Brez poseganja v člen 24 se dodelitev in višina finančnega prispevka Skupnosti določita po postopku iz člena 18, glede na informacije in listine, ki jih predloži zadevna država članica v skladu z odstavkom 4, in kjer je ustrezno, rezultati poizvedb, ki jih v pristojnosti Komisije opravijo izvedenci, navedeni v členu 21, na podlagi prvega pododstavka člena 16(3) ob upoštevanju obsega nevarnosti iz druge alinee odstavka 1 zgoraj in odvisno od proračunskih sredstev, ki so na voljo za te namene.
Without prejudice to Article 24, the allocation and the amount of the financial contribution from the Community shall be decided in accordance with the procedure laid down in Article 18, in the light of the information and documents submitted by the Member State concerned in accordance with paragraph 4 and, where appropriate, the results of investigations carried out on the Commission's authority by the experts referred to in Article 21 pursuant to the first subparagraph of Article 16(3), taking into account the extent of the danger referred to in the second indent of paragraph 1 above, and depending on the appropriations available for these purposes.