Union financing and national payments
Article 1
1. Union financial support of a total amount of EUR 15 000 000 shall be available to Portugal to support the temporary exceptional crisis distillation measure provided for in Article 2 subject to the conditions set out in this Regulation. 2. The financial support referred to in paragraph 1 shall be allocated on the basis of objective and non-discriminatory criteria and ensure that the resulting payments do not cause any market or competition distortion. 3. Expenditure borne by Portugal referred to in paragraph 1 in relation to the payments for the measure referred to in Article 2 shall only be eligible for Union financial support if those payments have been made by 30 April 2025. 4. Portugal may further finance the measure provided for in Article 2 with national payments up to 200 % of the Union financial support referred to in paragraph 1 of this Article.