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1. The commitment of expenditure shall be preceded by a financing decision adopted by the Commission.

2. Article 110(2) to (5), Article 111, points (a) and (b) of the first subparagraph of Article 112(1), Article 112(2) to (5), and Articles 114, 115 and 116 of Regulation (EU, Euratom) 2018/1046 shall apply.

3. With regard to the application of the third and fourth subparagraphs of Article 114(2) of Regulation (EU, Euratom) 2018/1046, the period within which to enter into legal commitments which implement the action may be extended beyond three years following the date of the conclusion of the financing agreement with ACP States and OCTs.

4. Where the 11th EDF resources are implemented in indirect management with ACP States or OCTs, the responsible authorising officer may, upon accepting justification, extend the two-year period referred to in Article 114(6) of Regulation (EU, Euratom) 2018/1046 and the three-year period referred to in the third subparagraph of Article 114(2) thereof.

5. At the end of the extended periods referred to in paragraph 3 and 4, the unused balances shall be, as applicable, decommitted.

6. Where measures are adopted under Articles 96 and 97 of the ACP-EU Partnership Agreement, the running of the periods referred to in this Article may be suspended.

7. For the purposes of the third subparagraph of paragraph 1 of Article 111 of Regulation (EU, Euratom) 2018/1046, compliance shall be assessed against the relevant provisions, in particular the Treaties, the ACP-EU Partnership Agreement, Decision 2013/755/EU, the Internal Agreement, this Regulation, and all acts adopted in implementation of those provisions.