Proposal for a Regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council establishing a financing instrument for development cooperation and economic cooperation
Date: 2004-09-29
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: EU aid, EU financial instrument, cooperation policy, developing countries, development aid, economic cooperation, enlargement of the Union, third country

COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES 

Brussels, 29.9.2004 
COM(2004) 629 final 

2004/0220 (COD) 

Proposal for a 

REGULATION OF THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT AND OF THE COUNCIL 

establishing a financing instrument for development cooperation and economic 
cooperation 

(presented by the Commission) 

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EXPLANATORY MEMORANDUM 

The  new  structuring  of  Community  instruments  to  implement  external  assistance  under  the 
2007-2013  financial  perspectives  has 
the  Commission's 
communications  to  the  Council  and  the  European  Parliament  on  the  subject  of  the 
perspectives1  and  in  the  introductory  communication  on  the  Basic  Regulations.  Further 
information  on  the  general  objectives,  the  specific  objectives  and  the  conditions  governing 
implementation  of  the  financial  instrument  for  development  cooperation  and  economic 
cooperation are given in the financial statement annexed to the Regulation. This Explanatory 
Memo therefore covers only the main provisions of the Regulation. 

largely  been  explained 

in 

1. 

OBJECTIVES AND PRINCIPLES (TITLE I) 

1.1. 

General objectives and areas of cooperation (Article 1) 

Article  1  lays  down  the  countries,  territories  and  regions  eligible  for  assistance  under  the 
Regulation  (paragraph  1),  the  general  objectives (paragraph  1)  and  the  areas  of  Community 
cooperation (paragraph 2). 

The Regulation covers all the world's countries, territories and regions except: 

–  the Member States of the Community; 

–  the Overseas Countries and Territories associated with the Community under Articles 182 

to 188 of the Treaty establishing the European Community; 

–  the  countries  eligible  for  the  pre-accession  instrument  (Albania,  Former  Yugoslav 
Republic  of  Macedonia,  Bosnia-Herzegovina,  Croatia,  Serbia  and  Montenegro  and 
Turkey); 

–  the  countries  eligible  for  the  new  European  Neighbourhood  and  Partnership  Instrument 
(Algeria,  Armenia,  the  Palestinian  Authority  of  the  West  Bank  and  the  Gaza  Strip, 
Azerbaijan, Byelorussia, Egypt, the Russian Federation, Georgia, Israel, Jordan, Lebanon, 
Libya, Morocco, Moldavia, Syria, Tunisia and Ukraine). 

The Regulation covers the general objectives defined in Title XX (Development Cooperation) 
and  Title  XXI  (Economic,  financial  and  technical  cooperation  with  third  countries)  of  the 
Treaty  establishing  the  European  Community.  It  therefore  provides  support  for  both 
development  policy2  and  all  forms  of  cooperation  with  developing  countries,  countries  in 
transition and industrialised countries. In accordance with the communication on the financial 

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COM(2004) 101 of 10 February 2004 and COM(2004) 487 of 14 July 2004. 
Under  Article  177  of  the  Treaty  the  Community's  development  policy  is  intended  to  foster  “the 
sustainable  economic  and  social  development  of  the  developing  countries,  and  more  particularly  the 
most disadvantaged among them, the smooth and gradual integration of the developing countries into 
the  world  economy  and  the  campaign  against  poverty  in  the  developing  countries”.  In  addition, 
“Community  policy  in  this  area  shall  contribute  to  the  general  objective  of  developing  and 
consolidating democracy and the rule of law, and to that of respecting human rights and fundamental 
freedoms”. 

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perspectives,3  the  Regulation  is  also  the  new  consolidated  legal  basis  for  pursuing  internal 
policy objectives at international, multilateral and global levels. 

It  does  not  impose  any  restrictions  regarding  the  areas  of  Community  cooperation  or 
intervention.  Any  listing  of  such  areas  is  purely  illustrative.  Areas  may  be  chosen  because 
they  are  pertinent  to  achieving  the  aims  laid  down  in  the  Treaty,  to  the  Community's 
international obligations and commitments (e.g. the Millennium Development Goals) or to the 
specific  objectives  provided  for  in  the  partnership  and  cooperation  agreements  with  partner 
countries  and  regions.  Nevertheless,  areas  in  which  cooperation  is  proposed  should  be 
selected  with  reference  to  the  Community's  guidelines  on  concentrating  assistance,4  with  a 
view  to  ensuring  that  the  Community's  policy  and  the  policies  of  the  Member  States 
complement  each  other  as  required  under  Article  177  of  the  Treaty5  and  in  the  light  of  the 
Commission's communications and the appropriate Council and Parliament resolutions.6 

1.2. 

General Principles (Article 2) 

Article 2 sets out the five main principles that are to govern implementation of the Regulation: 

–  consistency between the different areas of external activity, with other Community policies 
(as  required  under  Articles  6  and  178  of  the  Treaty)7  and  with  Commission 
communications and Council resolutions;8 

–  coordination  of  cooperation  policies  and  measures  between  Member  States,  between 
Member States and the Commission (as required under Article 180 of the Treaty9) and with 
Commission communications and Council resolutions;10 

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the  Commission 

the  Council  and 

COM(2004) 487 of 14.7.2004, section 3.4.3. 
The  European  Community's  Development  Policy  -  Statement  by  the  Council  and  the  Commission 
(1348/00) of 10 November 2000. 
“Community  policy  in  the  sphere  of  development  cooperation,  which  shall  be  complementary  to  the 
policies pursued by the Member States […]” (Article 177). 
-  Communication  from 
the  European  Parliament  on 
complementarity  between  Community  and  Member  State  policies  on  development  cooperation 
(COM(1999) 218 of 6 May 1999). 
- Development Council Resolution (8435/99) of 21 May 1999 on complementarity between European 
Community and Member States' development cooperation policies. 
-  European  Parliament  resolution  on  the  Commission  communication  on  complementarity  between 
Community  and  Member  State  policies  on  development  cooperation  (A5-0227/2000  -  21  September 
2000). 
"Environmental  protection  requirements  must  be  integrated  into  the  definition  and  implementation  of 
the  Community  policies  and activities  referred  to  in  Article  3,  in particular  with  a view  to  promoting 
sustainable development." (Article 6). 
“The  Community  shall  take  account  of  the  objectives  referred  to  in  Article  177  in  the policies  that  it 
implements which are likely to affect developing countries” (Article 178). 
-  Development  Council  Resolution  of  5  June  1997  on  the  coherence  between  the  development  co-
operation policy and the other Community policies. 
-  Communication  from  the  Commission  to  the  Council  and  the  European  Parliament  “Towards 
improved  coherence  between  the  Community  development  policy  and  other  Community  policies” 
(COM(2000) 254 of 18 April 2000)  
“The  Community  and  the  Member  States  shall  coordinate  their  policies  on  development  cooperation 
and  shall  consult  each  other  on  their  aid  programmes,  including  in  international  organisations  and 
during  international  conferences.  They  may  undertake  joint  action.  Member  States  shall  contribute  if 
necessary to the implementation of Community assistance programmes.” (Article 180). 

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–  coordination with other bilateral or multilateral donors in pursuit of the overall objective of 
EU  external  action  of  promoting  a  multilateral  approach  to  resolution  of  international 
problems; 

–  redirection  of  Community  assistance  towards  forms  of  sectoral  and  budgetary  support 
aimed  in  particular  at  consolidating  national  development  strategies  and  reform  policies, 
making  Community  assistance  more  effective,  promoting  ownership,  enhancing  local 
capacity and encouraging coordination and complementarity between donors; 

–  respect for human rights and fundamental freedoms, democratic principles and the rule of 
law. The procedure for suspending aid where a partner country fails to comply with one of 
these essential elements is described in Article 23. 

2. 

PROGRAMMING AND ALLOCATION OF FUNDS (TITLE II) 

2.1. 

General  framework  for  programming  and  allocation  of  funds  (Article  3), 
multiannual  programming  of  geographical  programmes  (Article  4)  and 
multiannual programming of thematic programmes (Article 5) 

Article 3 describes the general framework for delivering external Community assistance. This 
is  based  on  experience  and  adheres  to  the  guidelines  laid  down  in  the  reform  of  the 
management of the Community's external assistance,11 and incorporates the main innovations 
introduced in the Regulations most recently adopted by the Community.12 The Community's 
external assistance will be delivered via large-scale geographical programmes. A sum has also 
been earmarked for mounting thematic programmes aimed at financing global and horizontal 
initiatives,  in  particular  multilateral  or  global  initiatives  that  will  promote  the  EU's  internal 
policies  abroad,  and  for  a  specific  thematic  programme  of  cooperation  with  industrialised 
countries (see also points 6.1.1 and 5.2 of the financial statement). 

Articles 4 and 5 lay down the procedures for multiannual geographical programming (strategy 
papers and multiannual indicative programmes) and thematic programmes (thematic strategy 

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-  “Guidelines  for  strengthening  operational  coordination  between  the  Community,  represented  by  the 
Commission,  and  the  Member  States  in  the  field  of  external  assistance.”  (Adopted  by  the  General 
Affairs  Council  of  January  2001  at  the  time  of  the  discussions  on  the  direction  to  be  taken  by  the 
European Union’s external measures.) 
-  The  European  Union  decided  its  contribution  to  the  process  of  financing  for  development  (see 
Monterrey Conference of 18 to 22 March 2002) on 14 March 2002 at the Barcelona Council meeting 
where  it  undertook,  inter  alia,  to  “improve  aid  effectiveness  through  closer  coordination  and 
harmonisation, and take concrete steps to this effect before 2004”. 
- Communication from the Commission to the Council and the European Parliament: “Translating the 
Monterrey  Consensus  into  practice;  the  contribution  by  the  European  Union  (COM(2004)  150  of  5 
March 2004). 
Communication SEC(2000) 814 of 16 May 2000 presented by Members of the Commission, Mr Patten 
(External Relations), Mr Nielson (Development and Humanitarian Aid), Mr Verheugen (Enlargement), 
Mr Lamy (Trade) and Mr Solbes Mira (Economic and Monetary Affairs). 
And in particular (a) Council Regulation (EC, Euratom) No 99/2000 of 29 December 1999 concerning 
the  provision  of  assistance  to  the  partner  States  in  Eastern  Europe  and  Central  Asia,  (b)  Council 
Regulation  (EC)  No  2698/2000  of  27  November  2000  amending  Regulation  (EC)  No  1488/96  on 
financial and technical measures to accompany (MEDA) the reform of economic and social structures 
in the framework of the Euro-Mediterranean partnership, (c) Council Regulation (EC) No 2666/2000 of 
5 December 2000 on assistance for Albania, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Croatia, the Federal Republic of 
Yugoslavia and the Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia. 

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papers)  in  line  with  the  reforms  that  have  been  introduced  and  the  principles  drawn  up  in 
close  cooperation  with  the  Member  States  since  2000.  The  structure  of  strategy  documents 
and  multiannual  indicative  programme  drawn  up  for  each  partner  country  and  region  will 
adhere to the requirements of the Framework for Country Strategy Papers13 adjusted, where 
appropriate, to take account of experience gained since the reform process started. Similarly, 
the thematic strategy papers must be drawn up in line with the working paper on a common 
framework and procedure for programming thematic and horizontal budget lines.14 This will 
ensure  better  and  more  uniform  programming  which reflects  the objectives and  priorities of 
EU  policies.  Strategic  priorities  will  be  enshrined  in  strategy  papers,  whilst  multiannual 
programming will produce the most appropriate policy-mix for each partner country or region 
by  combining  external  assistance  instruments  and  other  Community  instruments  (trade, 
CFSP),  and  by  taking  into  account  the  Union's  regional  priorities,  any  synergies  and 
complementarity  between  and  with  the  Member  States  and  other  bilateral  and  multilateral 
donors,  the  macroeconomic  situation  in  each  country  and  the  policy  dialogues  with  partner 
countries.  Geographical  strategy  papers  will  be  drafted  in  the  course  of  dialogue  by  partner 
countries  and  regions  and  multiannual  indicative  programmes  will  be  concluded  with  those 
countries and regions. To ensure consistency between Community measures and those of the 
Member  States,  the  Member  States  will  be  fully  involved  in  the  programming  process, 
initially through close local coordination between the representatives of the Commission and 
the Member States, and then in Brussels through the committee procedure. 

2.2. 

Adoption of multiannual programming papers (Article 6) 

Article  6  provides  that  multiannual  programming  papers  (i.e.  strategy  papers,  multiannual 
indicative programmes for partner countries and regions, and thematic strategy papers) will be 
adopted  by  the  Commission  in  accordance  with  the  procedure  described  in  Article  4  of 
Decision  1999/468/CE,  in  other  words  after  obtaining  the  opinion  of  a  management 
committee  made  up  of  representatives  of  the  Member  States  and  chaired  by  a  Commission 
representative  (the  committee  being  established  under  Article  21  of  this  Regulation).  The 
committee's  opinion  must  be  obtained  by  the  majority  prescribed  in  Article  205(2)  of  the 
Treaty for decisions that the Council adopts upon a Commission proposal. 

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IMPLEMENTATION (TITLE III) 

3.1. 

Adoption of action programmes (Article 7) 

Article 7 provides that financing decisions taken by the Commission are to be in the form of 
annual action programmes, one per country or region. This is in line with the new principles 
introduced  in  the  most  recent  regulations  adopted  by  the  Community.15  As  these  are 
Commission  decisions  based  on  multiannual  programming  papers  (i.e.  strategy  papers, 
multiannual  indicative  programmes  and  thematic  strategy  papers  for  the  different  partner 
countries  and  regions)  approved  by  the  Member  States,  it  is  not  proposed  to  put  action 
programmes  through  the  committee  procedure.  The  Commission  will  forward  an  action 
programme to the Member States within one month of taking its decision. Where appropriate, 

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Commission working paper (SEC(2000) 1049) approved by the Development Council on 10 November 
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Commission working paper approved by the Directors-General for External affairs, Development and 
the EuropeAid Cooperation Office in December 2003. 
See footnote on page 11. 

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particularly  in  the  case  of  geographical  programmes,  financing  agreements  for  action 
programmes will be signed with the partner countries and regions. The Commission has the 
powers to adjust action programmes where necessary. Article 7 provides that measures may 
exceptionally be adopted outside the action-programme framework with the same procedures. 
This may prove useful should the Commission wish to mobilise financing speedily before an 
action programme has been fully finalised. 

3.2. 

Adoption  of  special  measures  not  provided  for  in  strategy  papers  and 
multiannual indicative programmes (Article 8) 

Article 8 provides for the possibility of adopting special measures not provided for in strategy 
papers  or  multiannual  indicative  programmes  in  case  of  need  or  unforeseen  circumstances. 
This  will  enable  the  Community  to  react  more  quickly  and  allow  greater  flexibility  in 
implementing external assistance efficiently, especially in emergencies. As these Commission 
decisions  will  be  taken  outside  the  procedure  for  Member  State  approval  of  multiannual 
programming, there is provision to submit these decisions to the committee procedure where 
the financing exceeds €15 million. So any special measures not covered by strategy papers or 
multiannual  indicative  programmes  will  be  adopted  by  the  Commission  in  accordance  with 
the procedure laid down in Article 3 of Decision 1999/468/CE, i.e. after obtaining the opinion 
of an advisory committee made up of representatives of the Member States and chaired by a 
Commission  representative  (the  committee  is  set  up  under  Article  21).  The  committee  will 
issue its opinion on the special measures and the Commission must take the fullest account of 
the  opinion  and  inform  the  committee  of  what  it  has  done  to  do  so.  The  Commission  may 
adjust  special  measures  by  the  same  procedure  but  no  committee  opinion  is  required  for 
adjustments deemed to be minor, as defined in Article 8(4). 

3.3. 

