2007/462/EC: Decision No 3/2007 of the ACP-EC Council of Ministers of 25 May 2007 amending Decision No 3/2001 on the allocation of resources to Somalia from the Eighth and Ninth European Development Fund
Date: 2007-05-25
Institutions: ACP Council of Ministers
Subjects: European Development Fund, Somalia, development aid, financial cooperation, technical cooperation

L 175/36

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

5.7.2007

DECISION No 3/2007 OF THE ACP-EC COUNCIL OF MINISTERS

of 25 May 2007

amending Decision No 3/2001 on the allocation of resources to Somalia from the Eighth and Ninth
European Development Fund

(2007/462/EC)

THE ACP-EC COUNCIL OF MINISTERS,

(4)

Article 5(2) of that Annex IV provides for the possibility
of carrying out a review in exceptional circumstances
that are referred to in the provisions on humanitarian
and emergency assistance. In the light of the conclusions
of the ad hoc review of the cooperation programme with
Somalia, additional funds are required from the Ninth
EDF in order to ensure continuation of the support to
the population of Somalia until the entry into force of
the 10th EDF,

HAS DECIDED AS FOLLOWS:

Article 1

The following Article shall be inserted in Decision No 3/2001
of the ACP-EC Council of Ministers:

‘Article 3a

On the basis of the conclusions of an ad hoc review, an
additional amount of EUR 36 144 798 from the Ninth
EDF shall be
and
for
from the long-term development
technical cooperation,
envelope referred to in paragraph 3(a) of
the Financial
to the ACP-EC Partnership
Protocol set out
Agreement.’

allocated to Somalia

in Annex I

financial

Article 2

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

Done at Brussels, 25 May 2007.

For the ACP-EC Council of Ministers
The President

Mohlabi K. TSEKOA

Having regard to 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
2000 (1), as revised by the Agreement (2) amending the said
ACP-EC Partnership Agreement, signed in Luxembourg on 25
June 2005, and in particular Article 93(6) thereof,

Whereas:

(1)

(2)

(3)

Article 93(6) of
the ACP-EC Partnership Agreement
allows the ACP-EC Council of Ministers the possibility
to ACP States party to
of according special support
previous ACP-EC Conventions which, in the absence of
normally established government institutions, have not
ratify the ACP-EC Partnership
been able to sign or
concern institution
support may
Agreement. This
building as well as economic and social development
activities, taking particular account of the needs of the
most
the population. This
provision applies to Somalia.

sections of

vulnerable

By Decision No 3/2001 of 20 December 2001 (3), the
ACP-EC Council of Ministers allocated an amount of EUR
149 million from the Ninth European Development Fund
(EDF) to Somalia for financial and technical cooperation.
The function of National Authorising Officer for the
programming and implementation of
this allocation
was entrusted to the Chief Authorising Officer of the
EDF.

Article 3(5) of Annex IV to the ACP-EC Partnership
Agreement allows the Community the possibility of
increasing a country's
to take
account of special needs or exceptional performance.

allocation in order

(1) OJ L 317, 15.12.2000, p. 3.
(2) OJ L 209, 11.8.2005, p. 27. Agreement provisionally applied
pursuant to Decision No 5/2005 (OJ L 287, 28.10.2005, p. 1).

(3) OJ L 56, 27.2.2002, p. 23.