Article 18 Amendments to Regulation (EU) No 1303/2013

Regulation (EU) No 1303/2013 is amended as follows:

1. (1)

   Article 25 is amended as follows:

   1. (a)

      the title is replaced by the following:

      ‘Management of technical assistance for Member States’;

   2. (b)

      paragraph 1 is replaced by the following:

      ‘1.

      On the request of a Member State pursuant to Article 11 of Regulation (EU) 2017/825 of the European Parliament and the Council^f1, a part of the resources provided for under Article 59 of this Regulation and programmed in accordance with Fund-specific rules may, in agreement with the Commission, be transferred to technical assistance at the initiative of the Commission for implementation of measures in relation to the Member State concerned in accordance with point (l) of the third subparagraph of Article 58(1) of this Regulation through direct or indirect management.’;

   3. (c)

      in paragraph 3, the first subparagraph is replaced by the following:

      ‘A Member State shall request the transfer referred to in paragraph 1 for a calendar year by 31 January of the year in which a transfer is to be made. The request shall be accompanied by a proposal to amend the programme or programmes from which the transfer will be made. Corresponding amendments shall be made to the Partnership Agreement in accordance with Article 30(2) which shall set out the total amount transferred each year to the Commission.’;

   4. (d)

      the following paragraph is added:

      ‘4.

      Resources transferred by a Member State in accordance with paragraph 1 of this Article shall be subject to the decommitment rule set out in Article 136 of this Regulation and Article 38 of Regulation (EU) No 1306/2013.’;

2. (2)

   in the third subparagraph of Article 58(1), point (l) is replaced by the following:

   ‘(l)

   actions financed under Regulation (EU) 2017/825 in order to contribute to delivering the Union strategy for smart, sustainable and inclusive growth.’;

3. (3)

   in Article 91, paragraph 3 is replaced by the following:

   ‘3.

   0,35 % of the global resources after the deduction of the support to the CEF referred to in Article 92(6), and to the aid for the most deprived referred to in Article 92(7) shall be allocated to technical assistance at the initiative of the Commission, of which up to EUR 112 233 000 in current prices shall be allocated to the Structural Reform Support Programme established by Regulation (EU) 2017/825 for use within the scope and purpose of that programme.’.