2007/461/EC: Decision No 2/2007 of the ACP-EC Council of Ministers of 25 May 2007 allowing additional bilateral contributions, to be managed by the Commission, in support of the objectives of the African Peace Facility
Date: 2007-05-25
Institutions: ACP Council of Ministers
Subjects: Africa, European Development Fund, development aid, establishment of peace, peacekeeping

5.7.2007

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

L 175/35

DECISION No 2/2007 OF THE ACP-EC COUNCIL OF MINISTERS

of 25 May 2007

allowing additional bilateral contributions, to be managed by the Commission, in support of the
objectives of the African Peace Facility

(2007/461/EC)

THE ACP-EC COUNCIL OF MINISTERS,

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 paragraph 8 of Annex I thereto,

(5)

commitment of the funds of the Ninth EDF (4) sets 31
December 2007 as the date beyond which the funds
from the Ninth EDF may no longer be committed.

Provision therefore needs to be made for additional
contributions by EU Member States, to be managed by
the Commission,
the
African Peace Facility,

the objectives of

in support of

Whereas:

HAS DECIDED AS FOLLOWS:

(1)

(2)

(3)

Decision No 3/2003 of the ACP-EC Council of Ministers
of 11 December 2003 on the use of resources from the
long-term development envelope of the Ninth European
Development Fund (EDF)
for the creation of a Peace
Facility for Africa (3) provided the necessary financial
the African Peace
support
Facility.

the establishment of

for

The General Affairs and External Relations Council of 5
March 2007 acknowledged the need urgently to address
the funding needs of the African Union peacekeeping
mission in Darfur/Sudan (AMIS).

The estimated resources provided for in the intra-ACP
envelope for replenishment of the African Peace Facility
until the 10th EDF enters into force are not enough to
run AMIS until
that date. EU Member States have
therefore expressed their willingness to make additional
bilateral contributions. Such additional contributions
should be pooled in the African Peace Facility and
managed by the Commission to improve coordination
and monitoring of the use of the funds until the 10th
EDF enters into force.

Article 1

Voluntary contributions

Until 30 September 2007 any EU Member State may provide
the Commission with voluntary additional contributions to
support the objectives of the African Peace Facility under the
Financial Protocol.

The Commission shall be entrusted with the responsibility for
the
managing such contributions within the framework of
African Peace Facility in accordance with the procedures of
the Ninth EDF, except for the decommitments which will be
refunded to the EU Member States pro rata of their voluntary
additional contributions.

Article 2

Entry into force

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

Done at Brussels, 25 May 2007.

(4)

Decision 2005/446/EC of
the
Governments of the Member States meeting within the
Council of 30 May 2005 setting the deadline for the

the Representatives of

For the ACP-EC Council of Ministers
The President

Mohlabi K. TSEKOA

(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 345, 31.12.2003, p. 108.

(4) OJ L 156, 18.6.2005, p. 19.