Decision 2008/215 - 2008/215/EC: Council Decision of 18 February 2008 adopting the rules of procedure of the European Development Fund Committee - Main contents

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Legal instrument	Decision
Number legal act	Decision 2008/215
Original proposal	COM(2007)427
CELEX number i	32008D0215

COUNCIL DECISION

of 18 February 2008

adopting the rules of procedure of the European Development Fund Committee

(2008/215/EC)

THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN UNION,

Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community,

Having regard to the Partnership Agreement between the members of the African, Caribbean and Pacific Group of States, of the one part, and the European Community and its Member States, of the other part, signed in Cotonou on 23 June 2000 (1) and revised in Luxembourg on 25 June 2005 (the ACP-EC Partnership Agreement),

Having regard to the Internal Agreement between the Representatives of the Governments of the Member States, meeting within the Council, on the Financing of Community Aid under the Multiannual Financial framework for the period 2008 to 2013 in accordance with the ACP-EC Partnership Agreement and on the allocation of financial assistance for the Overseas Countries and Territories to which Part Four of the EC Treaty applies (2) (the Internal Agreement), and in particular Article 8(5) thereof,

Having regard to Council Regulation (EC) No 617/2007 of 14 May 2007 on the implementation of the 10th European Development Fund under the ACP-EC Partnership Agreement (3) (the 10th EDF Implementing Regulation),

Having regard to Council Decision 2001/822/EC of 27 November 2001 on the association of the overseas countries and territories with the European Community (4) (the Overseas Association Decision),

Having regard to the proposal from the Commission,

HAS DECIDED AS FOLLOWS:

Article 1

The rules of procedure of the European Development Fund Committee, as set out in the Annex, are hereby adopted.

Article 2

Until the entry into force of the Internal Agreement the rules of procedure of the European Development Fund Committee shall apply only to the programming needs and related decision-making procedures referred to in titles II and III of the 10th EDF Implementing Regulation, and, in respect of the OCTs, in Articles 20 and 24 of the Overseas Association Decision.

Article 3

This Decision shall enter into force on the day of its publication in the Official Journal of the European Union.

Done at Brussels, 18 February 2008.

For the Council

The President

• D. 

  RUPEL

• (1) 

  OJ L 317, 15.12.2000, p. 3.

• (2) 

  OJ L 247, 9.9.2006, p. 32.

• (3) 

  OJ L 152, 13.6.2007, p. 1.

• (4) 

  OJ L 314, 30.11.2001, p. 1. Decision as amended by Decision 2007/249/EC (OJ L 109, 26.4.2007, p. 33).

ANNEX

RULES OF PROCEDURE OF THE EUROPEAN DEVELOPMENT FUND COMMITTEE

Article 1

Composition

The European Development Fund Committee (the Committee) shall comprise the delegations of the Member States (the delegations) and shall be chaired by a representative of the Commission.

A representative of the European Investment Bank shall take part in the Committee's proceedings.

A representative of the General Secretariat of the Council shall attend the meetings as an observer.

Article 2

Referral to the Committee

• 1. 

  A referral shall be made to the Committee in the cases and according to the procedures laid down in the 10th EDF Implementing Regulation and, where appropriate, in the Overseas Association Decision. In respect of the responsibilities conferred upon it by the Overseas Association Decision, the Committee shall be referred to as the ‘EDF-OCTs Committee’.

• 2. 

  In addition to the referral cases provided for in paragraph 1:

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