Proposal for a Council Decision amending Council Decision 2001/822/EC on the association of the overseas countries and territories with the European Community
Date: 2007-01-19
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: EU financing arrangements, European Development Fund, Stabex, economic development, interest rate subsidy, investment aid, overseas countries and territories

COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES 

Brussels, 19.1.2007 
COM(2007) 11 final 

Proposal for a 

COUNCIL DECISION 

amending Council Decision 2001/822/EC on the association of the overseas countries and 
territories with the European Community 

(presented by the Commission) 

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Proposal for a 

COUNCIL DECISION 

amending Council Decision 2001/822/EC on the association of the overseas countries and 
territories with the European Community 

THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN UNION, 

Having  regard  to  the  Treaty  establishing  the  European  Community  and  in  particular  Article 
187 thereof, 

Having regard to the proposal from the Commission1, 

Whereas: 

(1) 

(2) 

(3) 

Council  Decision  2001/822/EC  of  27  November  2001  on  the  association  of  the 
Overseas  Countries  and  Territories  with  the  Community2  (hereinafter  referred  to  as 
‘the  Overseas  Association  Decision’)  establishes  the  legal  framework  for  promoting 
the  economic  and  social  development  of  the  Overseas  Countries  and  Territories 
(hereinafter  referred  to  as  ‘OCTs’)  and  for  enhancing  economic  relations  between 
them  and  the  Community.  The  Overseas  Association  Decision  is  applicable  until  31 
December  2011.  In  order  to  coincide  with  the  duration  of  the  10th  European 
Development  Fund  (2008-2013)  (hereinafter  referred  to  as  ‘10th  EDF’)  and  the 
Multiannual  Financial  Framework  2007-2013,  it  should  be  extended  until  31 
December 2013. 

Annex II A of the Overseas Association Decision lays down the financial allocations 
for  the  period  2000  to  2007.  In  the  light  of  the  newly  established  10th  EDF,  the 
amount for the period 2008 to 2013 should be allocated. 

Provisions should be made for rules governing the transition from the 9th EDF to the 
10th  EDF  as  far  as  the  OCTs  are  concerned.  Those  rules  should  be  established  in 
accordance with the general rules on the commitment of funds of the 9th EDF and of 
previous EDFs after 31 December 2007 set out in Article 1 of Decision 2005/446/EC 
of the Representatives of the Governments of  the Member States meeting within the 
Council of 30 May 2005 setting the deadline for the commitment of the funds of the 
9th  European  Development  Fund  (EDF)3  and  in  Article  1(3)  and  (4)  of  the  Internal 
Agreement establishing the 10th EDF4.  

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OJ L 314, 30.11.2001, p. 1. 
OJ L 156, 18.6.2005, p. 19. 
OJ L 247, 9.9.2006, p. 32. 

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(5) 

(6) 

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(8) 

(9) 

The  Internal  Agreement  establishing  the  10th  EDF  lays  down  an  overall  amount  of 
EUR  286  million  to  be  allocated  to  the  OCTs.  The  apportionment  of  that  amount  of 
between the different instruments for development finance cooperation related to the 
EDF,  on  the  one  hand,  and  the  criteria  and  elements  for  determining  the  beneficiary 
OCTs’ initial indicative allocations, on the other hand, should be laid down.  

Regarding  the  apportionment  between  the  different  instruments  for  development 
finance  cooperation  related  to  the  EDF,  coordination  should  be  ensured  in  particular 
between support to regional cooperation and integration and support at territorial level, 
to  enhance  the  resilience  of  the  OCTs  towards  the  challenges  that  they  are  facing 
regardless of their GNP per capita or other elements used to determine the territorial 
allocations.  

The  financial  assistance  to  the  OCTs  should  be  allocated  on  the  basis  of  standard, 
objective and transparent criteria. Such criteria should include in particular the level of 
GNP of an OCT, the size of its population and continuity compared to previous EDFs. 
Special treatment should be reserved for ‘least developed OCTs’ referred to in Annex I 
B  of  the  Overseas  Association  Decision,  as  well  as  for  OCTs  which,  due  to 
geographical  isolation  or  other  constraints,  have  more  difficulties  in  engaging  in 
regional cooperation and integration. 

