should be as user-friendly as possible. [Am. 43] 45. (34) This Regulation should      (34) This Regulation should         (34) This Regulation should establish the initial amounts to establish the initial amounts to    establish the initial amounts to Member States consisting of a    Member States consisting of a       Member States consisting of a fixed amount and an amount       fixed amount and an amount          fixed amount and an amount calculated on the basis of       calculated on the basis of criteria calculated on the basis of criteria criteria laid down in Annex I,   laid down in Annex I, which         laid down in Annex I, which which reflect the needs and      reflect the needs and pressure      reflect the needs and pressure pressure experienced by          experienced by different            experienced by different Member different Member States in the   Member States in the areas of       States in the areas of asylum, areas of asylum, integration     asylum, migration, integration      integration and return. and return.                      and return. Particular attention should be given to insular societies facing disproportionate migration challenges. [Am. 44] 46. (35) These initial amounts       (35) These initial amounts          [(35) These initial amounts should form a basis for          should form a basis for Member      should form a basis for Member Member States’ long-term         States’ long-term investments.      States’ long-term investments. To investments. To take account     To take account of changes in       take account of changes in of changes in migration flows    migration flows and to address      migration flows and to address and to address needs in the      needs in the management of          needs in the management of management of asylum and         asylum and reception systems        asylum and reception systems reception systems and            and integration of legally staying  and integration of legally staying integration of legally staying   third-country nationals, to         third-country nationals, and third-country nationals, and     develop legal migration and         counter irregular migration counter irregular migration      counter irregular migration         through efficient and sustainable through efficient and            through efficient, rights           return policy, an additional sustainable return policy, an    compliant and sustainable return    amount should be allocated to the additional amount should be      policy, an additional amount        Member States at mid-term 36

allocated to the Member States    should be allocated to the         taking into account objective at mid-term taking into account   Member States at mid-term          criteria the absorption rates. This the absorption rates. This        taking into account the            amount should be based on the amount should be based on the     absorption rates. This amount      latest available statistical data as latest available statistical data should be based on the latest      set out in Annex I to reflect the as set out in Annex I to reflect  available statistical data as set  changes in the baseline situation the changes in the baseline       out in Annex I to reflect the      of Member States.] situation of Member States.       changes in the baseline situation of Member States. [Am. 45] 47. (36) To contribute to the         (36) To contribute to the          (36) To contribute to the achievement of the policy         achievement of the policy          achievement of the policy objective of the Fund, Member     objective of the Fund, Member      objective of the Fund, Member States should ensure that their   States and the Commission          States should ensure that their programmes include actions        should ensure that their Member    programmes include actions addressing the specific           States’ programmes include         addressing the specific objectives objectives of this Regulation,    actions addressing which           of this Regulation, that the that the priorities chosen are in contribute to achieving each of    priorities chosen are in line with line with the implementation      the specific objectives of this    the implementation measures as measures as set out in Annex II   Regulation. They should ensure     set out in Annex II and that the and that the allocation of        furthermore that the allocation    allocation of resources between resources between the             of funding to the specific         the objectives ensures that the objectives ensures that the       objectives serves those            overall policy objective can be overall policy objective can be   objectives in the best possible    met. met.                              way and is based on the most up-to-date needs, that the programmes include a minimum level of expenditure with respect to those objectives, that the sharing of resources to objectives is in proportion to the challenges faced, that the priorities chosen are in line with the implementation measures as 37

set out in Annex II and that the allocation of resources between the objectives ensures that the overall policy objective can be met. [Am. 46] 48. (37) As challenges in the area   (37) As challenges in the area     (37) As challenges in the area of of migration are constantly      of migration are constantly        migration are constantly evolving, there is a need to     evolving, there is a need to adapt evolving, there is a need to adapt adapt the allocation of funding  the allocation of funding to the   the allocation of funding to the to the changes in migration      changes in migration flows. To     changes in migration flows. To flows. To respond to pressing    respond to pressing needs and      respond to pressing needs and needs and changes in policy      changes in policy and Union        changes in policy and Union and Union priorities, and to     priorities, and to steer funding   priorities, and to steer funding steer funding towards actions    towards actions with a high level  towards actions with a high level with a high level of Union       of Union added value, part of the  of Union added value, part of the added value, part of the         funding will be periodically       funding will be periodically funding will be periodically     allocated to specific actions,     allocated to specific actions, allocated to specific actions,   Union actions, actions of local    Union actions, emergency Union actions, emergency         and regional authorities,          assistance, resettlement [and assistance, resettlement and to  emergency assistance,              humanitarian admission] and to provide additional support for   resettlement and to provide        provide additional support for Member States contributing to    additional support for Member      Member States contributing to solidarity and responsibility    States contributing to solidarity  solidarity and responsibility efforts via a thematic facility. and responsibility efforts via a   efforts via a thematic facility. thematic facility. [Am. 47]        The financial envelope allocated to the thematic facility will also serve to reinforce programmes. 49. (38) Member States should be     (38) Member States should be       (38) Member States should be encouraged to use part of their  encouraged to use part of their    encouraged to use part of their programme allocation to fund     programme allocation to fund the   programme allocation to fund the the actions listed in Annex IV   actions listed in Annex IV by      actions listed in Annex IV by 38

