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Amendments to Regulation (EU) 2021/1147 Regulation (EU) 2021/1147 is amended as follows:

(1) Article 2 is amended as follows:

(a) points (1) and (2) are replaced by the following: ‘(1) “applicant for international protection” means an applicant as defined in point (4) of Article 2 of Regulation (EU) 2024/1351 of the European Parliament and of the Council (2) “beneficiary of international protection” means a beneficiary of international protection as defined in point (7) of Article 2 of Regulation (EU) 2024/1351; Regulation (EU) 2024/1351 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 14 May 2024 on asylum and migration management and amending Regulations (EU) 2021/1147 and (EU) 2021/1160 and repealing Regulation (EU) No 604/2013 ().’;" (b) point (4) is replaced by the following: ‘(4) “family member” means a family member as defined in point (8) of Article 2 of Regulation (EU) 2024/1351;’;

(c) points (11) and (12) are replaced by the following: ‘(11) “third-country national” means a third-country national as defined in point (1) of Article 2 of Regulation (EU) 2024/1351

(12) “unaccompanied minor” means an unaccompanied minor as defined in point (11) of Article 2 of Regulation (EU) 2024/1351;’;

(d) the following point is added: ‘(15) “solidarity action” means an action, the scope of which is set out in point (b) of Article 56(2) of Regulation (EU) 2024/1351, funded through financial contributions provided by Member States, as referred to in Article 64(1) of that Regulation.’;

(2) in Article 15 the following paragraph is inserted: ‘6a. The contribution from the Union budget may be increased to 100 % of the total eligible expenditure for solidarity actions.’;

(3) Article 20 is replaced by the following: ‘Article 20 Resources for the transfer of applicants for international protection or of beneficiaries of international protection 1. A Member State shall receive, in addition to its allocations under point (a) of Article 13(1) of this Regulation, an amount of:

(a) EUR 10 000 per applicant for international protection for whom that Member State becomes responsible as a result of relocation in accordance with Articles 67 and 68 of Regulation (EU) 2024/1351;

(b) EUR 10 000 per beneficiary of international protection relocated to that Member State in accordance with Articles 67 and 68 of Regulation (EU) 2024/1351. The amounts referred to in points (a) and (b) of the first subparagraph shall be increased to EUR 12 000 for each applicant for international protection or beneficiary of international protection, respectively, who is an unaccompanied minor relocated to that Member State in accordance with Articles 67 and 68 of Regulation (EU) 2024/1351

2. The Member State covering the cost of transfers referred to in paragraph 1 shall receive a contribution of EUR 500 for each applicant for international protection or beneficiary of international protection transferred to another Member State 3. The Member State covering the costs of transfers referred to in point (a), (b) or (c) of Article 36(1) of Regulation (EU) 2024/1351, and carried out in accordance with Article 46 of that Regulation, shall receive a contribution of EUR 500 for each applicant for international protection transferred to another Member State 4. The amounts referred to in paragraphs 1 to 3 of this Article shall be allocated to the Member State’s programme, provided that the person in respect of whom the amount is allocated was effectively transferred to that Member State or was registered as an applicant in the Member State responsible in accordance with Regulation (EU) 2024/1351, as applicable. Those amounts shall not be used for other actions in the Member State’s programme except in duly justified circumstances, as approved by the Commission through the amendment of that programme

5. The amounts referred to in this Article shall take the form of financing not linked to costs in accordance with Article 125 of the Financial Regulation 6. For the purposes of control and audit, Member States shall retain the information necessary to allow the proper identification of the persons transferred and of the date of their transfer 7. To take account of current inflation rates, relevant developments in the field of relocation and other factors which might optimise the use of the financial incentive brought by the amounts referred to in paragraphs 1, 2 and 3 of this Article, the Commission is empowered to adopt delegated acts in accordance with Article 37 to adjust, if deemed appropriate, and within the limits of available resources, those amounts.’;

(4) in Article 35(2) the following point is inserted: ‘(ha) the implementation of solidarity actions, including a breakdown of the financial contributions by action and a description of the main results achieved as a result of the funding;’;

(5) in Annex II, point 4, the following point is added: ‘(c) supporting solidarity actions, in line with the scope of support set out in Annex III.’;

(6) in Annex VI, Table 1, point IV, the following code is added: ‘007 Solidarity Actions’;

(7) in Annex VI, Table 3, the following codes are added: ‘006 Resettlement and humanitarian admissions 007 International protection (transfers in) 008 International protection (transfers out) 009 Solidarity Actions’.