Joint Action 2008/124/CFSP is hereby amended as follows:
(1)
in Article 3, the following sentence is added:
‘The task of providing operational support to the EU-facilitated Dialogue shall be transferred to the European Union Office in Kosovo by 31 December 2022.’;
(2)
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 2021 until 14 June 2023 shall be EUR 173 693 683. Out of that amount, the amount intended to cover the expenditure of EULEX KOSOVO for the implementation of its mandate in Kosovo shall be EUR 57 900 000 and the amount intended to cover the support to the relocated judicial proceedings within a Member State shall be EUR 115 793 683.
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 the amount of EUR 115 793 683. The rules on grants provided for in Regulation (EU, Euratom) 2018/1046 of the European Parliament and of the Council ( *1 ) shall apply to the grant agreement.
The financial reference amount for the subsequent period for EULEX KOSOVO shall be decided by the Council.
( *1 ) Regulation (EU, Euratom) 2018/1046 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 18 July 2018 on the financial rules applicable to the general budget of the Union, amending Regulations (EU) No 1296/2013, (EU) No 1301/2013, (EU) No 1303/2013, (EU) No 1304/2013, (EU) No 1309/2013, (EU) No 1316/2013, (EU) No 223/2014, (EU) No 283/2014, and Decision No 541/2014/EU and repealing Regulation (EU, Euratom) No 966/2012 ( OJ L 193, 30.7.2018, p. 1 ).’;"
(b)
paragraph 4 is replaced by the following:
‘4. Except for the amounts referred to in 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.’;
(3)
in Article 20, second paragraph, the first sentence is replaced by the following:
‘It shall expire on 14 June 2023.’.