COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES 
C0M(91) 364 final 
Brussels, 9 October 1991 
Amended proposal for a 
COUNCIL REGULATION (EEC) 
ON FINANCIAL AND TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE TO 
AND ECONOMIC COOPERATION WITH THE DEVELOPING 
COUNTRIES IN ASIA AND LATIN AMERICA 
(presented by the Commission pursuant to Article 149(3) 
of the EEC-Treaty) 

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EXPLANATORY MEMORANDUM 
1. In April 1991, the Commission sent the Council a proposal for a 
Regulation on cooperation with developing countries in Latin America and 
Asia. The text went to great lengths to accommodate the Council guidelines 
and the concerns repeatedly voiced by the European Parliament. 
From the outset these concerns have been incorporated, using concise 
language, into the Commission proposal. ega 
2. The European Parliament delivered its opinion on 9 September 1991. 
Consideration of the amendments contained in it reveals that, while the 
European Parliament agrees with the guidelines put forward by the 
Commission and approved by the Council on 19 December 1990, it would like 
them to be more detailed. Therefore, in line with its normal practice, the 
Commission thought it appropriate to amend a number of articles, using the 
Parliament's wording, which in addition reflect the tenor of the Council's 
act iv i t ies. 
3. The amendments accepted by the 
amended proposal can be seen as 
proposal. They are as follows: 
- Fourth Reci tal; Commission and introduced into the 
enhancing the Commission's initial 
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Art cle 1, first paragraph and end of second paragraph; 
cle 2, second paragraph; 
cle 2a (new); 
cle 3, first paragraph; 
cle 4, first paragraph a and third paragraph; 
cle 4a, part of first paragraph and second paragraph; 
cle 4b; 
cle 4c; 
cle 4d; 
cle 4e; 
cle 4f, 
cle 4g; 
cle 4h, first subparagraph; 
first paragraph; 
cle 5, fifth indent a and b; 
cle 6, first paragraph; 
cle 7, first paragraph, second subparagraph; 
paragraphs; fourth subparagraph; 
- Art icle 8; 
- Article 12(1); 
- Article 13, part of first subparagraph, and third subparagraph. 
The following amendments were not adopted: 
- Recital 5a; 
- Article 1, second paragraph; 
- Article 3, second paragraph a; 
- Article 4, first and second paragraph; 
- Article 4a, third subparagraph; 
- Article 6, third subparagraph; 
- Article 7, first paragraph, subparagraphs 1, 3 and 4; 
- Article 12(2), second and fourth subparagraphs; 
- Article 13, second paragraph. second and third 
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This was either because they cause real problems in administering the 
implementation of the projects, refer to procedures which are too narrow or 
specific, fail outside the scope of the Regulation or because Community 
discussion on the subject is not sufficiently advanced. 
4. Therefore, the Commission will present the amended proposal, replacing 
proposal COM/91/104 to the Council, with a view to its being adopted as 
swif11y as possible. 