Eligibility (Article 9) 

Article 9 lists all the bodies, authorities and institutions eligible under the Regulation. In line 
with  current  practice,  the  eligibility  provisions  are  broad.  EU  institutions  and  bodies  are 
eligible,  but  only  in  connection  with  implementing  support  measures  (see  Article  11). 
Concerning eligibility for Community grants, Article 9 has to be read in the light of Article 16 
which sets out the rules for public procurement and grant award procedures. 

3.4. 

Types of measures (Article 10) and support measures (Article 11) 

Without  being  exhaustive,  Article  10  cites  the  type  of  measure  that  may  be  financed  under 
this Regulation on the basis of current practice.16 

Under  Article  11  the  Community  may  finance  any  support  measure  that  is  necessary  for 
implementing  the  Regulation.  Where  support  measures  are  not  financed  directly  under 
multiannual programmes or action programmes, point 6.1.2 of the financial statement makes 
provision  for  specific  envelopes  (equivalent  to  the  current  BA  lines),  whilst  Article  11(3) 
provides  that  the  procedures  for  the  adoption  of  special  measures  not  covered  in  strategy 
papers or multiannual programmes must be used to adopt support measures (see Article 8). 

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3.5. 

Joint financing (Article 12) and management procedures (Article 13) 

In  line  with  current  practice  and  donors'  efforts  to  encourage  the  greatest  possible 
coordination of cooperation measures, Article 12 confirms that, where it has been agreed to 
finance  a  measure,  this  may  be  done  by  cofinancing  (joint  financing,  parallel  financing). 
Paragraph  3 states that the Commission  may be required to receive and manage funds from 
the  Member  States  (particularly  from  their  public  and  parastatal  bodies),  from  other 
non-Community  donors  or  from  international  or  regional  organisations.  This  allow  the 
Commission to act on an equal footing with other donors.  

Article  13  describes  the  procedures  the  Commission  may  use  to  manage  implementation  of 
measures financed under the Regulation, namely: 

–  centralised, direct or indirect, management by Community agencies or bodies established 

by the Communities (paragraph 2); 

–  centralised,  indirect  management  by  Member  State  bodies  (paragraph  3),  in  accordance 
with Article 54(2)(c)(i) of the Financial Regulation which allows this method provided the 
basic act so provides. In this case the article lays down that the Commission must take its 
decision  by  the  procedure  provided  for  in  Article  4  of  Decision  1999/468/EC,  in  other 
words after obtaining the opinion of a management committee made up of representatives 
of the Member States (see procedures in point 2.2). 

3.6. 

Budget commitments (Article 14) 

Article 14 provides that budgetary commitments must be made on the basis of decisions taken 
by  the  Commission  under  action  programmes  (Article 7),  special  measures  not  covered  in 
strategy  papers,  multiannual  indicative  programmes  (Article 8)  and  support  measures 
(Article 11). 

3.7. 

Protection of the Community's financial interests (Article 15) 

Article  15  lays  down  measures  to  protect  the  Community's  financial  interests,  and  in 
particular to enable it to carry out all the necessary checks on the measures implemented. 

3.8. 

Participation in public tenders, obtaining grants, rules of origin (Article 16) 

Article  16  lays  down  the  conditions  governing  access  to  public  procurement  and  grants 
awarded for the purposes of implementing the Regulation. At present the provisions proposed 
comply with the proposal for a Regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council on 
access  to  Community  external  assistance,17  which  provides  for  amendment  of  the  basic 
regulations  governing  the  Community's  main  aid  instruments  with  a  view  to  untying  aid 
further.  Article  16(2)  provides  that,  if  a  third  country  opens  up  its  public  procurement  and 
grant  procedures  to  the  Member  States  of  the  Community,  the  Commission  may  decide  to 
authorise  that  third  country  to  participate  in  the  corresponding  Community  procedures, 
subject to a favourable opinion first being obtained from a management committee made up 
of  Member  State  representatives  (the  procedure  provided  for  in  Article 4  of  Decision 
1999/468/EC - see procedures in point 2.2). Article 16 may be amended to take into account 
the Council's and Parliament's conclusions when they examine the above Regulation. 

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3.9. 

Prefinancing (Article 17) and funds made available to the European Investment 
Bank or other financial intermediaries (Article 18) 

Articles  17  and  18  flesh  out  technical  points  concerning  implementation  of  some  of  the 
measures provided for in Article 10. 

Article  17  specifies  that  the  interest  generated  by  prefinancing  is  deducted  from  the  final 
payment. 

Article 18 specifies the kind of provisions the Commission must adopt in specific cases if it 
decides  to  make  funds  available  to  the  European  Investment  Bank  or  other  financial 
intermediaries. 

3.10.  Evaluation (Article 19) 

Article 19 commits the Commission to regular evaluation of the outcomes of the geographical 
the  effectiveness  of 
and 
programming. 

thematic  policies  and  programmes,  sectoral  policies  and 

4. 

FINAL PROVISION (TITLE IV) 

4.1. 

Annual report (Article 20) 

In line with the decisions implemented since 2001 with a view to simplifying and reducing the 
number  of  reports  forwarded  to  the  Council  and  Parliament,  Article  20  maintains  the 
status quo  and  provides  for  an  annual  Commission  report  to  these  bodies.  The  report  must 
take  account  of  the  experience  gained  since  2001  and,  in  particular,  of  the  Council's  and 
Parliament's annual observations on the form and content of the report.18 

4.2. 

Committee procedures (Article 21) 

Article 21 establishes the Member State committee. The committee's prerogatives are set out 
in points 2.2, 3.2, 3.5 and 3.8. If the Committee is examining external measures designed to 
project  internal  policies  abroad,  the  Committee  may  be  co-chaired  by  the  relevant 
Commission department. 

4.3. 

Participation by a third country not eligible under this Regulation (Article 22) 

To make Community assistance more effective, and in particular to avoid programmes being 
split up among several different instruments, Article 22 extends the list of countries eligible 
under this Regulation to include the Overseas Countries and Territories, the countries eligible 
for  the  pre-accession  instrument  and  those  eligible  for  the  European  Neighbourhood  and 
Partnership Instrument. This provision will be used for projects and programmes of a global, 
regional or crossborder nature. 

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The  last  report  sent  is  the  “Annual  report  from  the  Commission  to  the  Council  and  the  European 
Parliament on European Community development policy and the implementation of external assistance 
in 2002” (COM(2003) 527 of 3 September 2003). 

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4.4. 

Suspending assistance (Article 23) 

Article  23  lays  down  the  procedure  to  be  applied  in  the  event  of  non-compliance  with  the 
principles set out in Title I. It applies where there is no partnership and cooperation agreement 
with a partner country or where such an agreement does not lay down procedures for essential 
elements clauses. 

4.5. 

Financial provisions (Article 24) 

Article 24 sets the financial reference amount for the implementation of the Regulation and 
the envelope for cooperation with the African, Caribbean and Pacific countries, as required by 
the  Communication  from  the  Commission  to  the  Council  and  the  European  Parliament 
"Towards the full integration of co-operation with ACP countries in the EU budget".19 

4.6. 

Reviewing the Regulation (Article 25) 

Article 25 provides for review of the Regulation at 31 December 2011. 

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2004/0220 (COD) 

Proposal for a 

REGULATION OF THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT AND OF THE COUNCIL 

establishing a financing instrument for development cooperation and economic 
cooperation 

THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT AND THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN UNION, 

Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community, and in particular Articles 
179(1) and 181a(2) thereof, 

Having regard to the proposal from the Commission,20 

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

Whereas: 

(1) 

(2) 

(3) 

A new framework for planning and delivering assistance is proposed in order to make 
the Community's external assistance more effective. Council Regulation (EC) No [.] of 
[  ]  establishes  an  Instrument  for  Pre-Accession  (IPA)  for  Community  assistance  to 
candidate and potential candidate countries.21 Regulation (EC) No [.] of the European 
Parliament  and  of  the  Council  of  [.]  establishes  a  European  Neighbourhood  and 
Partnership  Instrument  (ENPI).22  This  Regulation  is  the  third  general  instrument 
providing direct support for the European Union’s external policies. 

The pursuit and deepening of bilateral relations between the European Community and 
the industrialised countries and consolidation of multilateral institutions are important 
factors in strengthening the European Union's role and place in the world, and make a 
significant contribution to balancing and developing the world economy. 

In  accordance  with  the  principles  enshrined  in  agreements,  action  plans  and  jointly 
adopted  declarations,  the  Community  implements  a  cooperation  policy  with  the 
industrialised  countries  aimed  at  creating  an  environment  conducive  to  pursuing  and 
developing  its  relations  with  those  countries.  Cooperation  policy  helps  to  create 
conditions likely to strengthen the European presence in these countries and encourage 
economic, commercial, academic, cultural and other exchanges. 

(4) 

The  Community  pursues  a  development  cooperation  policy  particularly  aimed  at 
achieving  the  objectives  of  poverty  reduction,  sustainable  economic  and  social 

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OJ C […] of […], p. […]. 
OJ L […] of […], p. […]. 
OJ L […] of […], p. […]. 

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development and the smooth and gradual integration of developing countries into the 
world economy. 

The Community's development cooperation policy and international action are guided 
by the Millennium Development Goals such as the eradication of extreme poverty and 
hunger,  adopted  by  the  UN  General  Assembly  in  2000,  and  the  main  development 
objectives and principles agreed at various UN conferences. 

A  political  environment  which  guarantees  peace,  security  and  stability,  respect  of 
human rights, fundamental freedoms, democratic principles, the rule of law and good 
governance is fundamental to long-term development. 

(5) 

(6) 

(7) 

Sound and sustainable economic policies are a pre-requisite for development. 

(8) 

(9) 

The  statement  of  10  November  2000  by  the  Council  and  the  Commission  on  the 
European Community's development policy provides the general framework for action 
by the Community on development matters. 

The  Community  and  its  Member  States  have  concluded  partnership  and  cooperation 
agreements aimed at making a significant contribution to the long-term development 
of the partner countries and the wellbeing of their people. 

(10)  The  essential  elements  on  which  these  partnership  and  cooperation  agreements  are 
based  are  the  common  and  universal  values  of  respect  for  and  promotion  of  human 
rights, fundamental freedoms, democratic principles and the rule of law. 

(11) 

In implementing the Community's development policy, a crucial objective is to make 
aid  more  effective,  greater  complementarity  and  more  streamlining,  uniformity  and 
coordination  of  procedures,  both  within  the  European  Union  and  in  relations  with 
other  donors  and  development  actors,  are  essential  to  ensuring  the  consistency  and 
relevance of aid whilst at the same time reducing the costs borne by partner countries. 

(12)  The key to the success of development policies is whether the partner countries take 
ownership  of  the  development  strategies,  and,  to  this  end,  the  greatest  possible 
involvement of all sections of society should be encouraged. With a view to ensuring 
efficiency  and  transparency  and  encouraging  countries  to  take  ownership,  donors' 
cooperation  strategies  and  implementation  procedures  should  where  possible,  be 
aligned on those of the partner countries. 

(13)  Consistency  must  be  guaranteed  between  the  different  areas  of  the  Community's 
external action, and external Community policies must be compatible with its internal 
policies. 

(14)  The Commission has adopted two communications on Linking Relief Reconstruction 
and Development (COM(1996) 153 and COM(2001) 153), followed up by resolutions 
of the European Parliament and conclusions of the Council, emphasising the need to 
ensure  effective  bridging  between  operations  financed  from  different  European 
Community financing instruments. 

(15)  The  adoption  of  thematic  programmes  is  an  essential  tool  for  projecting  internal 
policies  outside  the  EU;  such  programmes  must  balance  the  need  for  sectoral 

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consistency  and  thematic  visibility  for  internal  policies  with  the  need  for  overall 
consistency in external relations. 

(16)  Untying  aid  to  an  appropriate  extent  is  a  key  factor  in  adding  value  to  aid  and  in 

building local capacity. 

(17)  This Regulation establishes a financial allocation for the period 2007-2013 which will 
be  the  special  reference,  within  the  meaning  of  Point  33  of  the  Interinstitutional 
Agreement  of  6  May  1999  between  the  European  Parliament,  the  Council  and  the 
Commission on budgetary discipline and improvement of the budgetary procedure. 

(18)  Measures should be adopted for implementation of this Regulation in accordance with 
Council  Decision  1999/468/EC  of  28 June  1999  laying  down  the  procedures  for  the 
exercise  of  implementing  powers  conferred  on  the  Commission.23  Multiannual 
programming  documents  and  some  specific  implementation  measures  should  be 
adopted by the management committee procedure. Other measures not provided for in 
the programming papers should be adopted by the advisory committee procedure. 

(19)  The  objectives  of  the  proposed  action,  namely  support  for  development  cooperation, 
economic cooperation, financial cooperation, scientific and technical cooperation and 
any form of cooperation with countries, territories and regions that are not Community 
Member  States  and  are  not  eligible  for  Community  aid  under  the  IPA  or  the  ENPI 
instruments, cannot be sufficiently achieved by the Member States and can, by reason 
of the scale of the action, be better achieved by the Community. The Community may 
therefore adopt measures in accordance with the principle of subsidiarity enshrined in 
Article 5 of the Treaty. In accordance with the principle of proportionality laid down 
in that Article, this Regulation does not go beyond what is necessary to achieve these 
objectives. 

(20)  This Regulation makes it necessary to repeal the following Regulations: (a) Regulation 
No 1568/2003 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 15 July 2003 on aid 
to  fight  poverty  diseases  (HIV/AIDS,  tuberculosis  and  malaria)  in  developing 
countries,  (b)  Regulation  No 1567/2003  of  the  European  Parliament  and  of  the 
Council  of  15 July  2003  on  aid  for  policies  and  actions  on  reproductive  and  sexual 
health  and  rights  in  developing  countries,  (c)  Regulation  (EC)  No 2493/2000  of  the 
European Parliament and of the Council of 7 November 2000 on measures to promote 
the  full  integration  of  the  environmental  dimension  in  the  development  process  of 
developing countries, (d) Regulation (EC) No 2494/2000 of the European Parliament 
and of the Council of 7 November 2000 on measures to promote the conservation and 
sustainable management of tropical forests and other forests in developing countries, 
(e)  Council  Regulation  (EC)  No 975/1999  of  29  April  1999  laying  down  the 
requirements for the implementation of development cooperation which contribute to 
the general objective of developing and consolidating democracy and the rule of law 
and to that of respecting human rights and fundamental freedoms, (f) Regulation (EC) 
No 806/2004  of  the  European  Parliament  and  of  the  Council  of  21  April  2004  on 
promoting gender equality in development cooperation, (g) Council Regulation (EC) 
No 1659/98 of 17 July 1998 on decentralised cooperation, amended and extended by 
Regulations  (EC)  Nos  995/2002  and  625/2004,  (h)  Council  Regulation  (EC)  No 

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1658/98 of 17 July 1998 on co-financing operations with European non-governmental 
organisations  (NGOs)  in  fields  of  interest  to  the  developing  countries,  (i)  Council 
Regulation  (EC)  No°1292/96  of  27 June 1996  on  food-aid  policy  and  food-aid 
management  and  special  operations  in  support  of  food  security,  amended  by 
Regulation  (EC)  No 1726/2001  of  the  European  Parliament  and  of  the  Council  of 
23 July  2001  amending  Article  21  of  Council  Regulation  (EC)  No 1292/96  on  food-
aid  policy  and  food-aid  management  and  special  operations  in  support  of  food 
security,  (j)  Council  Regulation  (EC)  No 382/2001  of  26  February  2001  concerning 
the  implementation  of  projects  promoting  cooperation  and  commercial  relations 
between  the  European  Union  and  the  industrialised  countries  of  North  America,  the 
Far East and Australasia and repealing Regulation (EC) No 1035/1999, (k) Regulation 
(EC) No 1726/2000 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 29 June 2000 on 
development cooperation with South Africa, (l) Council Regulation (EEC) No 443/92 
of  25  February  1992  (ALA)  on  financial  and  technical  assistance  to,  and  economic 
cooperation  with,  the  developing  countries  in  Asia  and  Latin  America,  (m)  Council 
Regulation  (EC)  No  2258/96  of  22  November  1996  on  rehabilitation  and 
reconstruction operations in developing countries, (n) Regulation (EC) No 2130/2001 
of  the  European  Parliament  and  of  the  Council  of  29  October  2001  on  operations  to 
aid  uprooted  people  in  Asian  and  Latin  American  developing  countries,  (o)  Council 
Regulation  (EC)  No  550/97  of  24  March  1997  on  HIV/AIDS-related  operations  in 
developing countries and (p) Council Regulation (EC) No 1484/97 of 22 July 1997 on 
aid for population policies and programmes in the developing countries, 

HAVE ADOPTED THIS REGULATION: 

TITLE I 

OBJECTIVES AND PRINCIPLES 

Article 1 

Purpose and scope 

(1) 

(2) 

In accordance with Articles 179 and 181a of the Treaty, the Community shall finance 
measures  aimed  at  supporting  cooperation  with  countries,  territories  and  regions 
(hereinafter  referred  to  as  “partner  countries  and  regions”)  which  are  not  Member 
States  of  the  Community  or  Overseas  Countries  and  Territories,  or  eligible  for 
Community  assistance  under  the  pre-accession  instrument  or  the  European 
Neighbourhood  and  Partnership  Instrument,  and 
in 
multilateral frameworks. 

international  measures 

In accordance with Articles 179 and 181a of the Treaty, Community assistance shall 
support  inter  alia  development  cooperation,  economic,  financial,  scientific  and 
technical cooperation and all other forms of cooperation with partner countries and 
regions,  and  international  measures  to  promote  the  objectives  of  the  EU's  internal 
policies  abroad.  Such  cooperation  shall  be  implemented  in  accordance  with  the 
principles and objectives of the Community's external action. 

