2010/69/: Commission Decision of 8 February 2010 amending Decision 2008/456/EC laying down rules for the implementation of Decision No 574/2007/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council establishing the External Borders Fund for the period 2007 to 2013 as part of the General programme Solidarity and Management of Migration Flows as regards Member States’ management and control systems, the rules for administrative and financial management and the eligibility of expenditure on projects co-financed by the Fund (notified under document C(2010) 694)

‘4 With reference to Article 41(3) and (4) of the basic act, the cumulative total of pre-financing payments made to a Member State shall not exceed 90 % of the total amount allocated to such Member State in the financing decision approving the annual programme. Where a Member State has nationally committed less than the total amount allocated by the financing decision approving the annual programme, the cumulative total of the pre-financing payments shall not exceed 90 % of the nationally committed amount.’.

This Decision is addressed to the Kingdom of Belgium, the Republic of Bulgaria, the Czech Republic, the Federal Republic of Germany, the Republic of Estonia, the Hellenic Republic, the Kingdom of Spain, the French Republic, the Italian Republic, the Republic of Cyprus, the Republic of Latvia, the Republic of Lithuania, the Grand Duchy of Luxembourg, the Republic of Hungary, the Republic of Malta, the Kingdom of the Netherlands, the Republic of Austria, the Republic of Poland, the Portuguese Republic, Romania, the Republic of Slovenia, the Slovak Republic, the Republic of Finland and the Kingdom of Sweden.