Decision (EU) 2018/8 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 12 December 2017 on the mobilisation of the Flexibility Instrument to finance immediate budgetary measures to address the on-going challenges of migration, refugee inflows and security threats

1 For the general budget of the Union for the financial year 2018, the Flexibility Instrument shall be mobilised to provide the amount of EUR 837241199 in commitment appropriations in heading 3 (Security and Citizenship). The amount referred to in the first subparagraph shall be used to finance measures to address the ongoing challenges of migration, refugee inflows and security threats.

2 On the basis of the expected payment profile, the distribution of the payment appropriations corresponding to the mobilisation of the Flexibility Instrument shall be estimated as follows: (a) EUR 464039631 in 2018; (b) EUR 212683883 in 2019; (c) EUR 126354910 in 2020; (d) EUR 34162775 in 2021. The specific amounts of payment appropriations for each financial year shall be authorised in accordance with the annual budgetary procedure.

This Decision shall enter into force on the day of its publication in the Official Journal of the European Union. It shall apply from 1 January 2018.