Pre-financing

1.   The Commission shall pay pre-financing based on the total support from the Funds set out in the decision approving the programme.
2.   The pre-financing for each Fund shall be paid in yearly instalments before 1 July of each year, subject to availability of funds, as follows:
(a)
2021: 0,5 %;
(b)
2022: 0,5 %;
(c)
2023: 0,5 %;
(d)
2024: 0,5 %;
(e)
2025: 0,5 %;
(f)
2026: 0,5 %.
Where a programme is adopted after 1 July 2021, the earlier instalments shall be paid in the year of adoption.
3.   By way of derogation from paragraph 2, specific rules on pre-financing for Interreg programmes shall be set out in the Interreg Regulation.
4.   By way of derogation from paragraph 2, specific rules on pre-financing for programmes supported by the AMIF, the ISF and the BMVI shall be set out in the Fund-specific Regulations.
5.   The amount paid as pre-financing for the years 2021 and 2022 shall be cleared from the Commission accounts each year and for the years 2023 to 2026 no later than with the final accounting year in accordance with Article 100.
For programmes supported by the AMIF, the ISF and the BMVI, the amount paid as pre-financing shall be cleared from the Commission accounts no later than with the final accounting year.
6.   Any interest generated by the pre-financing shall be used for the programme concerned in the same way as the Funds and shall be included in the accounts for the final accounting year.