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Amended proposal for a 
COUNCIL REGULATION (EEC) 
ON FINANCIAL AND TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE TO 
AND ECONOMIC COOPERATION WITH THE DEVELOPING 
COUNTRIES IN ASIA AND LATIN AMERICA 
THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES, 
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the 
European Economic Community, and in particular 
Article 235 thereof, 
Having regard to the proposals from the 
Commission, 
Having regard to the opinion of the European 
Par Iiament, 
Whereas, since 1976, the Community has been 
pursuing a policy of financial and technical 
cooperation with the developing countries in 
Asia and Latin America and has, in more recent 
times, also embarked on economic cooperation 
with those countries; whereas these forms of 
cooperation are part of an overall policy of 
cooperation with the developing countries as a 
whoie which includes expansion of their trade by 
integration into the multilateral trade system, 
by appropriate measures to be taken within the 
relevant international organizations and by 
specific measures such as the Community system 
of generalized preferences; 
Whereas the current process of European 
construction and the growing influence of the 
Community worldwide justify the continuation of 
mutually advantageous economic cooperation with, 
and Community development aid to, the developing 
countries in Asia and Latin America, the 
extension of such policies to other countries or 
economic sectors, increased financing for such 
policies and efforts to ensure that they are 
better adapted to national and local needs 
within each region; 
Whereas the European Council has on a number of 
occasions confirmed the Community's political 
will to reinforce its cooperation with regions 
of the world where the level of development is 
still insufficient and to do so via an 
increased, coordinated and multi-faceted effort 
on the part of the Community and its 
Member States; 
Commission text 
Fourth recital Ame ndme nt s 
Whereas the European Parliament has examined the 
matter in detail on a number of occasions and 
has called for such reinforced cooperation and 
for a revision of present legislation in order 
to ensure greater efficiency and increased 
transparency; Whereas the European Parliament has 
examined the matter in detail on a 
number of occasions and has called 
for such reinforced cooperation and 
for a revision of present 
legislation in order to ensure 
.greater efficiency and increased 
transparency and has called for the 
implementation of a genuine 
cooperation strategy based on 
multiannual programmes meeting the 
specific needs of these two regions 
of the world, providing a range of 
measures suited to the different 
situations of the groupings of 
countries in these continents and 
endowed with adeguate financial 
resources; 
Recital 5b (new) 
Whereas there is a need to ensure 
that the budgetary authority is 
informed as to coordination between 
the projects' planning and their 
financial implications and as to the 
transparency of co-financing with 
Mpmhpr States or other donors; 
Whereas the Council has adopted conclusions 
supporting the Commission's suggested long-term 
guidelines for such cooperation with regard to 
the priorities and sectors for consideration and 
the desirability of increasing the resources to 
be allocated to them and of enabling indicative 
medium-term programming for those resources to 
be undertaken; 
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Commi ssion text Amendme nt 
Whereas both the Council and European 
Parliament, while confirming traditional fields 
of action, have identified new priorities 
relating, in particular, to the environment, the 
human dimension of development and the need for 
economic cooperation to take place in the mutual 
interest of the Community and its partner 
countr ses; 
Whereas the rules governing the administration 
of financial and technical assistance to, and 
economic cooperation with, the Asian and 
Latin American developing countries should be 
established; 
Whereas it is therefore necessary to repeal 
Council Regulation (EEC) No 442/81 of 17 
February 1981 on financial and technical aid to 
non-associated developing countries,1 and to 
replace it with this Regulation; 
Whereas the Treaty does not provide specific 
powers of action for the adoption of this 
Regulation other than those contained in Article 
235, 
HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION: 
Article 1 
The Community shall continue and broaden 
Community cooperation with ths developing 
countrÊ?s in Asia and Latin America, not being 
signatories to the Lomé Convention and not 
benefiting from the Community's policy of 
cooperation with the Mediterranean region, 
hereinafter referred to as "ALA developing 
countries". This cooperation shall involve 
financial and technical development assistance 
and economic cooperation. In this connection 
the Community attaches the utmost importance to 
promoting human rights, freedom of trade and of 
cultural exchanges and environmental protection, 
by means of an increasing dialogue on political, 
economic and social issues within a perspective 
of mutuaI interest. The Community shall continue and 
broaden Community cooperation witn 
the developing countries in As i i aro 
La tan America, not being signa lor :eS 
to the Lomé Convention and :so. 
benef i t ing f rom the Commun 1 ': y ' s 
policy of cooperation with ^^e 
Mediterranean region. hereirinf : r r 
referred to as 'ALA developing 
countries'. This cooperation shall 
involve financial and technical 
development assislance and economic 
cooperation. In this connection Iho 
Community attached the utmost 
importance to prompti n g a nd 
defending hu-nan rights, including 
the cultural and ethnic dimensions 
thereof, supporting democratic 
processes - particularly as re gards 
eguaj. t.reatment for_ wo mon _-• and ]o 
freedom of trade and of cultural 
exchanges and of environmental 
protection, by means of an increase 
in dialogue on political, economic 
and social issuer, within t ho 
perspective of promet in»; mutual, 
sus t a i_n_ab 1 _ e__ ci <_ > y e 1 opn i < ' nt . 
