# Commission Implementing Decision (EU) 2020/1567 of 26 October 2020 on the financial support for the development of the European Border and Coast Guard standing corps in accordance with Article 61 of Regulation (EU) 2019/1896 of the European Parliament and of the Council, Division: Explanation of the template for the request of payment for category 2

Extent: E+W+S+N.I.

‘Maximal multiplication number’ is a threshold used in year N based on the number of annual contributions to be provided by Member States to the EBCG standing corps through the long-term secondment in year N + 2 in accordance with Annex II of Regulation (EU) 2019/1896;
‘New recruitments’ is the number of newly recruited staff in the year N by the authorities contributing systematically to the EBCG standing corps via secondments or contributing entities, or both, within the authorities having a wider mandate than the Agency’s operational activities supported via the standing corps;
‘Reductions’ is the number of staff that has left the authorities contributing systematically to the EBCG standing corps via secondments or contributing entities, or both, within the authorities having a wider mandate than the Agency’s operational activities supported via the standing corps in year N;
‘Total number of staff’ is the total number of staff in activity on 31 December of year N;
‘Effective increase’ is the difference between the number of staff in activity on 31 December of year N and the number of staff in activity on 30 April 2019 (baseline value);
‘Eligible for payment’ is the total number of staff in activity on 31 December of year N reduced by the number of staff in activity on 30 April 2019 (baseline value), limited by the maximal multiplication number relevant for that year.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/eudn/2020/1567/annex/II/division/1 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/eu-decision-2020-1567/annex-II/division-1
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