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(3) 

Measures  financed  under  this  Regulation  shall  cover  all  areas  of  cooperation 
pertinent  to  achieving  the  objectives  of  Articles  177  to  181a  of  the  Treaty  and  to 
fulfilling  the  Community's  international  obligations  and  commitments.  It  shall  also 
be used for areas of cooperation covered by partnership and cooperation agreements 
and  other  bilateral  instruments  concluded  with  partner  countries  and  regions  or 
specified  in  declarations  jointly  approved  with  such  countries  and  regions,  and  for 
pursuing the objectives of internal policies at international level. The measures shall 
relate inter alia to: 

(a) 

human and social development, including health and population issues; 

(b)  promoting gender equality; 

(c) 

rural development, food aid and food security; 

(d)  urban development; 

(e) 

environmental protection; 

(f) 

sustainable development of natural resources; 

(g) 

infrastructure  (particularly 
transport,  water,  power,  environmental  and 
telecommunications  infrastructure),  including  the  management  systems  and 
safety  and  security  of  power  and  transport  infrastructure  and  operations,  and 
energy saving measures; 

(h) 

the private sector, productive sectors and economic infrastructure; 

(i) 

trade and investment; 

(j) 

jobs, social cohesion and social protection; 

(k)  upholding fundamental social rights, including core labour standards; 

(l) 

customs and tax; 

(m)  macroeconomic and structural reform; 

(n) 

sectoral reform; 

(o)  basic, secondary and higher education, and vocational training; 

(p) 

research, cooperation on and development of scientific and technical capacity; 
and scientific mobility; 

(q) 

cultural cooperation and academic and cultural exchanges; 

(r)  mutual  understanding  between  the  Community  and  the  partner  countries  and 

regions; 

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(s) 

(t) 

developing  civil  society,  dialogue  with  non-government  actors,  particularly 
associations,  non-governmental  organisations,  the  media  and  the  social 
partners; 

support  for  institutions  aimed,  for  instance,  at  promoting  good  governance, 
strengthening the  rule of law, building up the  capacity of  administrations  and 
local  authorities,  making  public  services  more  effective  and  aligning 
institutional and regulatory frameworks; 

(u)  policy dialogue; 

(v)  promoting and defending human rights and fundamental freedoms, and support 
for  the  process  of  democratisation  including  electoral  assistance  and  election 
observers; 

(w) 

regional cooperation and integration, including cooperation between industrial 
partners; 

(x) 

crossborder cooperation; 

(y) 

justice, plus judicial, police, tax, financial and customs cooperation; 

(z) 

all aspects of asylum and (legal or illegal) migration including border controls, 
readmission and return, and international protection; 

(aa)  aid for refugees, and displaced or uprooted persons; 

(bb)  conflict prevention, management and resolution; 

(cc) 

the transition from emergency aid to rehabilitation and long-term development, 
reconstruction and post-emergency rehabilitation; 

(dd)  preventing natural disasters; 

(ee)  any  other  area  appropriate  for  achieving  the  objectives  laid  down  in  Articles 

177 to 181a of the Treaty. 

Article 2 

General principles 

(1) 

(2) 

For  all  measures  financed  under,  and  all  areas  of  cooperation  covered  by,  this 
Regulation  the  Community  shall  aim  to  ensure  consistency  between  the  different 
areas of external action and with other Community policies. Such consistency shall 
be  ensured  in  formulating  policy,  strategic  planning  and  the  programming  and 
implementation of measures. 

In the interests of better policy coordination and harmonisation of the programming 
process  and  procedures,  the  Commission  and  the  Member  States  shall  coordinate 
amongst  each  other  and  ensure  that  their  measures  are  complementary  for  all 
measures financed and cooperation areas covered under this Regulation. 

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Coordination  shall  involve  regular  and  frequent  exchanges  of  information  between 
Member States, and between them and the Commission, on their respective analyses 
of  the  situation  in  the  partner  countries  and  regions  and  on  cooperation  strategies, 
priority sectors, current and future cooperation measures and evaluations. 

Such coordination shall be promoted above all at local level in the partner countries 
and regions. 

The  Member  States  and  the  Community  shall  use  the  results  of  the  regular 
coordination exercises as essential inputs for their programming processes. 

To  promote  a  multilateral  approach 
the 
Commission, in consultation with the Member States, shall take whatever steps are 
necessary  to  ensure  coordination  and  cooperation  with  multilateral  and  regional 
organisations and bodies such as international financial institutions,  United Nations 
agencies,  funds  and  programmes,  and  bilateral  donors  other  than  those  of  the 
Community. 

international  problems 

to  solving 

The  Community's  cooperation  activities  shall  foster  and  encourage  support  for 
national  development  strategies,  reform  policies  and  sectoral  approaches  and 
programmes  making  use  of  the  most  suitable  instruments,  particularly  budgetary 
support. 

The Union is founded on the values of respect for human dignity, liberty, democracy, 
equality,  the  rule  of  law  and  respect  for  human  rights  and  seeks  to  promote 
commitment to these values in partner countries through dialogue and cooperation. 

(3) 

(4) 

(5) 

TITLE II 

PROGRAMMING AND ALLOCATION OF FUNDS 

Article 3 

General framework for programming and allocating funds 

(1) 

Measures  shall  be  financed  under  geographical  or  thematic  programmes,  or  in  the 
context of global initiatives. 

A  geographical  programme  shall  encompass  cooperation  in  all  appropriate  areas  of 
activity with partner countries and regions determined on a geographical basis.  

A  thematic  programme  shall  encompass  a  specific  area  of  activity  of  interest  to  a 
group  of  partner  countries  not  determined  by  geography,  or  cooperation  activities 
addressed  to  various  regions  or  groups  of  partner  countries,  or  an  international 
operation  that  is  not  geographically  specific,  including  multilateral  or  global 
initiatives to promote the Union's internal policies abroad. 

The  Commission  shall  draw  up  the  geographical  and  thematic  programmes  and 
specify their geographical scope 

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(2) 

In  the  case  of  geographical  programmes,  the  Commission  shall  draw  up  a  strategy 
paper and a multiannual indicative programme for each partner country or region, as 
provided for in Article 4, and adopt an action programme for each partner country or 
region, as provided for in Article 7. 

(3) 

(1) 

(2) 

(3) 

In the case of thematic programmes, the Commission shall draw up thematic strategy 
papers, as provided for in Article 5, and adopt action programmes, as provided for in 
Article 7. 

In exceptional circumstances, Community support may also take the form of special 
measures  not  covered  in  strategy  papers  or  multiannual  indicative  programmes,  as 
provided for in Article 8. 

For  a  geographical  programme,  the  Commission  shall  determine  the  multiannual 
indicative  fund  allocation  to  be  used  for  financing  cooperation  with  each  partner 
country  or  region.  The  criteria  for  establishing  the  allocation  shall  be  based  on  the 
needs  and  performance  of  the  country  or  region  concerned  in  respect  of  the 
Community's  cooperation  policies  and  strategies,  without  prejudice 
to  any 
exceptional  circumstances  or  international  commitments  of  the  Community.  The 
Commission  may  include  a  specific  financial  allocation  for  the  purpose  of 
strengthening  cooperation  between  the  EU's  outermost  regions  and  neighbouring 
partner countries and regions. 

Article 4 

Strategy papers and multiannual programming of geographical programmes 

Strategy  papers  for  partner  countries  and  regions  shall  cover  no  more  than  seven 
years  in  order  to  provide  a  coherent  framework  for  coordination  between  the 
Community and the partner country or region concerned. They provide the basis for 
drafting multiannual programmes. 

Strategy papers shall be reviewed at mid-term, or ad hoc if necessary, in accordance 
where  appropriate  with  the  principles  and  procedures  laid  down  in  the  partnership 
and cooperation agreements concluded with the partner countries and regions. 

Strategy papers shall be based as far as possible on dialogue with the partner country 
or  region  which  involves  civil  society,  so  as  to  ensure  that  the  county  or  region 
concerned  takes  sufficient  ownership  of  the  process  and  to  encourage  support  for 
national development strategies, particularly those for reducing poverty. 

Multiannual  indicative  programmes  shall  be  drawn  up  on  the  basis  of  the  strategy 
papers for each partner country or region. They shall be the subject of an agreement 
with the country or region where possible. 

Multiannual  indicative  programmes  shall  set  out  the  priority  areas  selected  for 
Community  financing,  the  specific  objectives,  the  expected  results  and  the 
performance indicators. 

The  programmes  shall  also  set  out  the  indicative  financial  allocation,  both  overall 
and per priority area, this may be given in the form of a range, where appropriate. 

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(4) 

Such  programmes  shall  be  adjusted  where  necessary,  taking  into  account  any  mid-
term or ad hoc reviews of strategy papers. 

In exceptional circumstances a multiannual indicative allocation may be increased or 
decreased,  particularly  in  the  light  of  special  needs  such  as  those  of  a  post-crisis 
situation, or where performance has been exceptional. 

In circumstances such as crises, post-conflict situations or threats to democracy, the 
rule of law, human rights or fundamental freedoms, a special emergency procedure 
may  be  used  to  conduct  an  ad  hoc  review  of  the  country's  or  region's  cooperation 
strategy.  Such  reviews  may  propose  a  country  or  region  strategy  to  make  the 
transition to long-term cooperation and development. The strategy shall ensure that 
measures  taken  under  this  Regulation  are  consistent  with  other  Community 
instruments,  in  particular  the  stability  instrument  and  humanitarian  aid.  Where 
partner countries or groups of partner countries are directly involved in, or affected 
by,  a  crisis  or  post-crisis  situation,  multiannual  programming  shall  place  special 
emphasis on stepping up coordination between relief, rehabilitation and development 
to  help  them  make  the  transition  from  an  emergency  situation  to  the  development 
phase;  programmes  for  countries  and  regions  regularly  subject  to  natural  disasters 
shall provide for disaster preparedness and prevention. 

(5) 

The Commission and the Member States shall consult each other in order to ensure 
that  their  cooperation  activities  complement  each  other.  Other  donors  and 
development  actors,  including  those  of  civil  society,  shall  be  associated  in  this 
process as early as appropriate. 

Article 5 

Strategy papers and multiannual programming of thematic programmes 

(1) 

Thematic strategy papers shall cover no more than seven years. They shall set out the 
Community's  strategy  for  the  theme  concerned,  the  Community's  priorities,  the 
international situation and the activities of the main partners. 

The  Commission  shall  ensure  consistency  between  thematic  and  geographical 
programmes  by  checking  that  the  operations  implemented  through  thematic 
programmes  are  consistent  with  the  strategy  papers  and  multiannual  indicative 
programmes drawn up for the partner countries or regions. 

Thematic strategy papers shall set out the priority areas selected for financing by the 
Community,  the  specific  objectives,  the  expected  results  and  the  performance 
indicators. 

The thematic strategy papers shall also give the indicative financial allocation, both 
overall  and  per  priority  area;  this  may  be  given  in  the  form  of  a  range,  where 
appropriate. 

Strategy papers shall be reviewed at mid-term, or ad hoc if necessary. 

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(2) 

The Commission and the Member States shall consult each other in order to ensure 
that  their  cooperation  activities  complement  each  other.  Other  donors  and  actors, 
including  those  of  civil  society,  shall  be  associated  in  this  process  as  early  as 
appropriate. 

(3) 

Resources  and  intervention  priorities  shall  be  laid  down  for  participation  in  global 
initiatives. 

Article 6 

Adoption of multiannual programming papers 

The  strategy  papers  and  multiannual  indicative  programmes  referred  to  in  Articles  4  and  5, 
and any reviews thereof referred to in Article 4(1) and (3) and Article 5(1), shall be adopted 
by the Commission in accordance with the management procedure set out in Article 21(2). 

TITLE III 

IMPLEMENTATION 

Article 7 

Adoption of action programmes 

(1) 

The Commission shall adopt annual action programmes based on the strategy papers 
and multiannual indicative programmes referred to in Articles 4 and 5. 

Exceptionally, for instance where an action programme has not yet been adopted, the 
Commission  may,  on  the  basis  of  the  strategy  papers  and  multiannual  indicative 
programmes  referred  to  in  Articles  4  and  5,  adopt  measures  not  provided  for  in  an 
action programme under the same rules and procedures as for action programmes. 

(2) 

Action  programmes  shall  specify  the  objectives  pursued,  the  fields  of  intervention, 
the  expected  results,  the  management  procedures  and  total  amount  of  financing 
planned.  They  shall  contain  a  description  of  the  operations  to  be  financed,  an 
indicative 
indication  of 
implementation timetable. 

the  amounts  allocated  for  each  operation  and  an 

(3) 

The  Commission  shall  send  action  programmes  to  the  Member  States  for  their 
information within one month of adopting its decision. 

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Article 8 

Adoption of special measures not provided for in the strategy papers or multiannual indicative 
programmes 

(1) 

In  the  event  of  unforeseen  needs  or  circumstances,  the  Commission  shall  adopt 
special  measures  not  provided  for  in  the  strategy  papers  or  multiannual  indicative 
programmes (hereinafter referred to as “special measures”). 

(2) 

(3) 

(4) 

(5) 

Special  measures  may  also  be  used  to  fund  measures  to  ease  the  transition  from 
emergency  aid  to  long-term  development  operations,  including  those  to  better 
prepare people to deal with recurring crises. 

Where  the  cost  of  such  measures  exceeds  EUR  15  million,  the  Commission  shall 
adopt them under the consultation procedure referred to in Article 21(3). 

Special  measures  shall  specify  the  objectives  pursued,  the  intervention  areas,  the 
expected results, the management procedures and the total amount of financing. They 
shall  contain  a  description  of  the  operations  to  be  financed,  an  indication  of  the 
amounts  allocated  for  each  operation  and  the  indicative  timetable  for  their 
implementation. 

The  Commission  shall  send  the  special  measures  to  the  Member  States  for  their 
information within one month of adopting its decision. 

The procedure laid down in Article 21(3) need not be used for amendments to special 
measures, such as those making technical adjustments, extending the implementation 
period,  reassigning  funds  within  the  forecast  budget,  or  increasing  or  reducing  the 
size of the budget by less than 20% of the initial budget, provided these amendments 
do not affect the initial objectives set out in the Commission decision. 

