Commission Decision of 3 March 2011 amending Decision 2008/457/EC laying down rules for the implementation of Council Decision 2007/435/EC establishing the European Fund for the Integration of third-country nationals for the period 2007 to 2013 as part of the General programme ‘Solidarity and Management of Migration Flows’ as regards Member States’ management and control systems, the rules for administrative and financial management and the eligibility of expenditure on projects co-financed by the Fund (notified under document C(2011) 1289) (Only the Bulgarian, Czech, Dutch, English, Estonian, Finnish, French, German, Greek, Hungarian, Italian, Latvian, Lithuanian, Maltese, Polish, Portuguese, Romanian, Slovak, Slovenian, Spanish and Swedish texts are authentic) (2011/151/EU)

Article 2

1. Points 1 to 7 of Article 1 and points 1 to 5 of the Annex shall apply from the date of adoption of this Decision.

2. Point 6 of the Annex shall apply from the implementation of the 2011 annual programmes at the latest.

3. Member States may decide to apply point 6 of the Annex in respect of ongoing or future projects as from the 2009 and 2010 annual programmes in full respect of the principles of equal treatment, transparency and non-discrimination. In that case Member States shall apply the new rules in their entirety to the project concerned and, where necessary, shall amend the grant agreement. In respect of technical assistance expenditure only, Member States may decide to apply point 6 of the Annex as from the 2008 annual programme.