
Article 1 
Commission Decision 2008/22/EC is amended as follows:

1.. Article 23(1) is replaced by the following:
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1. In order to revise the annual programme approved by the Commission pursuant to Article 20(5) of the basic act, the Member State concerned shall submit a revised draft annual programme to the Commission at the latest three months before the end of the eligibility period. The Commission shall examine and, as soon as possible, approve the revised programme in accordance with the procedure laid down in Article 20(5) of the basic act.';
2.. in point 4.1 of Annex 5, Part A, the words ‘List of all pending recoveries at 30 June of the year N + 2 (N = year of this annual programme)’ are replaced by the words ‘List of all pending recoveries six months after the eligibility deadline for expenditure’;
3.. in Annex 11, point I.4.1 is replaced by the following:
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1. Costs relating to a project must be incurred and the respective payments (except for depreciation) made after 1 January of the year referred to in the financing decision approving the annual programmes of the Member States. The eligibility period is until 30 June of the year N + 2, meaning that the costs relating to a project must be incurred before this date.
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4.. in Annex 11, point V.3 is replaced by the following:
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3. Activities linked to technical assistance must be performed and the corresponding payments made after 1 January of the year referred to in the financing decision approving the annual programmes of the Member States. The eligibility period lasts at the latest until the deadline for the submission of the final report on the implementation of the annual programme.
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Article 2 
This Decision shall apply to all annual programmes for which the payment of the balance has not been made at the date of its adoption.
Article 3 
This Decision is addressed to the Kingdom of Belgium, the Republic of Bulgaria, the Czech Republic, the Federal Republic of Germany, the Republic of Estonia, Ireland, the Hellenic Republic, the Kingdom of Spain, the French Republic, the Italian Republic, the Republic of Cyprus, the Republic of Latvia, the Republic of Lithuania, the Grand Duchy of Luxembourg, the Republic of Hungary, the Republic of Malta, the Kingdom of the Netherlands, the Republic of Austria, the Republic of Poland, the Portuguese Republic, Romania, the Republic of Slovenia, the Slovak Republic, the Republic of Finland, the Kingdom of Sweden and the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland.
Done at Brussels, 9 July 2009.
For the Commission
Jacques BARROT
Vice-President