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The Articles of Commission Decision C(2015) 9500 are amended as follows: — The title of Article 1 is replaced by the following text: ‘Establishment of the Facility for Refugees in Turkey’; — Article 1 is replaced by the following text: ‘This Decision establishes a coordination mechanism - the Facility for Refugees in Turkey (“the Facility”) - to assist Turkey in addressing the immediate humanitarian and development needs of the refugees and their host communities, national and local authorities in managing and addressing the consequences of the inflow of refugees.’; — In Article 3 paragraph 1 is amended as follows: ‘The Facility shall co-ordinate the Union and Member States' actions by setting priorities and by indicating the instruments to be used for the efficient implementation of the actions, in accordance with the mechanism set out in Article 5 of the present Decision.’; — Article 3 paragraph 2 is replaced by the following text: ‘Through the Facility the provision of humanitarian, development and other assistance to refugees and host communities, national and local authorities in managing and addressing the consequences of the inflows of refugees will be coordinated. Types of actions coordinated through the Facility may cover, inter alia: (a) The provision of humanitarian assistance to refugees; (b) Support contributing to integration in the labour market, access to education and social inclusion of refugees and host communities, including in terms of provision of adequate infrastuctures; (c) Support to the national and local authorities to address the consequences of the presence of Refugees in Turkey, including in terms of migration flows management and provision of adequate infrastructures.’; — Article 4 paragraph 2 is replaced by the following text: ‘EUR 1 000 000 000 out of the overall amount shall be financed from the EU budget, subject to subsequent individual financing decisions in accordance with Article 84 (2) of Regulation (EU, Euratom) No 966/2012 and in accordance with its financial rules and the requirements of the respective basic act.’; — Article 4 paragraph 3 is replaced by the following text: ‘On the basis of their pledged financial contributions, Member States will provide an amount of EUR 2 000 000 000 on the basis of the breakdown of contributions based on the Gross National Income (GNI) key based on the 2015 budget’; — Article 5 paragraph 1 is replaced by the following text: ‘1. The steering committee of the Facility shall: (i) provide strategic guidance on the coordination of the assistance to be delivered. The strategic guidance shall consist in setting overall priorities, types of actions to be supported, the instruments to be used for the efficient implementation of the actions and the coordination of the actions as well as, when appropriate, conditions relating to the implementation by Turkey of its commitments under the EU-Turkey Joint Action Plan for the delivery of assistance. (ii) permanently monitor and assess the implementation of the actions coordinated under the Facility, including respect of the conditionality requirements, having regard to the assessments carried out by the structures established with the purpose of monitoring progress in the implementation of the commitments reflected in the EU-Turkey Joint Action Plan. (iii) examine the disbursement forecasts relating to the implementation of actions submitted by the Commission and, where appropriate, may propose that the Commission defer all or part of the call related to one or more later instalments due. (iv) monitor contributions from Member states, according to the contribution schedule provided for in the contribution certificate of each Member State, recalling the agreed amount of EUR 2 000 000 000. The steering committee shall be composed of two representatives of the Commission and one representative of each Member State. As far as possible the steering committee shall provide its strategic guidance by consensus. In the event of a vote, the outcome of the vote shall be decided by a simple majority of the members. Turkey shall be a member of the steering committee in an advisory capacity with respect to pargraph (1) (i) and (ii), so as to ensure full coordination of the actions on the ground, except when the steering committee examines strategic guidance concerning conditions relating to the implementation by Turkey its commitments under the EU-Turkey Joint Action Plan for the delivery of the assistance or monitors and assesses the respect of these conditions. It shall be ensured that Member States and the Commission representatives in the Committee are not in a situation of conflict of interests, as defined by Regulation (EU, Euratom) No 966/2012.’; — Article 5 paragraph 2 is replaced by the following text: ‘The Commission shall chair the steering committee and shall have a leading role in coordinating its work. The Commission shall have a right to veto strategic guidance of the steering committee with the sole aim of ensuring the legality of any subsequent decision, including its compatibility with its responsibility for implementing the Union's budget. Where the Commission intends to use this right, it shall justify, upon request, why a draft decision would be inconsistent with any of the aforementioned requirements.’; — Article 5 paragraph 3 is replaced by the following text: ‘Upon proposal by the Commission, the steering committee shall draw up and adopt its rules of procedure within three months of the date of adoption of this Decision.’; — In Article 6 the headings ‘EU budget’ and ‘Member States contributions’ are deleted. — Article 6 paragraph 3 is replaced by the following text: ‘Actions and measures to be coordinated under the Facility will be implemented in accordance with the financial rules applicable to the Union's budget and the requirements of the respective basic acts.’; — In Article 6 the following text is added to paragraph 4: ‘In the management of the amounts coordinated under the Facility the strategic guidance provided by the steering committee refererred to in Article 5 shall be fully taken into account, in particular with regard to the conditions of the delivery of the assistance.’; — Article 9 paragraph 1 is amended by the following text: ‘This Facility is established as from 1 January 2016 for financial contributions under the budgetary years 2016 and 2017. It will be managed on the basis of Member States' contributions and their timing, communicated to and acknowledged by the Commission’.