1 OJ No L 48, 21.2.1981, p. 8. 
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Commission text Amendments 
Article 1, first paragraph b (new) 
However, in cases of activities the 
direct beneficiaries of which are 
sectors of the population faced with 
major problems of development, the 
only condition to which aid shall be 
made subject shall be a guarantee 
that it is channelled effectively 
and without interference to those 
groups for whom it is intended. 
Article 2 
All the ALA developing countries shall be 
eligible for financial and technical assistance 
and economic cooperation. 
The recipients of aid and partners in 
cooperation can include not only States and 
regions but decentralized authorities, public 
agencies, local or traditional communities, 
private institutes and operators, including 
cooperatives and non-governmental organizations. All the ALA developing countries 
shall be eligible for financial and 
technical assistance and economic 
cooperation. 
The recipients of aid and/or 
partners in cooperation can include 
not only States and regions but 
decentralized authorities, public 
° r q. a_n_ izations, regi jm_£T_ 
organjza t i pns^ local or traditional 
communities, private institutes and 
operators, private economic 
entities, including cooperatives 
undertakings in the 'éconojnH^ 
sociale' sector, associations anH 
foundations with a properlv_jjgfvn^ 
objective and non-governmental 
organizations. 
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Commission text Amendment s 
Financial and Technical Assistance 
Article 3 
The principal aim of financial and technical 
assistance shall be to improve the living 
standards of the neediest sections of the 
population and to implement measures in areas 
where domestic resources are hard to mobilize 
but which are of strategic importance either for 
the development of the countries concerned or 
for the international community as a whole. The principal aim of financial and 
technical assistance shall be to 
improve the living standards of the 
neediest sections of the population 
- especially women - by implementing 
programmes and projects in all 
sectors in which Community aid can 
make a decisive contribution; in 
particular measures may be 
implemented in areas where economic 
and human resources are hard to 
mobilize but which are of strategic 
importance either for the 
development of the countries 
concerned or for the international 
community as a whole. 
It shall be targeted primarily on the poorest 
ALA developing countries. 
Art icle 4 
Financial and technical assistance shall give 
priority to developing the rural sector and 
improving the level of food security. 
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Commissi on text Amendments 
Article 4, first paragraph a (new) 
Financial and technical assistance 
may be channelled primarily and in 
duly justified cases to the ALA 
developing countries in which rural 
development and improvements to food 
security are hampered by inadequate 
general infrastructure. 
Article 4, second to fourth paragraphs 
Furthermore, consideration shall be given In all Deleted 
operations to protecting the environment and 
natural resources, to the human dimension of 
development, notably the role of women, to the 
problems of population growth and to matters 
concerning the relations between towns and the 
countryside. 
A significant proportion of the aid shall be set Deleted 
aside for projects more specifically aimed at 
environmental protection. 
Aid may also take the form of action to fight Deleted 
drugs, to improve living conditions in large 
cities, and to contribute to the structural 
dimension of development. 
Article 4, third paragraph (new) 
Consideration shall be given to the 
problems in this sector faced by 
small country towns. 
Art icle 4 a (new) 
The CM i y i r OJJ rn e n t a nd na tu jr a 1 
resources, _sha 1J___ cciistj tapt e _a new 
priority of financia 1 _and t^chrncal 
coopérât i on. 
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Commission text Amendments 
A percentage of total resources 
allocated to financial and technical 
cooperation shall be reser/ed for 
specific projects to protect the 
environment. This reserve may b--
increased under the annual budget 
procedure and shall be used to 
finance programmes and projects 
designed, inter alia, to; 
- increase awareness, train staff 
and technicians and make general 
improvements to infrastructure in 
the ALA developing countries, 
- carry out feasibility studies and 
pilot projects. 
