2001/30/EC: Decision No 3/2000 of the ACP-EC Council of Ministers of 15 December 2000 on the adoption of specific financial measures to ensure the continuity of certain activities of the 8th EDF before the entry into force of the ACP-EC Partnership Agreement
Date: 2000-12-15
Institutions: ACP Council of Ministers
Subjects: ACP countries, EU aid, European Development Fund, agreement (EU), financial cooperation

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COUNCIL

DECISION No 3/2000 OF THE ACP-EC COUNCIL OF MINISTERS

of 15 December 2000

on the adoption of specific financial measures to ensure the continuity of certain activities of the
8th EDF before the entry into force of the ACP-EC Partnership Agreement

(2001/30/EC)

THE ACP-EC COUNCIL OF MINISTERS,

Having regard to the Fourth ACP-EC Convention, as amended
by the Agreement signed in Mauritius on 4 November 1995,
and in particular Article 282(5) thereof,

Having regard to the ACP-EC Partnership Agreement, signed in
Cotonou on 23 June 2000,

Whereas:

(1) With Decision No 1/2000,

the ACP-EC Council of
Ministers on 27 July 2000 adopted transitional measures
for the period from 2 August 2000 until the ratification
of the ACP-EC Partnership Agreement, envisaging the
anticipated application of certain provisions of the Part-
nership Agreement as well as the continued application
of certain provisions of the Fourth Lomé Convention as
revised by the Agreement signed in Mauritius on 4
November 1995. Article 2 of that Decision indicates
that the provisions of the Lomé Convention, regarding
the ACP-EC Council of Ministers' power of decision on
the use of unallocated resources from the 6th, 7th and
8th EDFs, remain applicable.

(2)

the Lomé Convention,

Following the mid-term review of national
indicative
programmes, carried out in accordance with Article 282
supplementary resources
of
should be allocated to the indicative programmes of
certain countries and regions that have performed well
in terms of the absorption of credits and quality of
project implementation, and have entirely, or almost
entirely, committed their original allocation.

(3)

(4)

(5)

To ensure the continuation of certain activities, particu-
larly those relating to joint ACP-EC institutions, supple-
mentary resources should be allocated to intra-ACP
regional cooperation.

To ensure that the Community continues to support
vulnerable refugees in developing countries, supplemen-
tary resources should be allocated for actions to aid
refugees.

To provide for the continuation of the activities of the
Centre for the Development of Enterprise (CDE) and the
Centre for the Development of Agriculture (CTA), the
necessary funds should be made available to cover the
financial requirements of these centres for the 2001
financial year,

HAS DECIDED AS FOLLOWS:

Article 1

CDE/CTA

The following shall be taken from unallocated 8th EDF

1.
resources, as an advance on the 9th EDF:

— a maximum of EUR 22 million to finance the CDE budget

in 2001,

— a maximum of EUR 12 million to finance the CTA budget

in 2001.

2.
Any unexpended balances from the funds for the CDE
and CTA not used for the 2001 financial year shall be automat-
ically carried over to the 2002 financial year.

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Article 2

Supplementary allocations to indicative programmes

EUR 125,6 million shall be taken from unallocated 8th EDF
resources, to be added to the initial allocations of the 8th EDF
indicative programmes for a number of countries and regions
which have achieved satisfactory results and which have
entirely or almost entirely committed their original allocations.
The criteria for allocation of these resources shall be:

1. an allocation of 100 % of the second instalment as provided
for in Article 282(3) of the revised Fourth Lomé Conven-
tion.

2. projects for which feasibility studies have already been
carried out and which may be presented rapidly for
financing.

On the basis of these criteria the Commission shall decide on
the exact allocation per country/region.

Article 3

Intra-ACP

An amount of EUR 265 million shall be taken from unallo-
cated 8th EDF resources for intra-ACP regional cooperation.

From this amount, EUR 100 million shall be specifically allo-
cated to trade development.

Article 4

Aid to refugees

An amount of EUR 100 million shall be taken from unallo-
cated 8th EDF resources for actions to aid refugees in accord-
ance with Article 72(3)(d) and Article 72(4) of the ACP-EC
Partnership Agreement.

Article 5

The Commission is requested to take the measures necessary to
give effect to this Decision.

This Decision shall enter into force on the date of its approval.

Article 6

Done at Brussels, 15 December 2000.

For the ACP-EC Council of Ministers

The President

D. GILLOT