Definitions
For the purpose of this Decision, the following definitions apply:
(1)
‘correction coefficient’ means the percentage applied to remuneration of expatriate officials to adjust for differences in price level of consumer goods and services in the duty station by reference to base city, as established by Eurostat ( 6 ) ;
(2)
‘year N’ means the year from 1 January until 31 December in which a Member State needs to fulfil conditions laid down in Article 61(3) of Regulation (EU) 2019/1896 in order to be entitled to receive financial support;
(3)
‘annual payment’ means a payment made by the Agency to the Member State concerned after the end of year N;
(4)
‘advance payment’ means a payment made by the Agency to the Member State concerned before the end of year N in advance of the annual payment;
(5)
‘overall national border guard staffing’ means the overall staffing of the specific entities within the main national authorities or, where applicable, of all main national authorities contributing systematically to the European Border and Coast Guard standing corps via secondments in accordance with Article 56 of Regulation (EU) 2019/1896.
Information by the Agency
1. By 31 January of year N, the Agency shall inform the Member States about the reference amounts for that year per Member State, taking into account the respective correction coefficient.
2. For the calculation of the reference amounts, the Agency shall take into account the latest available relevant values for the salary of a contractual agent in function group III, grade 8, step 1, adjusted with the correction coefficient.
Arrangements in Member States
1. The Member States shall designate one central national authority responsible for the management of financial support in accordance with Article 61 of Regulation (EU) 2019/1896. The Member State shall notify the designated central national authority to the Agency before the first payment is requested in accordance with Articles 5 (1), 6 (1) or 15 (2).
2. The central national authority shall be responsible for:
(a)
liaising with the Agency on the monitoring of the applicable conditions laid down in Article 61(3) of Regulation (EU) 2019/1896;
(b)
ensuring the provision of all the relevant information to the Agency to manage the financial support referred to in Article 61 of Regulation (EU) 2019/1896;
(c)
managing the matters related to the payment of the financial support, including requests for advance payment or payment to the Agency and reception of the corresponding payments from the Agency;
(d)
redistributing payments to national authorities proportionately to their staff contributions to the standing corps, where provided for in the national arrangements.
Currency
The financial support shall be paid in euro.
