Amendment to Regulation (EU) No 223/2014
Article 2
Regulation (EU) No 223/2014 is amended as follows: (1) in Article 9(4), the following subparagraph is added: ‘The first and second subparagraphs shall also apply for the purposes of modifying elements of an operational programme addressing migratory challenges as a result of the military aggression by the Russian Federation.’; (2) in Article 20, the following paragraph is inserted: ‘1b. By way of derogation from paragraph 1, a co-financing rate of 100 % may be applied to expenditure declared in payment applications for the accounting year starting 1 July 2021 and ending 30 June 2022. By way of derogation from Article 9(1), (2) and (3), the application of the co-financing rate of 100 % shall not require a Commission decision approving a programme amendment. The Member State shall notify the revised financial tables, referred to in Section 5.1 of the operational programme templates set out in Annex I, to the Commission. The co-financing rate of 100 % shall apply only if the financial tables are notified to the Commission before the submission of the final application for an interim payment for the accounting year starting 1 July 2021 and ending 30 June 2022 in accordance with Article 45(2).’; (3) in Article 22(4), the following subparagraph is added: ‘By way of derogation from the first subparagraph, expenditure for operations addressing migratory challenges as a result of the military aggression by the Russian Federation shall be eligible from 24 February 2022.’.