
Article 1 
In Article 16 of Decision No 574/2007/EC, paragraph 4 is replaced by the following:
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4. The Union contribution to supported projects, as regards actions implemented in the Member States under Article 4, shall not exceed 50 % of the total cost of a specific action.This may be increased to 75 % for projects addressing specific priorities identified in the strategic guidelines referred to in Article 20.The Union contribution shall be increased to 75 % in the Member States covered by the Cohesion Fund.The Union contribution may be increased by 20 percentage points in a Member State provided that it meets one of the following conditions at the time of submission of its draft annual programme in accordance with Article 23(3) of this Decision or draft revised annual programme in accordance with Article 23 of Commission Decision 2008/456/EC:
(a) medium-term financial assistance is made available to it in accordance with Council Regulation (EC) No 332/2002;
(b) financial assistance is made available to it in accordance with Council Regulation (EU) No 407/2010 or financial assistance is made available to it by other euro-area Member States before 13 May 2010; or
(c) financial assistance is made available to it in accordance with the intergovernmental agreement reached establishing the European Financial Stability Facility or the Treaty establishing the European Stability Mechanism.The Member State concerned shall submit a written statement to the Commission together with its draft annual programme or draft revised annual programme confirming that it meets one of the conditions referred to in point (a), (b) or (c) of the fourth subparagraph.A project co-financed at the increased rate may remain so whether or not one of the conditions referred to in point (a), (b) or (c) of the fourth subparagraph is still met in the course of the implementation of the related annual programme.'.
Article 2 
This Decision shall enter into force on the day following that of its publication in the Official Journal of the European Union.
Article 3 
This Decision is addressed to the Member States in accordance with the Treaties.
Done at Strasbourg, 13 March 2013.
For the European Parliament
The President
M. SCHULZ
For the Council
The President
L. CREIGHTON