
Article 1 
For the general budget of the European Union for the financial year 2015, the Flexibility Instrument shall be used to provide the sum of EUR 66,1 million in commitment appropriations in heading 3 (Security and Citizenship).
That amount shall be used to finance measures for managing the refugee crisis.
The payment appropriations corresponding to the mobilisation of the Flexibility Instrument will be EUR 52,9 million in 2016 and EUR 13,2 million in 2017.
Article 2 
This decision shall be published in the Official Journal of the European Union.
Done at Strasbourg, 28 October 2015.
For the European Parliament
The President
M. SCHULZ
For the Council
The President
N. SCHMIT