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1. The costs incurred in connection with the establishment and operation of the ESP, the shared BMS, the CIR and the MID shall be borne by the general budget of the Union.

2. Costs incurred in connection with the integration of the existing national infrastructures and their connection to the national uniform interfaces as well as in connection with hosting the national uniform interfaces shall be borne by the general budget of the Union. The following costs shall be excluded:

(a) Member States' project management office (meetings, missions, offices);

(b) hosting of national IT systems (space, implementation, electricity, cooling);

(c) operation of national IT systems (operators and support contracts);

(d) design, development, implementation, operation and maintenance of national communication networks.

3. Without prejudice to further funding for this purpose from other sources of the general budget of the European Union, an amount of EUR 32 077 000 shall be mobilised from the envelope of EUR 791 000 000 foreseen under Article 5(5)(b) of Regulation (EU) No 515/2014 to cover the costs of implementation of this Regulation, as foreseen under paragraphs 1 and 2 of this Article.

4. From the envelope referred to in paragraph 3, EUR 22 861 000 shall be allocated to eu-LISA, EUR 9 072 000 shall be allocated to Europol and EUR 144 000 shall be allocated to the European Union Agency for Law Enforcement Training (CEPOL) to support these agencies in performing their respective tasks under this Regulation. ◄ Such funding shall be implemented under indirect management.

5. The costs incurred by the designated authorities shall be borne by the designating Member States respectively. The costs of connecting each designated authority to the CIR shall be borne by each Member State. The costs incurred by Europol, including of connection to the CIR, shall be borne by Europol.