Special  attention  should  be  paid  to  strengthening  the  institutional  capacities  of  the 
OCTs and to good governance, including in the financial, tax and judicial areas. 

Special  attention  should  also  be  paid  to  strengthening  cooperation  between  OCTs, 
ACP States and the most remote regions referred to in Article 299(2) of the Treaty or 
other actors in the respective regions in which OCTs are situated. 

The terms and conditions of financing in relation to the operations of the Investment 
Facility  referred  to  in  Annex  II  C  of  the  Overseas  Association  Decision  should  be 
brought  into  line  with  the  revision  of  the  corresponding  Articles  in  Annex  II  of  the 
Partnership  Agreement  between  the  members  of  the  African,  Caribbean  and  Pacific 
Group of States, of the one part, and the European Community and its Member States 
of the other part, signed in Cotonou on 23 June 20005, as revised in Luxembourg on 25 
June 20056 (hereinafter referred to as ‘the ACP-EC Partnership Agreement’). 

(10) 

It is crucial to ensure continuity as regards the eligibility of OCTs for funding from the 
general  thematic  budget  lines  of  the  General  Budget  of  the  European  Communities, 
outside the EDF. The thematic regulations referred to in Annex II E of the Overseas 
Association  Decision  will  expire  or  be  replaced  by  [Regulation  (EC)  No  [.]  of  the 
European Parliament and of the Council of [.] establishing a financing instrument for 
development cooperation] by 1 January 2007. Annex II E should therefore be amended 
in  order  to  replace  references  to  those  thematic  Regulations  with  a  reference  to  the 
new financing instrument. In order to ensure continuity, such amendment should apply 
as from 1 January 2007.  

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OJ L 317, 15.12.2000, p. 3. Agreement as last amended by Decision No 1/2006 of the ACP-EC Council 
of Ministers (OJ L 247, 9.9.2006, p. 22). 
OJ L 209, 11.8.2005, p. 26. 

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(11)  Taking into account the special relation between the OCTs and the Member States to 
which  they  are  linked,  the  possible  participation  of  OCTs  in  horizontal  Community 
programmes should be generalised so that the OCTs are allowed to participate in the 
programmes that are open to the Member Sates to which the OCTs are linked, subject 
to the rules and objectives of the programmes and the arrangements applicable to the 
Member  States  to  which  the  OCTs  are  linked.  In  order  to  allow  participation  of  the 
OCTs since the beginning of the new programming period, this amendment should be 
introduced as from 1 January 2007. 

(12)  The current technical amendments are without prejudice to subsequent revision of the 

Overseas Association Decision, in particular pursuant to Article 62 thereof, 

HAS DECIDED AS FOLLOWS: 

Article 1 

Council Decision 2001/822/EC is hereby amended as follows: 

(1) 

In Article 23, the last paragraph is replaced by the following: 

“The financial and accounting procedures applicable to development finance cooperation for 
the  OCTs  by  virtue  of  the  9th  EDF  shall  be  those  laid  down  in  the  9th  EDF  Financial 
Regulation.  The  financial  and  accounting  procedures  applicable  to  development  finance 
cooperation for the OCTs by virtue of the 10th EDF shall be those laid down in the 10th EDF 
Financial Regulation.” 

(2) 

In Article 24, the following paragraph is added: 

“9.  For  the  implementation  of  the  10th  EDF,  the  respective  provisions  of  the  Internal 
Agreement establishing the 10th EDF shall be applicable.” 

(3) 

In Article 25(1), “the period from 2000 to 2007” is replaced by “the periods from 2000 
to 2007 and from 2008 to 2013”.  

