Article 3 — Participation and withdrawal of Member States

1. Any Member State may, at any time, decide to participate in the EU Talent Pool. It shall notify the Secretariat of its intention at the latest 9 months before the date from which it intends to participate and indicate the types of entities allowed to make job vacancies available on the IT Platform. From the first day of participation, job vacancies of employers and other entities established in that Member State may be made available on the IT Platform. The Secretariat shall make information on participating Member States available on the IT Platform. 2. A participating Member State may withdraw from the EU Talent Pool. Participating Member States who intend to withdraw from the EU Talent Pool shall notify the Secretariat. Notifications of withdrawals shall be submitted in June or in December. The withdrawal shall take effect 9 months after the notification. From the date of notification, no new job vacancies of participating employers or other participating entities established in the Member State which notified its intention to withdraw from the EU Talent Pool shall be made available on the IT Platform. Job vacancies that are already available on the IT Platform shall be removed from the date on which withdrawal takes effect. The withdrawal of a Member State in the first two years of participation in the EU Talent Pool shall result in the net cancellation or recovery of all relevant Union funding provided to the Member State up to the date on which withdrawal takes effect. The withdrawal of a Member State after the second year of participation shall result in the net cancellation or recovery of any Union funding provided to the Member State corresponding to the period after the withdrawal date comes into effect. The Secretariat, with the support of the National Contact Points, shall make available without delay on the IT Platform information on Member States that have notified their intention to withdraw from the EU Talent Pool.