Decision 2014/361 - 2014/361/EU: Council Decision of 5 June 2014 on the EU position within the ACP-EU Council of Ministers regarding the revision of Annex IV to the ACP-EC Partnership Agreement

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Current status

This decision has been published on June 17, 2014 and entered into force on July  7, 2014.

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Key information

official title

2014/361/EU: Council Decision of 5 June 2014 on the position to be taken by the European Union within the ACP-EU Council of Ministers regarding the revision of Annex IV to the ACP-EC Partnership Agreement
 
Legal instrument Decision
Number legal act Decision 2014/361
Original proposal COM(2013)597 EN
CELEX number i 32014D0361

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Key dates

Document 05-06-2014
Publication in Official Journal 17-06-2014; OJ L 177 p. 54-57
Effect 07-07-2014; Entry into force Date pub. +20
End of validity 31-12-9999

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Legislative text

17.6.2014   

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

L 177/54

 

COUNCIL DECISION

of 5 June 2014

on the position to be taken by the European Union within the ACP-EU Council of Ministers regarding the revision of Annex IV to the ACP-EC Partnership Agreement

(2014/361/EU)

THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN UNION,

Having regard to the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union, and in particular Article 209(2) in conjunction with Article 218(9) thereof,

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) (hereinafter referred to as the ‘ACP-EC Partnership Agreement’),

Having regard to the proposal from the European Commission,

Whereas:

 

(1)

Article 100 of the ACP-EC Partnership Agreement states that Annexes Ia, Ib, II, III, IV and VI to the ACP-EC Partnership Agreement may be revised, reviewed and/or amended by the ACP-EU Council of Ministers on the basis of a recommendation from the ACP-EU Development Finance Cooperation Committee.

 

(2)

International commitments toward aid effectiveness were taken by the Parties to the ACP-EC Partnership Agreement in Busan, Accra and at the OECD-DAC in Paris in 2010.

 

(3)

The rules of nationality and origin could be further improved in line with those international commitments.

 

(4)

Clarification and simplification of the provisions of Annex IV to the ACP-EC Partnership Agreement could improve the efficiency of the implementation of the EDF,

HAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION:

Article 1

The position to be taken by the European Union within the ACP-EU Council of Ministers regarding the revision of Annex IV to the ACP-EC Partnership Agreement shall be based on the draft Decision of the ACP-EU Council of Ministers annexed hereto.

Article 2

After its adoption, the Decision of the ACP-EU Council of Ministers shall be published in the Official Journal of the European Union.

Done at Luxembourg, 5 June 2014.

For the Council

The President

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    DENDIAS
 

 

DRAFT

DECISION OF THE ACP-EU COUNCIL OF MINISTERS

of

regarding the revision of Annex IV to the ACP-EC Partnership Agreement

THE ACP-EU COUNCIL OF MINISTERS

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) as amended in Luxembourg on 25 June 2005 (2) and in Ouagadougou on 22 June 2010 (3) (the ‘ACP-EC Partnership Agreement’), and in particular Article 100 thereof,

Whereas:

 

(1)

Article 100 of the ACP-EC Partnership Agreement states that Annexes Ia, Ib, II, III, IV and VI to the ACP-EC Partnership Agreement may be revised, reviewed and/or amended by the ACP-EU Council of Ministers on the basis of a recommendation from the ACP-EU Development Finance Cooperation Committee.

 

(2)

International commitments toward aid effectiveness were taken by the Parties to the ACP-EC Partnership Agreement in Busan, Accra and at the OECD-DAC in Paris in 2010.

 

(3)

The rules of nationality and origin could be further improved in line with the abovementioned international commitments.

 

(4)

Clarification and simplification of the provisions of Annex IV to the ACP-EC Partnership Agreement could improve the efficiency of the implementation of the EDF,

HAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION:

Article 1

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