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- Agreement between the Government of the Russian Federation, the European Commission and the Government of the Federal Republic of Germany on the financial contribution of the Russian Federation and the European Union provided for the implementation of the Transnational Cooperation Programme "Interreg Baltic Sea Region 2014-2020" in the Russian Federation (Financing Agreement)
- Article 21
Article 21
Article 21
De-Commitment of the Contribution from the ENI
(1) The Commission shall de-commit any part of the contribution from the ENI to the Cooperation Programme that has not been used for payment of the pre-financing and interim payments by 31 December of the third financial year following the year of budget commitment under the Cooperation Programme or for which a payment application has not been submitted by the relevant deadline.
However, with regard to the contribution from the ENI for the year 2015, the Commission shall de-commit that part that has not been used for payment of the pre-financing and interim payments by 31 December of the fourth financial year following 2015 or for which a payment application has not been submitted by the relevant deadline.
(2) Notwithstanding paragraph 3 of this Article, the amount of the contribution concerned by de-commitment shall be reduced by the amounts that the Managing Authority has not been able to declare to the Commission because of:
(a) Projects suspended by a legal proceeding or by an administrative appeal having suspensory effect;
(b) Reasons of force majeure, as defined in Article 28(1) of this Agreement, seriously affecting the implementation of all or part of the Cooperation Programme;
(c) In case of interruption of the payment deadline or suspension of payments.
(3) That part of commitments still open on 31 December 2023 shall be de-committed if any of the relevant closure documents has not been submitted to the Commission by 15 February 2025.