2003/3/: Decision No 3/2003 of the ACP-EC Council of Ministers of 11 December 2003 on the use of resources from the long-term development envelope of the ninth EDF for the creation of a Peace Facility for Africa
Date: 2003-12-11
Institutions: ACP Council of Ministers
Subjects: Africa, European Development Fund, development aid, establishment of peace

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COUNCIL

DECISION No 3/2003 OF THE ACP-EC COUNCIL OF MINISTERS

of 11 December 2003

on the use of resources from the long-term development envelope of the ninth EDF for the
creation of a Peace Facility for Africa

THE ACP-EC COUNCIL OF MINISTERS,

Having regard to the ACP-EC Partnership Agreement signed in
Cotonou on 23 June 2000, and in particular paragraph 8 of
Annex I thereto,

Whereas:

(1)

(2)

(3)

(4)

By Decision No 10/2001 of the ACP-EC Committee of
Ambassadors of 20 December 2001 on the use of unal-
located resources from the 8th European Development
Fund (1) and Decision No 3/2002 of the ACP-EC Council
of Ministers, of 23 December 2002 on the reallocation
of unallocated resources as well as uncommitted interest
from the Eighth European Development
subsidies
Fund (2),
the ACP-EC Council of Ministers allocated
resources
to peace-building, conflict prevention and
resolution for a total amount of EUR 75 million.

At the Summit of the African Union in Maputo from 4
to 12 July 2003, the African Heads of State took a ‘Deci-
sion on the Establishment by the European Union of a
Peace Support Operation Facility for the African Union’.
they specified that such a facility
In their decision,
should be financed from resources allocated to each of
them under the existing cooperation agreements with
the European Union and be supplemented by an equiva-
lent amount of unallocated European Development Fund
resources.

In order to ensure rapid and efficient response to situa-
tions of violent conflict, the creation of a Peace Facility
is appropriate.

To allow for the creation of a Peace Facility for Africa, in
accordance with Article 11 of the ACP-EC Partnership
Agreement, supplementary resources should be allocated
to intra-ACP cooperation. Since
for
regional cooperation and integration as defined in para-

envelope

the

(1) OJ L 50, 21.2.2002, p. 62.
(2) OJ L 59, 4.3.2003, p. 24.

graph 3(b) of Annex I to the ACP-EC Partnership Agree-
ment is exhausted, the necessary resources will therefore
be transferred from allocations notified to individual
ACP-countries
long-term development
envelope of the ninth EDF as defined in paragraph 3(a)
of Annex I to the ACP-EC Partnership Agreement, as
well as from unallocated resources of that envelope,

under

the

HAS DECIDED AS FOLLOWS:

Article 1

Peace support

1.
A contribution of 1,5 % shall be taken from allocations
that were notified to African ACP States in accordance with
Article 1(b) of Annex IV to the ACP-EC Partnership Agreement.
Such contribution will be taken from the uncommitted balance
of the allocation referred to in Article 3(2)(b) of Annex IV to
the ACP-EC Partnership Agreement, the so-called B-allocation.
If the uncommitted balance of the B-allocation is insufficient,
the remainder will be taken from the uncommitted balance of
the allocation referred to in Article 3(2)(a) of Annex IV, the so-
called A-allocation. A total amount of EUR 126,4 million shall
thus be transferred from the respective country allocations to
the intra-ACP allocation under the envelope for regional coop-
eration and integration and used for the creation of a Peace
Facility for Africa. Individual contributions are specified in the
last column of the table in the Annex to this Decision.

2.
An amount of EUR 123,6 million shall be transferred
from unallocated resources of the 9th EDF long-term develop-
ment envelope to the intra-ACP allocation under the envelope
for regional cooperation and integration, and used for the crea-
tion of a Peace Facility for Africa.

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Article 2

Financing request

Article 4

Entry into force

In accordance with Article 13(2)(b) of Annex IV to the ACP-EC
Partnership Agreement, the ACP Council of Ministers requests
the Commission to finance a Peace Facility for Africa for a total
amount of EUR 250 million.

Article 3

Implementation

The ACP States, the Member States and the Community shall
be bound, each to the extent to which it is concerned, to take
the measures necessary to implement this Decision.

This Decision shall enter into force on the day of its adoption.

Done at Brussels, 11 December 2003.

For the ACP-EC Council of Ministers

The President

Franco FRATTINI

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ANNEX

Contributions from country allocations

Country

A-allocation

B-allocation

ANGOLA

BENIN

BOTSWANA

BURKINA FASO

BURUNDI

CAMEROON

CAPE VERDE

CENTR.AFR. REP.

CHAD

COMOROS

CONGO Republic

CONGO DR

COTE D'IVOIRE

DJIBOUTI

ERITREA

ETHIOPIA

GABON

GAMBIA

GHANA

GUINEA

GUINEA BISSAU

EQ. GUINEA

KENYA

LESOTHO

MADAGASCAR

MALAWI

MALI

MAURITIUS

MAURITANIA

MOZAMBIQUE

NAMIBIA

NIGER

117,0

208,0

39,0

275,0

115,0

159,0

32,0

86,0

202,0

20,0

43,0

171,0

182,0

29,0

88,0

384,0

34,0

37,0

231,0

158,0

62,0

13,0

170,0

86,0

267,0

276,0

294,0

33,0

104,0

274,0

48,0

212,0

29,0

67,0

52,0

76,0

57,0

71,0

7,1

21,0

71,0

7,3

7,4

34,0

82,0

5,8

8,8

154,0

45,0

14,0

80,0

63,0

19,0

4,3

55,0

24,0

60,0

69,0

81,0

1,6

87,0

55,0

43,0

134,0

Total

146,0

275,0

91,0

351,0

172,0

230,0

39,1

107,0

273,0

27,3

50,4

205,0

264,0

34,8

96,8

538,0

79,0

51,0

311,0

221,0

81,0

17,3

225,0

110,0

327,0

345,0

375,0

34,6

191,0

329,0

91,0

346,0

Contribution

2,2

4,1

1,4

5,3

2,6

3,5

0,6

1,6

4,1

0,4

0,8

3,1

4,0

0,5

1,5

8,1

1,2

0,8

4,7

3,3

1,2

0,3

3,4

1,7

4,9

5,2

5,6

0,5

2,9

4,9

1,4

5,2

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Country

A-allocation

B-allocation

NIGERIA

RWANDA

SAO TOME & PR.

SENEGAL

SEYCHELLES

SIERRA LEONE

SUDAN

SWAZILAND

TANZANIA

UGANDA

ZAMBIA

ZIMBABWE

222,0

124,0

9,4

178,0

3,9

144,0

135,0

31,0

290,0

246,0

240,0

108,0

44,0

62,0

3,5

104,0

0,8

76,0

20,0

12,0

65,0

117,0

111,0

19,0

Total

266,0

186,0

12,9

282,0

4,7

220,0

155,0

43,0

355,0

363,0

351,0

127,0

Contribution

4,0

2,8

0,2

4,2

0,1

3,3

2,3

0,6

5,3

5,4

5,3

1,9

TOTAL

6 180,3

2 219,6

8 399,9

126,4