1.The financial reference amount intended to cover the expenditure related to the mandate of the EUSR from 1 March 2015 to 29 February 2016 shall be EUR 788 000.
[F12. The financial reference amount intended to cover the expenditure related to the mandate of the EUSR from 1 March 2016 to 28 February 2017 shall be EUR 825 000 .]
3.The expenditure shall be managed in accordance with the procedures and rules applicable to the general budget of the Union.
4.The management of the expenditure shall be subject to a contract between the EUSR and the Commission. The EUSR shall be accountable to the Commission for all expenditure.