Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) 2018/1728 of 13 July 2018 supplementing Regulation (EU) No 515/2014 with regard to the allocation of extra funding from the EU budget to the implementation of the Entry Exit System

1 A total amount of EUR 480241000 shall be allocated from the general budget of the Union to cover the costs of implementation of Regulation (EU) 2017/2226 in accordance with Article 64 of that Regulation.

2 The amount referred to in paragraph 1 shall be taken from the amount of EUR 791000000 earmarked for the development of IT systems referred to in Article 5(5)(b) of Regulation (EU) No 515/2014.

The amount referred to in Article 1(1) shall be used as follows: (a) EUR 287863000 shall be allocated to the European Agency for the operational management of large scale information systems in the area of freedom, security and justice established by Regulation (EU) No 1077/2011 to cover the costs referred to in Article 64(1) of Regulation (EU) 2017/2226; (b) EUR 192378000 shall be allocated to the Member States to cover the costs referred to in Article 64(2) of Regulation (EU) 2017/2226 as well as the costs incurred in connection with the establishment and operation of the National Uniform Interface as referred to in Article 64(1) of Regulation (EU) 2017/2226. In accordance with Article 64(1) and (2) of Regulation (EU) 2017/2226, the contribution from the Union budget to the costs incurred shall amount to 100 % of the total eligible expenditure. Such contribution shall be allocated in equal shares to the Member States.

This Regulation shall enter into force on the day following that of its publication in the Official Journal of the European Union.