Article 1 Amendments to Decision No 573/2007/EC
Decision No 573/2007/EC is amended as follows: (1) in Article 14, paragraph 4 is replaced by the following: ‘4. The Union contribution to supported projects, as regards actions implemented in the Member States under Article 3, shall not exceed 50 % of the total cost of a specific action. This may be increased to 75 % for projects addressing specific priorities identified in the strategic guidelines referred to in Article 17. The Union contribution shall be increased to 75 % in the Member States covered by the Cohesion Fund. The Union contribution may be increased by 20 percentage points in a Member State provided that it meets one of the following conditions at the time of submission of its draft annual programme in accordance with Article 20(3) of this Decision or of its draft revised annual programme in accordance with Article 23 of Commission Decision 2008/22/EC ( *1 ) : (a) medium-term financial assistance is made available to it in accordance with Council Regulation (EC) No 332/2002 ( *2 ) ; (b) financial assistance is made available to it in accordance with Council Regulation (EU) No 407/2010 ( *3 ) or financial assistance is made available to it by other euro-area Member States before 13 May 2010; or (c) financial assistance is made available to it in accordance with the intergovernmental agreement establishing the European Financial Stability Facility or the Treaty establishing the European Stability Mechanism. The Member State concerned shall submit a written statement to the Commission together with its draft annual programme or draft revised annual programme confirming that it meets one of the conditions referred to in point (a), (b) or (c) of the fourth subparagraph. A project co-financed at the increased rate may remain so whether or not one of the conditions referred to in point (a), (b) or (c) of the fourth subparagraph is still met in the course of the implementation of the related annual programme. ( *1 ) OJ L 7, 10.1.2008, p. 1 ." ( *2 ) OJ L 53, 23.2.2002, p. 1 ." ( *3 ) OJ L 118, 12.5.2010, p. 1 .’;"
Article 2 Amendments to Decision No 575/2007/EC
In Article 15 of Decision No 575/2007/EC, paragraph 4 is replaced by the following: ‘4. The Union contribution to supported projects, as regards actions implemented in the Member States under Article 3, shall not exceed 50 % of the total cost of a specific action. This may be increased to 75 % for projects addressing specific priorities identified in the strategic guidelines referred to in Article 18. The Union contribution shall be increased to 75 % in the Member States covered by the Cohesion Fund. The Union contribution may be increased by 20 percentage points in a Member State provided that it meets one of the following conditions at the time of submission of its draft annual programme in accordance with Article 21(3) of this Decision or of its draft revised annual programme in accordance with Article 23 of Commission Decision 2008/458/EC ( *4 ) : (a) medium-term financial assistance is made available to it in accordance with Council Regulation (EC) No 332/2002 ( *5 ) ; (b) financial assistance is made available to it in accordance with Council Regulation (EU) No 407/2010 ( *6 ) or financial assistance is made available to it by other euro-area Member States before 13 May 2010; or (c) financial assistance is made available to it in accordance with the intergovernmental agreement establishing the European Financial Stability Facility or the Treaty establishing the European Stability Mechanism. The Member State concerned shall submit a written statement to the Commission together with its draft annual programme or draft revised annual programme confirming that it meets one of the conditions referred to in point (a), (b) or (c) of the fourth subparagraph. A project co-financed at the increased rate may remain so whether or not one of the conditions referred to in point (a), (b) or (c) of the fourth subparagraph is still met in the course of the implementation of the related annual programme.
Article 3 Amendments to Decision 2007/435/EC
In Article 13 of Decision 2007/435/EC, paragraph 4 is replaced by the following: ‘4. The Union contribution to supported projects, as regards actions implemented in the Member States under Article 4, shall not exceed 50 % of the total cost of a specific action. This may be increased to 75 % for projects addressing specific priorities identified in the strategic guidelines as defined in Article 16. The Union contribution shall be increased to 75 % in the Member States covered by the Cohesion Fund. The Union contribution may be increased by 20 percentage points in a Member State provided that it meets one of the following conditions at the time of submission of its draft annual programme in accordance with Article 19(3) of this Decision or of its draft revised annual programme in accordance with Article 23 of Commission Decision 2008/457/EC ( *7 ) : (a) medium-term financial assistance is made available to it in accordance with Council Regulation (EC) No 332/2002 ( *8 ) ; (b) financial assistance is made available to it in accordance with Council Regulation (EU) No 407/2010 ( *9 ) or financial assistance is made available to it by other euro-area Member States before 13 May 2010; or (c) financial assistance is made available to it in accordance with the intergovernmental agreement establishing the European Financial Stability Facility or the Treaty establishing the European Stability Mechanism. The Member State concerned shall submit a written statement to the Commission together with its draft annual programme or draft revised annual programme confirming that it meets one of the conditions referred to in point (a), (b) or (c) of the fourth subparagraph. A project co-financed at the increased rate may remain so whether or not one of the conditions referred to in point (a), (b) or (c) of the fourth subparagraph is still met in the course of the implementation of the related annual programme.
Article 4 Entry into force
This Decision shall enter into force on the day following that of its publication in the Official Journal of the European Union .
Article 5 Addressees
This Decision is addressed to the Member States in accordance with the Treaties.