(4) 

Article 31 is replaced by the following: 

“Article 31 

Technical assistance 

1. On the initiative of or on behalf of the Commission, studies or technical assistance 
measures may be financed in order to ensure the preparation, monitoring, evaluation 
and supervision necessary for implementing this Decision and the overall evaluation 
of this Decision referred to in Article 1(1)(c) of Annex II A.  

Such studies or technical assistance measures shall be financed by the overall grant 
allocation. 

2.  On  the  initiative  of  the  OCT,  studies  or  technical  assistance  measures  may  be 
financed  in  relation  to  the  implementation  of  the  activities  contained  in  the  SPD, 
subject to the Commission's opinion. 

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In the framework of the 9th EDF, such studies or technical assistance measures shall 
be financed from the allocation of the OCT concerned. In the framework of the 10th 
EDF, they shall be financed by the overall grant allocation.” 

(5) 

The following Article 33a is inserted: 

“Article 33a 

1.  After  31  December  2007,  or  after  the  date  of  entry  into  force  of  the  Internal 
Agreement establishing the 10th EDF if this date falls later later, balances from the 
9th EDF or from previous EDFs shall no longer be committed, with the exception of 
the balances and funds decommitted after this date of entry into force resulting from 
the system guaranteeing the stabilisation of export earnings from primary agricultural 
products  (STABEX)  under  the  EDFs  prior  to  the  9th  EDF  and  the  remaining 
balances and reimbursements of the funds allocated under the 9th EDF to finance the 
resources  of  the  Investment  Facility  set  out  in  Annex  II  C,  excluding  the  related 
interest-rate subsidies. 

2. Funds decommitted from projects under the 9th EDF or from previous EDFs after 
31  December  2007  shall  no  longer  be  committed,  unless  decided  otherwise  by  the 
Council  unanimously,  on  the  basis  of  a  proposal  by  the  Commission,  with  the 
exception  of  the  STABEX  funds  decommitted  after  this  date  of  entry  into  force 
which  shall  be  automatically  transferred  to  the  respective  territorial  indicative 
programmes  financed  in  accordance  with  Article  3(1)  of  Annex  II  Aa  and  of  the 
funds allocated under the 9th EDF to finance the resources of the Investment Facility 
set out in Annex II C, excluding the related interest-rate subsidies.”  

(6) 

Article 58 is replaced by the following: 

“Article 58 

Programmes open to the OCTs 

Individuals  from  an  OCT  and  where  applicable  the  relevant  public  and/or  private 
bodies  and  institutions  in  an  OCT  shall  be  eligible  for  Community  programmes, 
subject  to  the  rules  and  objectives  of  the  programmes  and  the  arrangements 
applicable  to  the  Member  State  to  which  they  are  linked.  The  programmes  shall 
apply to OCT nationals within the framework of the quota for the Member State to 
which the OCT concerned is linked, if the programme concerned uses such a quota. 

The main programmes that are open to the OCTs are those listed in Annex II F, as 
well as any programme succeeding them.” 

(7) 

In Article 63, “2011” is replaced by “2013”.  

(8) 

(9) 

In Article 1(1)(c) of Annex II A, “two years” is replaced by “four years”. 

After Annex II A, a new Annex II Aa is inserted, the text of which is set out in Annex 
I to this Decision.  

(10)  Annex II B is amended as follows: 

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(a) 

Article 1 is replaced by the following: 

“1.  An  amount  of  up  to  EUR  20  million  as  laid  down  in  Article  5  of  the  Internal 
Agreement  establishing  the  9th  EDF  shall  be  provided  by  the  EIB  in  the  form  of 
loans  from  its  own  resources  in  accordance  with  the  conditions  provided  for  by  its 
statutes and this Annex. 

2.  An  amount  of  up  to  EUR  30  million  as  laid  down  in  Article  3  of  the  Internal 
Agreement  establishing  the  10th  EDF  shall  be  provided  by  the  EIB  in  the  form  of 
loans  from  its  own  resources  in  accordance  with  the  conditions  provided  for  by  its 
statutes and this Annex.” 