Article 4b (new) 
The human dimension of development 
shall be taken into account in all 
areas of intervention. 
Among the most disadvantaged groups, 
particular consideration shall be 
given to women and programmes and 
projects shall be adopted to develop 
their role in boosting development, 
especially in the rural sectors of 
production and grassroots 
organizations. Such projects or 
programmes must serve to increase 
the active involvement of women on 
terms of eguality, not only in the 
processes of production but also in 
social activities and decision­
making. 
Ail?..may. ho_ .ch^n/nd ] ed__tp t he various 
i ndigenous ethnie grouns through 
measures to ençou r a g e the 
preservation of their culture and 
social organization. 
Aid may take into account 
demographic problems and financial 
and human resources may be allocated 
to proposed measures which have the 
support of grassroots communities. 
This may include information on 
family planning, for instan ce x a s 
part of h e a 11 h informât i on _qr 
educational activi t i es.. 
Commun!t y aid __may __he .. .y i "ant • >d for 
improvement;; to living conditions in 
bi_g_ei ties in the- loi m _of measures; 
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and those__of_ housing^. heal th ami 
t ranRjjqrt: in...partijcul ^Jj 
the i mplementati on of pro-jert 
the non-qovernmentai sector. 
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Article 4 c (new) 
Article 4 d (new) Amendments 
The cultural dimension of 
development must be constantly borne 
in mind in all activities and 
programmes in which the Community is 
involved. 
The structural dimension of 
development is a priority which 
financial and technical cooperation 
shall take into account so as to 
overcome the major financial and 
technical barriers and the social 
conseguences endured by many ALA 
developing countries as a result of 
stringent structural adjustment 
policies. 
Certain measures of a structural 
character may be developed in an 
entire sector, region of a country 
or group of countries with the aim 
of promoting sustainable 
deve lopment . In such cases , 
coordination may take place with 
other international financial 
institutions and bilateral donors. 
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Commi ss i on text Amendment s 
Article 4 e (new) 
(formerly Article 4, fifth paragraph) 
Part of the aid may be used for rehabilitation 
and reconstruction following disasters of all 
kinds and for preventive measures. Part of the aid may be used for 
rehabilitation and reconstruction 
following disasters of all kinds and 
for preventive measures. 
Article 4 f (new) 
Financial and technical assistance 
mav be granted to ALA developing 
countries to draw u P _._antijid XUS. 
programmes which include preventive 
measures or crop-conversion 
projects. 
Article 4 g (new) 
(formerly Article 4, sixth paragraph) 
(plus additional final indent) 
Regional cooperation among developing countries 
shall be considered an important area for 
financial and technical cooperation, 
particularly in the following fields: R e g ion a 1 cooperatio n a mong 
developi ng countries shall b e 
considered an important area for 
financial and technical coopérât;, on, 
part JN? u 1 arly in__i Jl.Ç__ f 9 1 lowi rig 
fields: 
cooperation on the environment; 
the development of intra-regionaI trade; 
the strengthening of regional 
inst itut ions; - coopérâtion on the environment: 
ii_Lh^„.dj^y:elppmcnt of intra-regional 
trade; 
- the strengthening of J'egioruû 
inst it. u tiens; 
- support for integration and the 
establishment of joint jsoj^icjies 
and activities among developin g 
countries; 
- communications, particuIarly as 
regar d s __ standard s, n e tw or k £____ a n d 
s _§ r v .,i_c_e_s ., i n c 1 u_d_i _n_g_ 
t.? l_eco m mu n i c at ions ; 
r—l£g.g .gar cil and t r a i n i n 
with developmentj_ 
- cooperation in the 
energy; 
- cultural coopération._ 
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Commission text 
support for integration and the 
establishment of Joint policies and 
activities among developing countries; 
communications, particularly as regards 
standards, networks and services, 
including telecommunications; 
research and training connected with 
development ; 
cooperation in the sphere of energy. Amendments 
Article 4 h (new) 
Article 5 
Financial and technical assistance may be 
extended to the relatively more advanced 
countries of Asia and Latin America in specific 
fields or in cases where Community action is 
taken in response to disasters or implements new 
operations or policies which are essential at 
regional or international level in the following 
sectors: In order to improve efficiency in 
all areas of intervention governed 
by this regulation, coordination 
shall be improved with bilateral aid 
from Member States and other 
international donors, whether states 
or financial institutions. 
