(6)In accordance with Articles 67 and 69 of Regulation (EU) No 806/2014, the Board should ensure, during the initial period referred to in Article 69(1) of Regulation (EU) No 806/2014, that contributions to the Fund are spread out in time as evenly as possible until the target level is reached and should extend the initial period for a maximum of four years in the event that the Fund has made cumulative disbursements in excess of 50 % of the target level and where the criteria of this Regulation are met. Therefore, annual contributions raised in accordance with Articles 69(4) of Regulation EU No 806/2014 may exceed 12,5 % of the target level. If, after the initial period, the available financial means diminish below the target level, the Board should ensure that regular ex ante contributions are raised until the target level is reached. After the target level has been reached for the first time and where the available financial means have subsequently been reduced to less than two-thirds of the target level, the Board should ensure that those contributions are set at a level allowing for reaching the target level within six years. Therefore, the annual contributions referred to in the second sentence of Article 69(4) of Regulation (EU) No 806/2014 may exceed 12,5 % of the target level in order to reach the target level within six years