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1. On the basis of the Commission proposal referred to in Article 12 and in accordance with the pledging exercise carried out in the High-Level Forum referred to in Article 13, the Council shall adopt, on an annual basis, before the end of each calendar year, an implementing act establishing the Annual Solidarity Pool, including, the reference number of required relocations and financial contributions for the Annual Solidarity Pool at Union level and the specific pledges that each Member State has made for each type of solidarity contribution referred to in Article 56(2) during the High-Level Forum meeting referred to in Article 13. The Council shall adopt the implementing act referred to in this paragraph by qualified majority. The Council may amend the Commission proposal referred to in Article 12 by qualified majority.

2. The Council implementing act referred to in paragraph 1 of this Article shall, where necessary also set out the indicative percentage of the Annual Solidarity Pool that may be made available to Member States under migratory pressure as a result of large number of arrivals stemming from recurring disembarkations following search and rescue operations, taking into account the geographical specificities of the Member States concerned. It may also identify other forms of solidarity as set out in Article 56(2), point (c), depending on the needs for such measures arising from the specific challenges in the area of migration in the Member States concerned.

3. During the High-Level Forum meeting referred to in Article 13, Member States shall come to a conclusion regarding an overall reference number for each solidarity measure in the Annual Solidarity Pool, based on the Commission proposal referred to in Article 12. During that meeting, the Member States shall also pledge their contributions to the Annual Solidarity Pool, in accordance with paragraph 4 of this Article and the mandatory fair share calculated according to the reference key set out in Article 66.

4. In implementing paragraph 3 of this Article, Member States shall have full discretion in choosing between the types of solidarity measures listed in Article 56(2), or a combination thereof. Member States pledging alternative solidarity measures shall indicate the financial value of such measures, based on objective criteria. Where the alternative solidarity measures are not identified in the Commission proposal referred to in Article 12, Member States may still pledge such measures. Where such measures are not requested by the benefitting Member States in a given year, they shall be converted into financial contributions.