by benefiting from a higher    benefiting from a higher Union    benefiting from a higher Union Union contribution.            contribution.                     contribution. 49a                                (38a) Efforts made by Member States to fully and properly implement the Union asylum acquis, including to grant appropriate reception conditions to applicants for, and beneficiaries of, international protection, to ensure the correct determination of status, in accordance with Directive 2011/95/EU, to apply fair and effective asylum procedures, should be supported by the Fund, in particular when those efforts are directed to unaccompanied minors for whom costs are higher. Member States should therefore receive a lump sum for each unaccompanied minor who is granted international protection, however this lump sum should not be cumulative to additional funding provided under this Regulation for resettlement. [Am. 48] 50. (39) Part of the available     (39) Part of the available        (39) Part of the available resources under the Fund could resources under the Fund could    resources under the Fund could also be allocated to Member    also be allocated to Member       also be allocated to Member States’ programmes for the     States’ programmes for the        States’ programmes for the 39

implementation of specific         implementation of specific         implementation of specific actions in addition to the initial actions in addition to the initial actions in addition to the initial allocation. These specific         allocation. These specific actions allocation. These specific actions actions should be identified at    should be identified at Union      should be identified at Union Union level and should             level and should concern actions   level and should concern actions concern actions which require      which require cooperative effort   which require cooperative effort cooperative effort or actions      or actions necessary to address    or actions necessary to address necessary to address               developments in the Union          developments in the Union which developments in the Union          which require additional funding   require additional funding to be which require additional           to be made available to one or     made available to one or more funding to be made available to    more Member States.                Member States. one or more Member States. 51. (40) The Fund should               (40) The Fund should               (40) The Fund should contribute contribute to supporting           contribute to supporting           to supporting operating costs operating costs related to         operating costs related to asylum  related to the specific objectives asylum and return and enable       and return immigration and         of the Fund asylum and return Member States to maintain          enable Member States to            and enable Member States to capabilities which are crucial     maintain capabilities which are    maintain capabilities which are for that service for the Union     crucial for that service for the   crucial for that service for the as a whole. Such support           Union as a whole. Such support     Union as a whole. Such support consists of full reimbursement     consists of full reimbursement of  consists of full reimbursement of of specific costs related to the   specific costs related to the      specific costs related to the objectives under the Fund and      objectives under the Fund and      objectives under the Fund and should form an integral part of    should form an integral part of    should form an integral part of the Member States’                 the Member States’ programmes.     the Member States’ programmes. programmes.                        [Am. 49] 52. (41) To complement the             (41) To complement the             (41) To complement the implementation of the policy       implementation of the policy       implementation of the policy objective of this Fund at          objective of this Fund at national objective of this Fund at national national level through Member      level through Member States’       level through Member States’ States’ programmes, the Fund       programmes, the Fund should        programmes, the Fund should should also provide support for    also provide support for actions   also provide support for actions at 40

actions at Union level. Such     at Union level. Such actions       Union level. Such actions should actions should serve overall     should serve overall strategic     serve overall strategic purposes strategic purposes within the    purposes within the scope of       within the scope of intervention scope of intervention of the     intervention of the Fund relating  of the Fund relating to policy Fund relating to policy analysis to policy analysis and             analysis and innovation, and innovation, transnational    innovation, transnational mutual   transnational mutual learning and mutual learning and              learning and partnerships and the  partnerships and the testing of partnerships and the testing of  testing of new initiatives and     new initiatives and actions across new initiatives and actions      actions across the Union while     the Union. across the Union.                respecting the need to provide adequate funding, in a fair and transparent manner, to achieve the objectives of the Fund. Through these actions the protection of fundamental rights in the implementation of the Fund should be ensured. [Am. 50] (42) In order to strengthen the (42) In order to strengthen the     (42) In order to strengthen the Union’s capacity to               Union’s capacity to               Union’s capacity to immediately immediately address               immediately address unforeseen    address unforeseen or unforeseen or disproportionate    or disproportionate heavy         disproportionate heavy migratory heavy migratory pressure in       migratory pressure in one or      pressure in one or more Member one or more Member States         more Member States                States characterised by a large or characterised by a large or       characterised by a large or       disproportionate inflow of third- disproportionate inflow of        disproportionate inflow of third- country nationals, which places third-country nationals, which    country third country nationals,  significant and urgent demands places significant and urgent     in one or more Member States      on their reception and detention demands on their reception and which places significant and         facilities, asylum and migration detention facilities, asylum and urgent demands on their            management systems and migration management systems reception and detention                procedures, heavy migratory and procedures, heavy             facilities, asylum and migration  pressures in third countries due to migratory pressures in third      management systems and            political developments or 41

