Notification regarding the Reimbursement Request for the “Biodiversity Programme”

Christoph Liechti Embassy of Switzerland in Latvia, Ours 06.02.2025 no 11.1-5/25/315-1 Lithuania and Estonia [email protected] Smilšu iela 8 LV-1050 Riga, LATVIA Notification regarding the Reimbursement Request for the “Biodiversity Programme” Dear Mr Liechti, The Paying Authority of the Swiss-Estonian Cooperation Programme would like to inform you that we will not submit a Reimbursement Request for the Support Measure “Biodiversity Programme” for the period 01.05.2024 – 31.12.2024. A Reimbursement Request includes only expenditures that have been verified and disbursed by the National Coordination Unit (NCU). Although the Programme Operator and Programme Component Operators incurred expenses using state budget funds from the launch of the Support Measure “Biodiversity Programme” on 01.05.2024 until the end of 2024, the NCU was unable to verify or disburse any expenditures. This is because, under the Support Measure, costs can only be submitted to the NCU for verification, and payments can only be made after the signing of the Support Measure Implementation Agreement. The aforementioned agreement was concluded between the NCU and the Programme Operator, the Ministry of Climate, on 19.12.2024. Since there was little time left until the end of the year, it was not possible to submit, verify, or disburse any expenditures. The first Reimbursement Request for the Support Measure “Biodiversity Programme” will be submitted after the end of the next reimbursement period. Yours sincerely, (signed digitally) Karin Viikmaa Head of the Grants Payment Department Lõkke 4 / 10122 Tallinn / 663 8200 / [email protected] / www.rtk.ee / Registrikood 70007340 Additional recipients: Ieva Junevičienė [email protected] Sandra Prince [email protected] Evelin Liechti [email protected] Helena Musthallik 663 2073 [email protected] VALIDITY CONFIRMATION SHEET SIGNED FILES FILE NAME FILE SIZE Reimbursement Request, Support Measure Biodiversity Programme.pdf 372 KB SIGNERS NO. NAME PERSONAL CODE TIME 1 KARIN VIIKMAA 47410180248 06.02.2025 12:55:48 +02:00 VALIDITY OF SIGNATURE SIGNATURE IS VALID ROLE / RESOLUTION PLACE OF CONFIRMATION (CITY, STATE, ZIP, COUNTRY) SERIAL NUMBER OF SIGNER CERTIFICATE 6a:b3:54:b2:b7:d6:f8:47:62:bd:56:54:a4:80:9c:52 ISSUER OF CERTIFICATE AUTHORITY KEY IDENTIFIER ESTEID2018 D9 AC 70 DB 5F 7E BE 94 F8 A0 E4 BE 47 A2 D0 34 AD 9A 2A 12 HASH VALUE OF SIGNATURE 30 31 30 0D 06 09 60 86 48 01 65 03 04 02 01 05 00 04 20 9E 93 DE 25 93 95 BB 98 28 D1 E3 FD 09 BC 2A D9 4D 91 03 90 1A 7E 85 03 58 9F 7B E0 C1 26 F9 FB The print out of files listed in the section "Signed Files" are inseparable part of this Validity Confirmation Sheet. NOTES Presented print summary is informative to confirm existence of signed file with given hash value. The print summary itself does not have independent verification value. Declaration of signers’ signature can be verified only through digitally signed file. Christoph Liechti Embassy of Switzerland in Latvia, Ours 06.02.2025 no 11.1-5/25/315-1 Lithuania and Estonia [email protected] Smilšu iela 8 LV-1050 Riga, LATVIA Notification regarding the Reimbursement Request for the “Biodiversity Programme” Dear Mr Liechti, The Paying Authority of the Swiss-Estonian Cooperation Programme would like to inform you that we will not submit a Reimbursement Request for the Support Measure “Biodiversity Programme” for the period 01.05.2024 – 31.12.2024. A Reimbursement Request includes only expenditures that have been verified and disbursed by the National Coordination Unit (NCU). Although the Programme Operator and Programme Component Operators incurred expenses using state budget funds from the launch of the Support Measure “Biodiversity Programme” on 01.05.2024 until the end of 2024, the NCU was unable to verify or disburse any expenditures. This is because, under the Support Measure, costs can only be submitted to the NCU for verification, and payments can only be made after the signing of the Support Measure Implementation Agreement. The aforementioned agreement was concluded between the NCU and the Programme Operator, the Ministry of Climate, on 19.12.2024. Since there was little time left until the end of the year, it was not possible to submit, verify, or disburse any expenditures. The first Reimbursement Request for the Support Measure “Biodiversity Programme” will be submitted after the end of the next reimbursement period. Yours sincerely, (signed digitally) Karin Viikmaa Head of the Grants Payment Department Lõkke 4 / 10122 Tallinn / 663 8200 / [email protected] / www.rtk.ee / Registrikood 70007340 Additional recipients: Ieva Junevičienė [email protected] Sandra Prince [email protected] Evelin Liechti [email protected] Helena Musthallik 663 2073 [email protected]