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1. The resources to be made available through the Facility, pursuant to paragraphs 2 and 3, shall not exceed EUR 6 000 000 000 for the period from 2024 to 2027.

2. The financial envelope for the implementation of the Facility shall be EUR 2 000 000 000 for the period from 1 January 2024 to 31 December 2027, with the following distribution:

(a) 98,5 % in the form of non-repayable financial support to the beneficiaries for the implementation of the Reform Agendas;

(b) 1,5 % for expenditure pursuant to paragraph 6.

3. Support in the form of loans shall be available for an amount of up to EUR 4 000 000 000 for the period from 1 January 2024 to 31 December 2027. That amount shall not constitute part of the amount of the External Action Guarantee within the meaning of Article 31(4) of Regulation (EU) 2021/947.

6. The resources referred to in paragraph 2, point (b), may be used for technical and administrative assistance for the implementation of the Facility, such as preparatory actions, monitoring, control, audit and evaluation activities, which are required for the management of the Facility and the achievement of its objectives, in particular studies, meetings of experts, training consultations with the beneficiaries’ authorities, conferences, consultation of stakeholders, including local and regional authorities and civil society organisations, information and communication activities, including inclusive outreach actions, and the corporate communication of the political priorities of the Union, insofar as they are related to the objectives of this Regulation, expenses linked to IT networks focusing on information processing and exchange, corporate information technology tools, as well as all other expenditure at headquarters and Union delegations for the administrative and coordination support required for the Facility. Expenses may also cover the costs of activities supporting transparency and of other activities such as quality control and monitoring of projects or programmes on the ground and the costs of peer counselling and experts for the assessment and implementation of reforms and investments.

4. The Commission shall set out the initial indicative amount of financing available for each beneficiary, in accordance with the methodology set out in the Annex, in the corresponding implementing decision referred to in Article 15, calculated on the basis of the latest available data on the day of the entry into force of this Regulation in accordance with Article 33. Indicative amounts may change during the implementation of the Facility in accordance with the principles laid out in Article 21.

5. Pursuant to Article 19 of this Regulation, the amount of funds made available under the Western Balkans Investment Framework (WBIF) referred to in Article 12 of Regulation (EU) 2021/1529 shall be at least 50 % of the overall amount set out in paragraph 1 of this Article. That contribution shall include the entire amount of non-repayable financial support as referred to in paragraph 2, point (a) of this Article after deducting the amount of provisioning.