Common rules for payments
Article 33
1. Payments by the Commission of the contribution from the Union budget to the national programme shall be made in accordance with budget appropriations and shall be subject to available funding. Each payment shall be posted to the earliest open budget commitment concerned. 2. Payments shall take the form of initial pre-financing, annual pre-financing, payments of the annual balance and the payment of the final balance. 3. Article 90 of Regulation (EU, Euratom) No 966/2012 shall apply.