Conditions in relation to financing for category 2
Article 7
1. Financing for category 2 for the year N shall only become due provided that the Member States increase cumulatively their respective overall national border guard staffing through the recruitment of new staff in the period concerned. 2. The increase of the overall national border guard staffing in the Member State concerned shall be calculated annually by comparing the number of staff on 31 December of Year N and the number of staff on 30 April 2019 in activity in the relevant entities of the authorities concerned or, where applicable, of all main national authorities contributing to the standing corps via secondments. 3. By 29 November 2020 at the latest, Member States shall inform the Agency about their overall national border guard staffing on 30 April 2019, using the template in Annex I.