Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2020/891 of 26 June 2020 amending Implementing Regulation (EU) No 447/2014 as regards specific provisions to align the provisions for the implementation of cross-border cooperation programmes financed under the Instrument for Pre-accession Assistance (IPA) with specific measures in response to the COVID-19 pandemic

‘2A By way of derogation to paragraph 2, at the request of the managing authority, a co-financing rate of 100% may be applied to expenditure declared in payment applications during the accounting year starting 1 July 2020 and ending 30 June 2021 for one or more priority axes. Request for modification of the co-financing rate shall be submitted in accordance with the procedure for the amendment of programmes set out in Article 31(5A) and shall be accompanied by a revised programme. The co-financing rate of 100% shall apply only if the relevant amendment of the cooperation programme is approved by the Commission before the submission of the final application for an interim payment in accordance with Article 135(2) of Regulation (EU) No 1303/2013. On the first day of the accounting year starting 1 July 2021 and ending 30 June 2022, the co-financing rate shall come back automatically to the level it was on the day when the request for modification of the co-financing rate, referred to in the second subparagraph, was submitted to the Commission.’;

‘5A By way of derogation to paragraph 5, for cross-border cooperation programmes under point (a) of Article 27, the managing authority may transfer during the programming period an amount of up to 8% of the allocation as of 1 February 2020 of a priority and no more than 4% of the programme budget to another priority of the same programme. Such transfers shall not affect previous years. They shall be considered to be not substantial and shall not require a decision of the Commission amending the programme. They shall however comply with all regulatory requirements and shall be approved by the Joint monitoring committee in advance. The Member State shall notify the revised financing plan to the Commission. Paragraphs 2 and 3 shall not apply to programme amendments under this paragraph.’.

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