2004/632/EC: Decision No 1/2004 of the ACP-EC Council of Ministers of 6 May 2004 on the use of the reserve of the long-term development envelope as well as resources from the Investment Facility of the ninth European Development Fund for the establishment of an ACP-EU Water Facility
Date: 2004-05-06
Institutions: ACP Council of Ministers
Subjects: ACP countries, European Development Fund, development aid, drinking water

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COUNCIL

DECISION No 1/2004 OF THE ACP-EC COUNCIL OF MINISTERS

of 6 May 2004

on the use of the reserve of the long-term development envelope as well as resources from the
Investment Facility of the ninth European Development Fund for the establishment of an ACP-EU
Water Facility

(2004/632/EC)

THE ACP-EC COUNCIL OF MINISTERS,

Having regard to the ACP-EC Partnership Agreement signed in
Cotonou on 23 June 2000 (the Agreement) (1), and in particular
paragraph 8 of its Annex I,

Whereas:

(1)

(2)

(3)

for this Water Facility.

At its 2571st session on 22 March 2004 the EU Council
of Ministers agreed on the establishment of a Water
Facility for ACP countries and agreed to consider an
amount of EUR 500 million out of
the conditional
EUR 1 billion under the 9th European Development
Fund (EDF)
It also agreed to
release immediately a first allocation of EUR 250
million from the conditional EUR 1 billion and to
decide by March 2005 on the mobilisation of a second
allocation of EUR 250 million and on the use of the
remaining EUR 500 million of the conditional EUR 1
billion. The first allocation of EUR 250 million is
distributed as follows over the envelopes referred to in
paragraph 3 of the 9th EDF Financial Protocol: EUR 185
million to the envelope for support for long-term devel-
opment, EUR 24 million to the envelope for regional
cooperation and integration and EUR 41 million to the
Investment Facility.

The Commission notified to the ACP Council of
Ministers the increase of the 9th EDF intra-ACP allo-
cation by EUR 24 million and proposed that
these
resources be used for a contribution to an ACP-EU
Water Facility.

To ensure support for the implementation of the EU
it is appropriate to
Water Initiative in ACP countries,
allocate resources to intra-ACP cooperation for a total
amount of EUR 500 million, of which a first allocation
of EUR 250 million can be made available from the

(1) OJ L 317, 15.12.2000, p. 376.

resources
released by the EU Council of Ministers.
However, the envelope for regional cooperation and inte-
gration as defined in paragraph 3(b) of Annex I (Financial
Protocol) to the Agreement is exhausted. The necessary
resources must therefore be transferred from unallocated
resources of
long-term development
envelope and from the Investment Facility, referred to
in paragraph 3(b) and (c) of the Financial Protocol.

the 9th EDF

(4)

Article 15 of
the Agreement establishes an ACP-EC
Council of Ministers with powers to take decisions in
accordance with the Agreement,

HAS DECIDED AS FOLLOWS:

Article 1

Establishment of an ACP-EU Water Facility

An amount of EUR 226 million, consisting of EUR 185 million
from the reserve of
the 9th EDF long-term development
envelope and EUR 41 million from the 9th EDF Investment
Facility, shall be transferred to the intra-ACP allocation under
the envelope for regional cooperation and integration, and used
for the establishment of an ACP-EU Water Facility. Together
with an amount of EUR 24 million already available under
intra-ACP cooperation, a total amount of EUR 250 million
will
the
ACP-EU Water Facility.

thus be made available for the first

instalment of

Article 2

Second instalment

Subject to the release by the EU Council of Ministers of a
second allocation of EUR 250 million from the EUR 1 condi-
tional billion under the 9th EDF, this amount shall be used for a
second instalment of the ACP-EU Water Facility.

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Article 3

Support request

Done at Gaborone, 6 May 2004.

In accordance with Article 13(2) of Annex IV to the Agreement,
the ACP Council of Ministers requests the Commission to
finance support for the ACP-EU Water Facility from intra-ACP
cooperation for the amounts referred to in Articles 1 and 2.

For the ACP-EC Council of Ministers

The President

P. MOUSSA