1. In the Technical-Level Forum, Member States shall cooperate among themselves and with the Commission to ensure an effective and efficient operationalisation of the solidarity contributions in the Annual Solidarity Pool for the year concerned, in a balanced and timely manner, in light of the needs identified and assessed and the solidarity contributions available.
2. The EU Solidarity Coordinator, taking into account developments in the migratory situation, shall coordinate the operationalisation of the solidarity contributions to ensure a balanced distribution of the solidarity contributions available among the benefitting Member States.
3. With the exception of the implementation of financial contributions, in operationalising the solidarity measures identified, Member States shall implement their pledged solidarity contributions referred to in Article 56 for a given year before the end of that year, without prejudice to Article 65(3) and Article 67(12).
Contributing Member States shall implement their pledges in proportion to their overall pledge to the Annual Solidarity Pool for a given year before the end of the year.
Member States which have been granted a full deduction of solidarity contributions in accordance with Article 61 or 62 or are themselves benefitting Member States pursuant to Article 58(1) and Article 59(4) are not obliged to implement their pledged solidarity contributions referred to in Article 56(2) for a given year.
Contributing Member States shall not be required to implement their pledges made pursuant to Article 56(2) or to apply responsibility offsets pursuant to Article 63 towards a benefitting Member State, where the Commission has identified, in a decision as referred to in Article 11 or Article 59(4), systemic shortcomings in that benefitting Member State with regard to the rules set out in Part III of this Regulation that could result in serious negative consequences for the functioning of this Regulation.
4. During the first meeting of the Technical-Level Forum in the annual cycle, contributing and benefitting Member States may express reasonable preferences, in light of the needs identified, for the profiles of available relocation candidates and a potential planning for the implementation of their solidarity contributions, taking into account the need for urgent actions for the benefitting Member States.
The EU Solidarity Coordinator shall facilitate interaction and cooperation between the Member States on those aspects.
When implementing relocations, Member States shall give primary consideration to the relocation of vulnerable persons.
5. The Union bodies, offices and agencies competent in the field of asylum and border and migration management shall, when requested and within their respective mandates, provide support to the Member States and the Commission, with a view to ensuring the proper implementation and functioning of this Part. Such support may take the form of analyses, expertise and operational support. The EU Solidarity Coordinator shall coordinate any assistance by experts or teams deployed by the Asylum Agency, the European Border and Coast Guard Agency or any other Union body, office or agency, in relation to the operationalisation of the solidarity contributions.
6. Each year in January from 2027 and onwards, Member States shall confirm to the EU Solidarity Coordinator the levels of each solidarity measure implemented during the preceding year.