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►B COUNCILDECISION
of29January2001
concluding the consultation procedure with Haiti under Article 96 of the ACP-EC Partnership
Agreement
(2001/131/EC)
(OJL48,17.2.2001,p.31)
Amendedby:
OfficialJournal
No page date
►M1CouncilDecision2002/131/ECof21January2002 L47 34 19.2.2002
►M2CouncilDecision2003/53/ECof10January2003 L20 23 24.1.2003
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COUNCILDECISION
of29January2001
concluding the consultation procedure with Haiti under Article 96
oftheACP-ECPartnershipAgreement
(2001/131/EC)
THECOUNCILOFTHEEUROPEANUNION,
HavingregardtotheTreatyestablishingtheEuropeanCommunity,Having regard to the ACP-EC Partnership Agreement signed in
Cotonou on 23 June 2000, hereinafter referred to as ‘the ACP-EC
Agreement’,implemented inadvancebyDecisionNo1/2000(
1)ofthe
ACP-ECCouncilofMinistersof27July2000,andinparticularArticle96thereof,
Having regard to the internal agreement on measures to be taken and
procedures to be followed for the implementation of the ACP-ECAgreement, as provisionally applied by Decision 2000/771/EC(
2)o f
the representatives of the Governments of the Member States of 18
September2000,andinparticularArticle3thereof,
HavingregardtotheproposalfromtheCommission,Whereas:
(1)The essential elements referred to in Article 9 of the ACP-EC
Agreement have been breached by non-compliance with the
ElectoralLawofHaiti.
(2)In accordance with Article 96 of the ACP-EC Agreement,
consultations took place with the ACP States and Haiti on 26September 2000, on which occasion the Haitian authorities
explainedtheirposition.
(3)DemocraticprinciplesarestillnotupheldinHaiti.
(4)Measures should therefore be taken as ‘appropriate measures’
referredtounderArticle96(2)(c)oftheACP-ECAgreement,
HASDECIDEDASFOLLOWS:
Article 1
The consultations opened with Haiti under Article 96 of the ACP-EC
Agreementareherebyterminated.
Article 2
The measures described in the letter appearing in the Annex shall be
adopted as ‘appropriate measures’ referred to in Article 96(2)(c) oftheACP-ECAgreement.
Article 3
ThisDecisionshallenterintoforceonthedayofitsadoption.Itshallexpireon ►
M231December2003 ◄.
Itshallbereviewedbefore ►M231December2003 ◄atthelatest.
Article 4
This Decision shall be published in the Official Journal of the
European Communities .2001D0131—EN—10.01.2003—002.001—2
(1) OJL195,1.8.2000,p.46.
(2) OJL317,15.12.2000,p.375.
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ANNEX
DearSir,
The European Union attaches great importance to Article 9 of the ACP-EC
Agreement. Democratic principles and the rule of law, on which the ACP-EC
partnership is founded, are essential elements of the Agreement and thus form
thecornerstoneofourrelations.
Byletterof31January2001,theUnionexpresseditsregretthatnosatisfactory
solutiontoremedytheviolationoftheHaitianelectorallawhadbeenfound.It
informed youoftheappropriate measurestaken asforeseeninArticle 96(2)(c)
of the ACP-EC partnership agreement. In its letter of 23 January 2002, the
UnionrevieweditsDecisionof29January2001inordertoallowallthecoop-
eration instruments affected by these measures to be gradually reactivated
subjecttotheachievementofobjectivesasregardstheelectoralprocess.
Today, after more than two years of political crisis, the Union considers that
democratic principles are still not upheld in Haiti. However, it recognises
numerousinternationalandlocaleffortsincontributiontothesearchforasolu-
tiontothiscrisis,andinparticularthoseoftheOrganisationofAmericanStates
(OAS)andoftheCaribbeanCommunity(Caricom),anditreaffirmsitswishto
supporttheseefforts.Accordingly,withintheframeworkofOASResolutionNo
822,theGovernmentofHaitihascommitteditselftogivingincreasedpriorityto
therestorationofaclimateofsecurityandconfidenceinthecountry,including
thecompletionofinquiriesintoallpoliticallymotivatedcrimesandthestrength-
eningofthedisarmamentprograms.TheEuropeanUnionurgestheGovernment
totranslatethiscommitmentintoconcreteactions.
Furthermore, the European Unionisworriedabout the socioeconomic situation
in Haiti and reaffirms its wish to continue cooperation for the benefit of the
Haitianpeople.
Inthelight ofthese elements, theCouncil oftheEuropeanUnionreviewed its
Decision of 21 January 2002 and decided to review the appropriate measures
referredtoinArticle96(2)(c)oftheAgreementasfollows:
(a) Redirection of the remaining funds of the first eighth EDF tranche and
provisionofthesecondtranche undertheeighthEDFforprogrammes that
areofdirectbenefittotheHaitianpeople,tostrengthencivilsocietyandthe
private sector and to support democratisation, the strengthening of the rule
oflawandtheelectoralprocess;
(b) The allocation of resources for the ninth EDF will not be notified and the
corresponding National Indicative Programme (NIP) will not be signed
whilethisDecisionisvalid.
The Union will follow further developments in the democratisation process
closely, in particular the achievement of the steps towards general and local
elections, such as the constitution of the provisional electoral council and the
settingupofanelectoralguaranteescommittee.Decisionsonthegradualreacti-
vation of the cooperation instruments affected by these measures will be taken
onthebasisoftheadvancement oftheelectoral processandinthelightofthe
resumptionofcooperationwiththeinternationalfinancialinstitutions.
The Union is ready to review its Decision if there are encouraging develop-
ments.Itreiteratesitsreadinesstoengageinenhancedpoliticaldialogue.
Pleaseaccept,Sir,theassuranceofourhighestconsideration.
For the CommissionFor the Council2001D0131—EN—10.01.2003—002.001—3