drugs; 
the environment and natural resources; 
the strengthening of institutions; 
pilot schemes to help particularly 
under-privileged sections of the 
populat ion; 
regional cooperation. 
CuH;ii2ilL_eIil.lDD±.LJllcLa^lll^ 
Public health 
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Comroi s s i on text Ame ndments 
Economic Cooperation 
Article 6 
Economie cooperation shall contribute to the 
development of the ALA developing countries by 
helping them make the most of the prospects 
opened up by the growth of international trade 
and by the European single market, and by 
enhancing the role of European businessmen, 
technology and know-how. 
Economic cooperation shall be aimed in 
particular to supporting countries pursuing 
macroeconomic and sectoral policies open to 
trade and investment and conducive to technology 
transfers, notably by ensuring the protection of 
industrial and intellectual property rights. Economic cooperation -hall 
contribute to the rust ai ndiîï e 
development of the ALA developing 
countries by helping them make the 
most of their economic, scientific 
and human potential,---/ _^ + . 
• c *ana OT f he pros 
pects opened up by the growth 
of international trade and by 
the European single market, 
and by enhancing the role of 
European businessmen, techno­
logy and know-how. 
Article 6, third paragraph (new) 
Article 7 T!ii\. -LPIP 1 *'nMtM i s> ki.qn _ of economic 
<70op<|iA)IJLOJJL jm-.ism vi,_ sha 1 1 .iLsfi__be 
*?JQ'jyj.i'il __Y_La t lie cif'd i ( f aci 1 i t i«'S 
ad m i_n ijst o red_by_the _EI H^_ 
Econom i c 
sectors: coopération shall include three Economic cooperation 
include three areas : shall 
1. Improvement of scientific and 
technological potential and of the 
economic, social and cultural environment 
in general by means of training schemes 
and the transfer of know-how. It shall be 
directed chiefly at executives, economic 
decision-makers and instructors, and shall 
cover all economic, scientific and 
technical fields and, in particular 
energy, industrial and urban ecology and 
services technology. 
Encouragement shal } l?£__:2 "! Yiln. 
to associations pf_ reseai c_h 
centres and ijvs t_i t y te s_._ fi • om 
both sides, and account. si if,]il 
be taken of their ability to 
acquire modern technology and 
know-how rapidly and t o 
spread this in the recipient 
country. Programmes may also 
be directed at administrât]ye 
staff__, those _in <:harq<- of 
finance and instructors. 
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Article 7 (2) 
Improvement of the institutional 
structure, in order to render the 
legislative, administrative and social 
climate more conducive to development. Amendments 
2. Improvement of the institutional 
structure, in order to render the 
legislative, economic, 
administrative and social climate 
more conducive to development. 
Article 7 (3) 
Support for undertakings, for example by 
means of training and technical assistance 
schemes, by the establishment of direct 
contacts between undertakings and by 
schemes to facilitate access to bigger 
markets without prejudice to the specific 
provisions on joint ventures laid down by 
Council Regulation (EEC) No ... [on EC 
11P].* 
Regional cooperation must be regarded as an 
important sector for economic cooperation, in 
part icular: Support for undertakings, for 
example by means of sales 
promotion and training and 
technical assistance schemes, by 
the establishment of direct 
contacts between undertakings 
and by schemes to facilitate 
access to bigger markets without 
prejudice to the specific 
provisions on joint ventures 
laid down by Council Regulation 
(EEC) No. ... [on EC IIP]. 
