1.The financial envelope for the implementation of this Regulation for the period 2014-2020 shall be EUR 19 661 639 000.
The annual appropriations shall be authorised by the European Parliament and the Council within the limits of the multiannual financial framework.
2.The indicative amounts allocated to each programme referred to in Articles 5 to 9 for the period 2014-2020 are laid down in Annex IV.
3.In accordance with Article 18(4) of Regulation (EU) No 1288/2013 of the European Parliament and of the Council(1), an indicative amount of EUR 1 680 000 000 from the different instruments for financing external action (Development Cooperation Instrument, European Neighbourhood Instrument, Partnership Instrument and Instrument for Pre-accession Assistance) shall be allocated to actions in respect of learning mobility to or from partner countries within the meaning of Regulation (EU) No 1288/2013, and to cooperation and policy dialogue with authorities, institutions and organisations from those countries.
Regulation (EU) No 1288/2013 shall apply to the use of those funds.
The funding shall be made available through two multiannual allocations covering the first four years and the remaining three years respectively. The allocation of that funding shall be reflected in the multiannual indicative programming provided for in this Regulation, in line with the identified needs and priorities of the countries concerned. The allocations may be revised in the event of major unforeseen circumstances or important political changes in line with the priorities of the Union's external action.
4.The funding under this Regulation for actions referred to in paragraph 3 shall not exceed EUR 707 000 000. The funds shall be drawn from the financial allocations for geographic programmes, and the expected regional distribution and the types of actions shall be specified. Funding pursuant to this Regulation aimed at financing actions covered by Regulation (EU) No 1288/2013 shall be used for actions for the benefit of the partner countries which are covered by this Regulation, with particular attention paid to the poorest countries. The student and staff mobility actions funded through the allocation from this Regulation shall focus on areas that are relevant to the inclusive and sustainable development of developing countries.
5.The Commission shall include in its annual report on the implementation of this Regulation, as provided for in Article 13 of Regulation (EU) No 236/2014, a list of all actions referred to in paragraph 3 of this Article the funding of which is derived from this Regulation, including their compliance with the objectives and principles set out in Articles 2 and 3 of this Regulation.
Regulation (EU) No 1288/2013 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 11 December 2013 establishing ‘Erasmus+’: the Union programme for education, training, youth and sport and repealing Decisions No 1719/2006/EC, No 1720/2006/EC and No 1298/2008/EC (OJ L 347, 20.12.2013, p. 50).