Decision No 281/2012/EU of the European Parliament and of the Council (repealed)Show full title

Article 1

Decision No 573/2007/EC is hereby amended as follows:

(1)

Article 13 is amended as follows:

(a)

paragraph 3 is replaced by the following:

‘3. Member States shall receive a fixed amount in accordance with paragraph 3a for each person resettled on the basis of one or more of the following priorities:

(a) persons from a country or region designated for the implementation of a regional protection programme;

(b) persons from one or more of the following vulnerable groups:

• (b) children and women at risk,

• unaccompanied minors,

• survivors of violence and/or torture,

• persons having serious medical needs that can be addressed only if they are resettled,

• persons in need of emergency resettlement or urgent resettlement for legal and/or physical protection needs;

(c) the specific common Union resettlement priorities for 2013 listed in the Annex to this Decision.’;

(b)

the following paragraph is inserted:

‘3a. Member States shall receive a fixed amount of EUR 4 000 for each person resettled on the basis of the priorities listed in paragraph 3.

In the cases indicated below, the fixed amount shall be increased as follows:

• EUR 6 000 per resettled person for those Member States which receive the fixed amount for resettlement from the Fund for the first time,

• EUR 5 000 per resettled person for those Member States which have already received the fixed amount for resettlement from the Fund once in the course of the previous years of the Fund’s operation.’;

(c)

paragraph 4 is replaced by the following:

‘4. Where a Member State resettles a person on the basis of more than one of the Union resettlement priorities listed in paragraph 3, it shall receive the fixed amount for this person only once.’;

(d)

paragraph 6 is replaced by the following:

‘6. By 1 May 2012, Member States shall provide the Commission with an estimate of the number of persons they will resettle, on the basis of the priorities listed in paragraph 3, in the course of the following calendar year, including a breakdown by the different categories referred to in that paragraph. The Commission shall communicate this information to the Committee referred to in Article 52.’;

(e)

the following paragraph is added:

‘7. The results and impact of the financial incentive for resettlement actions on the basis of the priorities listed in paragraph 3 shall be reported by the Member States in the report referred to in Article 50(2) and by the Commission in the report referred to in Article 50(3).’;

(2)

in Article 35, the following paragraph is added:

‘5. The fixed amount for each resettled person allocated to the Member States shall be granted as a lump sum for each person effectively resettled.’;

(3)

the text set out in the Annex to this Decision is added as an Annex to Decision No 573/2007/EC.