[{"bbox": [360, 145, 870, 171], "category": "Section-header", "text": "COMMISSION IMPLEMENTING DECISION"}, {"bbox": [544, 213, 687, 238], "category": "Text", "text": "of 21.10.2024"}, {"bbox": [185, 278, 1044, 337], "category": "Section-header", "text": "amending Commission Implementing Decision C(2022)8416 of 16.11.2022 on the\nfinancing of the annual action plan in favour of the Kingdom of Lesotho for 2022"}, {"bbox": [144, 400, 505, 426], "category": "Text", "text": "THE EUROPEAN COMMISSION,"}, {"bbox": [144, 441, 856, 469], "category": "Text", "text": "Having regard to the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union,"}, {"bbox": [144, 482, 1085, 569], "category": "Text", "text": "Having regard to Regulation (EU, Euratom) 2024/2509 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 23 September 2024 on the financial rules applicable to the general budget of the Union¹, and in particular Article 110 thereof,"}, {"bbox": [144, 581, 1085, 727], "category": "Text", "text": "Having regard to Regulation (EU) 2021/947 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 9 June 2021 establishing the Neighbourhood, Development and International Cooperation Instrument - Global Europe, amending and repealing Decision No 466/2014/EU and repealing Regulation (EU) 2017/1601 and Council Regulation (EC, Euratom) No 480/2009², and in particular Article 23(1) and (2), and Article 25(2)(d) thereof,"}, {"bbox": [144, 739, 240, 764], "category": "Text", "text": "Whereas:"}, {"bbox": [144, 780, 1085, 867], "category": "List-item", "text": "(1) By its Decision C(2022)8416 of 16.11.2022 the Commission has adopted the Commission Implementing Decision on the financing of the annual action plan in favour of the Kingdom of Lesotho for 2022."}, {"bbox": [144, 879, 1085, 938], "category": "List-item", "text": "(2) The envisaged assistance is to comply with the conditions and procedures set out by the restrictive measures adopted pursuant to Article 215 TFEU³."}, {"bbox": [144, 950, 1085, 1124], "category": "List-item", "text": "(3) The objectives pursued by the annual action plan to be financed under the Regulation (EU) 2021/947 geographic programme 'Sub-Saharan Africa' are to facilitate Lesotho's move towards a circular economy that becomes increasingly sustainable and self-sufficient with regard to energy generation and consumption, and to support the improvement of service delivery to the citizenry, particularly social protection. The annual action plan includes three actions, two of which are subject to an amendment."}, {"bbox": [144, 1136, 1085, 1310], "category": "List-item", "text": "(4) The action entitled 'Renewable Lesotho' aims to ensure energy security in Lesotho, improve access to reliable and affordable clean energy, and promote green growth. A substantial change is required to increase the EU contribution beyond the flexibility margin by EUR 10 000 000 in order to leverage greater investment in favor of the identified project pipeline, by increasing the EU grant contribution to blending operations. No new implementation modalities are introduced."}, {"bbox": [144, 1322, 1085, 1409], "category": "List-item", "text": "(5) The action entitled ‘Cooperation Facility and Support Measures for Civil Society in Lesotho’ aims to strengthen civil society in Lesotho and to establish a cooperation facility to support the implementation of the Multi-annual Indicative Programme"}, {"bbox": [144, 1445, 796, 1470], "category": "Footnote", "text": "1 OJ L 239, 26.9.2024, ELI: http://data.europa.eu/eli/reg/2024/2509/oj."}, {"bbox": [144, 1470, 430, 1493], "category": "Footnote", "text": "2 OJ L 209, 14.6.2021, p.1."}, {"bbox": [144, 1494, 1085, 1567], "category": "Footnote", "text": "³ www.sanctionsmap.eu. Note that the sanctions map is an IT tool for identifying the sanctions regimes.\nThe source of the sanctions stems from legal acts published in the Official Journal (OJ). In case of\ndiscrepancy, the OJ prevails."}, {"bbox": [59, 1638, 126, 1682], "category": "Page-footer", "text": "EN"}, {"bbox": [609, 1659, 622, 1682], "category": "Page-footer", "text": "1"}, {"bbox": [1105, 1638, 1170, 1682], "category": "Page-footer", "text": "EN"}]