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1. The Instrument shall provide support to cover foregone fees from visas issued for the purpose of transit and additional costs incurred in implementing the facilitated transit scheme in accordance with Regulations (EC) No 693/2003 and (EC) No 694/2003.

2. The resources allocated to Lithuania for the Special Transit Scheme in accordance with point (a) of Article 7(3) shall be made available as additional operating support for Lithuania, including for investment in infrastructures, in accordance with the expenditure that is eligible for operating support within its programme referred to in Annex VII.

3. By way of derogation from Article 16(1), Lithuania may use the amount allocated to it in accordance with point (a) of Article 7(3) to finance operating support in addition to the amount referred to in Article 16(1).

4. The Commission and Lithuania shall review the application of this Article in the event of changes which have an impact on the existence or functioning of the Special Transit Scheme.

5. Following a reasoned request by Lithuania, the resources allocated for the Special Transit Scheme in accordance with in point (a) of Article 7(3) shall be reviewed and, where necessary, adjusted before the adoption of the last work programme for the thematic facility referred to in Article 8, within the limits of the budgetary resources referred to in point (b) of Article 7(3), through the thematic facility referred to in Article 8.