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Article 20 
This Protocol shall be annexed to the Cooperation 
Agreement concluded between the European Economic 
Community and the Republic of Lebanon. 
Article 21 
1. This Protocol shall be subjet to approval in 
accordance with the Contracting Parties' own pro­
cedures; the Contracting Parties shall notify one another 
that the procedures necessary to this end have been 
completed. 
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 (l), and in particular 
Article 9 (2) thereof, 
(') OJ No L 48, 21. 2. 1981, p. 8; since 1986 these countries 
have been designated Latin American and Asian countries. 2. This Protocol shall enter into force on the first day 
of the second month following the date on which the 
notifications provided for in paragraph 1 have been 
given. 
Article 22 
This Protocol is drawn up in two original copies in the 
Danish, Dutch, English, French, German, Greek, Italian, 
Portuguese, Spanish and Arabic languages, each of these 
texts being equally authentic. 
Having regard to the opinion of the European Par­
liament, 
Whereas the general guidelines should be determined for 
the administration by the Commission of financial and 
technical aid to non-associated Latin American and 
Asian countries in 1988, ANNEX 
I. Draft statements for entry in the minutes of the negotiations 
1. Joint statement re Article 5 (2) 
'It is understood that the application of Article 5 (2) is subject to the submission of mutually 
acceptable projects by the Lebanese Government.' 
2. Statement by the Community delegation re Article 12 
'The provisions of the Financial Protocol are without prejudice to the general question of the origin 
of aid eligible for financing by the Bank from its own resources or from risk capital and do not, in 
this connection, affect the exercise by the Bank's bodies of their powers under the Statute of the 
Bank. 
The grants for the financing of technical cooperation may be used to finance aid originating outside 
the Community and the recipient State, in the event of joint co-financing and where the wisdom of 
using that type of co-financing has been shown.' 
Proposal for a Council Decision determining the general guidelines for 1988 concerning 
financial and technical aid to Latin American and Asian developing countries 
COM(87) 531 final 
(Submitted by the Commission to the Council on 9 November 1987) 
(87/C 323/08) 
THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES, Having regard to the proposal from the Commission, 
No C 323/12 Official Journal of the European Communities 3. 12.87 
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 and also operations in 
the sphere of social infrastructure shall receive special 
attention, but the need to place the emphasis, in the 
projects and programmes adopted, on the training of 
farmers and middle-level staff will also be borne in mind. 
In those countries where this is a necessary essential pre­
liminary, ad hoc training projects may be considered. 
Wherever possible, Community aid will be used to 
prepare and implement general agricultural policies (food 
strategies), incorporating, where necessary, food aid. 
In exceptional circumstances aid may be allocated for 
general infrastructure in the specific case of least 
developed countries where its lack holds back rural 
development. 
Support for regional integration operations will be main­
tained and stepped up in all sectors where Community 
support can make a positive contribution. 
Article 2 
Geoegraphical allocation 
The geographical allocation of funds shall be as follows: 
Asia 75 %, Latin America 25 %, without prejudice to the 
provisions of Article 4. 
Article 3 
Implementation of aid 
The aid may be granted for projects and programmes, 
including, where appropriate, integrated projects and 
sectoral programmes, in accordance with Regulation (EEC) No 442/81 and all other provisions which are 
applicable. 
Funds shall be allocated to projects and programmes, 
due account being taken of: 
— the availability and state of readiness of specific 
operations, their intrinsic value to development and 
the degree to which they correspond to the priorities 
of the recipient countries and the 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, 
— cooperation agreements concluded with certain 
recipient countries or groups of recipient countries. 
The Commission and the Member States shall continue 
to make serious efforts to increase the volume of co-
financing, 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 6% of the level of 
appropriations. 
The Community shall continue to assist international 
agricultural research. Not 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 1987. 
With regard to the cost of administering the 1988 
programme (use of outside experts, provision of 
specialists), the upper limit shall be set at 3 %. 
A reserve of 10 % of the available appropriations 
following deduction from the budget headings referred 
to in this Article shall be constituted. This reserve may be 
used for appropriate operations of the same kind as 
- those provided for under Article 3.