(b) 

In Article 2(2), point (c) is replaced by the following: 

“(c)  during  the  period  covered  by  the  9th  EDF,  the  amount  of  the  interest  rate 
subsidy calculated in terms of its value at the times of disbursement of the loan shall 
be charged against the interest subsidy allocation laid down in Annex II  A, Article 
3(3)(d), and paid directly to the EIB; 

During the period covered by the 10th EDF, the amount of the interest rate subsidy 
calculated  in  terms  of  its  value  at  the  times  of  disbursement  of  the  loan  shall  be 
charged  against  the  interest  subsidy  allocation  laid  down  in  Annex  II  Aa,  Article 
1(1)(b), and paid directly to the EIB; 

Interest subsidies may be capitalised or used in the form of grants to support project-
related technical assistance, particularly for financial institutions in the OCTs.” 

(11)  Annex II C is replaced by the text set out in Annex II to this Decision. 

(12)  Annex II E is replaced by the text set out in Annex III to this Decision.  

(13)  Annex II F is replaced by the text set out in Annex IV to this Decision. 

Article 2 

Taking of effect  

This  Decision  shall  take  effect  on  the  day  of  its  publication  in  the  Official  Journal  of  the 
European Union. 

However, Article 1, points (6), (12) and (13) shall apply as from 1 January 2007. 

Done at Brussels,  

For the Council 
The President 

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ANNEX I 

"ANNEX II Aa  

COMMUNITY FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE: 10th EDF 

Article 1 

Allocation between the various instruments 

1. For the purposes set out in this Decision, for the six-year period from 1 January 2008 to 31 
December 2013, the overall amount of Community financial assistance of EUR 286 million 
under the 10th European Development Fund (EDF) fixed by the Internal Agreement shall be 
allocated as follows: 

(a)  EUR  250  million  in  the  form  of  grants  for  programmable  support  for  long-term 
development,  humanitarian  aid,  emergency  aid,  refugee  aid  and  additional  support  in  the 
event  of  fluctuations  in  export  earnings  as  well  as  for  support  for  regional  cooperation  and 
integration.  

(b) EUR 30 million shall be allocated to finance the OCT Investment Facility referred to in 
Annex  II  C  and  of  which  a  maximum  amount  of  EUR  1.5  million  is  set  aside  to  fund  the 
interest  subsidies  for  operations  to  be  financed  by  the  Bank  from  its  own  resources,  in 
accordance with Annex II B, or under the OCT Investment Facility. 

(c) EUR 6 million shall be allocated to studies or technical assistance measures in accordance 
with Article 31 of the present Decision.  

2. The funds of the 10th EDF may no longer be committed after 31 December 2013, unless 
the Council decides otherwise unanimously, on a proposal from the Commission. 

3. Should the funds provided for in paragraph 1 be exhausted before this Decision expires, the 
Council shall take the appropriate measures. 

Article 2 

Administration of resources 

The EIB shall administer the loans made from its own resources referred to in Annex II B, as 
well as the operations financed under the OCT Investment Facility referred to in Annex II C. 
All other financial resources under this Decision shall be administered by the Commission. 

Article 3 

Allocation between the OCTs 

The amount of EUR 250 million mentioned in Article 1(1)(a) shall be allocated on the basis 
of the needs and performance of the OCTs in accordance with the following criteria: 

1. An amount A of EUR 195 million shall be allocated to the OCTs in particular to finance the 
initiatives  referred  to  in  the  Single  Programming  Documents,  including  priority  actions  for 
social development  and environmental protection, within the framework of the fight against 

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poverty.  All  the  Single  Programming  Documents  shall  pay  particular  attention  to  actions 
aimed at strengthening the institutional capacities of the beneficiary OCTs and to the level of 
governance and the extent and the calendar of reforms. 

The  allocation  of  amount  A  shall  take  into  account  the  size  of  the  population,  the  level  of 
Gross National Product (GNP), the level and use of previous EDF allocations, constraints due 
to  geographical  isolation  and  structural  and  other  obstacles  of  the  least  developed  OCTs 
mentioned in Article 3 of this Decision. Any allocation shall be such as to allow its effective 
use. It should be decided in conformity with the principle of subsidiarity. 

