Regulation (EU) No 1303/2013 is amended as follows:
(1)
the following article is inserted:
‘Article 68c
Unit cost for operations addressing migratory challenges resulting from the military aggression by the Russian Federation
For the implementation of operations addressing migratory challenges resulting from the military aggression by the Russian Federation, Member States may include in the expenditure declared in payment applications a unit cost linked to the basic needs and support of persons granted temporary protection or other adequate protection under national law in accordance with Council Implementing Decision (EU) 2022/382 ( *1 ) and Council Directive 2001/55/EC ( *2 ) . That unit cost shall be EUR 40 per week for each full week or partial week that the person is in the Member State concerned. The unit cost may be used for a maximum of 13 weeks in total, starting from the date of arrival of the person in the Union.
The amounts calculated on that basis shall be regarded as public support paid to beneficiaries and as eligible expenditure for the purposes of applying this Regulation.
( *1 ) Council Implementing Decision (EU) 2022/382 of 4 March 2022 establishing the existence of a mass influx of displaced persons from Ukraine within the meaning of Article 5 of Directive 2001/55/EC, and having the effect of introducing temporary protection ( OJ L 71, 4.3.2022, p. 1 )."
( *2 ) Council Directive 2001/55/EC of 20 July 2001 on minimum standards for giving temporary protection in the event of a mass influx of displaced persons and on measures promoting a balance of efforts between Member States in receiving such persons and bearing the consequences thereof ( OJ L 212, 7.8.2001, p. 12 ).’;"
(2)
in Article 92b, paragraph 7 is amended as follows:
(a)
the following subparagraphs are inserted after the first subparagraph:
‘In addition to the initial pre-financing set out in the first subparagraph, the Commission shall pay 4 % of the REACT-EU resources allocated to programmes for the year 2021 as additional initial pre-financing in 2022. For programmes in Member States which have had a level of arrivals of persons from Ukraine greater than 1 % of their national population between 24 February 2022 and 23 March 2022, that percentage shall be increased to 34 %.
When submitting the final implementation report required under Article 50(1) and Article 111, Member States shall report on the use made of the additional initial pre-financing provided for in the second subparagraph of this paragraph to address the migratory challenges faced as a result of the military aggression by the Russian Federation and the contribution of that additional initial pre-financing to the recovery of the economy.’;
(b)
the third subparagraph is replaced by the following:
‘Where the Commission decision approving the operational programme or the amendment to the operational programme allocating the REACT-EU resources for 2021 was adopted after 31 December 2021 and the related pre-financing not paid, the amount of initial pre-financing referred to in the first and second subparagraphs of this paragraph shall be paid in 2022.
The amount paid as initial pre-financing referred to in the first and second subparagraphs of this paragraph shall be totally cleared from the Commission accounts not later than when the operational programme is closed.’;
(3)
in Article 131, paragraph 2 is replaced by the following:
‘2. Eligible expenditure included in a payment application shall be supported by receipted invoices or accounting documents of equivalent probative value, except for the forms of support referred to in points (b) to (e) of the first subparagraph of Article 67(1), Articles 68, 68a, 68b and 68c, Article 69(1) and Article 109 of this Regulation, and in Article 14 of the ESF Regulation. For those forms of support, the amounts included in a payment application shall be the costs calculated on the applicable basis.’.