Article 9 

Eligibility 

(1) 

The following, inter alia, shall be eligible for funding under this Regulation for the 
purposes of implementing the action programmes referred to in Article 7 or specific 
measures of the kind referred to in Article 8: 

(a) 

partner countries and regions, and their institutions; 

(b)  decentralised  bodies  in  the  partner  countries,  such  as  regions,  departments, 

provinces and municipalities; 

(c) 

joint bodies set up by the partner countries and regions with the Community; 

(d) 

international  organisations,  including  regional  organisations,  UN  bodies, 
departments and missions, international financial institutions and development 
banks, in so far as they contribute to the objectives of this Regulation; 

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(e)  Community institutions and bodies, but only for the purposes of implementing 

support measures of the type referred to in Article 11; 

(f)  European Union agencies; 

(g)  The following entities and bodies of the Member States, partner countries and 
regions and any other third country complying with the rules on access to the 
Community's  external  assistance  set  out  in  Article  16,  insofar  as  they  are 
helping to achieve the objectives of this Regulation: 

i. 

public or parastatal bodies, local authorities and consortia thereof; 

ii. 

companies, firms and other private organisations and businesses; 

iii. 

financial  institutions  that  grant,  promote  and  finance  private  investment 
in partner countries and regions; 

iv. 

non-state actors as defined in paragraph 2; 

v. 

natural persons. 

(2) 

traders'  associations  and  citizens'  groups,  cooperatives, 

The  non-state  actors  eligible  for  financial  support  under  this  Regulation  include: 
non-governmental  organisations,  organisations  representing  indigenous  peoples, 
trade  unions, 
local 
organisations  representing  economic  and  social  interests,  local  organisations 
(including networks) involved in decentralised regional cooperation and integration, 
consumer  organisations,  women's  and  youth  organisations,  teaching,  cultural, 
research and scientific organisations, universities, churches and religious associations 
and communities, the media and any non-governmental associations and independent 
foundations likely to contribute to development or the external dimension of internal 
policies. 

Article 10 

Types of financing 

Financing  for  the  implementation  of  action  programmes  and  special  measures  may  in 
particular take the following forms: 

(a) 

(b) 

(c) 

(d) 

projects and programmes; 

sectoral  or  general  budget  support  if  the  partner  country's  management  of  public 
spending  is  sufficiently  transparent,  reliable  and  effective,  and  where  it  has  put  in 
place  properly  formulated  sectoral  or  macroeconomic  policies  approved  by  its 
principal donors, including, where relevant, the international financial institutions; 

sectoral support; 

in  exceptional  cases,  sectoral  and  general  import  programmes,  which  may  take  the 
form  of  (a)  sectoral  import  programmes  in  kind,  (b)  sectoral  import  programmes 
providing  foreign  exchange  to  finance  imports  for  the  sector  in  question  or  (c) 

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(f) 

(g) 

(h) 

(i) 

(j) 

(k) 

(l) 

(m) 

(n) 

(1) 

general import programmes providing foreign exchange to finance general imports of 
a wide range of products; 

funds  made  available  to  the  European  Investment  Bank  or  other  financial 
intermediaries on the basis of Commission programmes for the purpose of providing 
loans (in particular to support investment in and development of the private sector), 
risk  capital  (in  the  form  of  subordinated  or  conditional  loans)  or  other  temporary 
minority  holdings  in  business  capital,  and  contributions  to  guarantee  funds  in 
accordance with Article 18; 

interest-rate subsidies, especially for environment-related loans; 

debt-relief programmes; 

grants to finance projects submitted by entities of the type listed in Article 9(1)(b), 
(c), (d), (f) and (g)(i) to (v); 

grants to finance the operating costs of entities of the type listed in Article 9(1)(b), 
(c), (d), (f) and (g)(i), (iii) and (iv); 

funding for twinning programmes between public institutions, national public bodies 
or  private-law  entities  entrusted  with  public  service  tasks  of  a  Member  State  and 
those of a partner country or region; 

contributions  to  international  funds,  such  as  those  managed  by  international  or 
regional organisations; 

contributions to national funds set up by partner countries and regions to attract joint 
financing from a number of donors, or contributions to funds set up by one or more 
donors for the purpose of the joint implementation of projects; 

capital  investments  in  international  financial  institutions  and  regional  development 
banks; 

human  and  material  resources  required  for  effective  administration  and  supervision 
of projects and programmes by partner countries and regions. 

Article 11 

Support measures 

information,  awareness-raising, 

Community  financing  may  cover  expenditure  associated  with  the  preparation, 
follow-up,  monitoring,  audit  and  evaluation  activities  directly  necessary  for  the 
implementation of this Regulation and the achievement of its objectives, e.g. studies, 
meetings, 
training  and  publication  activities, 
expenditure associated with computer networks for the exchange of information, and 
any  other  administrative  or  technical  assistance  expenditure  that  the  Commission 
may incur for the management of the programme. It shall also cover expenditure at 
Commission Delegations on the administrative support needed to manage operations 
financed under this Regulation. 

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(2) 

These  support  measures  are  not  necessarily  covered  by  multiannual  programming 
and may therefore be financed outside the scope of strategy papers and multiannual 
indicative  programmes.  However,  they  may  also  be  financed  under  multiannual 
indicative programmes. 

The  Commission  shall  adopt  support  measures  not  covered  by  the  multiannual 
indicative programmes in accordance with Article 8. 

Article 12 

Cofinancing 

(1) 

Measures shall be eligible for cofinancing from the following, inter alia: 

(a)  Member States, and in particular their public and parastatal agencies; 

(b)  other donor countries, and in particular their public and parastatal agencies; 

(c) 

(d) 

international  organisations,  including  regional  organisations,  and  in  particular 
international and regional financial institutions; 

companies,  firms,  other  private  organisations  and  businesses,  and  other  non-
state actors; 

(e) 

partner countries and regions in receipt of funding. 

(2) 

In the case of parallel cofinancing, the project or programme is split into a number of 
clearly  identifiable  subprojects  which  are  each  financed  by  the  different  partners 
providing cofinancing in such a way that the end-use of the financing can always be 
identified. 

In  the  case  of  joint  cofinancing,  the  total  cost  of  a  project  or  programme  is  shared 
between the partners providing the cofinancing and the resources are pooled in such 
a way that it is no longer possible to identify the source of financing for any given 
activity undertaken as part of the project or programme. 

(3) 

In the case of joint cofinancing, the Commission may receive and manage funds on 
behalf  of  the  bodies  referred  to  in  paragraph  1(a),  (b)  and  (c)  for  the  purpose  of 
implementing  joint  measures.  Such  funds  shall  be  treated  as  assigned  revenue,  in 
accordance with Article 18 of Regulation (EC) No 1605/2002. 

Article 13 

Management procedures 

(1) 

The  measures  financed  under  this  Regulation  shall  be  implemented  in  accordance 
with Regulation (EC) No 1605/2002. 

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(3) 

In  the  event  of  cofinancing  and  in  other  duly  justified  cases,  the  Commission  may 
entrust tasks of public authority, and in particular budget implementation tasks, to the 
bodies referred to in Article 54(2)(c) of Regulation (EC) No 1605/2002. 

In  the  case  of  decentralised  management,  the  Commission  may  decide  to  use  the 
procurement  or  grant  procedures  of  the  beneficiary  partner  country  or  region, 
provided: 

–  the procedures of the beneficiary partner country or region satisfy the principles of 
transparency, proportionality, equal treatment and non-discrimination and prevent 
any conflict of interests; 

–  the  beneficiary  partner  country  or  region  undertakes  to  check  regularly  that  the 
operations financed by the Community budget have been properly implemented, 
to take appropriate measures to prevent irregularities and fraud, and, if necessary, 
to take legal action to recover unduly paid funds. 

Article 14 

Budget commitments 

(1) 

Budget  commitments  shall  be  made  on  the  basis  of  decisions  taken  by  the 
Commission in accordance with Articles 7(1), 8(1) and 11(2). 

(2) 

Community financing may take one of the following legal forms, inter alia: 

–  financing agreements; 

–  grant agreements; 

–  procurement contracts; 

–  employment contracts. 

Article 15 

Protecting the Community's financial interests 

(1) 

(2) 

Any agreements resulting from this Regulation shall contain provisions ensuring the 
protection of the Community’s financial interests, in particular with respect to fraud, 
corruption and any other irregularities, in accordance with Council Regulations (EC, 
Euratom) Nos 2988/1995, 2185/1996 and 1073/1999. 

Agreements  shall  expressly  entitle  the  Commission  and  the  Court  of  Auditors  to 
perform a document audit or an on-the-spot audit of any contractor or subcontractor 
who  has  received  Community  funds.  They  shall  also  expressly  authorise  the 
Commission  to  carry  out  on-the-spot  checks  and  inspections  as  provided  for  in 
Regulation (EC, Euratom) No 2185/1996. 

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(3) 

All contracts resulting from the implementation of assistance shall ensure the rights 
of the Commission and the Court of Auditors under paragraph 2 during and after the 
performance of the contracts. 

Article 16 

Public procurement procedures, grant award procedures, rules of origin 

(1) 

For the purposes of implementing the action programmes referred to in Article 7 and 
the  special  measures  referred  to  in  Article  8,  participation  in  public  procurement 
procedures and grant award procedures shall be open to the following: 

–  for a thematic programme of the type provided for in Article 3(1), any natural or 
legal  person  of  a  developing  country  or  country  in  transition,  as  defined  by  the 
OECD, and of any other country eligible under the thematic programme; 

–  for a geographical programme of the type provided for in Article 3(1), any natural 
or legal person of a developing country or country in transition, as defined by the 
OECD, eligible under the geographical programme; 

–  in  all  cases,  any  natural  or  legal  person  of  the  Member  States  of  the  European 
Community,  the  Member  States  of  the  European  Economic  Area,  the  countries 
eligible  for  Community  assistance  under  the  pre-accession  instrument  and  any 
other third country, subject to fulfilment of the condition of reciprocity set out in 
paragraph 2. 

(2) 

If  a  third  country  authorises  natural  and  legal  persons  of  the  Member  States  to 
participate in its public procurement and grant award procedures for its cooperation 
programmes,  the  Commission  may  decide  to  authorise  participation  by  natural  and 
legal persons of that country in the corresponding European Community procedures. 

The Commission shall take the decision to grant such access after first obtaining the 
opinion of the committee established under Article 21. The committee shall base its 
opinion  on  a  report  analysing  the  grounds  for,  and  conditions  and  impact  of,  such 
access,  and  shall  act  in  accordance  with  the  management  procedure  set  out  in 
Article 21(2).  

A decision to grant access may apply to all types of Community aid, to one or more 
thematic  or  geographical  programmes  or  to  one  or  more  partner  countries  and 
regions and may be restricted to particular areas of cooperation. The decision shall be 
valid for not less than one year. 

(3) 

If  measures  financed  under  this  Regulation  are  implemented  on  a  centralised  basis 
and indirectly by Member State bodies or Member State entities governed by private 
law  and  entrusted  with  public-service  tasks,  or  on  a  decentralised  basis  under  the 
responsibility of partner countries or regions in receipt of funding or by delegation to 
international  or 
financial 
institutions,  participation  in  the  public  procurement  and  grant  award  procedures  of 
the managing entity shall be open to natural and legal persons of the countries having 
access to Community contracts and grants in accordance with the principles set out in 

regional  organisations,  particularly 

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(5) 

paragraphs 1 and 2, and of any other country eligible under the rules and procedures 
of the managing entity. 

The  origin  of  supplies  and  equipment  purchased  under  a  contract  for  the 
implementation of measures taken under this Regulation shall be in accordance with 
the principles set out in paragraphs 1, 2 and 3. 

If  in  exceptional  circumstances,  particularly  in  an  extreme  emergency,  services, 
supplies  or  equipment  are  not  available  in  a  country  having  access  to  Community 
contracts,  or  if  the  rules  on  eligibility  for  the  contracts  are  such  as  to  make  it 
impossible  or  excessively  difficult  to  carry  out  a  project  or  programme,  the 
Commission may decide to: 

–  extend  access  to  contracts  to  natural  and  legal  persons  of  a  country  not  eligible 

under paragraph 1; 

–  authorise  the  purchase  of  supplies  and  equipment  originating  in  a  country  not 

eligible under paragraph 1. 

Article 17 

Prefinancing 

Interest generated by prefinancing payments to beneficiaries shall be deducted from the final 
payment. 

Funds made available to the European Investment Bank or other financial intermediaries 

Article 18 

(1) 

(2) 

(1) 

The funds referred to in Article 10(d) shall be managed by financial intermediaries, 
the European Investment Bank or any other bank or organisation with the capacity to 
manage such funds. 

The Commission must adopt implementing provisions for paragraph 1 on a case-by-
case basis to cover risk-sharing, the remuneration of the intermediary responsible for 
implementation,  the  use  and  recovery  of  profits  on  funds,  and  the  closure  of  the 
operation.  

Article 19 

Evaluation 

The  Commission  shall  regularly  evaluate  the  results  of  geographical  and  thematic 
policies  and  programmes  and  of  sectoral  policies  and  the  effectiveness  of 
programming in order to ascertain whether the objectives have been met and enable 
it to formulate recommendations with a view to improving future operations. 

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(2) 

The  Commission  shall  send  its  evaluation  reports  to  the  committee  referred  to  in 
Article 21 for information. 

TITLE IV 

FINAL PROVISIONS 

Article 20 

Annual report 

(1) 

(2) 

(1) 

(2) 

(3) 

(4) 

(5) 

(1) 

The  Commission  shall  examine  the  progress  made  in  implementing  the  measures 
taken  under  this  Regulation  and  shall  submit  to  the  European  Parliament  and  the 
Council  an  annual  report  on  the  implementation  of  the  assistance.  This  report  shall 
also  be  submitted  to  the  European  Economic  and  Social  Committee  and  to  the 
Committee of the Regions. 

It  shall  contain  information  relating  to  the  previous  year  on  the  measures  financed, 
the results of monitoring and evaluation exercises, and the implementation of budget 
commitments and payments, broken down by country, region and cooperation sector. 

Article 21 

Committee 

The Commission shall be assisted by a committee. 

Where  reference  is  made  to  this  paragraph,  Articles  4  and  7  of  Decision 
1999/468/EC shall apply, in accordance with Article 8 of that Decision. The period 
provided for in Article 4(3) of the Decision shall be 30 days. 

Where  reference  is  made  to  this  paragraph,  Articles  3  and  7  of  Decision 
1999/468/EC shall apply, in accordance with Article 8 of that Decision. 

The committee shall adopt its rules of procedure. These rules shall include provision 
for the Commission to adopt the specific measures referred to in Article 8(2). 

A  representative  from  the  European  Investment  Bank  shall  be  present  at  the 
committee's proceedings. 

Article 22 

Participation by a third country not eligible under this Regulation 

the  coherence  and  effectiveness  of  Community  assistance, 

To  ensure 
the 
Commission may decide when adopting action programmes of the type referred to in 
Article 7 or the special measures referred to in Article 8 that countries, territories and 
regions eligible for Community assistance under the pre-accession instrument or the 
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territories  associated  with  the  Community  are  eligible  for  measures  under  this 
Regulation  where  the  geographical  or  thematic  project  or  programme  to  be 
implemented is of a global, regional or crossborder nature. Provision may be made 
for  this  method  of  financing  in  the  strategy  papers  and  multiannual  indicative 
programmes  referred  to  in  Articles  4  and  5.  The  provisions  Article  9  concerning 
eligibility  and  the  provisions  of  Article 16  concerning  participation  in  public 
procurement and grant award procedures and rules of origin shall be adapted to allow 
the countries, territories and regions concerned to take part. 

(2) 

In the case of global initiatives for sustainable development or in support of global 
public  goods  implemented  through  multilateral  mechanisms,  the  Commission  may 
provide  financial  assistance  under  this  Regulation.  In  such  cases  eligibility  for 
financing is extended to all countries receiving assistance under the global initiative. 

