Article 1
Open ↗Decision (CFSP) 2022/338 is amended as follows: (1) in Article 1, paragraph 4 is replaced by the following: ‘4. The duration of the Assistance Measure shall be 82 months from the adoption of this Decision.’ ; (2) Article 2 is amended as follows: (a) 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 8 097 916 325,22.’ ; (b) paragraphs 3 and 4 are 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 of up to EUR 8 097 916 325,22 following the adoption of this Decision. The funds called for by the administrator for assistance measures shall be used only to pay expenditure within the limits approved by the Facility Committee established by Decision (CFSP) 2021/509 in the related amending and annual budgets corresponding to the Assistance Measure. 4. Expenditure related to the implementation of the Assistance Measure shall be eligible from 1 January 2022 and until 15 November 2024: (a) the maximum eligible expenditure incurred before 11 March 2022 shall be EUR 446 374 895,54; (b) the maximum amount eligible for the period from 11 March 2022 to 20 July 2022 shall be EUR 1 386 484 776,34; (c) the maximum amount eligible for the period between 21 July 2022 and 30 November 2022 shall be EUR 654 326 601,50; (d) the maximum amount eligible for the period from 1 December 2022 to 10 February 2023 shall be EUR 473 000 113,21; (e) the maximum amount eligible for the period from 11 February 2023 to 18 March 2023 shall be EUR 159 813 613,41; (f) the maximum amount eligible for the period from 19 March 2023 to 15 April 2023 shall be EUR 303 502 675,17; (g) the maximum amount eligible for the period from 16 April 2023 to 23 December 2023 shall be EUR 1 926 312 719,65; (h) the maximum amount of EUR 2 179 060 000,00 shall be eligible for the period from 24 December 2023 to 15 November 2024; (i) in addition to the amounts set out in subparagraphs (a) to (h), the maximum amount of EUR 569 040 930,40 shall be eligible from 9 February 2023 to 31 May 2023 for financing the reimbursement of donated materiel from existing stocks or from reprioritisation of existing orders delivered during that period, regarding ground-to-ground and artillery ammunition, and, if requested, missiles; (j) expenditure related to maintenance and repair shall be eligible from 17 October 2022, and expenditure related to refit shall be eligible from 2 February 2023.’ ; (c) the following paragraph is added: ‘5. Without prejudice to the exhaustion of the amounts in paragraph 4 of this Article and to the duration established in Article 1(4) of this Decision, this assistance measure shall remain available for the allocation of amounts received by the EPF pursuant to Article 1a(11) of Council Decision 2014/512/CFSP ( *1 ) . ( *1 ) Council Decision 2014/512/CFSP of 31 July 2014 concerning restrictive measures in view of Russia’s actions destabilising the situation in Ukraine ( OJ L 229, 31.7.2014, p. 13 , ELI: http://data.europa.eu/eli/dec/2014/512/oj ).’."