Prilog
Done at Brussels on 8th of December in the year of two thousand twenty-five
FOR THE EUROPEAN UNION FOR THE REPUBLIC OF SERBIA
Olivér VÁRHELYI Zlatibor Lončar
European Commissioner for Health
Minister of Health
and Animal Welfare ANNEX I: Rules governing the financial contribution of Serbia to the EU4Health Programme (2021-2027)
ANNEX II: Sound Financial Management, Protection of financial interests and recovery
Annex I
Rules governing the financial contribution of Serbia to the EU4Health
Programme (2021-2027)
I. Calculation of Serbia’s financial contribution
1. The financial contribution of Serbia to the EU4Health Programme shall be established on a yearly basis in proportion to, and in addition to, the amount available each year in the Union budget for commitment appropriations needed for the management, execution and operation of the EU4Health Programme.
2. The participation fee referred to in Article 3(7) of this Agreement shall be phased in as follows:
- 2026: 3%;
- 2027: 4%.
3. In accordance with Article 3(5) of this Agreement, the initial operational contribution to be paid by Serbia for its participation in the EU4Health Programme will be calculated for the respective financial years by applying an adjustment to the contribution key.
The adjustment to the contribution key shall be:
Contribution Key Adjusted = Contribution Key × 𝐶𝑜𝑒𝑓𝑓𝑖𝑐𝑖𝑒𝑛𝑡
The coefficient used for the above calculation to adjust the contribution key shall be 0,50 for 2026-2027.
II. Payment of Serbia’s financial contribution
1. The Commission shall communicate to Serbia, as soon as possible and at the latest when issuing the first call for funds of the financial year, the following information:
a. the amounts in commitment appropriations in the Union budget definitively adopted for the year in question for the budget lines covering participation of Serbia, in the EU4Health Programme;
b. the amount of the participation fee referred to in Article 3(7) of this Agreement.
On the basis of its Draft Budget, the Commission shall provide an estimate of information for the following year under points (a) and (b) as soon as possible, and, at the latest, by 1 September of the financial year.
2. The Commission shall issue, at the latest in April of each financial year, a call for funds to Serbia corresponding to its financial contribution under this Agreement.
Each call for funds shall provide for the payment of Serbia 's financial contribution not later than 30 days after the call for funds is issued.
For the first year of implementation of this Agreement, the Commission shall issue the call for funds within 60 days of the signature of this Agreement.
3. Serbia shall pay its financial contribution under this Agreement in accordance with point II of this Annex. In the absence of payment by Serbia by the due date, the Commission shall send a formal letter of reminder.
Any delay in the payment of the financial contribution shall give rise to the payment of default interest by Serbia on the outstanding amount from the due date.
The interest rate for amounts receivable not paid on the due date shall be the rate applied by the European Central Bank to its principal refinancing operations, as published in the C series of the Official Journal of the European Union, in force on the first calendar day of the month in which the due date falls, increased by three and half percentage points.
In case the delay in the payment of the contribution is such that it may significantly jeopardise the implementation and management of the EU4Health Programme, participation of Serbia in the EU4Health Programme will be suspended by the Commission following the absence of payment 20 working days after a formal letter of reminder, without prejudice to the Union's obligations according to grant agreements and/or contracts already concluded pertaining to the implementation of the indirect actions for which Serbia was selected.