Considerations on COM(2007)224 - EC position within the ACP-EC Council of Ministers to allow additional bilateral contributions, to be managed by the Commission, in support of the objectives of the African Peace Facility - Main contents
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| dossier | COM(2007)224 - EC position within the ACP-EC Council of Ministers to allow additional bilateral contributions, to be managed by the ... |
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| document | COM(2007)224  |
| date | April 26, 2007 |
(2) The General Affairs and External Relations Council of 5 March 2007 acknowledged the need urgently to address the funding needs of the AMIS African Union peacekeeping mission in Darfur/Sudan.
(3) The estimated resources provided for in the intra-ACP envelope for replenishment of the African Peace Facility until the 10th European Development Fund (hereinafter called ‘EDF’) enters into force are not enough to run AMIS until that date. Member States have therefore expressed their willingness to make additional bilateral contributions. Such additional contributions should be pooled in the African Peace Facility and managed by the Commission to improve coordination and monitoring of the use made of the funds until the 10th EDF enters into force.
(4) Council Decision 2005/446/EC of 30 May 2005 sets 31 December 2007 as the date beyond which the funds from the 9th EDF can no longer be committed i.
HAS DECIDED AS FOLLOWS:
Sole Article
The Community proposes to adopt within the ACP-EC Council of Ministers the following position regarding additional bilateral funding from the Member States to be managed by the Commission on the basis of the draft Decision of the ACP-EC Council of Ministers in Annex.
Minor changes to the draft decision may be agreed without need for a further decision by the Council.
Done at Brussels,
For the Council
The President
ANNEX
Draft
Decision of the ACP-EC Council of Ministers
to allow additional bilateral contributions, to be managed by the Commission, in support of the objectives of the African Peace Facility
THE ACP-EC COUNCIL OF MINISTERS,
Having regard to the Partnership Agreement between the members of the African, Caribbean and Pacific Group of States (hereinafter called the ‘ACP’) of the one part, and the European Community and its Member States, of the other part, signed in Cotonou (Benin) on 23 June 2000 and revised in Luxembourg on 25 June 2005 (hereinafter called the ‘ACP-EC Agreement’),[4] and in particular paragraph 8 of Annex I thereto.
Whereas:
(1) Decision No. 3/2003 of the ACP-EC Council of Ministers of 11 December 2003 i provided the necessary financial support for the establishment of the African Peace Facility.
(2) The General Affairs and External Relations Council of 5 March 2007 acknowledged the need urgently to address the funding needs of the AMIS African Union peacekeeping mission in Darfur/Sudan.
(3) The estimated resources provided for in the intra-ACP envelope for replenishment of the African Peace Facility until the 10th European Development Fund (hereinafter called ‘EDF’) enters into force are not enough to run AMIS until that date. EU Member States have therefore expressed their willingness to make additional bilateral contributions. Such additional contributions should be pooled in the African Peace Facility and managed by the Commission to improve coordination and monitoring of the use of the funds until the 10th EDF enters into force.
(4) Council Decision 2005/446/EC of 30 May 2005 sets 31 December 2007 as the date beyond which the funds from the 9th EDF can no longer be committed i
(5) Provision therefore needs to be made for additional contributions by EU Member States, to be managed by the Commission, in support of the objectives of the African Peace Facility.
HAS DECIDED AS FOLLOWS:
Article 1 Voluntary contributions
Until 30 September 2007 any EU Member State may provide the Commission with voluntary additional contributions to support the objectives of the African Peace Facility under the Financial Protocol.
The Commission shall be entrusted with the responsibility for managing such contributions in the framework of the African Peace Facility in accordance with the procedures of the 9th European Development Fund, except for the decommitments which will be refunded to the EU Member States pro rata of their voluntary additional contributions.
Article 2 Entry into force
This Decision shall enter into force on the day on which it is adopted.
Done at Brussels, 25 May 2007
For the ACP-EC Council of Ministers
The President