Regional cooperation must be 
regarded as an important sector 
for economic cooperation, in 
particular: 
cooperation on 
ecology; 
intra-regional trade-, industrial and urban - cooperation on industrial and 
urban ecology; 
- intra-regional trade; including 
especially, support for the 
endeavours of certain countries 
at mutual economic cooperation; 
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Comm ion text Amendments 
regional institutions for economic 
intégrât ion; 
regional polIcies; 
communications, including 
telecommunicat ions; 
research and training; 
cooperation In the sphere of energy. regional institutions for 
economic integration; 
regional policies; 
communications, including 
telecommunications ; 
research and training; 
cooperation in the sphere of 
energy^ 
industrial cooperation; 
cooperation on cultural 
exchanges. 
IMPLEMENTING PROCEDURES 
Article 8 
inancial and technical assistance and economic 
:ooperation shall be provided mainly in the form 
>f grants and shall draw on the financial 
esources fixed by the general budget of the 
uropean Communities. Co-financing with the 
lember States or other donors shall be sought 
hrough greater coordination. The Community 
lature of the aid must, 
is far as possible. however, be maintained Financial and technical assistance 
and economic cooperation shall be 
provided mainly in the form of 
grants and shall draw on the 
financial resources fixed by the 
general budget of the European 
Communities. Co-financing with the 
Member States or other donors^. 
whether states or international 
financial organizations, shall be 
sought through greater coordination. 
The Community nature of the aid 
must, however, be maintained as far 
as possible. 
Wh e r e ver possible, qj v<> n the 
existence of multiannual forecasting 
for Community cooperation with AT.A 
developing countries, multi*nnn_a] 
programming shall be introduced wjTh 
regard to objectives, co1intriPQ_an^ 
where appropriate, regions. 
Art icle 9 
Financial and technical assistance may cover 
II the expenditure on imports and local 
xpenditure required to carry out projects and 
ogrammes. 1. Financial and technical 
assistance may cover all the 
expenditure on imports and local 
expenditure required to carry 
out projects and programmes. 
aintenance and operating expenses for economic 
^operation operations, training and research 
ogrammes and for development projects and 
ogrammes may be covered subject to the proviso 
iat in the case of the latter such expenses may 
3 covered only at the launching stage and in 
Bcreasing amounts. Maintenance and operating expenses 
for economic cooperation 
operation.1;, training and r< •.••f.'irch 
programme:-, .md for development 
projects and programmes mM y be 
covered. 
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Commission text 
2, Systematic efforts must b© mada to seek 
financial contributions froni partners 
(countries, local communities, undertakings, 
individual recipients) within the limits of 
their possibilities and according to the nature 
of each operation. Taxes and duties and the 
purchase price of land shall be excluded from 
Commun i t y fi nanc i ng. Ame ndjiCh =; s 
Systematic eifcm.. \u\.r^. t ^ made 
to seek contributions •"rora 
partners (countries local 
communities, u n d e r * 3 k -i. ? j j s , 
individual recipients) witiiin 
the limits of L n e i r 
possibilities and accoid>ug to 
the nature of each opera Li on. 
Taxes and duties and the 
purchase price of land shall be 
excluded Iron C o m m u n 1 t. y 
financing. 
3. Study costs and the short and long-term use 
of experts to assist the recipients and the 
Commission in devising general policies, 
identifying and preparing operations, and 
monitoring and evaluating them shall normally be 
covered by Community resources, either as part 
of the financing for individual operations or 
separately. 
Article 10 
Participation in invitations to tender and 
purchasing and other contracts shall be open on 
equal terms to all natural or legal persons of 
the Member States. 
With regard to financial and technical 
assistance, such participation shall usually be 
extended to the recipient State and may also be 
extended, case by case, to other developing 
countr ies. 
