Legal provisions of COM(2013)596 - Modification of the Internal Agreement on the financing of EU aid and on the allocation of the financial assistance for the Overseas Countries and Territories

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dossier COM(2013)596 - Modification of the Internal Agreement on the financing of EU aid and on the allocation of the financial assistance for the ...
document COM(2013)596 EN
date March  2, 2015

Contents

Article 1

The contribution key and the contribution of Croatia to the 11th European Development Fund as laid down in Article 1(2)(a) of the Internal Agreement as well as its weightings in the European Development Fund Committee as laid down in Article 8(2) of the Internal Agreement are hereby confirmed.

Article 2

The Internal Agreement is amended as follows:

(1)in Article 1(2)(a), in the table, in the row concerning Croatia, the round brackets and asterisk after the word ‘Croatia’ are deleted, together with the footnote ‘(*) Estimated amount’ at the bottom of the table;

(2)in Article 8(2), in the table, the following are deleted:

(a)the round brackets and asterisk after the word ‘Croatia’ and the square brackets in the second column of the same row;

(b)the footnote ‘(*) Estimated vote’;

(c)the row ‘Total EU 27’, ‘998’;

(d)the round brackets and asterisk as well as the square brackets in the row ‘Total EU 28 (*)’‘[1 000]’;

(3)Article 8(3) is replaced by the following:

‘3.   The EDF Committee shall act by a qualified majority of 721 votes out of 1 000, expressing a vote in favour by at least 15 Member States. The blocking minority shall consist of 280 votes.’

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Article 3

This Decision shall enter into force on the day following that of its adoption.