Article 23 

Suspension of assistance 

Without  prejudice  to  the  provisions  on  suspension  of  aid  in  partnership  and  cooperation 
agreements  with  partner  countries  and  regions,  where  a  partner  country  fails  to  observe  the 
principles referred to in Title I, the Council, acting by a qualified majority on a proposal from 
the Commission, may take appropriate steps in respect of any assistance granted to the partner 
country under this Regulation. 

Article 24 

Financial provisions 

(1) 

The financial reference amount for implementation of this Regulation over the period 
2007-2013  is  €44  229  million,  €23  572  million  of  which  shall  be  for  financing 
geographical  cooperation  with  the  African,  Caribbean  and  Pacific  countries, 
excluding South Africa and East Timor. 

(2) 

Annual  appropriations  shall  be  authorised  by  the  budgetary  authority  within  the 
limits of the financial perspectives. 

Article 25 

Review 

The  Commission  shall  submit 
the  Council  by 
31 December 2011  any  proposals  concerning  the  future  of  this  Regulation  and  any 
amendments that may be necessary. 

the  European  Parliament  and 

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(1) 

The following Regulations shall be repealed as of 1 January 2007: 

Article 26 

(a)  Regulation No 1568/2003 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 15 
July  2003  on  aid  to  fight  poverty  diseases  (HIV/AIDS,  tuberculosis  and 
malaria) in developing countries 

(b)  Regulation No 1567/2003 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 15 
July 2003 on aid for policies and actions on reproductive and sexual health and 
rights in developing countries 

(c)  Regulation (EC) No 2493/2000 of the European Parliament and of the Council 
of  7  November  2000  on  measures  to  promote  the  full  integration  of  the 
environmental dimension in the development process of developing countries 

(d)  Regulation (EC) No 2494/2000 of the European Parliament and of the Council 
of 7 November 2000 on measures to promote the conservation and sustainable 
management of tropical forests and other forests in developing countries 

(e)  Council  Regulation  (EC)  No  975/1999  of  29  April  1999  laying  down  the 
requirements  for  the  implementation  of  development  cooperation  which 
contribute to the general objective of developing and consolidating democracy 
and  the  rule  of  law  and  to  that  of  respecting  human  rights  and  fundamental 
freedoms 

(f)  Regulation (EC) No 806/2004 of the European Parliament and of the Council 
of 21 April 2004 on promoting gender equality in development cooperation 

(g)  Council  Regulation  (EC)  No  1659/98  of  17  July  1998  on  decentralised 
cooperation, as amended and extended by Regulations 995/2002 and 625/2004  

(h)  Council  Regulation  (EC)  No  1658/98  of  17  July  1998  on  cofinancing 
operations with European non-governmental organisations (NGOs) in fields of 
interest to the developing countries 

(i)  Council Regulation (EC) N° 1292/96 of 27 June 1996 on food-aid policy and 
food-aid  management  and  special  operations  in  support  of  food  security,  as 
amended by Regulation (EC) No 1726/2001 of the European Parliament and of 
the Council of 23 July 2001 amending Article 21 of Council Regulation (EC) 
No  1292/96  on  food-aid  policy  and  food-aid  management  and  special 
operations in support of food security 

(j)  Council  Regulation  (EC)  No  382/2001  of  26  February  2001  concerning  the 
implementation  of  projects  promoting  cooperation  and  commercial  relations 
between  the  European  Union  and  the  industrialised  countries  of  North 
America,  the  Far  East  and  Australasia  and  repealing  Regulation  (EC)  No 
1035/1999 

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(k)  Regulation (EC) No 1726/2000 of the European Parliament and of the Council 

of 29 June 2000 on development cooperation with South Africa 

(l)  Council Regulation (EEC) No 443/92 of 25 February 1992 (ALA) on financial 
and  technical  assistance  to,  and  economic  cooperation  with,  the  developing 
countries in Asia and Latin America 

(m)  Council Regulation  (EC) No  2258/96 of  22  November  1996  on  rehabilitation 

and reconstruction operations in developing countries 

(n)  Regulation (EC) No 2130/2001 of the European Parliament and of the Council 
of  29  October  2001  on  operations  to  aid  uprooted  people  in  Asia  and  Latin 
American developing countries 

(o)  Council  Regulation  (EC)  No  550/97 of 24 March 1997 on HIV/AIDS related 

operations in developing countries 

(p)  Council  Regulation  (EC)  No  1484/97  of  22  July  1997  on  aid  for  population 

policies and programmes in developing countries. 

(2) 

The repealed Regulations shall continue to apply for legal acts and commitments of 
pre-2007 budget years. 

This Regulation shall enter into force on the twentieth day following that of its publication in 
the Official Journal of the European Union. It shall apply from 1 January 2007. 

Article 27 

This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States. 

Done at Brussels, […] 

For the European Parliament 
The President 
[…] 

For the Council 
The President 
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FICHE FINANCIÈRE LÉGISLATIVE 

Domaine(s) politique(s): Relations extérieures 

Activité(s): 

Développement et Relations avec les Etats ACP 
Aspects extérieurs des politiques internes 

Relations  avec  l’Europe  de  l’Est,  le  Caucase  et  les  Républiques 
d’Asie Centrale (en partie)24 
Relations  avec  le  Moyen-Orient  et  la  Méditerranée  du  Sud  (en 
partie)25 
Relations avec l’Asie 
Relations avec l’Amérique Latine 
Droits de l’Homme et Démocratisation 
Relations  multilatérales  et  domaines  généraux  des  relations 
extérieures (en partie)26 
Relations avec l’Afrique Sub-saharienne, les Caraïbes, le Pacifique 
et l’Océan Indien 
Politique  de  coopération  au  Développement  et  stratégies 
sectorielles 
Relations  avec  les  pays  de  l’OCDE  non  membres  de  l’Union 
européenne 
Aspects extérieurs de la politique de l’environnement et des autres 
politiques internes 

DÉNOMINATION DE L’ACTION:  FINANCEMENT  DE  LA  COOPÉRATION  AU  DÉVELOPPEMENT  ET 

DE LA COOPÉRATION ÉCONOMIQUE AVEC LES ETATS TIERS 

1. 

LIGNE(S) BUDGÉTAIRE(S) + INTITULÉ(S) 

Activités actuellement couvertes par les Fonds européens de développement27 

Et sous réserve de certaines activités relevant de l’instrument de stabilité : 

Dépenses administratives28 

07  01  04  06  -  Participation  aux  activités  internationales  en  matière  d'environnement  — 
Dépenses pour la gestion administrative 

06 01 04 09 - Intelligent energy - Expenditure on administrative management (in part) 

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En  partie  car  seules  les  activités  de  coopération  avec  les  Républiques  d’Asie  Centrale  relèvent  de  ce 
Règlement. 
En  partie  car  seules  les  activités  de  coopération  avec  les  Pays  du  Golfe,  le  Yèmen,  l’Irak  et  l’Iran 
relèvent de ce Règlement. 
En partie car les opérations de déminage relèvent de l’instrument de stabilité. 
A l’exception de celles relevant de l’instrument de stabilité ou des aides humanitaires ou d’urgence. 
Sous  réserve  des  activités  relevant  de  l’instrument  de  pré-adhésion  ou  de  l’instrument  européen  de 
voisinage et de partenariat (« en partie »). 

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07 01 04 05 - LIFE (European Financial Instrument for the Environment — 2000 to 2006) — 
Operations  outside  Community  territory  —  Expenditure  on  administrative  management  (in 
part) 

19  01  04  01  -  Coopération  avec  les  pays  tiers  industrialisés  -  Dépenses  pour  la  gestion 
administrative 

19  49  04  01 — Coopération  avec  les  pays  tiers  industrialisés  —  Dépenses  pour  la  gestion 
administrative 

19 01 04 04 - Coopération financière et technique avec les pays en développement d´Asie - 
Dépenses de gestion administrative 

19 49 04 04 - Coopération financière et technique avec les pays en développement d´Asie - 
Dépenses de gestion administrative 

19  01  04  05  -  Coopération  financière  et  technique  avec  les  pays  en  développement 
d´Amérique latine - Dépenses de gestion administrative 

19  49  04  05  -  Coopération  financière  et  technique  avec  les  pays  en  développement 
d´Amérique latine - Dépenses de gestion administrative 

19  01  04  07  -  Assistance  aux  Etats  partenaires  d´Europe  orientale  et  d´Asie  centrale  - 
Dépenses de gestion administrative (en partie) 

19  49  04  06  -  Assistance  aux  Etats  partenaires  d´Europe  orientale  et  d´Asie  centrale  - 
Dépenses de gestion administrative (en partie) 

19 01 04 11 - Développement et consolidation de la démocratie et de l´État de droit - Respect 
des droits de l´homme et des libertés fondamentales - Dépenses de gestion administrative (en 
partie) 

19 49 04 10 - Développement et consolidation de la démocratie et de l´État de droit - Respect 
des droits de l´homme et des libertés fondamentales - Dépenses de gestion administrative (en 
partie) 

19 01 04 12 - Promotion de l´investissement communautaire dans les pays en développement 
d´Amérique latine, d´Asie, de la Méditerranée et en Afrique du Sud, dans le cadre des accords 
de coopération économique et commerciale - Dépenses de gestion administrative (en partie) 

19 49 04 11 - Promotion de l´investissement communautaire dans les pays en développement 
d´Amérique latine, d´Asie, de la Méditerranée et en Afrique du Sud, dans le cadre des accords 
de coopération économique et commerciale - Dépenses de gestion administrative (en partie) 

21  01  04  01  -  Autres  aides  en  produits,  actions  d´appui  et  transport,  distribution,  mesures 
d´accompagnement et de contrôle de la mise en oeuvre - Dépenses de gestion administrative 

21  49  04  01  -  Autres  aides  en  produits,  actions  d´appui  et  transport,  distribution,  mesures 
d´accompagnement et de contrôle de la mise en oeuvre - Dépenses de gestion administrative 

21  01  04  02  -  Autres  actions  de  coopération  et  stratégies  sectorielles  -  Dépenses  de  gestion 
administrative 

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21  49  04  02  -  Autres  actions  de  coopération  et  stratégies  sectorielles  -  Dépenses  de  gestion 
administrative 

21  01  04  05  -  Programme  européen  pour  la  reconstruction  et  le  développement  (PERD)  - 
Dépenses de gestion administrative 

21  49  04  05  -  Programme  européen  pour  la  reconstruction  et  le  développement  (PERD)  - 
Dépenses de gestion administrative 

Relations multilatérales29 

19 02 03 - Coopération avec les pays tiers sur les migrations (en partie) 

19  02  07  -  Promotion  de  l´investissement  communautaire  dans  les  pays  en  développement 
d´Amérique latine, d´Asie, de la Méditerranée et en Afrique du Sud, dans le cadre des accords 
de coopération économique et commerciale (en partie) 

19  02  11  -  Programme  de  coopération  Nord-Sud  dans  la  lutte  contre  les  drogues  et  la 
toxicomanie (en partie) 

Droits de l’Homme30 

19 04 02 - Aide aux victimes de violations de droits de l'homme (en partie) 

19 04 03 - Développement et consolidation de la démocratie et de l´État de droit - Respect des 
droits de l´homme et des libertés fondamentales (en partie) 

19 04 04 - Soutien aux activités des tribunaux pénaux internationaux et à la mise en place de 
la Cour pénale international (en partie) 

Pays industrialisés 

19 05 02 - Coopération avec les pays tiers industrialisés 

Europe de l’Est, Caucase et Républiques d’Asie Centrale31 

19 06 01 - Assistance aux Etats partenaires d´Europe orientale et d´Asie centrale (en partie) 

19 06 02 - Coopération transfrontalière dans le domaine structurel (en partie) 

19  06  04  -  Action  de  réhabilitation  et  de  reconstruction  en  faveur  des  États  partenaires 
d´Europe orientale et d´Asie centrale (en partie) 

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Sous  réserve  des  activités  relevant  de  l’instrument  de  pré-adhésion  ou  de  l’instrument  européen  de 
voisinage et de partenariat (« en partie »). 
Sous  réserve  des  activités  relevant  de  l’instrument  de  pré-adhésion  ou  de  l’instrument  européen  de 
voisinage et de partenariat (« en partie »). 
Sous  réserve  des  activités  relevant  de  l’instrument  européen  de  voisinage  et  de  partenariat  (« en 
partie »). 

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Moyen-Orient et Méditerranée du Sud32 

19 08 05 - Actions de réhabilitation et de reconstruction en faveur des pays méditerranéens et 
du Proche- et du Moyen Orient (en partie) 

19  08  06  -  Autres  interventions  au  bénéfice  des  pays  en  développement  du  Proche-  et  du 
Moyen-Orient (en partie) 

19 08 07 - Aide à la réhabilitation et reconstruction de l'Iraq 

Amérique Latine  

19 09 01 - Coopération financière et technique avec les pays en développement d´Amérique 
latine 

19 09 02 - Coopération politique, économique et culturelle avec les pays en développement 
d'Amérique latine 

19 09 03 - Aide aux populations déracinées dans les pays d´Amérique latine 

19 09 04 - Actions de réhabilitation et de reconstruction en faveur des pays en développement 
d´Amérique latine 

Asie 

19 10 01- Coopération financière et technique avec les pays en développement d´Asie 

19 10 02 - Coopération politique, économique et culturelle avec les pays en développement 
d'Asie 

19 10 03 - Aide aux populations déracinées dans les pays d´Asie 

19 10 04 - Actions de réhabilitation et de reconstruction en faveur des pays en développement 
d´Asie 

19 10 06 - Aide à la réhabilitation et reconstruction de l'Afghanistan 

Stratégies sectorielles 

07 02 01 Participation aux activités internationales en matière d'environnement 

06 04 02 
Coopener (in part) 

Intelligent  energy  —  Europe  programme  (2003  to  2006):  external  strand  — 

07  02  02-  LIFE  (European  Financial  Instrument  for  the  Environment  —  2000  to  2006  — 
Operations outside Community territory (in part) 

21 02 01 - Produits à mobiliser au titre de la convention relative à l´aide alimentaire 

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21  02  02  -  Autres  aides  en  produits,  actions  d´appui  et  transport,  distribution,  mesures 
d´accompagnement et de contrôle de la mise en oeuvre  

21  02  03  -  Participation  communautaire  à  des  actions  en  faveur  de  pays  en  développement 
exécutées par des organisations non gouvernementales 

21 02 05 - Environnement dans les pays en développement 

21 02 06 - Intégration des questions de genre dans la coopération au développement 

21  02  07  02  -  Lutte  contre  les  maladies  dues  à  la  pauvreté  (VIH/sida,  paludisme  et 
tuberculose) dans les pays en développement  

21 02 07 03 - Aide aux populations et soins de santé en matière de procréation  

21  02  07  04  -  Lutte  contre  les  maladies  dues  à  la  pauvreté,  autres  que  le  VIH/sida,  le 
paludisme et la tuberculose, dans les pays en développement 

21 02 08 - Aide à l'éducation fondamentale dans les pays en développement 

21 02 12 - Intégration des droits de l'enfant dans la coopération au développement 

21 02 13 - Coopération décentralisée 

21 02 14 - Constitution de capacités dans le domaine des technologies de l'information et des 
communications et dans le domaine de l'énergie durable 

21 02 17 - Coopération culturelle avec les pays en développement 

Etats ACP 

21 03 01 — Aide programmable – États ACP 

21 03 02 — Ajustement structurel, y compris les pays pauvres lourdement endettés (PPLE) — 
États ACP 

21 03 03 — Stabex — États ACP 

21 03 04 — Sysmin — États ACP 

21 03 05 — Capitaux à risque — États ACP 

21 03 06 — Bonifications d'intérêts — États ACP 

21 03 07 — Aides d'urgence — États ACP 

21 03 08 — Aides aux réfugiés — États ACP 

21 03 09 — Aide programmable — Pays et territoires d'outre-mer (PTOM 

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21 03 10 — Ajustement structurel, y compris les pays pauvres lourdement endettés (PPLE) — 
PTOM 

21 03 11 — Stabex — PTOM 

21 03 12 — Sysmin — PTOM 

21 03 13 — Capitaux à risque — PTOM 

21 03 14 — Bonifications d'intérêts — PTOM 

21 03 15 — Aides d'urgence — PTOM 

21 03 16 — Aides aux réfugiés — PTOM 

21 03 17 - Programme européen pour la reconstruction et le développement (PERD) 

21  03  19  -  Assistance  aux  producteurs  traditionnels  de  rhum  ACP  dans  les  domaines  du 
développement et de la diversification des marchés 

21  03  20  -  Action  de  réhabilitation  et  de  reconstruction  en  faveur  des  pays  en  voie  de 
développement, notamment les Etats ACP 

2. 