In exceptional cases which are 
other countries of origin may 
specific components. duly Justified, 
be a I lowed for 
Article 11 
1. Aid projects and programmes for which 
Community funding exceeds ECU 2 million and also 
any substantial modifications and necessary 
overruns of more than 20% of the amount 
initially agreed for these operations shall be 
adopted according to the procedure laid down in 
Article 12(2). 
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Commission text 
2. The procedure laid down 
shall be followed, if need be, 
of acts required to establish: in Article 12(3) 
for the adoption 
coordination between Community cooperation 
schemes and bilateral schemes that may be 
undertaken by the Member States, 
the indicative multiannual guidelines that 
apply to the main partner countries, 
the areas of cooperation according to 
subject or sector. 
Article 12 Amendment s 
1. The Commission shall be assisted by a 
committee composed of the representatives of the 
Member States and chaired by the representative 
of the Commission. 1. The Commission shall be 
responsible for managing the aid and 
implementing the appropriations 
agreed by the budgetary authority. 
It shall be assisted by a committee 
composed of the representatives of 
the Member States and chaired by the 
representative of the Commission. 
2. The representative of the Commission shall 
submit to the committee a draft of the measures 
to be taken. The committee shall deliver its 
opinion on the draft within a time limit which 
the chairman may lay down according to the 
urgency of the matter. The opinion shall be 
delivered by the majority laid down in 
Article 148(2) of the Treaty in the case of 
decisions which the Council is required to adopt 
on a proposal from the Commission. The votes of 
the representatives of the Member States within 
the committee shall be weighted in the manner 
set out in that Article. The chairman shall not 
vote. 
The Commission shall adopt measures which shall 
apply immediately. However, if these measures 
are not in accordance with the opinion of the 
committee, they shall be 
Comm i ss i on to the Counc i I 
event, the Commission 
the measures which it has 
of one month. communicated by the 
forthwith. In that 
defer application of 
decided for a period 
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Commi ssion text 
The Council, acting by a qualified majority, may 
take a different decision within the time limit 
referred to in the second subparagraph. 
3. The representative of the Commission shall 
submit to the committee a draft of the 
measures to be taken. The committee shall 
deliver its opinion on the draft within a time 
limit which the chairman may lay down according 
to the urgency of the matter, if necessary by 
taking a vote. 
The opinion shall be recorded in the minutes; in 
addition, each Member State shall have the right 
to ask to have its position recorded in the 
minutes. 
The Commission shall take the utmost account of 
the opinion delivered by the committee. It 
shall inform the committee of the manner in 
which its opinion has been taken into account. Amendments 
(Unchangi.-d) 
(Unchanged) 
Art icle 13 
The Commission shall submit to the Council and 
the European Parliament an annual report on the 
implementation of this Regulation, setting out 
the results achieved and presenting the projects 
and programmes financed during the year. The Commission shall submit to the 
Council and the European Parliament 
an annual report on the 
implementation of this Regulation, 
setting out the results of the 
implementation of the budg e t as 
regards commitment and payment 
appropriations and presenting the 
ana presenting the projects and 
programmes financed during the 
yea r. 
In addition, a comprehensive report giving the 
results of the regular evaluation undertaken 
shall be presented at the end of each five-year 
per iod. In addition, a comprehensive report 
giving the results of the regular 
evaluation undertaken shall be 
presented to the Council and 
Parliament at the end of eacli five-
year period in order not only to 
assess implementation but also to 
decide whether to maintain or modify 
the guidelines applicable to this 
aid. 
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Commi ssion text Amendment s 
Article 14 
Regulation (EEC) No 442/81 is hereby repealed. 
Any reference to that Regulation shall be deemed 
to be a reference to this Regulation. 
Article 15 
This Regulation shall enter into force on the 
third day following that of its publication in 
the Official Journal of the 
European Communities. 
This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety 
and directly applicable in all Member States. 
Done at Brussels, For the Council 
The President 
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