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1. The Fund shall support the European Migration Network and provide the financial assistance necessary for its activities and its future development.

2. The amount made available for the European Migration Network under the annual appropriations of the Fund and the work programme laying down the priorities for its activities shall be adopted by the Commission, after approval by the Steering Board, in accordance with the procedure referred to in point (a) of Article 4(5) of Decision 2008/381/EC. The decision of the Commission shall constitute a financing decision pursuant to Article 84 of Regulation (EU, Euratom) No 966/2012.

3. Financial assistance provided for the activities of the European Migration Network shall take the form of grants to the National Contact Points referred to in Article 3 of Decision 2008/381/EC and public contracts as appropriate, in accordance with Regulation (EU, Euratom) No 966/2012. The assistance shall ensure appropriate and timely financial support to those National Contact Points. Costs incurred for the implementation of actions of those National Contact Points supported through grants awarded in 2014 may be eligible from 1 January 2014.

4. Decision 2008/381/EC is amended as follows:

(a) point (a) of Article 4(5) is replaced by the following: ‘(a) prepare and approve the draft work programme of activities, notably with regard to the objectives, thematic priorities and indicative amounts of the budget for each National Contact Point to ensure the proper functioning of the EMN, on the basis of a draft from the Chair;’;

(b) Article 6 is amended as follows:

(i) paragraph 4 is replaced by the following: ‘4. The Commission shall monitor the execution of the work programme of activities and regularly report on its execution and on the development of the EMN to the Steering Board.’;

(ii) paragraphs 5 to 8 are deleted;

(c) Article 11 is deleted;

(d) Article 12 is deleted.