Article 3

The assistance shall be made available by the Commission to Kosovo in two or, if appropriate, three instalments. The first instalment shall be released after the entry into force of the Memorandum of Understanding referred to in Article 2(1), and on the basis of a satisfactory assessment of the monitoring referred to in Article 2(2).

The second and any further instalments shall be released on the basis of a satisfactory compliance with the economic policy and financial conditions referred to in Article 2(1), satisfactory progress towards fulfilling the conditions set out in the Memorandum of Understanding provided for in Article 2(1), and not before three months have elapsed since the release of the previous instalment.

The funds shall be paid to the Ministry of Economy and Finance of the PISG, or when the future status of Kosovo will have been determined, to the institution designated to take on its tasks and responsibilities, exclusively in support of Kosovo's budgetary financing needs.