8.11.85 Official Journal of the European Communities No C 285/7 
II 
(Preparatory Acts) 
COMMISSION 
Proposal for a Council Decision determining the general guidelines for 1986 concerning 
financial and technical aid to non-associated developing countries 
COM(85) 559 final 
(Submitted by the Commission to the Council on 24 October 1985) 
(85/C 285/11) 
THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES, 
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European 
Economic Community, 
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 442/81 
of 17 February 1981 on financial and technical aid to 
non-associated developing countries (*), and in particular 
Article 9 (2) thereof, 
Having regard to the proposal from the Commission, 
Having regard to the opinion of the European Par­
liament, 
Whereas general guidelines should be determined for the 
administration by the Commission of financial and 
technical aid to non-associated developing countries in 
1986, 
HAS DECIDED AS FOLLOWS: 
Article 1 
Objectives and priorities 
Community aid shall concentrate on helping the poorest 
countries and the neediest sections of the population. 
Priority shall be given to the rural sector and, in 
particular, to measures aimed at improving the food 
situation, as a contribution towards the campaign to 
combat hunger in the world. Within the rural sector, 
production and support services shall receive special 
attention, as well as action in the sphere of social or 
production infrastructure. 
Continued support shall also be provided for regional 
integration efforts. 
(') OJ No L 48, 21. 2. 1981, p. 8. Article 2 
Geographical allocation 
The geographical allocation of funds shall be as follows: 
Asia 75 %, Latin America 20 %. The remaining 5 % will 
constitute a reserve which may, during the period 
covered by the budgetary credits, be used for appropriate 
actions in either region. 
Article 3 
Aid implementation 
Aid may be granted for projects and programmes, 
including, where appropriate, integrated projects and 
sectoral programmes, in accordance with Council Regu­
lation (EEC) No 442/81 and all provisions applicable 
thereto. 
Funds shall be allocated to projects and programmes, 
taking due account of: 
— the availability and state of readiness of specific 
operations, their intrinsic value for development and 
the degree to which they correspond to the priorities 
of the recipient countries and regions and the needs 
of the poorest sections of the population; 
— the income levels and development needs of the 
recipient countries, the volume of funding provided 
in previous years and the experience gained in 
implementing past aid. 
The Commission and the Member States shall continue 
to make serious efforts to increase the volume of 
cofinancing, notably between the Community and the 
Member States. 
Article 4 
Special provisions 
The reserve referred to in Article 3 (3) of Regulation 
(EEC) No 442/81 shall be set at between 5 and 6 % of 
the level of appropriations. 
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The Community shall continue to assist international 
agricultural research. Without excluding aid to other 
national, regional or international institutes, aid to 
institutes of the Consultative Group on International 
Agricultural Research (CGIAR) shall be maintained at 
the same level as in 1985. 
With regard to the cost of administering the 1986 
programme (use of outside experts, provision of 
specialists), the upper limit shall be set at 3 %. Any additional aid which is allocated by the Community 
to Central America as a result of the ministerial meeting 
in San Jose (Costa Rica, 28 and 29 September 1984) 
shall be used in accordance with these general guidelines, 
but shall remain supplementary to the geographical 
allocation referred to in Article 2.