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II 
(Preparatory Acts) 
COMMISSION 
Draft Council Decision on the association of the overseas countries and territories with the 
European Economic Community — Breakdown of seventh European Development Fund funds 
among the OCT — Addendum (') 
(91/C 126/05) 
COM(91) 141 final 
(Submitted by the Commission on 22 April 1991) 
Introduction 
The Council is requested to find attached Article 154 of 
the draft Council Decision on the association of the 
overseas countries and territories. This Article has been 
supplemented in order to allocate the resources of the 
seventh European Development Fund between the 
British, French and Netherlands OCT. These allocations 
have been calculated in accordance with the same 
political compromise as applied on the occasion of the 
last Council Decision of 1986. 
'Article 154 
1. For the purposes set out in Title III, Chapter 1, and 
for a period of five years commencing on 1 March 1990, 
the overall amount of the Community's financial 
assistance shall be ECU 165 million. 
This amount shall comprise: 
(a) ECU 140 million from the Fund, allocated as 
follows : 
(i) for the purposes set out in Articles 143, 144 and 
147, ECU 106,5 million in the form of grants; 
(ii) for the purposes set out in Articles 143, 144 and 
147, ECU 25 million in the form of risk capital; 
(iii) for the purposes set out in Articles 114 to 136, 
ECU 6 million in the form of grants under the 
Stabex facility; 
(iv) for the purposes set out in Articles 137 to 142, 
ECU 2,5 million in the form of grants under the 
Sysmin facility; 
O OJ No C 95, 11. 4. 1991, p. 1. (b) for the purposes set out in Articles 143, 144 and 147, 
ECU 25 million from the Bank in the form of loans 
from own resources in accordance with the terms 
and conditions provided for by its statute. These 
loans shall be subject to the provisions of Article 157 
on interest rate subsidies. 
2. The amount referred to in paragraph 1 (a) (i) shall 
be allocated as follows: 
(a) ECU 86 million to finance projects and programmes, 
which shall be broken down as follows: 
(i) United Kingdom OCT: ECU 15,4 million; 
(ii) French OCT: ECU 35,3 million; 
(iii) Dutch OCT: ECU 35,3 million; 
(b) ECU 11,5 million to finance regional projects and 
programmes in the OCT, including regional 
programmes to develop trade and services under 
Article 85; 
(c) ECU 6 million to finance the interest rate subsidies 
referred to in Article 157; 
(d) a special allocation of ECU 3 million, of which: 
(i) ECU 2,5 million for emergency aid as provided 
for in Article 164; and 
(ii) ECU 0,5 million to aid refugees, returnees and 
displaced persons as provided for in Article 165; 
(iii) should the appropriations provided for under 
one of the Articles referred to above be 
exhausted before the expiry of this Decision, 
transfers may be made from the appropriations 
provided for in the other Article; 
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(iv) on the expiry of this Decision, appropriations 
not committed for emergency assistance or aid 
for refugees, returnees and displaced persons 
shall be returned to the Fund for the purpose of 
financing other operations coming within the 
scope of development finance cooperation, 
unless the Council decides otherwise; 
(v) should all the special appropriations be used 
before the expiry of this Decision, the Council 
shall adopt, on a proposal from the 
Commission, appropriate measures to deal with the situations referred to in Articles 164 and 
165. 
3. The Bank shall administer loans from its own 
resources, including interest rate subsidies, and risk 
capital. All other financial resources provided for in this 
Decision shall be administered by the Commission. 
4. Further amounts of Community financing shall be 
adopted for the second five-year period covered by this 
Decisions.'