{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-regulation-2007-718/article-128",
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  "legislation": "eur/2007/718",
  "legislation_title": "Commission Regulation (EC) No 718/2007 of 12 June 2007 implementing Council Regulation (EC) No 1085/2006 establishing an instrument for pre-accession assistance (IPA)",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-regulation-2007-718",
  "path": "article/128",
  "kind": "article",
  "number": "128",
  "heading": "Pre-financing",
  "text": "1. Following the Commission decision approving the cross-border programme, and upon acceptance of the report referred to in Article 116, a single pre-financing amount shall be paid by the Commission to the body designated by the participating countries.\nThe pre-financing amount shall amount to 50 % of the first three budgetary commitments to the programme.\nThe pre-financing amount may be paid in two instalments, where necessary with regard to the availability of budgetary commitment.\n2. The total amount paid as pre-financing shall be reimbursed to the Commission by the body designated by the participating countries if no payment application under the cross-border programme is sent within twenty-four months of the date on which the Commission pays the first instalment of the pre-financing amount.",
  "extent": "E+W+S+N.I.",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "Substituted by Commission Regulation (EU) No 80/2010 of 28 January 2010 amending Regulation (EC) No 718/2007 implementing Council Regulation (EC) No 1085/2006 establishing an instrument for pre-accession assistance (IPA)."
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/eur/2007/718/article/128",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-11-01T14:52:52.667906+00:00"
  },
  "licence": "Open Government Licence v3.0",
  "licence_url": "https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/",
  "attribution": "Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives."
}