Decision (EU) 2020/265 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 27 November 2019 on the mobilisation of the Flexibility Instrument to finance immediate budgetary measures to address the ongoing challenges of migration, refugee inflows and security threats

1 For the general budget of the Union for the financial year 2020, the Flexibility Instrument shall be mobilised to provide the amount of EUR 778074489 in commitment appropriations in heading 3 (Security and Citizenship). The amounts 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 payment appropriations corresponding to the mobilisation of the Flexibility Instrument shall be estimated as follows: (a) EUR 407402108 in 2020; (b) EUR 312205134 in 2021; (c) EUR 42336587 in 2022; (d) EUR 16130660 in 2023. 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.