[{"bbox": [217, 119, 1084, 179], "category": "Text", "text": "into the EU unwillingness to proceed with programming until international law is\nupheld by the Government of Ethiopia."}, {"bbox": [144, 189, 1085, 422], "category": "List-item", "text": "(5) The Ethiopian crisis that erupted in November 2020 led to massive and acute social and humanitarian needs in the whole country. It continues to generate large scale displacements, high difficulties to access basic social services and vast humanitarian needs. These individual measures are meant to directly support most vulnerable populations by providing minimum access to basic social services. Concretely it will aim at improving health of Ethiopian citizens and ensuring the provision of education specifically in conflict-affected areas. It will be accompanied by support measures to support the implementation and the impact of EU actions in the country."}, {"bbox": [144, 432, 1085, 521], "category": "List-item", "text": "(6) The action entitled ‘Contributing Actions to Restore Essential Health Services (CARE4Health)’ aims to improve health of Ethiopian citizens focusing on conflict affected population."}, {"bbox": [144, 532, 1085, 621], "category": "List-item", "text": "(7) The action entitled ‘Supporting education for conflict affected children in Ethiopia’ aims to improve the provision of education specifically for conflict affected children in Ethiopia."}, {"bbox": [144, 632, 1085, 692], "category": "List-item", "text": "(8) The measure entitled ‘Support Measure - Cooperation Facility’ aims to increase the impact of future EU cooperation actions."}, {"bbox": [144, 702, 1085, 762], "category": "List-item", "text": "(9) Pursuant to Article 26(1) of Regulation (EU) 2021/947 indirect management is to be used for the implementation of the actions 1 and 2."}, {"bbox": [144, 772, 1085, 890], "category": "List-item", "text": "(10) The Commission is to ensure a level of protection of the financial interests of the Union with regards to entities and persons entrusted with the implementation of Union funds by indirect management as provided for in Article 154(3) of the Financial Regulation."}, {"bbox": [217, 900, 1085, 1018], "category": "Text", "text": "To this end, such entities and persons are to be subject to an assessment of their\nsystems and procedures in accordance with Article 154(4) of the Financial Regulation<sup>4</sup>\nand, if necessary, to appropriate supervisory measures in accordance with Article\n154(5) thereof before a contribution agreement can be signed."}, {"bbox": [144, 1029, 1085, 1089], "category": "List-item", "text": "(11) It is necessary to allow for the payment of interest due for late payment on the basis of Article 116(5) of the Financial Regulation."}, {"bbox": [144, 1100, 1085, 1188], "category": "List-item", "text": "(12) In order to allow for flexibility in the implementation of the three actions, it is appropriate to allow changes which should not be considered substantial for the purposes of Article 110(5) of the Financial Regulation."}, {"bbox": [144, 1199, 1085, 1287], "category": "List-item", "text": "(13) The measures provided for in this Decision are in accordance with the opinion of the Neighbourhood, Development and International Cooperation Instrument Committee established under Article 45 of Regulation (EU) 2021/947."}, {"bbox": [151, 1298, 486, 1325], "category": "Text", "text": "HAS DECIDED AS FOLLOWS:"}, {"bbox": [549, 1342, 681, 1394], "category": "Section-header", "text": "Article 1\nThe measure"}, {"bbox": [144, 1411, 1085, 1499], "category": "Text", "text": "The annual financing decision, constituting the annual measure for the implementation of the individual measures in favour of the Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia for 2022 (part 1), as set out in the Annexes, is adopted."}, {"bbox": [144, 1545, 1085, 1595], "category": "Footnote", "text": "⁴ Except for the cases of Article 154(6) of Regulation (EU, Euratom) 2018/1046, where the Commission may decide, not to require an ex-ante assessment."}, {"bbox": [59, 1637, 126, 1683], "category": "Page-footer", "text": "EN"}, {"bbox": [607, 1658, 624, 1683], "category": "Page-footer", "text": "2"}, {"bbox": [1105, 1637, 1170, 1683], "category": "Page-footer", "text": "EN"}]