This amount shall in principle be allocated to the OCTs with a per capita GNP not exceeding 
the Community GNP, according to the available statistical data.  

2.  EUR  40  million  shall  be  allocated  to  support  regional  cooperation  and  integration  in 
accordance  with  Article  16  of  this  Decision,  including  the  dialogue  and  partnership  actions 
laid  down  in  Article  7,  regional  disaster  preparedness  and  alleviation  initiatives  and,  in 
coordination with other Community financial instruments, cooperation between the OCTs and 
the most remote regions referred to in Article 299(2) of the Treaty. 

3. Paragraph 1 of this Article shall not apply to Greenland. 

4. A non-allocated reserve B of EUR 15 million shall be set aside in order: 

(a)  to  finance  humanitarian,  emergency  and  refugee  aid  for  the  OCTs  and,  if  necessary,  the 
additional support in the event of fluctuations in export earnings, in accordance with Annex II 
D; 

(b)  to  make  new  allocations  in  accordance  with  the  development  of  the  needs  and 
performance of the OCTs referred to under paragraph 1. 

Performance shall be evaluated in an objective and transparent way, taking into account the 
use  of  the  allocated  resources,  the  effective  implementation  of  the  ongoing  operations,  the 
alleviation or reduction of poverty and the sustainable development measures adopted. 

5. In accordance with the paragraphs above, the indicative amounts allocated under the 10th 
EDF shall be adopted by the Commission, in accordance with Article 24 of this Decision.  

6.  The  Commission,  following  a  mid-term  review,  may  decide  a  different  allocation  of  the 
funds mentioned in this Article. The procedures for this review and the decision on any new 
allocation shall be adopted in accordance with Article 24 of this Decision." 

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ANNEX II 

"ANNEX II C  

COMMUNITY FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE: 
THE OCT INVESTMENT FACILITY 

Article 1 

Objective 

An  OCT  Investment  Facility  (hereinafter  referred  to  as  ‘the  Facility’)  shall  be  set  up  to 
promote  commercially  viable  enterprises,  mainly  in  the  private  sector  but  also  those  in  the 
public sector supporting private sector development. 

The terms and conditions of financing in relation to the operations of the Facility, the loans 
from own resources of the EIB shall be as laid down in this Annex and Annex II B. For the 
implementation of the 9th EDF, Articles 29 and 30 of the 9th EDF Internal Agreement shall 
be  applicable.  For  the  implementation  of  the  10th  EDF,  the  respective  provisions  of  the 
Internal Agreement establishing the 10th EDF shall be applicable. 

These  resources  may  be  channelled  to  eligible  enterprises,  either  directly  or  indirectly, 
through eligible investment funds and/or financial intermediaries. 

Article 2 

Resources of the Facility 

1.The resources of the Facility may be used, inter alia, to: 

(a) provide risk capital in the form of: 

(1) 

(2) 

(3) 

equity participation in OCT enterprises, including financial institutions; 

quasi-capital assistance to OCT enterprises, including financial institutions;  

guarantees  and  other  credit  enhancements  which  may  be  used  to  cover  political  and 
other investment-related risks, both for foreign and local investors or lenders; 

(b) provide ordinary loans. 

2.Equity  participation  shall  normally  be  for  non-controlling  minority  holdings  and  shall  be 
remunerated on the basis of the performance of the project concerned. 

3.Quasi-capital  assistance  may  consist  of  shareholders'  advances,  convertible  bonds, 
conditional, subordinated and participating loans or any other similar form of assistance. Such 
assistance may consist in particular of: 

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(a) 
conditional  loans,  the  servicing  and/or  the  duration  of  which  shall  be  linked  to  the 
fulfilment of certain conditions with regard to the performance of the project; in the specific 
case  of  conditional  loans  for  pre-investment  studies  or  other  project-related  technical 
assistance, servicing may be waived if the investment is not carried out; 

participating  loans,  the  servicing  and/or  the  duration  of  which  shall  be  linked  to  the 

(b) 
financial return of the project; 

(c) 

subordinated loans, which shall be repaid only after other claims have been settled. 

4.The remuneration of each operation shall be specified when the loan is made.  

However: 

(a)in the case of conditional or participating loans, the remuneration shall normally comprise 
a fixed interest rate of not more than 3% and a variable component related to the performance 
of the project; 

(b)In the case of subordinated loans, the interest rate shall be market related. 

5.Guarantees shall be priced so as to reflect the risks insured and the particular characteristics 
of the operation. 

6.The  interest  rate  of  ordinary  loans  shall  comprise  a  reference  rate  applied  by  the  EIB  for 
comparable loans with the same terms and conditions as to grace and repayment periods and a 
mark up determined by the EIB. 

7.Ordinary  loans  may  be  extended  on  concessional  terms  and  conditions  in  the  following 
cases: 

(a)for infrastructure projects in the Least Developed OCTs, in post-conflict OCTs or in post-
natural disaster OCTs that are prerequisites for private sector development. In such cases, the 
interest rate of the loan will be reduced by 3%; 

(b)for projects which involve restructuring operations in the framework of privatisation or for 
projects  with  substantial  and  clearly  demonstrable  social  or  environmental  benefits.  In  such 
cases, loans may be extended with an interest rate subsidy the amount and form of which will 
be decided with respect to the particular characteristics of the project. However, the interest 
rate subsidy shall not be higher than 3%. 

The final rate of loans falling under (a) or (b) shall, in any case, never be less than 50% of the 
reference rate. 

8.The funds to be provided for these concessional purposes will be made available from the 
Investment  Facility  and  shall  not  exceed  5%  of  the  overall  amount  allocated  for  investment 
financing by the Investment Facility and by the Bank from its own resources. 

9.Interest subsidies may be capitalised or may be used in the form of grants. Up to 10% of the 
budget for interest rate subsidies may be used to support project-related technical assistance, 
particularly for financial institutions in the OCTs. 

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Article 3 

Operations of the Investment Facility 

1.The  Investment  Facility  shall  operate  in  all  economic  sectors  and  support  investments  to 
private  and  commercially  run  public  sector  entities,  including  revenue  generating  economic 
and technological infrastructure critical for the private sector. The Facility shall: 

(a)be  managed  as  a  revolving  fund  and  aim  at  being  financially  sustainable.  Its  operations 
shall be on market-related terms and conditions and shall avoid creating distortions on local 
markets and displacing private sources of finances; 

(b)support  the  OCT  financial  sector  and  have  a  catalytic  effect  by  encouraging  the 
mobilisation of long-term local resources and attracting foreign private investors and lenders 
to projects in the OCTs; 

(c)bear  part  of  the  risk  of  the  projects  it  funds,  its  financial  sustainability  being  ensured 
through the portfolio as a whole and not from individual operations; and 

(d)seek  to  channel  funds  through  OCT  institutions  and  programmes  that  promote  the 
development of small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs). 

2.The EIB shall be remunerated for the cost incurred in managing the Investment Facility. For 
the first two years after the entry into force of the second financial protocol, this remuneration 
shall be up to an amount of 2% p.a. of the total initial endowment of the Investment Facility. 
Thereafter, the remuneration of the EIB shall include a fixed component of 0.5 % p.a. of the 
initial endowment and a variable component of an amount of up to 1.5 % p.a. of the portfolio 
of  the  Investment  Facility  that  is  invested  in  projects  in  OCTs.  The  remuneration  shall  be 
financed out of the Investment Facility. 

3.On  expiry  of  this  Decision,  and  in  the  absence  of  a  specific  decision  by  the  Council,  the 
cumulative  net  reflows  to  the  Investment  Facility  shall  be  carried  over  to  the  next  OCT 
Financial Instrument. 

