1.The Union financial contribution to PRIMA, including EEA appropriations, shall be equal to the Participating States’ contributions. The Union financial contribution shall be up to EUR 325000000 and shall be distributed as follows:
(a)up to EUR 220000000 from Horizon 2020;
(b)up to EUR 105000000 from Horizon Europe.
The amount of the Union financial contribution from Horizon Europe may be increased by contributions from third countries associated to Horizon Europe in accordance with Article 16(5) of Regulation (EU) 2021/695, provided that the total increase in the Union financial contribution is at least matched by the contribution from the Participating States referred to in Article 1(1) of this Decision.
2.The Union financial contribution referred to in paragraph 1, point (a), of this Article shall be paid from the appropriations in the general budget of the Union allocated to the relevant parts of the specific programme implementing Horizon 2020, established by Council Decision 2013/743/EU, and in particular from Part II ‘Industrial leadership’ and Part III ‘Societal challenges’, in accordance with Article 57 of Regulation (EU) 2021/695 and Article 62(1), point (c)(vii), of Regulation (EU, Euratom) 2018/1046 of the European Parliament and of the Councilnote.
2a.The Union financial contribution referred to in paragraph 1, point (b), of this Article shall be paid from the appropriations in the general budget of the Union allocated to the relevant parts of the specific programme implementing Horizon Europe, established by Council Decision (EU) 2021/764note, specifically from Pillar II ‘Global challenges and European Industrial Competitiveness’, cluster (vi) ‘Food, Bioeconomy, Natural Resources, Agriculture and Environment’, in accordance with Article 62(1), point (c)(vii), of Regulation (EU, Euratom) 2018/1046.
3.The Union financial contribution referred to in paragraph 1 of this Article shall be used by PRIMA-IS to: