2005/460/: Decision No 4/2005 of the ACP-EC Council of Ministers of 13 April 2005 on the use of the reserve of the long-term development envelope of the ninth European Development Fund
Date: 2005-04-13
Institutions: ACP Council of Ministers
Subjects: ACP-EU Joint Assembly, European Development Fund, budgetary reserve (EU), development aid

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COUNCIL

DECISION No 4/2005 OF THE ACP-EC COUNCIL OF MINISTERS

of 13 April 2005

on the use of

the reserve of

the long-term development envelope of

the ninth European

Development Fund

(2005/460/EC)

THE ACP-EC COUNCIL OF MINISTERS,

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

(5)

(6)

Whereas:

To ensure methodological support and capacity building
in the field of migration and regional cooperation,
focusing on south-south migration,
it is appropriate to
allocate supplementary resources to this effect.

To ensure closer cooperation with those UN organi-
sations whose mandate and capacities match ACP-EC
development policy priorities, in particular in the areas
and to
of governance
improve the impact of intra-ACP activities, it is appro-
priate to allocate supplementary resources to this effect,

and post-conflict

situations,

(1)

(2)

(3)

(4)

Funds for the Joint Parliamentary Assembly under the
long-term
ninth European Development Fund (EDF)
development envelope and for regional cooperation and
integration are exhausted.

HAS DECIDED AS FOLLOWS:

To ensure continued implementation for the purposes
the ACP-EC Partnership
referred to in Article 17 of
Agreement (Joint Parliamentary Assembly),
it is appro-
priate to allocate supplementary resources to this effect.

To ensure contributions to efforts of capacity building in
environmental management
and implementation of
multilateral environmental agreements, the establishment
of an ACP-EU Action Plan for forest law enforcement,
governance and trade (FLEGT), and the strengthening of
in the African, Caribbean and
fisheries management
is appropriate to allocate
Pacific (ACP) countries,
supplementary resources to this effect.

it

To ensure support for producers in the most commodity-
dependent ACP countries,
to improve competitiveness
and reduce vulnerability, and to promote information
and communication technologies in the ACP countries,
it is appropriate to allocate supplementary resources to
this effect.

Article 1

Joint Parliamentary Assembly

An amount of EUR 2 million shall be transferred from the
reserve of the long-term development envelope of the ninth
EDF to the Joint Parliamentary Assembly allocation under the
long-term development envelope,
in accordance with the
purposes stated in Article 17 and Protocol 1 to the ACP-EC
Partnership Agreement.

Article 2

Intra-ACP cooperation under the regional cooperation
envelope

An amount of EUR 170 million shall be transferred from the
reserve of the long-term development envelope of the ninth
EDF to the allocation for intra-ACP cooperation under the
regional cooperation and integration envelope,
in accordance
with the purposes stated in Articles 28, 29 and 30 of the
ACP-EC Partnership Agreement. This amount may be used for
the following purposes:

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(a) natural resources (EUR 60 million), for actions in the field
of environment and natural resources (including fisheries,
scientific and technical assessment, control and surveillance);

conflict situations, and new needs to improve the impact
of intra-ACP activities.

(b) private sector support and information and communication
to support
technologies
producers
commodity-dependent ACP
countries and to promote information and communication
technologies in the ACP countries;

(EUR 65 million),
the most

for actions

in

(c) methodological

support
inter alia,

and capacity building (EU-25
the setting-up of an intra-ACP

million),
migration capacity building facility;

for,

(d) strategic partnership with the UN and support

for the
(EUR 20
implementation of
million),
for the strengthening of cooperation with UN
organisations closest to ACP-EC development policy prio-
in particular in the areas of governance and post-
rities,

programmes

intra-ACP

Article 3

Entry into force

The Chief Authorising Officer of the EDF is requested to take
the measures necessary to give effect to this Decision, which
shall enter into force on the day of its adoption.

Done at Brussels, 13 April 2005.

The Chairman of the ACP-EC Committee of
Ambassadors by delegation, for the ACP-EC
Council of Ministers

F. J. WAHNON FERREIRA