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1. The VAT-based own resource and the GNI-based own resource, taking into account the effect on those resources of the gross reduction granted to Denmark, Germany, the Netherlands, Austria and Sweden, shall be credited on the first working day of each month. The amounts to be credited shall be one-twelfth of the relevant totals in the budget, converted into national currencies at the rates of exchange of the last day of quotation of the calendar year preceding the budget year, as published in the Official Journal of the European Union, C series.

2. For the specific needs of paying the expenditure of the European Agricultural Guarantee Fund pursuant to Regulation (EU) No 1307/2013 of the European Parliament and of the Council () and subsequent relevant Union legislation, and depending on the Union’s cash position, the Commission may invite Member States to bring forward, by up to 2 months in the first quarter of the financial year, the entry of one-twelfth, or a fraction thereof, of the amounts in the budget for the VAT-based own resource and the GNI-based own resource, taking into account the effect on those resources of the gross reduction granted to Denmark, Germany, the Netherlands, Austria and Sweden.

Subject to the third subparagraph, for the specific needs of paying expenditure of the European Structural and Investment Funds pursuant to Regulation (EU) No 1303/2013 of the European Parliament and of the Council () and subsequent relevant Union legislation, and depending on the Union’s cash position, the Commission may invite Member States to bring forward, in the first 6 months of the financial year, the entry of up to an additional half of one-twelfth of the amounts in the budget for the VAT-based own resource and the GNI-based own resource, taking into account the effect on those resources of the gross reduction granted to Denmark, Germany, the Netherlands, Austria and Sweden. The total amount that the Commission may invite Member States to bring forward in the same month under the first and second subparagraphs shall, in any event, not exceed an amount corresponding to two additional twelfths. After the first 6 months, the monthly entry requested may not exceed one-twelfth of the VAT and GNI-based own resources, while remaining within the limit of the amounts entered in the budget for that purpose.

The Commission shall notify the Member States thereof in advance, no later than 2 weeks before an entry requested pursuant to the first and second subparagraphs. The Commission shall inform the Member States well in advance, and no later than 6 weeks before an entry requested pursuant to the second subparagraph, of its intention to request such an entry. Paragraph 4, concerning the amount to be entered in January each year, and paragraph 5, applicable if the budget has not been finally adopted before the beginning of the financial year, shall apply to these advance entries.

Member States may, in exceptional and duly justified cases, request an authorisation from the Commission to advance the making available of the VAT and GNI-based own resources, in particular in the context of amending budgets at year’s end, taking into account the effect on these own resources of the gross reduction granted to Denmark, Germany, the Netherlands, Austria and Sweden. Any advance payment shall be preceded by at least 7 working days’ prior notice and its request should be duly justified by the Member State concerned. The Commission shall assess the request taking into account the cash position and liquidity needs of the Commission. Member State may only execute the advanced payment following authorisation by the Commission. Any additional costs linked to the making available in advance of the VAT and GNI-based own resources shall be borne by the Member State requesting it.

3. Any change in the uniform rate of the VAT-based own resource, in the rate of the GNI-based own resource, in the financing of the gross reduction granted to Denmark, Germany, the Netherlands, Austria and Sweden shall require the final adoption of an amending budget and shall give rise to readjustments of the twelfths that have been entered since the beginning of the financial year. These readjustments shall be carried out when the first entry is made following the final adoption of the amending budget if it is adopted before the 16th of the month. Otherwise, those readjustments shall be carried out when the second entry following final adoption is made. By way of derogation from Article 10 of the Financial Regulation, these readjustments shall be entered in the accounts in respect of the financial year of the amending budget in question.

4. Calculation of the twelfths for January of each financial year shall be based on the amounts provided for in the draft budget referred to in Article 314(2), of the Treaty on the Functioning of European Union (TFEU) and shall be converted into national currencies at the rates of exchange of the first day of quotation following 15 December of the calendar year preceding the budget year. The adjustment shall be made with the entry for the following month.

5. If the final adoption of the budget has not taken place by at the latest 2 weeks before the entry for January of the following financial year, the Member States shall enter on the first working day of each month, including January, one-twelfth of the amount of the VAT-based own resource, and the GNI-based own resource, taking into account the effect on those resources of the gross reduction granted to Denmark, Germany, the Netherlands, Austria and Sweden, entered in the last budget finally adopted. The adjustment shall be made on the first due date following final adoption of the budget if the budget is adopted before the 16th of the month. Otherwise, the adjustment shall be made on the second due date following final adoption of the budget.

6. There shall be no subsequent revision of the financing of the gross reduction granted to Denmark, Germany, the Netherlands, Austria and Sweden in the event of modifications of the GNI data pursuant to Article 2(2) of Regulation (EU) 2019/516 of the European Parliament and of the Council ();