2.1 

2.2 

2.3 

a) 

DONNÉES CHIFFRÉES GLOBALES  

Enveloppe totale de l’action (partie B): 44 229 millions d'euros en CE 

Période d’application: 2007-2013 

Estimation globale pluriannuelle des dépenses: (prix courant) 

Échéancier  crédits  d'engagement/crédits  de  paiement  (intervention  financière) 
(cf. point 6.1.1) 

Millions d'euros (à la 3e décimale) 

2007 

2008 

2009 

2010 

2011 

2012 

2013 + 
suivan
tes 

Total 

Crédits d'engagement 

2.364 

5.770 

6.169 

6.621 

6.917 

7.172 

7.446 

42.459

Crédits de paiement 

284 

1.283 

2.608 

3.801 

4.942 

5.831 

23.710  42.459

b1) 

Assistance technique et administrative : personnel (cf. point 6.1.2) 

Crédits d'engagement 

Crédits de paiement 

53 

53 

130 

142 

155 

165 

175 

185 

1.005 

130 

142 

155 

165 

175 

185 

1.005 

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b2) 

Assistance technique et administrative : dépenses d’appui (DDA) (cf. point 6.1.2) 

Crédits d'engagement 

Crédits de paiement 

45 

45 

111 

115 

121 

124 

124 

125 

765 

111 

115 

121 

124 

124 

125 

765 

Sous-total a+b 

Crédits d'engagement 

2.462 

6.011 

6.426 

6.897 

7.206 

7.471 

7.756 

44.229

Crédits de paiement 

382 

1.524 

2.865 

4.077 

5.231 

6.130 

24.020  44.229

* “années suivantes” ne s’appliquent qu’aux paiements 

c) 

Incidence  financière  globale  des  ressources  humaines  et  autres  dépenses  de 
fonctionnement (cf. points 7.2 et 7.3) 

CE/CP 

122 

303 

330 

361 

386 

408 

431 

2.341 

TOTAL a+b2+c 

Crédits d'engagement 

2.531 

6.184 

6.614 

7.103 

7.427 

7.704 

8.002 

45.565

Crédits de paiement 

451 

1.697 

3.053 

4.283 

5.452 

6.363 

24.266  45.565 

2.4 

Compatibilité avec la programmation financière et les perspectives financières 

Proposition  compatible  avec  la  programmation  financière  prévue  pour  la  période 
2007-2013. 

2.5 

Incidence financière sur les recettes 

Aucune implication sur les recettes. 

3. 

CARACTÉRISTIQUES BUDGÉTAIRES 

Nature de la dépense 

Nouvelle 

Participation 
AELE 

Participation 
pays 
candidats 

Rubrique PF

DNO 

CD 

OUI 

NON 

NON 

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BASE JURIDIQUE  

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5. 

DESCRIPTION ET JUSTIFICATION 

5.1 

Nécessité d'une intervention communautaire 

5.1.1 Objectifs poursuivis 

Coopération avec les pays en voie de développement 

Avec la politique extérieure et de sécurité commune, la politique commerciale et l’assistance 
humanitaire, la politique de développement de la Communauté est un domaine important des 
relations extérieures de l’Union européenne. 

Les  objectifs  poursuivis  par  le  financement  d’activités  de  coopération  au  titre  du  présent 
Règlement sont ceux définis à l’article 177 du traité instituant la Communauté européenne, à 
savoir : 

–  le  développement  économique  et  social  durable  des  pays  en  développement  et  plus 

particulièrement des plus défavorisés d'entre eux ; 

–  l'insertion  harmonieuse  et  progressive  des  pays  en  développement  dans  l'économie 

mondiale ; 

–  la lutte contre la pauvreté dans les pays en développement. 

En outre, la politique de la Communauté contribue à l'objectif général de développement et de 
consolidation de la démocratie et de l'État de droit, ainsi qu'à l'objectif du respect des droits de 
l'homme et des libertés fondamentales. 

La  déclaration  conjointe  du  Conseil  et  de  la  Commission  de  novembre  200033  donne  à  la 
Communauté  un  encadrement  général  pour  ses  activités  de  coopération  et  ses  partenariats 
avec  les  pays  en  développement  ou  en  transition.  C’est  ainsi  que  le  principal  objectif  de  la 
politique  de  coopération  au  développement  de  la  Communauté  est  de  réduire  et 
éventuellement d’éradiquer la pauvreté par un appui au développement économique, social et 
environnemental  durable,  par  l’intégration  progressive  des  pays  en  développement  dans 
l’économie mondiale et par la lutte contre les inégalités. La promotion des droits de l’homme, 
de  la  démocratie,  de  l’Etat  de  Droit,  et  de  la  bonne  gouvernance  fait  partie  intégrante  de  la 
politique  communautaire  de  développement.  En  outre,  la  Communauté  encourage  une  plus 
grande participation des organisations non gouvernementales, des opérateurs économiques, et 
notamment du secteur privé, et des partenaires sociaux dans les processus de développement. 
La  politique  communautaire  de  développement  contribue  également  aux  objectifs 
internationaux approuvés dans le contexte des Nations Unies ou au sein d’autres organisations 
internationales compétentes. 

Les objectifs de coopération de la Communauté sont inscrits dans les accords de coopération 
et  de  partenariat  conclus  entre  la  Communauté,  ses  Etats  membres,  et  les  pays  et  régions 
partenaires. Ils sont déclinés et adaptés en fonction des particularités régionales (les objectifs 
spécifiques par programme de coopération sont repris à la partie 5.2). 

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Déclaration  du  Conseil  et  de  la  Commission  sur  la  politique  communautaire  de  développement 
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Les  objectifs  de  la  politique  de  développement  de  la  Communauté  sont  notamment  ancrés 
dans les engagements pris par 189 Etats membres des Nations Unies, y inclus tous les Etats 
membres  de  la  Communauté,  lors  de  l’assemblée  du  millénaire  des  Nations  Unies  en 
septembre  2000.  Les  Etats  ont  en  effet  convenu  d’un  ensemble  d’objectifs,  dénommés 
Objectifs  du  Millénaire  pour  le  développement  (OMD),  et  de  cibles  mesurables  pour  lutter 
contre la pauvreté, la faim, la maladie, l’analphabétisme, la dégradation de l’environnement et 
la  discrimination  à  l’égard  des  femmes.  La  Déclaration  du  Millénaire  a  également  énoncé 
dans  ses  grandes  lignes  un  consensus  sur  la  «  marche  à  suivre  »  qui  met  l’accent  plus 
résolument sur les droits de l’homme, la bonne gouvernance et la démocratie. 

Objectifs du millénaire pour le développement devant être atteints d’ici 2015 : 

–  Réduire l’extrême pauvreté et la faim ; 

–  Assurer l’éducation primaire pour tous ; 

–  Promouvoir l’égalité entre les sexes et l’autonomisation des femmes ; 

–  Réduire la mortalité des moins de cinq ans ; 

–  Améliorer la santé maternelle ; 

–  Lutter contre le VIH/sida, le paludisme et d’autres maladies ; 

–  Assurer un environnement durable ; 

–  Développer un partenariat mondial pour le développement. 

Atteindre les OMD dépendra largement des politiques mises en œuvre par les pays en voie de 
développement,  mais  aussi  de  l’augmentation  des  ressources  allouées  à  la  coopération  au 
développement, de l’amélioration de l’efficacité de l’aide et de la mise en place d’un système 
commercial et financier multilatéral ouvert. 

Lors  de  la  Conférence  internationale  sur  le  financement  du  développement  qui  a  eu  lieu  à 
Monterrey  (Mexique)  en  mars  2002,  les  pays  développés  et  les  pays  en  développement  ont 
commencé  d’allouer  des  ressources  et  de  prévoir  des  interventions  conformément  aux 
engagements du millénaire. C’est ainsi que les réformes politiques et économiques soutenues 
par  les  pays  en  développement  devaient  être  appuyées  par  un  apport  direct  du  monde 
développé  sous  forme  d’aide,  d’échanges  commerciaux,  d’allègement  de  la  dette  et 
d’investissements. 

Les  engagements  de  Barcelone34  qui  définissent  la  contribution  de  l’Union  européenne  au 
consensus  de  Monterrey  engagent  notamment  la  Communauté  et  ses  Etats  membres  à : 
accroître substantiellement leur aide officiel au développement, renforcer la coordination des 
politiques et l’harmonisation des procédures, délier plus avant leur aide, accroître l’aide liée 
au commerce, encourager le règlement de la question des biens publics mondiaux, poursuivre 
l’examen  de  sources  de  financement  novatrices,  favoriser  certaines  reformes  des  systèmes 
financiers internationaux et tendre vers l’établissement d’un niveau soutenable d’endettement, 
dans  le  cadre  de  l’initiative  PPTE.  Ces  engagements  contribuent  donc  à  définir  le  cadre 

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général  de  la  politique  de  développement  communautaire,  ses  objectifs  et  ses  modalités  de 
mise en œuvre. 

The development and consolidation of democracy and the rule of law, and respect for human 
rights and fundamental freedoms constitute key objectives of the European Union’s external 
policies.  Within  the  framework  of  the  present  Regulation  and  its  geographical  scope,  the 
European Community will contribute to the implementation of operations advancing respect 
for  human  rights  and  fundamental  freedoms,  promoting  and  strengthening  democratic 
processes,  including  where  appropriate  through  election  observation  and  assistance,  and 
developing and consolidating the rule of law and good governance. 

Coopération avec les pays industrialisés 

The objectives pursued are essentially based on joint policy statements and instruments (joint 
political  Declarations,  Action  Plans,  Framework  Agreements,  New  Transatlantic  and 
Partnership Agendas…) between the European Union and the partner countries concerned. 

initiatives  with 

Cooperation 
industrialised  non-member  countries,  by  providing  an 
underpinning of concrete activities for the bilateral dialogues, aim to contribute to the creation 
of a more favourable environment for the conduct and development of political, economic and 
trade  relations  between  the  European  Union  and  these  partner  countries,  thus  building 
stronger bilateral links in all relevant areas. This includes the improvement of market access 
and business opportunities for European Union industry on those markets. 

Cooperation  objectives  with  industrialised  countries  relate  more  particularly  to  four  main 
action  fields:  promoting  peace,  security,  democracy  and  development  in  the  world; 
strengthening  bilateral  economic  and  trade  relations  and  contributing  to  the  expansion  of 
world  trade  and  economy;  responding  to  global  and  societal  challenges;  building  bridges 
between people and cultures. 

Multilateral and other cooperation as external aspects of internal policies 

5.1.2 Dispositions prises relevant de l’évaluation ex ante  

The Commission carried out in the second half of 2003 an extensive high-level review of the 
whole range of European Community external instruments, in the context of the preparation 
of  its  proposals  for  the  new  financial  perspectives.  The  Commission  established  the  “Peace 
Group” which was tasked with leading the identification of  the  future priorities for external 
relations and the instruments needed to serve those priorities. This Group functioned at both 
the level of the external relations Commissioners and the services. It met regularly between 
April  and  December  2003  and  developed  the  principles,  which  were  set  out  in  the 
Communication “Building our Common Future, Policy Challenges and Budgetary Means of 
the Enlarged Union 2007-2013”35. The need to align objectives and instruments more closely 
to European Union values and interests was identified as being fundamentally important. 

In particular, the “Peace Group” underlined that the European Union’s values, reflected by its 
democratic tradition, social model and integration experience, include human dignity, the rule 
of  law,  human  rights,  solidarity,  equality  between  the  sexes,  adherence  to  the  multilateral 
system  of  the  United  Nations  and  support,  within  the  multilateral  economic  system,  for 

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regionalism as a force for development and stability. It emphasised that its interests drive the 
European Union to promote stable international growth founded on sustainable development. 
In  this  way  it  guarantees  itself  increasing  outlets  and  quality  jobs  on  competitive,  open  and 
regulated  markets.  Finally,  the  “Peace  Group”  recommended  that  the  European  Union 
promotes its values and interests by operating simultaneously as a continental power, and as a 
global economic and political player. 

As far as external community instruments are concerned, the “Peace Group” recognised that 
the European Union's co-operation and assistance policy is the result of 50 years of successive 
sedimentation, which results in a multiplication of assistance instruments and a fragmentation 
of  aid  management  both  in  terms  of  programming  and  implementation  functions  (even  if 
recent policy and structural reforms have helped to improve coherence and consistency of the 
European Union's co-operation and assistance policy). 

The “Peace Group” put forward that the European Union’s framework for external assistance 
should be rationalised and simplified by a reduction in the number of legal bases, the number 
of budget lines, and the number of programmes. More precisely, it recommended that: 

–  the  complex  structure  of  existing  aid  programs  (EDF,  ALA,  MEDA,  TACIS,  CARDS, 
etc…)  covering  a  wide  range  of  interventions  (peacekeeping  and  post-crisis  operations; 
rehabilitation;  economic  reforms;  projects;  human  rights  programs;  budgetary  support) 
should be significantly streamlined; 

–  European  Community  and  Member  States  policies  and  implementation  should  be 

harmonised. 

Furthermore, the “Peace Group” underlined the following points: 

–  Large geographic programmes based on the principles of ownership and partnership with 
partner countries and regions and thematic programmes allowing for policy initiatives by 
the Community should be maintained; 

–  Strategy  papers,  subject  to  regular  reviews,  are  the  right  tool  to  ensure  overall  policy 
coherence and to respect external policy objectives in the different areas as well as in the 
external aspects of internal policies; 

–  Resources  should  be  allocated  to  partner  countries  according  to  expected  and  measured 
performances  and  strategy  papers  process,  backed  up  by  stronger  analytical  capabilities, 
should confront goals and achievements; 

–  Performance-based allocations do not mean increased conditionality in the traditional sense 
and  the  issue  of  political  conditionality  should  be  approached  cautiously,  on  the  basis  of 
lessons drawn from experience; 

–  Though this is not necessarily a solution in each and every case, such concerns for results, 
namely the political and economic reforms in the partner countries, leads the Commission 
to suggest, where possible, moving further financial and technical assistance from projects 
towards  sector  programmes,  budget  support  and  macro-economic  financial  assistance 
which  facilitate  both  the  absorption  by  the  partner  country  since  its  own  budgetary 
procedures  are  used,  and  donors’  co-ordination  as  well  as  quick  disbursement  subject  to 
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The  current  proposal  also  takes  account  of  the  vast  literature  of  work  on  development,  the 
practice of other international and bi-lateral donors, as well as of the principles and objectives 
of the reform of the management of external assistance launched by the Commission in May 
2000. 

5.1.3 Dispositions prises à la suite de l’évaluation ex post 

While  the  diversity  of  evaluations  undertaken  during  the  last  five  years  to  a  large  extent 
precludes the definition of any single overarching finding, the various sets of results available 
continue to isolate a cluster of key issues. 

These  results  underline  the  fact  that  clearly-defined  and  realistic  objectives,  associated  with 
agreed criteria for success, remain of great importance for the successful implementation of 
external assistance. At the same time, sensitivity to possible changes in the circumstances and 
capacity  of  partner  organisations  will  be  nurtured  through  appropriate  institutional  support, 
policy dialogue and technical assistance. 

Coherent and comprehensive approaches will be formulated, embracing an array of means of 
interventions allowing for flexible planning and rapid delivery in response to any specific in-
country situation. 

