means an actor that, in the context of indirect management, is entrusted with the implementation of an assistance measure or parts thereof and that concludes a contract with the Facility for that purpose;’
(3)in Article 7, paragraph 1 is replaced by the following:‘1.The financing of any operation or assistance measure under the Facility shall require the prior adoption of a basic legal act in the form of a decision by the Council establishing the operation under Articles 42(4) and 43(2) TEU or the assistance measure under Article 28 TEU. By way of exception, a basic legal act shall not be required for the financing of common costs during the preparatory phase of an operation, of expenditure necessary to wind up an operation or of the common costs of exercises, as referred to in Article 44(1), Article 44(3) and Article 45, respectively, of this Decision. Additionally, a basic legal act shall not be required when the Council has authorised the funding of preparatory measures for an assistance measure or when the PSC has approved urgent activities pending a decision on an assistance measure, in accordance with Article 57(2) and Article 58, respectively, of this Decision.’;