countries due to political       procedures, heavy or migratory     conflicts, it should be possible to developments or conflicts, it    pressures challenges or            provide emergency assistance in should be possible to provide    significant resettlement needs     accordance with the framework emergency assistance in          in third countries due to          set out in this Regulation. accordance with the framework    political developments, or set out in this Regulation.      conflicts or natural disasters, it should be possible to provide emergency assistance in accordance with the framework set out in this Regulation. [Am. 51] 53.    (43) This Regulation should     (43) This Regulation should         (43) This Regulation should ensure the continuation of the  ensure the continuation of the      ensure the continuation of the European Migration Network      European Migration Network set      European Migration Network set set up by Council Decision      up by Council Decision              up by Council Decision 29                              30                                  31 2008/381/EC and should          2008/381/EC and should              2008/381/EC and should provide financial assistance in provide financial assistance in     provide financial assistance in accordance with its objectives  accordance with its objectives      accordance with its objectives and tasks.                      and tasks.                          and tasks. 54.    (44) The policy objective of    (44) The policy objective of this   (44) The policy objective of this this Fund will be also          Fund will be also addressed         Fund will be also addressed addressed through financial     through financial instruments       through financial instruments and instruments and budgetary       and budgetary guarantee under       budgetary guarantee under the guarantee under the policy      the policy windows of the           policy windows of the InvestEU. windows of the InvestEU.        InvestEU. Financial support         Financial support should be used Financial support should be     should be used to address market    to address market failures or sub- used to address market failures failures or sub-optimal             optimal investment situations, in or sub-optimal investment       investment situations, in a         a proportionate manner and 29    2008/381/EC: Council Decision of 14 May 2008 establishing a European Migration Network (OJ L 131, 21.5.2008, p. 7). 30     2008/381/EC: Council Decision of 14 May 2008 establishing a European Migration Network (OJ L 131, 21.5.2008, p. 7). 31   2008/381/EC: Council Decision of 14 May 2008 establishing a European Migration Network (OJ L 131, 21.5.2008, p. 7). 42

situations, in a proportionate  proportionate manner and         actions should not duplicate or manner and actions should not   actions should not duplicate or  crowd out private financing or duplicate or crowd out private  crowd out private financing or   distort competition in the Internal financing or distort            distort competition in the       market. Actions should have a competition in the Internal     Internal market. Actions should  clear European added value. market. Actions should have a   have a clear European added clear European added value.     value. [Am. 52] 54a                                                                  (44a) Blending operations have a voluntary nature and are operations supported by the Union budget combining repayable and/or non-repayable forms of support from the Union budget with repayable forms of support from promotional/ development or other public finance institutions, as well as from commercial finance institutions and investors. 55. (45) This Regulation lays       (45) This Regulation lays down   (45) This Regulation lays down down a financial envelope for   a financial envelope for the     a financial envelope for the entire the entire Asylum and           entire Asylum and Migration      Asylum and Migration Fund Migration Fund which is to      Fund which is to constitute the  which is to constitute the prime constitute the prime reference  prime reference amount, within   reference amount, within the amount, within the meaning of   the meaning of [reference to be  meaning of [reference to be [reference to be updated as     updated as appropriate according updated as appropriate according appropriate according to the    to the new inter-institutional   to the new inter-institutional new inter-institutional         agreement: point 17 of the       agreement: point 17 of the agreement: point 17 of the      Interinstitutional Agreement of  Interinstitutional Agreement of Interinstitutional Agreement of 2 December 2013 between the      2 December 2013 between the 2 December 2013 between the     European Parliament, the         European Parliament, the Council European Parliament, the        Council and the Commission on    and the Commission on Council and the Commission      budgetary discipline, on         budgetary discipline, on on budgetary discipline, on     cooperation in budgetary matters cooperation in budgetary matters 43