Sound  policy  and  methodological  frameworks  following  the  highest  international  standards 
will be translated into clear and realistic targets applying leaner procedures. Implementation 
will take full advantage of the devolution process to ensure optimal management capacity and 
information  systems.  At  the  ex-ante  or  feasibility  stage,  consideration  of  the  full  range  of 
alternative  choices  of  approach  will  be  undertaken,  including  reflection  on  the  most 
appropriate  instruments  and  conditions  for  assistance,  and  favouring  rapid  and  simple 
instruments for administration and operative management. 

First  positive  results  and  the  soundness  of  proposed  improvements  were  evidenced  through 
the latest evaluation reports. 

5.2 

Actions envisagées et modalités de l'intervention budgétaire 

Afrique Sub-saharienne, Caraïbes, Pacifique et Océan Indien (ACP) 

Populations visées 

The  ACP  regroup  78  developing  countries  (76  countries  covered  by  the  EDF  plus  South 
Africa and East Timor) with a total population of 700 million. 42 of these countries are least 
developed countries and close from 50% of the ACP population lives with less than 1 USD 
per day. 

Objectifs spécifiques 

This programme is designated to finance cooperation activities at country, regional and at all 
ACP  levels  aimed  at  reducing  poverty,  promoting  sustainable  development,  addressing  in  a 
balanced  and  integrated  manner  social,  economic  and  environmental  objectives,  and  the 
progressive integration of the ACP countries into the world economy. The programmes will 
be  designed  according  to  the  approach  and  principles  defined  in  the  ACP-EC  Partnership 
Agreement signed in Cotonou in June 2000. They will contribute to the  achievement of the 
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rights  and  fundamental  freedoms,  democracy  based  on  the  rule  of  law  and  transparent  and 
accountable  governance.  The  policy  co-operation  framework  between  the  European  Union 
and South Africa is set out in the Bi-Lateral Trade, Development and Cooperation Agreement 
(TDCA)  which  came  into  full  force  on  1  May  2004  as  well  as  in  the  ACP-EC  Partnership 
Agreement, to which South Africa is a Party as qualified in Protocol N°3. 

Mesures à prendre 

The co-operation programmes shall be tailored to each country’s and region’s circumstances, 
shall  promote  local  ownership  and  the  involvement  of  non  state  actors  in  the  development 
process. 

Interventions will be made in the form of grant subsidy with direct budget support and sector-
specific programme aid as preferred intervention tools, or in the form of risk capital and loans 
managed by the European Investment Bank. 

The priorities will be discussed with each partner government and with each partner regional 
organisation. They will be agreed upon in the form of Country Strategy Papers and Regional 
Strategy Papers that shall be coherent with the national and regional development and poverty 
reduction strategy papers and complementary to other donor interventions, in particular from 
Member states. These strategy papers will be operationalised through National and Regional 
Indicative five-year programmes to be signed by both parties. Those indicative programmes 
will define the focal sectors for Community interventions in line with the Joint Declaration by 
the  Council  and  the  Commission  of  November  2000  on  the  European  Community’s 
Development  Policy,  as  well  as  a  number  of  non  focal  areas  for  co-operation,  taking  into 
account cross-cutting issues. They will include a set of overall and sector-specific objectively 
measurable  performance 
the  Millennium 
Development Goals. The financial envelopes for each indicative programme will be defined 
on  the  basis  of  both  needs  and  performance  indicators  and  may  be  revised  on  the  basis  of 
periodic assessments of performance. 

the  achievement  of 

indicators  related 

to 

Moyen-orient(Est du Jourdain : Irak, Pays du Golfe, Yémen, Iran) 

Populations visées 

The  population  of  the  countries  belonging  to  the  Gulf  Cooperation  Council,  Iran,  Iraq  and 
Yemen is likely to benefit under this Regulation. 

Objectifs spécifiques 

The  major  objectives  for  European  Community  co-operation  with  the  Countries  of  East  of 
Jordan are: 

–  Contribute  to  peace  and  security  in  the  region  and  globally,  through  a  broadening  of 

Community engagement with the region; 

–  Promote  the  sustainable  development  of  the  less  prosperous  countries  of  the  region, 

addressing the root causes of poverty; 

–  Contribute  to  the  protection  of  human  rights  and  to  the  spreading  of  democracy,  good 

governance and the rule of law; 

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–  Support reforms in the region  

–  Support domestic efforts in areas such as fight against organized crime, drugs trafficking, 

terrorism and non proliferation; 

–  Further  strengthen  mutual  trade  and  investment  flows  with  the  region,  and  support  trade 
related assistance with particular attention to the DDA and WTO implementation issues; 

–  Promote regional cooperation. 

Mesures à prendre 

Measures receiving Community support shall include, inter alia: support to reconstruction in 
Iraq in line with Commission's communications, support fight against all forms of trafficking, 
money  laundering,  organized  crime,  terrorism  and  non  proliferation;  supporting  the 
development  of  network  links  to  the  EU,  particularly  for  oil  and  gaz,  support  the 
implementation  of  the  EU-GCC  Free  trade  agreement  (to  be  concluded  in  the  near  term); 
support  to  human  rights  and  democracy  programmes;  support  for  programmes  on 
environmental  protection  and  sustainable  management  of  natural  resources;  support  for 
institutional,  legal  and  administrative  reforms;  support  to  development  of  trade  and 
investment;  measures  to  improve  governance  and  rule  of  law;  support  to  higher  education 
systems; support to policy reforms; support to poverty alleviation programmes in Yemen. 

Amérique Latine 

Populations visées 

The  entire  population  (500  million)  in  Latin  America  is  likely  to  benefit  under  this 
Regulation. 

Objectifs spécifiques 

Community cooperation shall in particular pursue the following specific objectives: 

–  Promoting sustainable development addressing in a balanced and integrated manner social, 
economic  and  environmental  objectives  and  promote  harmonious  and  progressive 
integration and participation in the world economy; 

–  Increasing social cohesion by reducing poverty, exclusion and inequality; 

–  Promoting, democracy, rule of law and respect for human rights; 

–  Favouring  regional  integration  in  Latin  America,  and  support  the  development  of  closer 

relations between Latin American partners and the European Union; 

–  Support  trade  related  assistance  with  particular  attention  to  the  DDA  and  WTO 

implementation issues; 

–  Supporting  rehabilitation,  reconstruction  and  aid  to  uprooted  people,  with  particular 

attention to the transition between emergency and development. 

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Mesures à prendre 

Measures receiving Community support could relate inter alia to local and rural development, 
food  aid,  environmental  protection  and  sustainable  management  of  natural  resources,  trade 
assistance with particular attention for the DDA, fiscal and social policies and social sectors 
such as health and education and private sector. Special attention will be paid to promoting 
the transfer of European Union experience in the social and fiscal fields. Intra regional and bi-
regional  cooperation  in  the  social  and  environmental  fields  will  be  encouraged.  Assistance 
shall be provided to strengthening the institutional and legislative framework in particular to 
underpin  democratic  institutions,  public  administration,  justice  administration,  and  also  to 
deal with threats to security such terrorism and organized crime. Measures could concern the 
management  of  asylum  and  migration  flows.  Assistance  shall  be  provided  to  regional 
integration  processes  in  Latin  America,  including,  trade,  institutional,  customs  and  other 
aspects of regional  integration.  Closer relations between societies from both regions  will be 
promoted through decentralised programmes. 

Community  cooperation  shall  also  support  sectors  included  in  agreements  with  partner 
countries 

Asie 

Populations visées 

The  entire  populations  of  developing  countries  in  Asia  are  likely  to  benefit  under  this 
Regulation. 

Objectifs spécifiques 

The European Commission co-operation with Asia is based on Commission Communication: 
“Europe and Asia: a strategic framework for enhanced partnership”36. 

This Communication defines 6 major objectives for European Community co-operation with 
Asia, namely to: 

–  Contribute  to  peace  and  security  in  the  region  and  globally,  through  a  broadening  of 

Community engagement with the region; 

–  Further  strengthen  mutual  trade  and  investment  flows  with  the  region,  and  support  trade 
related assistance with particular attention to the DDA and WTO implementation issues; 

–  Promote  the  sustainable  development  of  the  less  prosperous  countries  of  the  region, 

addressing the root causes of poverty; 

–  Contribute  to  the  protection  of  human  rights  and  to  the  spreading  of  democracy,  good 

governance and the rule of law; 

–  Build  global  partnerships  and  alliances  with  Asian  countries,  in  appropriate  international 
fora, to help address both the challenges and the opportunities offered by globalisation and 
to strengthen joint efforts on global environmental and security issues; 

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–  Help strengthen mutual awareness and exchanges. 

This  global,  Asia-wide  strategy  has  been  complemented  by  subsequent  strategies  at  sub-
regional and country level, notably for South East Asia37, China38 and India39. 

Supporting rehabilitation, reconstruction and aid to uprooted people, with particular attention 
to  the  transition  between  emergency  and  development,  constitutes  another  objective  of 
assistance to Asia. 

Mesures à prendre 

Measures  receiving  Community  support  shall  include,  inter  alia:  social  services  (health, 
education),  whenever  possible  through  sector-wide  approaches,  contributing  to  improving 
social  cohesion;  institution  building  measures  notably  in  the  areas  of  trade  related  technical 
assistance,  with  particular  attention  for  the  DDA,  and  the  judiciary;  measures  in  support  of 
economic cooperation with an efficient private sector able to operate according to the global 
trade  rules  and  the  principles  of  a  market  economy;  measures  supporting  environmental 
protection, sustainable management of natural resources, rural development and food security; 
measures  to  promote  good  governance,  the  rule  of  law  and  respect  for  human  rights  and 
democratisation;  management  of  asylum  and  migration  flows;  measures  addressing  security 
issues, such as the fight against trafficking, crime, and terrorism; measures contributing to the 
development  of  media  and  communication  sectors;  statistical  cooperation;  measures 
supporting  regional  integration;  support  to  cultural  cooperation  and  higher  education 
exchanges;  measures  to  improve  mutual  awareness  and  visibility,  measures  aimed  at 
supporting and assisting uprooted people. 

Community  cooperation  shall  also  support  sectors  included  in  agreements  with  partner 
countries. 

Asie Centrale 

Populations visées 

The entire population of Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Uzbekistan, Tajikistan and Turkmenistan is 
likely to benefit under this Regulation. 

Objectifs spécifiques 

The  major  objectives  for  European  Community  co-operation  with  the  Countries  of  Central 
Asia are: 

–  Contribute  to  peace  and  security  in  the  region  and  globally,  through  a  broadening  of 

Community engagement with the region; 

37 

38 

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Communication de la Commission « Un nouveau partenariat avec l'Asie du Sud-Est » (COM(2003) 399 
du 9 juillet 2003). 
Document d’orientation de la Commission à transmettre au Conseil et au Parlement européen « Intérêts 
communs et défis de la relation UE-Chine - vers un partenariat mature (mise à jour des communications 
de la Commission européenne de 1998 et 2001 consacrées aux relations UE-Chine) » (COM(2003) 533 
du 25 septembre 2003). 
Communication de la Commission « Un partenariat stratégique EU-Inde » (COM(2004) 430 du 16 juin 
2004). 

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–  Promote  the  sustainable  development  of  the  less  prosperous  countries  of  the  region, 

addressing the root causes of poverty; 

–  Contribute  to  the  protection  of  human  rights  and  to  the  spreading  of  democracy,  good 

governance and the rule of law; 

–  Promote regional cooperation in areas such as protection of the environment, management 

of natural resources; fight against organized crime, drugs trafficking and terrorism; 

–  Further  strengthen  mutual  trade  and  investment  flows  with  the  region,  and  support  trade 
related assistance with particular attention to the DDA and WTO implementation issues. 

Mesures à prendre 

Measures  receiving  Community  support  shall  include,  inter  alia:  support  to  border 
management,  fight  against  all  forms  of  trafficking,  money  laundering  and  organized  crime; 
supporting  the  development  of  network  links  to  the  EU,  particularly  for  oil  and  gaz,  and  to 
pan-European  transport  corridors;  supporting  programmes  on  environmental  protection  and 
sustainable  management  of  natural  resources;  support  for 
legal  and 
administrative reforms; support to development of trade and investment; measures to improve 
governance and rule of law; support to higher education systems; support to policy reforms in 
public finances, agriculture and social protection; support to poverty alleviation programmes. 

institutional, 

Initiatives  globales  et  horizontales  pour  le  développement  et  les  aspects  externes  des 
politiques internes 

Populations visées 

The  target  populations  vary  according  to  the  type  of  thematic  programme.  Some  foresee  a 
global outreach, eg protection of the global environment, others are specifically targeted at the 
most  vulnerable  segments  of  populations  in  developing  countries,  e.g.  women  and  children, 
the  rural  poor,  ill  people,  etc.  Objectives  and  actions  related  to  innovative  approaches  and 
promotion of the non-state actor dimension are targeted at NGOs, decentralised government 
structures in recipient countries, the private sector, trade unions, universities, foundations and 
research institutes as well as the populations, which ultimately benefit from their initiatives. 
The European Union population is a target for awareness-raising on development cooperation. 

Objectifs spécifiques 

Global  and  horizontal  initiatives  (so-called  thematic  programmes)  contribute  to  the 
overarching  objectives  of  poverty  reduction  (Millennium  Development  Goals),  sustainable 
development  and  the  integration  of  developing  countries  into  the  world  economy.  They  are 
complementary to geographical programmes and pursue the following specific objectives: 

–  To  promote  the  provision  of  global  public  goods  through  global,  horizontal  and  targeted 
actions  in  support  of  sustainable  development,  which  cover  actions  in  fields  such  as 
environment, forests, knowledge and research, social development and other sectors; 

–  To  promote  multilateralism  and  global  partnerships  through  the  support  to  global 
initiatives  (e.g.  Hihgly  Indebted  Poor  Countries  initiative,  Global  Fund  for  AIDS, 
Tuberculosis and Malaria, Education Fast Track Initiative and Multilateral Environmental 
the  negotiation  of  new  environmental  agreements)  and  Multilateral 
Agreements, 

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Agreements to which the Community is a Party. This will include financing of activities of 
multi-regional  character  implemented  by  international  organisations  such  as  the  UN  and 
international NGOs; 

–  To  facilitate  the  mainstreaming  of  cross-cutting  issues  such  as  human  rights,  gender 
equality,  trade,  the  environmental  dimension  in  country  and  regional  strategies  and 
programmes; 

–  To support pilot and innovative approaches, the creation and exchange of knowledge and 
best practice and lessons-sharing between different actors, where the added value of such 
initiatives  is  clearly  demonstrated  and  where  it  does  not  lead  to  a  proliferation  of  tiny 
single-issue lines; 

–  To enhance participation and ownership of non-state actors by promoting actions that are 

actor-driven or actor-oriented; 

–  To initiate a process of change (e.g. awareness raising, institutional capacity-building) on 
sensitive  issues  that  may  not  be  tackled  in  the  short-term  through  the  geographical 
programmes because agreement cannot be reached with partner governments; 

–  To provide a flexible response to crisis and post-crisis situations in the transition towards 
development,  including,  but  not  restricted  to,  addressing  food  security  measures  and 
responses  to  trade  shocks,  in  particular  when  this  cannot  be  effectively  supported  under 
national indicative programmes; 

–  To  initiate  and/or  maintain  an  anchor  with  countries  where  no  agreed  co-operation 

programme is in place (the so-called difficult partnerships); 

–  To raise awareness on development in the EU. 

