Proposal for a Decision of the European Parliament and of the Council Concerning the European Community contribution to the "Global Fund to fight HIV/AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria"
Date: 2001-10-23
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: AIDS, Member States' contribution, endemic disease, infectious disease, international organisation, respiratory disease, the EU's international role, tropical disease

C 51 E/320

EN

Official Journal of the European Communities

26.2.2002

Proposal for a Decision of the European Parliament and of the Council Concerning the European
Community contribution to the (cid:145)Global Fund to fight HIV/AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria(cid:146)

(2002/C 51 E/13)

COM(2001) 612 final (cid:151) 2001/0251(COD)

(Submitted by the Commission on 25 October 2001)

THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT AND THE COUNCIL OF THE
EUROPEAN UNION,

Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European
Community, and in particular Article 179 thereof,

Having regard to the proposal from the Commission,

Acting in accordance with the procedure referred to in Article
251 of the Treaty,

Whereas:

(1) The concern increases over the devastating impact of the
three major communicable diseases HIV/AIDS, Tuberculosis
and Malaria on human suffering and on economic and
social development, and hence on poverty reduction
efforts,
in particular on the most vulnerable sections of
the population of developing countries;

(2) The G8 Okinawa Summit of

July 2000 pledged to
contribute significantly to the fight against communicable
diseases and to break the vicious circle between diseases
and poverty;

(3) The General Affairs Council adopted in May 2001 a
Community Programme for Action on Communicable
diseases in the context of poverty reduction;

(4) The joint declaration of 31 May 2001 by the Council and
the UN
to establish a Global Fund to fight
called
and Malaria, hereafter

the Commission welcomed the proposal of
Secretary General
HIV/AIDS, Tuberculosis
(cid:145)Global Fund(cid:146);

(5) At the G8 Genoa Summit of July 2001, the Commission
the Community and the
its intention to pledge 120 million in

announced, with support of
Member States,
response to the appeal of the UN General Assembly;

(6) This fund is being established on behalf of the international
It will be
donors community and beneficiary countries.
administered by the Trustee of
the Global Fund in
accordance with the purpose of the fund, as stated in its
governance and management rules;

the fund shall be to address

the
(7) The objective of
communicable
and
Malaria in developing countries, pursuing a balanced
approach with a primary focus on prevention;

diseases HIV/AIDS,

Tuberculosis

(8) The Community agrees to make a contribution of EUR 60
million from the Community budget. This contribution will
be managed alongside the other contributions to the Global
Fund in accordance with the principles of sound and
efficient management.

HAVE DECIDED AS FOLLOWS:

Article 1

The Community shall contribute to the Global Fund, an

1.
amount of 60 million Euro.

This contribution to the Global Fund will be made by
2.
means of a financing agreement to be concluded between the
Commission and the Trustee on the Global Fund.

This contribution will be administered following the rules
3.
and procedures to be established for the Global Fund, agreed
with the Commission and to be annexed to the financing
agreement.

Article 2

The Commission will forward all relevant information to the
Court of Auditors and will request from the Global Fund all
supplementary information that the Court of Auditors may
wish to receive as regards the financial operation of
the
Global Fund. The Commission and the Court of Auditors
may carry out any necessary checks and inspections in order
to protect the European Community financial interest against
fraud and irregularities.

Article 3

The present decision shall enter into force on the day of its
adoption.
the
European Communities.

It shall be published in the Official

Journal of