Article 1
Open ↗Decision (CFSP) 2022/338 is amended as follows: (1) in Article 1, paragraph 3 is replaced by the following: ‘3. To achieve the objective set out in paragraph 2, the assistance measure shall finance the provision to the Ukrainian Armed Forces of military equipment, and platforms designed to deliver lethal force as well as the maintenance, repair and refit of EPF-financed military equipment, and platforms, designed to deliver lethal force and of identical equipment by military personnel in military sites, or in mixed forms of civil-military cooperation or in factories, as requested by Ukraine.’ ; (2) in Article 2, paragraph 1 is replaced by the following: ‘1. The financial reference amount intended to cover the expenditure related to the assistance measure shall be EUR 3 120 000 000.’ ; (3) in Article 2, paragraph 3 is replaced by the following: ‘3. In accordance with Article 29(5) of Decision (CFSP) 2021/509, the administrator for assistance measures may call for contributions following the adoption of this Decision, up to EUR 3 120 000 000. The funds called by the administrator for assistance measures shall only be used to pay expenditure within the limits approved by the Committee established by Decision (CFSP) 2021/509 in the related amending and annual budgets corresponding to the assistance measure.’ ; (4) in Article 2, paragraph 4 is replaced by the following: ‘4. Expenditure related to the implementation of the assistance measure shall be eligible as from 1 January 2022 and until a date to be determined by the Council. The maximum eligible expenditure incurred before 11 March 2022 shall be EUR 450 000 000. The amount of EUR 1 280 000 000 shall be eligible from 21 July 2022. Expenditure related to maintenance and repair shall be eligible from 17 October 2022. Expenditure related to refit shall be eligible from 2 February 2023’ ; (5) in Article 4, paragraph 4, point (j) is replaced by the following: ‘(j) the Ministry of Defence, the Federal Foreign Office and the Federal Ministry of the Interior and Community of Germany;’.