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1. For the implementation of this Regulation, the Union shall provide financial support from the Single Market Programme established by Regulation (EU) 2021/690 of the European Parliament and of the Council () to the national statistical institutes and other national authorities referred to in Article 5(2) of Regulation (EC) No 223/2009, for:

(a) developing methodologies for statistics under this Regulation, including the participation of Member States in the representative pilot and feasibility studies referred to in Article 4;

(b) improving the statistical quality of accounts, in particular for the development or enhancement of processes, including digitally based solutions that aim to produce statistics of a higher quality;

(c) improving timeliness of accounts and reducing the administrative and reporting burden.

2. The amount of the Union financial contribution under this Article shall be established in accordance with the rules of the Single Market Programme as part of the annual budgetary procedure, subject to the availability of funding. The budgetary authority shall determine the appropriation available each year.

3. For the implementation of this Regulation, a financial contribution may also be made available to the national statistical institutes and other national authorities referred to in Article 5(2) of Regulation (EC) No 223/2009 from other applicable financial programmes of the Union in accordance with the rules of such programmes.