cooperation in budgetary           and on sound financial            and on sound financial 33                                34 matters and on sound financial     management ], for the European    management ], for the European 32 management ], for the              Parliament and the Council        Parliament and the Council European Parliament and the        during the annual budgetary       during the annual budgetary Council during the annual          procedure.                        procedure. budgetary procedure. 56.     (46) Regulation (EU)               (46) Regulation (EU) No …/…       (46) Regulation (EU, Euratom) No …/… [Financial                  [Financial Regulation] applies to 2018/1046No …/… [Financial Regulation] applies to this        this Fund. It lays down rules on  Regulation] applies to this Fund. Fund. It lays down rules on the    the implementation of the Union   It lays down rules on the implementation of the Union        budget, including the rules on    implementation of the Union budget, including the rules on     grants, prizes, procurement,      budget, including the rules on grants, prizes, procurement,       indirect implementation,          grants, prizes, procurement, indirect implementation,           financial assistance, financial   indirect implementation, financial financial assistance, financial    instruments and budgetary         assistance, financial instruments instruments and budgetary          guarantees                        and budgetary guarantees. guarantees. 57.     (47) For the purpose of            (47) For the purpose of           (47) For the purpose of implementation of actions          implementation of actions under   implementation of actions under under shared management, the       shared management, the Fund       shared management, the Fund Fund should form part of a         should form part of a coherent    should form part of a coherent coherent framework consisting      framework consisting of this      framework consisting of this of this Regulation, Financial      Regulation, Financial Regulation  Regulation, Financial Regulation Regulation and Regulation          and Regulation (EU) …/2021        and Regulation (EU) …/2021 (EU) …/2021 [Common                [Common Provisions                [Common Provisions Provisions Regulation].            Regulation]. In the event of      Regulation]. 32   OJ C 373, 20.12.2013, p. 1; http://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/EN/TXT/?uri=uriserv:OJ.C_.2013.373.01.0001.01.ENG&toc=OJ:C:2013:373:TOC 33   OJ C 373, 20.12.2013, p. 1; http://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/EN/TXT/?uri=uriserv:OJ.C_.2013.373.01.0001.01.ENG&toc=OJ:C:2013:373:TOC 34   OJ C 373, 20.12.2013, p. 1; 44

conflicting provisions, this Regulation should take precedence over Regulation(EU) No X [CPR]. [Am. 53] 58. (48) Regulation (EU) …/2021     (48) Regulation (EU) …/2021         (48) Regulation (EU) …/2021 [Common Provisions              [Common Provisions                  [Common Provisions Regulation] Regulation] establishes the     Regulation] establishes Beyond      establishes the framework for framework for action for        the framework for action for        action for ERDF, ESF+, the ERDF, ESF+, the Cohesion        ERDF, ESF+, the Cohesion            Cohesion Fund, the European Fund, the European Maritime     Fund, the European Maritime         Maritime and Fisheries Fund and Fisheries Fund (EMFF),      and Fisheries Fund (EMFF),          (EMFF), the Asylum, and the Asylum and Migration        setting up financial rules          Migration and Integration Fund Fund (AMF), the Internal        common to several Union             (AMIF), the Internal Security Security Fund (ISF) and the     funds, including the Asylum,        Fund (ISF) and the Border Border Management and Visa      and Migration Fund (AMF), the       Management and Visa Instrument Instrument (BMVI) as a part of  Internal Security Fund (ISF) and    (BMVI) as a part of the the Integrated Border           the Border Management and           Integrated Border Management Management Fund (IBMF),         Visa Instrument (BMVI) as a         Fund (IBMF), and lays down, in and lays down, in particular,   part of the Integrated Border       particular, the rules concerning the rules concerning            Management Fund (IBMF), and         programming, monitoring and programming, monitoring and     lays down, in particular, the rules evaluation, management and evaluation, management and      concerning programming,             control for Union funds control for Union funds         monitoring and evaluation,          implemented under shared implemented under shared        management and control for          management. It is therefore management. It is therefore     Union funds implemented under       necessary to specify the necessary to specify the        shared management. and              objectives of AMIF, and to lay objectives of AMF, and to lay   Integration Fund (AMIF), it is      down specific provisions down specific provisions        therefore necessary to specify the  concerning the type of activities concerning the type of          objectives of AMF AMIF, and to      that may be financed by AMIF. activities that may be financed lay down specific provisions by AMF.                         concerning the type of activities 45