2002/579/EC: Decision by the Representatives of the Governments of the Member States, meeting within the Council, of 25 June 2002 on the provisional application of the Internal Agreement between Representatives of the Member States, meeting within the Council, on the financing and administration of Community Aid under the Financial Protocol to the Partnership Agreement between the African, Caribbean and Pacific States and the European Community and its Member States signed in Cotonou (Benin) on 23 June 2000 and the allocation of financial assistance for the Overseas Countries and Territories to which part Four of the EC Treaty applies
Date: 2002-06-25
Institutions: Representatives of the Governments of the Member States
Subjects: ACP-EU Convention, EU aid, cooperation agreement (EU), financial aid, interim agreement (EU), overseas countries and territories

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(Acts whose publication is not obligatory)

CONFERENCE OF THE REPRESENTATIVES OF THE
GOVERNMENTS OF THE MEMBER STATES

DECISION BY THE REPRESENTATIVES OF THE GOVERNMENTS OF THE MEMBER STATES,
MEETING WITHIN THE COUNCIL,

of 25 June 2002

on the provisional application of the Internal Agreement between Representatives of the Member
States, meeting within the Council, on the financing and administration of Community Aid under
the Financial Protocol to the Partnership Agreement between the African, Caribbean and Pacific
States and the European Community and its Member States signed in Cotonou (Benin) on 23 June
2000 and the allocation of financial assistance for the Overseas Countries and Territories to which
part Four of the EC Treaty applies

(2002/579/EC)

THE REPRESENTATIVES OF THE GOVERNMENTS OF THE MEMBER
STATES OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITY, MEETING WITHIN THE
COUNCIL,

Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European
Community,

Having regard to the ACP-EC Partnership signed in Cotonou
(Benin) on 23 June 2000, hereafter referred to as the ‘ACP-EC
Agreement’,

Whereas:

(1)

(2)

(3)

(4)

(5)

The ACP-EC Agreement will not enter into force until
the constitutional requirements of each Member State
have been completed in accordance with Article 93
thereof.

The ACP-EC Committee of Ambassadors took a Decision
on 28 February whereby transitional measures applicable
until 1 August 2000 were adopted.

In accordance with Article 366(3) of the Fourth ACP-EC
Convention, as amended by the agreement signed in
Mauritius on 4 November 1995, the ACP-EC Council of
Ministers adopted through Decision No 1/2000 (1) transi-
tional measures to cover the period between 2 August
2000 until 1 June 2002.

By Decision No 1/2002, the ACP-EC Council of Minis-
ters amended the abovementioned Decision No 1/2000
by extending its applicability until the ACP-EC Agree-
ment enters into force.

In accordance with Article 6 of Decision No 1/2000, the
Member States and Community will be required to take

(1) OJ L 195, 1.8.2000, p. 46.

the steps appropriate to each of them with regard to the
implementation of the transitional measures.

The Representatives of the Governments of the Member
States, meeting within the Council, have reached a
consensus concerning an Internal Agreement on the
financing and administration of Community aid to the
to the provisions on
ACP States
programming and implementation of
the Agreement.
This Agreement will not enter into force before adoption
by each Member State in accordance with its own consti-
tutional requirements.

that corresponds

By Decision of 3 October 2000, the Representatives of
the Governments of the Member States decided that
certain provisions of the Internal Agreement be applied
on a provisional basis until 1 June 2002.

The same provisions of the Internal Agreement should
continue to be applied on a provisional basis until its
entry into force,

(6)

(7)

(8)

HAVE DECIDED AS FOLLOWS:

Article 1

The following provisions of the Internal Agreement relating to
the 9th European Development Fund shall continue to be
applied provisionally as of the date of adoption of this Deci-
sion:

1. Articles 14, 15, 16, 19(1), 19(2), 19(3) and 19(4) relating to

the implementation of the programming process;

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2. Articles 21 to 27 for the purposes of the implementation of the programming process;

3. Articles 29 and 30 for the purposes of the preparation of the functioning of the Investment Facility, and

4. Article 31 for the purposes of the adoption of the Financial Regulation.

This Decision shall remain in force until the entry into force of the Internal Agreement.

It shall be published in the Official Journal of the European Communities.

Article 2

Done at Luxembourg, 25 June 2002.

The President

J. MATAS I PALOU