Article 2 · Council Implementing Decision (EU) 2024/1447

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Article 2Financial contribution#

1.The Union shall make available to Ukraine a financial contribution in the form of non-repayable support amounting to EUR 5270000000.

2.The Union financial contribution shall be made available by the Commission to Ukraine in instalments in accordance with the Annex to this Decision.

3.The release of instalments in accordance with the Framework Agreement and Financing Agreement concluded pursuant to Articles 9 and 10, respectively, of Regulation (EU) 2024/792 shall be conditional on available budget appropriations and a decision of the Council, in accordance with Article 26 of that Regulation, that Ukraine has satisfactorily fulfilled the relevant qualitative and quantitative steps identified in relation to the implementation of the Ukraine Plan following a positive assessment by the Commission. Payments to Ukraine shall be conditional upon the completion of the qualitative and quantitative steps as set out in the Annex to this Decision. The final qualitative and quantitative steps shall be completed by 31 December 2027.

4.An additional financial contribution, in the form of non-repayable support amounting to the equivalent in EUR of SEK 750000000 at the official exchange rate at the time of the transfer of the contribution by Sweden to the Ukraine Facility, shall be made available to Ukraine pursuant to Article 7 of Regulation (EU) 2024/792.The additional financial contribution referred to in the first subparagraph of this paragraph shall be implemented in accordance with the rules and conditions applicable to the amount referred to in paragraph 1 of this Article.

5.An additional financial contribution, in the form of non-repayable support amounting to the equivalent in EUR of SEK 2000000000 at the official exchange rate at the time of the transfer of the contribution by Sweden to the Ukraine Facility, shall be made available to Ukraine pursuant to Article 7 of Regulation (EU) 2024/792.The additional financial contribution referred to in the first subparagraph of this paragraph shall be implemented in accordance with the rules and conditions applicable to the amount referred to in paragraph 1 of this Article.

6.Where Ukraine has not satisfactorily fulfilled one or more qualitative and quantitative steps due under a given instalment, but it has already satisfactorily fulfilled one or more qualitative and quantitative steps due under a subsequent instalment or can demonstrate that a quantitative step has been partially fulfilled, the Council, upon a proposal from the Commission, may take into account such early or partial fulfilment as a factor in determining the amount of the partial payment to Ukraine under the first of those instalments. Account shall be taken of the importance of the qualitative and quantitative steps that have not been fulfilled and of the reasons for the non-fulfilment thereof, as well as of the importance of the quantitative and qualitative steps that have been fulfilled early.