[{"bbox": [84, 128, 707, 162], "category": "Section-header", "text": "# 4 IMPLEMENTATION ARRANGEMENTS"}, {"bbox": [84, 194, 381, 225], "category": "Section-header", "text": "## 4.1 Financing Agreement"}, {"bbox": [96, 242, 1081, 268], "category": "Text", "text": "In order to implement this action it is envisaged to conclude a financing agreement with the partner country."}, {"bbox": [84, 282, 509, 312], "category": "Section-header", "text": "## 4.2 Indicative Implementation Period"}, {"bbox": [96, 329, 1131, 408], "category": "Text", "text": "The indicative operational implementation period of this action, during which the activities described in section 3 will be carried out and the corresponding contracts and agreements implemented, is 60 months from the date of entry into force of the financing agreement."}, {"bbox": [96, 409, 1121, 461], "category": "Text", "text": "Extensions of the implementation period may be agreed by the Commission's responsible authorising officer by amending this Financing Decision and the relevant contracts and agreements."}, {"bbox": [84, 501, 439, 531], "category": "Section-header", "text": "## 4.3 Implementation Modalities"}, {"bbox": [96, 560, 1130, 637], "category": "Text", "text": "The Commission will ensure that the EU appropriate rules and procedures for providing financing to third parties are respected, including review procedures, where appropriate, and compliance of the action with EU restrictive measures³."}, {"bbox": [84, 666, 480, 692], "category": "Section-header", "text": "### 4.3.1 Direct Management (Procurement)"}, {"bbox": [96, 709, 1130, 761], "category": "Text", "text": "In order to achieve the objectives of this action under section 3.1. a service contract will be signed for an amount specified in section 4.5."}, {"bbox": [84, 802, 799, 832], "category": "Section-header", "text": "## 4.4 Scope of geographical eligibility for procurement and grants"}, {"bbox": [96, 861, 1130, 941], "category": "Text", "text": "The geographical eligibility in terms of place of establishment for participating in procurement and grant award procedures and in terms of origin of supplies purchased as established in the basic act and set out in the relevant contractual documents shall apply."}, {"bbox": [96, 953, 1131, 1059], "category": "Text", "text": "The Commission's authorising officer responsible may extend the geographical eligibility on the basis of urgency or of unavailability of services in the markets of the countries or territories concerned, or in other duly substantiated cases where application of the eligibility rules would make the realisation of this action impossible or exceedingly difficult (Article 28(10) NDICI-Global Europe Regulation)."}, {"bbox": [84, 1087, 339, 1117], "category": "Section-header", "text": "## 4.5 Indicative Budget"}, {"bbox": [84, 1128, 1167, 1431], "category": "Table", "text": "<table><thead><tr><td>Indicative Budget components</td><td>EU contribution (amount in EUR)</td></tr></thead><tbody><tr><td><strong>Procurement</strong> – cf. section 4.3.1<br><em>Including on Strategic Communication and Public Diplomacy</em></td><td>3 800 000</td></tr><tr><td><strong>Evaluation</strong> – cf. section 5.2</td><td>200 000</td></tr><tr><td><strong>Audit</strong> – cf. section 5.3</td><td></td></tr><tr><td><strong>Contingencies</strong></td><td>N.A.</td></tr><tr><td><strong>Totals</strong></td><td>4 000 000</td></tr></tbody></table>"}, {"bbox": [84, 1571, 1141, 1645], "category": "Footnote", "text": "³ www.sanctionsmap.eu. Please note that the sanctions map is an IT tool for identifying the sanctions regimes. The source of the sanctions stems from legal acts published in the Official Journal (OJ). In case of discrepancy between the published legal acts and the updates on the website it is the OJ version that prevails."}, {"bbox": [1026, 1680, 1141, 1704], "category": "Page-footer", "text": "Page 20 of 23"}]