to cover the expenditure of EULEX Kosovo from 15 June 2016 until 14 June 2017 shall be EUR 63 600 000. Out of the amount referred to in the ninth subparagraph, EUR 34 500 000 shall cover the expenditure of EULEX Kosovo for the implementation of its mandate in Kosovo from 15 June until 14 December 2016, and EUR 29 100 000 shall cover the support to the relocated judicial proceedings within a Member State from 15 June 2016 to 14 June 2017. The latter amount shall also retroactively cover expenditure arising from the support to the relocated judicial proceedings as of 1 April 2016. The Commission shall sign a grant agreement with a registrar acting on behalf of a registry in charge of the administration of the relocated judicial proceedings for that amount. The rules on grants provided for in Regulation (EU, Euratom) No 966/2012 of the European Parliament and of the Council ( *2 ) shall apply to this grant agreement. The financial reference amount for the subsequent period for EULEX Kosovo shall be decided by the Council. ( *2 ) Regulation (EU, Euratom) No 966/2012 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 25 October 2012 on the financial rules applicable to the general budget of the Union and repealing Council Regulation (EC, Euratom) No 1605/2002 ( OJ L 298, 26.10.2012, p. 1 ).’;" (b) paragraph 4 is replaced by the following: ‘4. Except for the amount referred to in the 10th subparagraph of paragraph 1 related to the support to the relocated judicial proceedings within a Member State, EULEX Kosovo shall be responsible for the financial implementation of the Mission's budget. For this purpose, EULEX Kosovo shall sign an agreement with the Commission.’. (2) The second paragraph of Article 20 is replaced by the following: ‘It shall expire on 14 June 2018. The Council, acting on a proposal from the High Representative, and considering complementary sources of funding as well as contributions from other partners, shall take the necessary decisions in order to ensure that EULEX Kosovo's mandate in support of the relocated judicial proceedings referred to in Article 3a and the related necessary financial means shall remain in effect until such time as these judicial proceedings have been concluded.’.