Mesures à prendre 

Thematic strategies will be established for periods up to seven years. The strategic documents 
will set out the European Union’s vision and priorities of its assistance within each priority 
theme and initiative. These multiannual programming documents will include: i) an analysis 
of the added value of Community aid compared with geographical instruments; ii) a situation 
analysis  at  international  level  and  European  Union  level,  including  European  Union 
commitments with regard to the specific global/horizontal issue, the position of the Council 
and  the  European  Parliament;  iii)  the  work  priorities  identified  by  the  Commission,  the 
operations  financed  previously  and  the  lessons  learned  from  them,  including  outcomes  of 
evaluations;  iv)  the  response  strategy,  including  a  detailed  description  of  the  theme,  the 
geographical  priorities  if  a  geographical  breakdown  is  envisaged,  the  measures  taken 
(interventions);  v)  the  multiannual  programme,  including  annual  amounts  and  forecasts,  an 
indication of the type of interventions and the partners involved in their implementation, the 
instruments  to  be  used  for  the  selection  of  interventions  and  distribution  of  funds.  Annual 
Work  Programmes  will  be  drawn  up  based  on  the  multiannual  thematic  programming 
documents. 

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Démocratie et Droit de l’Homme 

As set out in the thematic strategy, measures receiving Community support in pursuit of the 
present Regulation’s objectives in the field of promoting democratisation and the rule of law, 
and respect for human rights and fundamental freedoms shall include: 

–  pertinent  global,  regional  and  country  projects  and  programmes  of  local  and  EU  non-

governmental and civil society based organisations; 

–  cooperation  with  international  organisations  in  the  field  of  democratisation  and  human 

rights. 

Migration management 

In complementarity with geographical programmes, a thematic strategy may be set up in the 
field of asylum and migration covering the following types of actions : 

–  the development of third country’s legislation in the field of legal immigration  

–  the development of legal migration;  

–  the development of legislation and national practices as regards international protection;  

–  the establishment in the third countries concerned of an effective and preventive policy in 
the fight against illegal migration, including the fight against trafficking in human beings 
and smuggling of migrants, and the development of relevant legislation;  

–  the readmission, in full respect of the law, and durable reintegration, into the third country 
concerned of persons who have illegally entered or remained on the territory of Member 
States or of persons who have unsuccessfully applied for asylum in the European Union or 
benefited from international protection there. 

Coopération avec les pays industrialisés 

Populations visées 

Pays de l’OCDE et non membres de l’Union européenne. 

Objectifs spécifiques 

Specific objectives of the programme are: 

–  to  promote  a  better  understanding  and  a  more  widespread  knowledge  of  the  European 
Union  in  order  to  reinforce  the  influence  of  the  European  Union  in  bilateral  and 
multilateral relations with the partner countries concerned as well as increase the visibility 
of the European Union there; 

–  to  enhance  people-to-people  exchanges  and  promote  sectoral  dialogues  and  collaborative 
projects between the European Union and the partner countries to help the European Union 
and the partner countries developing further their bilateral relations; 

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–  to promote investment and commercial relations between the European Union and partner 

countries. 

Mesures à prendre 

Measures receiving community support shall include projects targeting inter alia universities 
and other educational institutions, foundations, think tanks, research institutes, social partners, 
business  and  sectoral  organisations  and  NGO’s  in  the  partner  countries  and  in  the  EU  and 
aiming notably at: 

–  enhancing  people-to-people  and  academic  exchanges  -  in  particular  student  and  faculty 
mobility  and  joint  curriculum  development  -  as  well  as  dialogues  between  political, 
environmental,  economic  and  business  organisations,  social  partners,  NGOs  and  civil 
society actors of the EU and the partner countries; 

–  developing joint cooperation projects in fields of common  interest  to the EU and partner 
countries such as the environment, energy and transport, customs, science and technology; 

–  stimulating  EU-related  curricular  development  in  partner  countries,  research  work  and 
studies  destined  to  provide  input  for  the  European  Union  and  the  partner  countries,  and 
EU-focused information activities in the partner countries; 

–  developing  policy  advice  and  public  diplomacy  initiatives  to  explain  European  union 
institutions,  policies  and  positions  and  influence  the  way  stakeholders  groups  and  the 
general  public  in  partner  countries  understand  and  react  to  European  union  policies,  and 
affect the policies of their respective governments. 

Community  measures  shall  also  include  measures  aiming  at  enhancing  the  European  union 
business  presence  on  the  market  of  partner  countries,  including  through  export  and 
commercial promotion; improving market access conditions and the regulatory framework for 
EU  products  and  services  in  partner  countries;  facilitating  bilateral  investment  flows  with 
partner  countries  and  contributing  to  making  more  influential  the  EU  business  presence  in 
partner countries. 

5.3 

Modalités de mise en œuvre 

Programmes  may  be  implemented  under  direct  centralised  management  by  the  Commission 
from Headquarters and/or thought the devolved Commission Delegations using both statutory 
and temporary staff. They may also be implemented under decentralised management by the 
beneficiary  country  and  under  joint  management  with  international  organisations.  The 
Regulation  also  leaves  open  the  possibility  for  programme  implementation  under  indirect 
centralised management arrangements by national public sector bodies or bodies governed by 
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6. 

6.1 

INCIDENCE FINANCIÈRE  

Incidence  financière  totale  sur  la  partie  B  (pour  toute  la  période  de 
programmation) (prix courant) 

6.1.1 

Intervention financière 

Crédits d'engagement en millions d'euros (à la 3e décimale) 

2007 

2008 

2009 

2010 

2011 

2012 

2013 

Total 

0 

3.105 

3.440 

3.814 

3.991 

4.089 

4.190 

22.629 

2.364 

2.665 

2.729 

2.807 

2.926 

3.083 

3.256 

19.830 

Ventilation 

Programme 
géographique  Afrique 
Sub-saharienne, 
Caraïbes,  Pacifique  et 
Océan Indien 

Programmes 
géographiques 
(autres),  programmes 
et 
thématiques 
programme  pour 
la 
coopération  avec  les 
pays industrialisés 

TOTAL 

2.364 

5.770 

6.169 

6.621 

6.917 

7.172 

7.446 

42.459 

6.1.2 

Assistance  technique  et  administrative  (ATA),  dépenses  d'appui  (DDA)  et  dépenses 
TI (crédits d’engagement) 

2007 

2008 

2009 

2010 

2011 

2012 

2013 

Total 

0 

129 

143 

159 

166 

170 

176 

943 

98 

112 

114 

117 

123 

129 

134 

827 

Ventilation 

Programme 
géographique  Afrique 
Sub-saharienne, 
Caraïbes,  Pacifique  et 
Océan 
– 
Dépenses  de  gestion 
administrative 

Indien 

Programmes 
géographiques 
(autres),  programmes 
et 
thématiques 
programme  pour 
la 
coopération  avec  les 
pays 
industrialisés  – 
Dépenses  de  gestion 
administrative 

TOTAL 

98 

241 

257 

276 

289 

299 

310 

1.770 

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7. 

IMPACT ON STAFF AND ADMINISTRATIVE EXPENDITURE  

Description of tasks deriving from the 
action 

7.1. 

Impact on human resources 

Types of post 

Staff to be assigned to management of the 
action using existing and/or additional 
resources 

Number of 
permanent posts 

Number of 
temporary posts 

Officials 
temporary staff 

or 

HQ: 593 

Del: 475 

HQ: 

END: 

AUX: 

INT: 

Ex BA-lines : 

ATA: 

Delegations: 

Ex BA-lines: 

ALAT/AL: 

Ind. Expert: 

Other human resources 

Total 

Total 

1068 

21 

71 

2 

107 

1282 

120 

2671 

7.2. 

Overall financial impact of human resources (prix 2004) 

Type of human resources 

Amount (€) 

Method of calculation *  

Officials+Temporary staff 

HQ 

Delegation 

HQ: 

END 

AUX 

INT 

Ex BA-lines: 

ATA 

Delegations: 

Ex BA-lines: 

ALAT/AL 

Individ. Experts: 

64 044 000 

92 225 050 

593 x 108 000€ 

475 x 194.158€ 

  935 424 

4 029 960 

  126 192 

21 x 44 544€ 

71 x 56 760€ 

2 x 63 096€ 

6 168 122 

107 x 57 646€ 

98 060 180 

22 200 000 

Total  287 788 928 

1282 x 76490€ 

120 x 185 000€ 

Les montants correspondent aux dépenses totales pour 12 mois. 

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7.3 

Autres dépenses de fonctionnement découlant de l’action (prix 2004) 

Ligne budgétaire   
(n° et intitulé) 

Enveloppe globale (Titre A7) 
A0701 – Missions 
A07030 – Réunions 
A07031 – Comités obligatoires (1) 
A07032 – Comités non obligatoires (1) 
A07040 – Conférences 
A0705 – Études et consultations 
  Autres dépenses (indiquer lesquelles) 

Systèmes d’information (A-5001/A-4300) 

Montants en euros 

Mode de calcul 

2.154 missions x 2.200 € par mission 
100 réunions x 1.000 € par réunion 
30 réunions x 25.000 € par réunion  

4.738.800 
100.000 
750.000 
0 
400.000 
200.000 
0 
400.000 

Autres dépenses - partie A (indiquer lesquelles) 

0 

Total  6.588.800 € 

Les montants correspondent aux dépenses totales de l’action pour 12 mois. 

(1) Préciser le type de comité ainsi que le groupe auquel il appartient. 

(prix 2004) 

I. 
II. 
III. 

Total annuel (7.2 + 7.3) 
Durée de l’action 
Coût total de l’action (I x II) 

294.377.728 euros 
7 années 
2.060.644.096 euros 

"Les  besoins  en  ressources  humaines  et  administratives  seront  couverts  à  l’intérieure  de  la 
dotation allouée à la DG gestionnaire dans le cadre de la procédure d’allocation annuelle". 

"L'allocation  de  postes  dépendra  d'une  part  de  l'organisation  interne  de  la  prochaine 
Commission  et  d'autre  part  d'une  éventuelle  réallocation  de  postes  entre  services  suite  aux 
nouvelles perspectives financières". 

8. 

SUIVI ET ÉVALUATION 

8.1 

Système de suivi 

The  Commission  will  monitor  progress  of  its  external  co-operation  on  all  levels,  input  (in 
particular financial flows (commitments, contracts and payments), activities / outputs (project 
and  programme  execution,  internal  monitoring  carried  out  on  the  spot  by  Commission 
Delegations), progress / outcome (external Results-Oriented Monitoring - ROM40) and impact 
(Millennium Development Goals are jointly monitored with partners). 

40 

The results-oriented monitoring system (ROM) allows a rapid appreciation of a project or programme’s 
performance, as well as of its wider implications and provides the Commission with independent advice 
on its project portfolio. The system was initially developed and tested in 2000/2001 before expansion 
during 2002 to all regions of the Commission’s external co-operation. Having one consistent approach 
ensures that the Commission has comparable data for all regions where it provides external assistance. 

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All countries and regional pluriannual indicative program will include the specific objectives 
and  expected  results  for  each  area  of  co-operation,  and  a  limited  number  of  key  outcome 
indicators  in  regard  to  economic  and  poverty  situation.  These  indicators  must  relate  to 
developments that are measurable in the short/medium term. If there is a Poverty Reduction 
Strategy Paper process under way, the indicators must correspond to those developed in that 
framework. 

The programming of long-term external aid for partner countries and regions is carried out in 
the  framework  of  the  preparation  of  country  and  regional  strategy  papers  (up  to  7-years).. 
These country strategies also include a work plan or national / regional indicative programme 
jointly agreed between the Community and partner country/region concerned. 

Under  the  principle  of  rolling  programming,  a  review  process  is  foreseen  including  annual 
operational  reviews,  mid-term  reviews,  and  ad-hoc  reviews  where  necessary.  These  review 
mechanism  provides  the  flexibility  required  to  ensure  that  operations  are  kept  constantly  in 
line with changes occurring in the economic situation, priorities and objectives of the partner 
country/region. 

Reviews take a special interest on progress achieved in terms of financial execution of aid, as 
well as in terms of results achieved and evolution of the context in term of poverty reduction, 
economic performance and supported sectors. Updated intervention frameworks and indicator 
tables on focal sectors are annexed to review documents in order to facilitate the assessment at 
the time of the review. In particular, mid-term reviews may lead to a change of strategy, as 
well  as  a  change  in  the  country/region  allocation  in  the  light  of  the  current  needs  and 
performance. 

Les documents de stratégie thématique incluront une liste d’indicateurs permettant de suivre, 
dans la mesure des informations disponibles, l’évolution globale de la situation concernée par 
le thème. 

Les  programmes  d’actions  annuels  incluront  une  information  sur  le  type  d’indicateurs  de 
performances  appropriés qui  devront être suivi  dans la mise en  œuvre des actions financées 
par la Commission. 

8.2 

Modalités et périodicité de l’évaluation prévue 

In  application  of  current  rules  and  in  view  of  the  vast  scope  of  the  activities  foreseen,  an 
evaluation  system  covering  the  different  levels  of  intervention  and  types  of  instruments  has 
been set up. 

Notably,  the  financial  regulation,  as  well  as  the  internal  control  standards,  calls  for  regular 
evaluation of all (sizable) activities. This is translated into the evaluation of single operations 
(e.g.  development  projects),  of  programmes  (e.g.  country  strategies)  and  policy  sectors  or 
themes  (e.g.  transport  or  gender  issues).  Evaluations  of  are  also  necessary  and  ongoing  of 
wider legal obligations such as the 3 Cs (Coherence, Complementarity, Coordination). 

In  practical  terms,  above  mentioned  obligations  would  amount  to  a  yearly  evaluation 
programme  covering  roughly  the  following:  30  country  strategy  evaluations  (approximately 
120 sizeable Country Strategy Papers covered over a 4 year cycle) , 4 evaluations of regional 

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and sub regional strategies; 4 evaluations of themes and sectors and 4 joint evaluations. It is 
also estimated that about 300 projects and other operations have to be evaluated each year.41 

These  works  will  be  complemented  by  relevant  works  on  databases,  meta-analyses, 
methodology and training. 

9. 

MESURES ANTIFRAUDE 

La protection des intérêts financiers de la Communauté et la lutte contre les fraudes et autres 
irrégularités font partie intégrant du présent règlement. 

Le suivi administratif des marchés et des paiements relève de la compétence des délégations 
de la CE dans les pays bénéficiaires. 

Chacune  des  actions  financées  dans  le  cadre  du  présent  règlement  est  supervisée  par  les 
délégations à tous les stades du cycle de projet. Cette supervision tient compte des obligations 
contractuelles ainsi que des principes d'analyse coût-efficacité et de saine gestion financière. 

Tout accord ou contrat conclu en vertu du présent règlement prévoit expressément un suivi de 
la dépense autorisée dans le cadre des projets/programmes et de la mise en œuvre des activités 
ainsi  que  le  contrôle  financier  de  la  Commission,  notamment  de  l'Office  européen  de  lutte 
antifraude  (OLAF),  ainsi  que  des  audits  de  la  Cour  des  comptes,  effectués  sur  place  si 
nécessaire.  Il  doit  autoriser  la  Commission  à  procéder  aux  vérifications  et  inspections  sur 
place  visées  par  le  règlement (Euratom, CE)  no  2185/96  du  11  novembre  1996  relatif  aux 
contrôles et vérifications sur place effectués par la Commission pour la protection des intérêts 
financiers des Communautés européennes contre les fraudes et autres irrégularités. 

La  nature  des  dépenses  (éligibilité),  le  respect  des  budgets  (dépenses  effectives),  la 
vérification  des  justificatifs  et  des  documents  (preuves  des  dépenses)  font  l'objet  d'une 
attention particulière. 

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Le  programme  d’évaluation  indiqué  ici  couvre  l’ensemble  des  activités  de  coopération  relevant  des 
quatre  instruments  d’aide  extérieures :  « instrument  de  pré-adhésion »,  « instrument  européen  de 
voisinage  et  de  partenariat »,  « instrument  de  stabilité »  et  « instrument  de  financement  de  la 
coopération  au  développement  et  de  la  coopération  économique ».  Les  ressources  humaines  et  les 
ressources  financières  nécessaires  à  la  réalisation  du  programme  d’évaluation  sont  estimées 
respectivement à 72 homme/an (57 AD et 15 AST) et à 24,6 millions d’€ par an. 

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