Considerations on COM(2004)208 - EC position within the ACP-EC Council of Ministers regarding a decision on the use of the reserve of the long-term development envelope of the ninth European Development Fund - Main contents
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| dossier | COM(2004)208 - EC position within the ACP-EC Council of Ministers regarding a decision on the use of the reserve of the long-term ... |
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| document | COM(2004)208  |
| date | March 29, 2004 |
(2) Funds from the 9th EDF for the Joint Parliamentary Assembly and for Regional Co-operation and Integration are exhausted. The Community's position within the ACP-EC Council of Ministers should therefore be established with a view to its adopting a decision on the use of the reserve of the long-term development envelope the ninth European Development Fund,
HAS DECIDED AS FOLLOWS:
Article 1
The Community shall adopt the following position within the ACP-EC Council of Ministers on the use of the reserve of the long-term development envelope of the ninth European Development Fund, based on the attached draft decision of the ACP-EC Council of Ministers.
Done at Brussels,
For the Council
The President
ANNEX
Draft
DECISION OF THE ACP-EC COUNCIL OF MINISTERS
on the use of the reserve of the long-term development envelope of the ninth European Development Fund
THE ACP-EC COUNCIL OF MINISTERS,
Having regard to the ACP-EC Partnership Agreement signed in Cotonou on 23 June 2000, and in particular Paragraph 8 of its Annex I,
Whereas:
(1) Funds for the Joint Parliamentary Assembly under the 9th EDF long-term development envelope and for regional co-operation and integration are exhausted.
(2) To ensure continued implementation of the purposes referred to in Article 17 of the ACP-EC Partnership Agreement (Joint Parliamentary Assembly), it is appropriate to allocate supplementary resources to this effect.
(3) To ensure contributions to efforts of capacity building in environmental management and implementation of multilateral environmental agreements, the establishment of an ACP-EU Action Plan for Forest Law Enforcement, Governance and Trade (FLEGT), and the strengthening of fisheries management in African, Caribbean and Pacific Countries, it is appropriate to allocate supplementary resources to this effect.
(4) To ensure support for producers in the most commodity-dependent ACP countries, to improve competitiveness and reduce vulnerability, as well as promoting information and communication technologies in ACP countries, it is appropriate to allocate supplementary resources to this effect.
(5) To ensure methodological support and capacity building in the field of migration and regional co-operation, focusing on south-south migration, it is appropriate to allocate supplementary resources to this effect.
(6) To ensure closer co-operation with those UN organisations whose mandate and capacities match ACP-EC development policy priorities, in particular in the areas of governance and post-conflict situations, and improve the impact of intra-ACP activities, it is appropriate to allocate supplementary resources to this effect,
HAS DECIDED AS FOLLOWS:
Article 1 - Joint Parliamentary Assembly
An amount of EUR2 million shall be transferred from the reserve of the long-term development envelope of the ninth European Development Fund to the Joint Parliamentary Assembly allocation under long-term development envelope, in accordance with the purposes stated in Article 17 and Protocol 1 of the ACP-EC Partnership Agreement.
Article 2 - Intra-ACP Co-operation under the Regional Co-operation Envelope
An amount of EUR170 million shall be transferred from the reserve of the long-term development envelope of the ninth European Development Fund to the allocation for intra-ACP Co-operation under the regional co-operation envelope, in accordance with the purposes stated in Articles 28, 29 and 30 of the ACP-EC Partnership Agreement. This amount can be used for the following purposes:
2.1 Natural resources (EUR60 million), for actions in the field of environment and natural resources (including fisheries scientific and technical assessment, control and surveillance).
2.2 Private sector support and Information and Communication Technologies (EUR65 million), for actions to support producers in the most commodity-dependent ACP countries and to promote information and communication technologies in ACP countries.
2.3 Methodological support and Capacity Building (EUR25 million), for the setting-up of an intra-ACP Migration Capacity Building Facility.
2.4 Strategic Partnership with the UN and support for the implementation of intra-ACP programmes (EUR 20 million), for the strengthening of co-operation with UN organisations closest to ACP-EC development policy priorities, in particular in the areas of governance and post-conflict situations, and improving the impact of intra-ACP activities.
Article 3
The Chief Authorising Officer of the EDF is requested to take the measures necessary to give effect to this Decision, which shall enter into force on the day it is adopted.
Done at
For the ACP-EC Council of Ministers
The President