Article 1
Implementing Decision (EU) 2020/1344 is amended as follows: (1) Article 2 is amended as follows: (a) paragraph 1 is replaced by the following: ‘1. The Union shall make available to Cyprus a loan amounting to a maximum of EUR 603 770 000. The loan shall have a maximum average maturity of 15 years.’; (b) paragraph 4 is replaced by the following: ‘4. The first instalment shall be released subject to the entry into force of the loan agreement provided for in Article 8(2) of Regulation (EU) 2020/672. Any further instalments shall be released in accordance with the terms of that agreement or, where relevant, be subject to the entry into force of an addendum thereto, or of an amended loan agreement.’; (2) Article 3 is replaced by the following: ‘Article 3 Cyprus may finance the following measures: (a) the special leave scheme for parents, as provided for by ‘Law 27(I)/2020’ and by ‘Regulatory Administrative Acts 127/148/151/184/192/212/213/235/2020’, as extended; (b) the schemes supporting companies for the total suspension of operations, as provided for by ‘Law 27(I)/2020’ and by ‘Regulatory Administrative Acts, 130/148/151/187/212/213/238/243/271/273/2020’, as extended; (c) the schemes supporting companies for the partial suspension of operations, as provided for by ‘Law 27(I)/2020’ and by ‘Regulatory Administrative Acts, 131/148/151/188/212/213/239/2020’, as extended; (d) the special scheme for the self-employed, as provided for by ‘Law 27(I)/2020’ and by ‘Regulatory Administrative Acts 129/148/151/186/213/237/322/2020’, as extended; (e) the special scheme for hotel units and tourist accommodation, as provided for by ‘Law 27(I)/2020’ and by ‘Regulatory Administrative Acts 269/317/2020’, as extended; (f) the special scheme to support businesses related to the tourism industry or affected by tourism or associated with businesses that are subject to mandatory total suspension, as provided for by ‘Law 27(I)/2020’ and by ‘Regulatory Administrative Acts 270/318/2020’, as extended and amended; (g) the special scheme for supporting businesses exercising special predefined activities, as provided for by ‘Law 27(I)/2020’ and by ‘Regulatory Administrative Acts 272/320/396/420/500/535/633/2020’; (h) the subsidisation scheme of very small and small enterprises and the self-employed, as provided for in ‘Supplementary budget, Temporary framework for State aid measures to support the economy in the current COVID-19 outbreak’, for the part of expenditure related to the support of the self-employed and one-person companies, as extended and amended; (i) the sickness benefit scheme, as provided for by ‘Law 27(I)/2020’ and by ‘Regulatory Administrative Acts 128/148/151/185/212/236/2020’, as extended;’ (3) Article 4 is replaced by the following: ‘Article 4 1. Cyprus shall inform the Commission by 30 March 2021, and every six months thereafter, of the implementation of the planned public expenditure until that planned public expenditure has been fully implemented. 2. Where measures referred to in Article 3 are based on planned public expenditure and have been subject to an implementing decision amending Implementing Decision (EU) 2020/1344, Cyprus shall inform the Commission within six months after the date of adoption of that amending implementing decision, and every six months thereafter, of the implementation of the planned public expenditure until that planned public expenditure has been fully implemented.’.