Article 4 

Conditions for foreign exchange rate risk 

In order to minimise the effects of exchange rate fluctuations, the problems of exchange rate 
risk shall be dealt with in the following way: 

(a)in  the  case  of  equity  participation  designed  to  strengthen  an  enterprise's  own  funds,  the 
exchange rate risk shall, as a general rule, be borne by the Facility; 

(b)n  the  case  of  risk  capital  financing  for  small  and  medium-sized  enterprises  (SMEs),  the 
exchange rate risk shall, as a general rule, be shared by the Community, on the one part, and 
by the other parties involved, on the other. On average, the foreign exchange rate risk shall be 
shared equally; 

(c)where  feasible  and  appropriate,  particularly  in  countries  characterised  by  macroeconomic 
and  financial  stability,  the  Facility  will  endeavour  to  extend  loans  in  local  OCT  currencies, 
thus taking the foreign exchange risk." 

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ANNEX III 

"ANNEX II E 

COMMUNITY FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE: BUDGETARY AID FOR DEVELOPING 
COUNTRIES 

Without  prejudice  to  future  amendments  to  of  budgetary  provisions,  the  OCTs  shall  benefit 
from the following actions adopted for developing countries within the general budget of the 
European Union:  

1. 

2. 

3. 

Thematic  programmes  covered  by  [Regulation  (EC)  No  [.]  of  the  European 
Parliament  and  of  the  Council  of  [.]  establishing  a  financing  Instrument  for 
Development  Cooperation  (DCI)]  providing  direct  support  for  the  European 
Community development and cooperation policy. 

Rehabilitation  and  reconstruction  operations  as  covered  by  [Regulation  of  the 
European Parliament and the Council establishing an Instrument for Stability]. 

Humanitarian aid as provided for by Council Regulation (EC) No 1257/96 of 20 June 
1996 concerning humanitarian aid.7." 

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ANNEX IV 

"ANNEX II F 

OTHER COMMUNITY ASSISTANCE: PARTICIPATION IN COMMUNITY 
PROGRAMMES 

In  accordance  with  Article  58  of  the  Decision,  the  following  programmes  and  any 
programmes  succeeding  them,  among  others,  shall  apply  to  OCT  nationals,  within  the 
framework  of  the  quota  for  the  Member  State  to  which  the  OCT  concerned  is  linked  if  the 
programme concerned uses such a quota: 

1. Education and training programmes: 

–  An  action  programme  in  the  field  of  lifelong  learning  (2007-2013),  adopted  by  Decision 

1720/2006/EC of the European Parliament and the Council of 15 November 20068; 

–  The ‘Youth in Action’ programme (2007-2013), established by Decision 1719/2006/EC of 

the European Parliament and the Council of 15 November 20069. 

2.  The  programmes  of  the  Competitiveness  and  Innovation  Framework  Programme  (CIP) 
(2007-2013),  established  by  Decision  1639/2006/EC  of  the  European  Parliament  and  the 
Council of 24 October 200610. 

3.  The  programmes  of  the  seventh  framework  programme  of  the  European  Community  for 
research, technological development and demonstration activities (2007 to 2013), established 
by Decision [.] of the European Parliament and the Council of [.]11. 

4. Cultural and audio-visual programmes: 

–  Programme  of  support  for  the  European  audiovisual  sector  (MEDIA  2007),  adopted  by 
Decision  1718/2006/EC  of  the  European  Parliament  and  the  Council  of  15  November 
200612; 

–  Culture (2007-2013), established by [.] of the European Parliament and the Council of [.]13. 

5. The HRTP Japan programme (human resources training programme in Japan) and topical 
missions, provided for by Council Decision 92/278/EEC of 18 May 199214." 

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OJ L 327, 24.11.2006, p. 30. 
OJ L 310, 09.11.2006, p. 15.  
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OJ L 327, 24.11.2006, p. 12. 
OJ L […], […], p. […]. 
OJ L 144, 26.5.1992, p. 19. 

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