Notification Letter - “Support to comply with the implementation of the relevant interoperability legal framework” under BMVI - Reference BMVI/2021/SA/1.5.4

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EUROPEAN COMMISSION DIRECTORATE-GENERAL FOR MIGRATION AND HOME AFFAIRS

Directorate E – HOME Affairs Funds

E.3 – North, West & Central Europe (II)

Brussels, 13 September 2022 HOME.E.3/FC

Mr Tarmo Miilits

Secretary General at Estonian

Ministry of the Interior

Pikk 61 15065 Tallinn

Estonia

[email protected]

Subject: Your proposal for the Specific Action - “Support to comply with the

implementation of the relevant interoperability legal framework” under

BMVI - Reference BMVI/2021/SA/1.5.4

Dear Mr Miilits,

Thank you for your application reference number BMVI/2021/SA/1.5.4/008 following

the above call for expression of interest. DG HOME has assessed the admissible

proposals on the basis of the assessment criteria listed in the call text, and your

application has been selected. Funding for the specific action as set out in Annex 1 will

be added to your programme CCI 2021EE65BVPR001 via an amendment.

The Commission will make the necessary changes in SFC to enable the generation of

Appendix 3 - Thematic facility in the programme template in line with the information

on the specific action as set out in Annex 1.

Annex 1 also gives you general guidance on which sections of your BMVI programme

will need to be adjusted to incorporate the specific action. The technical implementation

of the adjustments in SFC depends on the status of your BMVI programme.

Therefore, the responsible country desk officer, Ms Stephanie Hardy (e-mail:

[email protected]), will shortly contact you with technical guidance on how

to proceed, depending on the current status of your BMVI programme in the

programming cycle.

Annex 2 also provides information on the distribution of the additional allocation per

year.

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The specific action must be implemented by the Member States in accordance with the

BMVI Regulation (Regulation (EU) 2021/1148) and the Common Provisions Regulation

(Regulation (EU) 2021/1060).

Yours sincerely,

Doede Ackers

Head of Unit

Enclosures: Annex 1 – Model Appendix 3 including information on the allocated

funding and general guidance

Annex 2 - Total distribution of the additional allocation per year – for

information

c.c.: Contact person in the MS: Ms Aivi Kuivonen

([email protected])

DG HOME - Ms Stephanie Hardy (e-mail:

[email protected])

(e-signed)

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Annex 1 – Model Appendix 3 - and general guidance

The below table is the model of the Appendix 3 that will be included in your BMVI

programme. It will be generated via an amendment by your responsible desk officer who

will be in touch with you regarding this.

Appendix 3 - to the BMVI programme of Estonia

Procedure reference: C(2022) 3163 final of 19.5.2022

THEMATIC FACILITY DETAIL

Specific objective Modality

Type of

intervention

Union contribution

Pre-financing rate

SO1 Specific Action Will not be

filled in SFC EUR - 982.129,25 Will not be filled in

SFC

TA.36(5).

Technical

assistance - flat

rate (Art. 36(5)

CPR)

Will not be filled in

SFC

Will not be

filled in SFC EUR - 58.927,75 Will not be filled in

SFC

Description of the actions:

BMVI/2021/SA/1.5.4/008 - Support to comply with the implementation of the relevant

interoperability legal framework” under BMVI. The objective of this Specific Action is to

support Schengen countries to comply with the implementation of the interoperability legal

framework. The action has two aspects: 1) preparing the end-users of EU IT system for

handling properly the information on identities contained in other systems as a result of

interoperability and 2) extending the capacity of the SIRENE offices to resolve yellow links

during the period that makes the Multiple Identity Detector (MID) operational. ESTONIA

implements both aspects

Total EU contribution to be added to the

programme (sum of EU contribution to

individual SA + total contribution to TA

envelope linked to the increased allocation)

EUR 1.041.057,00

Once the new programme version including Appendix 3 becomes available in SFC, you

will be able to proceed with the next necessary steps.

At that stage you will have the opportunity to:

1. amend the output and result indicators (Section 2.1.2 Tables 1 and 2) of

Specific Objective 1 and adjust the performance methodology paper in case

needed to align its content with the amended indicators. The indicators relevant

for this SA are:

Output indicator 1.8 Number of participants supported;

Output indicator 1.8.1 of which number of participants in training

activities;

Result indicator 1.19 Number of participants who report three months

after the training activity that they are using the

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skills and competences acquired during the

training;

2. include the additional amount linked to this specific action breaking it down by

type of intervention (Section 2.1.3 Table 3) under Specific Objective 1. the

possibilities are intervention codes 024 and 025;  

3. include the additional amount linked to Technical Assistance breaking it down by

type of intervention (Section 2.2.2 Table 4);

4. introduce the Union contribution and national contribution to the specific

action(s) in Table 6 (the Union contribution to the Technical Assistance will be

added automatically).

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Annex 2

total distribution of the additional allocation per year

2021 2022 2023 2024 2025 2026 2027

Amount of

additional

appropriations

per year in

EUR to be

added to the

initial

allocation in

TABLE 5.

0 1.041.057,00 0 0 0 0 0

Electronically signed on 13/09/2022 11:41 (UTC+02) in accordance with Article 11 of Commission Decision (EU) 2021/2121

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Aivi Kuivonen

From: Aivi Kuivonen

Sent: kolmapäev, 14. september 2022 9:09

To: 'HOME NOTIFICATIONS E3'

Cc: [email protected]

Subject: RE: Notification letter - Estonia - Specific Action INTEROPERABILITY-“Support to

comply with the implementation of the relevant interoperability legal framework”

under BMVI - Refere... - Ares(2022)6323493

Dear Secretariat,

I confirm your letter was well received and we start with the revision of the BMVI programme.

Kind regards,

Aivi

Aivi Kuivonen

Adviser

Foreign Financing Department

Estonian Ministry of the Interior

[email protected]

+372 612 5179 Pikk 61, 15065 Tallinn, Estonia

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Dear Mr Miilits,

Please find attached letter signed by Mr Ackers regarding the above-mentioned project. We would be very grateful if you could confirm the receipt of this email.

Kind regards,

DG HOME E3 SECRETARIAT