COMMISSION DELEGATED REGULATION (EU) 2021/1530

of 12 July 2021

supplementing Regulation (EU) 2021/947 of the European Parliament and of the Council establishing the Neighbourhood, Development and International Cooperation Instrument – Global Europe, amending and repealing Decision No 466/2014/EU of the European Parliament and of the Council and repealing Regulation (EU) 2017/1601 of the European Parliament and of the Council and Council Regulation (EC, Euratom) No 480/2009

(Text with EEA relevance)

THE EUROPEAN COMMISSION,

Having regard to the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union,

Having regard to Regulation (EU) 2021/947 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 9 June 2021 establishing the Neighbourhood, Development and International Cooperation Instrument – Global Europe and amending and repealing Decision No 466/2014/EU of the European Parliament and of the Council and repealing Regulation (EU) 2017/1601 of the European Parliament and of the Council and Council Regulation (EC, Euratom) No 480/2009 (1), and in particular Article 4(7) thereof,

Whereas:

(1) Annex II to Regulation (EU) 2021/947 sets out the areas of cooperation for geographic programmes.

(2) Geographic programmes should be further developed through additional provisions supplementing Regulation (EU) 2021/947.

(3) Based on the areas of cooperation listed in Annex II to Regulation (EU) 2021/947, specific objectives and priority areas of cooperation should be set out for Neighbourhood South, Neighbourhood East, West Africa, East and Central Africa, Southern Africa and Indian Ocean, Middle East, Central Asia, South Asia, North and South East Asia, the Pacific, the Americas, the Caribbean.

(4) Indicative financial allocations should be set out for the West Africa, East and Central Africa, Southern Africa and Indian Ocean sub-regions, on the basis of the programming principles for geographic programmes set out in Article 13 of Regulation (EU) 2021/947. Thematic targets should be set out for the geographic regions listed in Regulation (EU) 2021/947,

HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:

Article 1 The specific objectives and priority areas of cooperation, based on the areas of cooperation listed in Annex II to Regulation (EU) 2021/947 for Neighbourhood South, Neighbourhood East, West Africa, East and Central Africa, Southern Africa and Indian Ocean, Middle East, Central Asia, South Asia, North and South East Asia, the Pacific, the Americas, the Caribbean, are set out in the Annex to this Regulation.

Article 2 The indicative financial allocations for West Africa, East and Central Africa, Southern Africa and Indian Ocean sub-regions shall be: (a) West Africa EUR 11 672 000 000; (b) East and Central Africa EUR 11 381 000 000; (c) Southern Africa and Indian Ocean EUR 6 128 000 000.

Article 3 The thematic targets for the geographic programmes shall be: (a) at least 15 % for human rights, democracy and good governance; (b) at least 45 % for inclusive and sustainable growth for human development.

Article 4 This Regulation shall enter into force on the twentieth day following that of its publication in the Official Journal of the European Union.

This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States. Done at Brussels, 12 July 2021. For the Commission The President Ursula VON DER LEYEN

(1) OJ L 209, 14.6.2021, p. 1.