Commission Regulation (EC) No 960/2009 of 14 October 2009 amending Regulation (EC) No 1905/2006 of the European Parliament and of the Council establishing a financing instrument for development cooperation
Date: 2009-10-14
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: EU financial instrument, aid recipient, cooperation policy, development aid, third country




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Official Journal of the European Union


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            COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 960/2009
of 14 October 2009
         
amending Regulation (EC) No 1905/2006 of the European Parliament and of the Council establishing a financing instrument for development cooperation


THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,

Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community,


Having regard to Regulation (EC) No 1905/2006 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 18 December 2006 establishing a financing instrument for development cooperation (1) (hereinafter referred to as ‘the DCI’), and in particular Article 1(1) and Article 31(1) subparagraph 3 thereof,

Whereas:







(1)


In accordance with Article 1(1) and Article 31(1) of the DCI, Annex II to the DCI contains a list of aid recipients of the Development Assistance Committee of the Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD/DAC), which is to be updated in accordance with regular OECD/DAC reviews of its list of aid recipients.












(2)


Further to an update of the list of aid recipients contained in Annex II to the DCI, the Commission should update its Annex I and inform Council and European Parliament thereof.












(3)


It is therefore appropriate to delete Saudi Arabia from the list of aid recipients of the OECD/DAC as contained in Annex II to the DCI, and from the list of countries eligible under Article1(1) as contained in its Annex I.












(4)


It is therefore appropriate to include Kosovo (2) in the list of ODA recipients of OECD/DAC as contained in Annex II to the DCI under the Lower Middle Income Countries and Territories.












(5)


It is also appropriate to update the footnotes in Annex II to the DCI pursuant to the OECD/DAC reviews.












(6)


The European Parliament and the Council will be informed accordingly,





HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:



Article 1
Regulation (EC) No 1905/2006 is amended as follows:






1.


Annex I is replaced by the attached Annex I.










2.


Annex II is replaced by the attached Annex II.






Article 2
This Regulation shall enter into force on the third day following its publication in the Official Journal of the European Union.




This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States.
Done at Brussels, 14 October 2009.


For the Commission

Karel DE GUCHT
            

Member of the Commission






(1)  
            OJ L 378, 27.12.2006, p. 41.

(2)  Under United Nations Security Resolution 1244/1999.




ANNEX I

Countries eligible under Article 1(1)


Latin America









1.


Argentina












2.


Bolivia












3.


Brazil












4.


Chile












5.


Colombia












6.


Costa Rica












7.


Cuba












8.


Ecuador












9.


El Salvador












10.


Guatemala












11.


Honduras












12.


Mexico












13.


Nicaragua












14.


Panama












15.


Paraguay












16.


Peru












17.


Uruguay












18.


Venezuela





Asia









19.


Afghanistan












20.


Bangladesh












21.


Bhutan












22.


Cambodia












23.


China












24.


India












25.


Indonesia












26.


Democratic People’s Republic of Korea












27.


Laos












28.


Malaysia












29.


Maldives












30.


Mongolia












31.


Myanmar












32.


Nepal












33.


Pakistan












34.


Philippines












35.


Sri Lanka












36.


Thailand












37.


Vietnam





Central Asia









38.


Kazakhstan












39.


Kyrgyz Republic












40.


Tajikistan












41.


Turkmenistan












42.


Uzbekistan





Middle East









43.


Iran












44.


Iraq












45.


Oman












46.


Yemen





Southern Africa









47.


South Africa









ANNEX II

OECD/DAC List of ODA recipients


Effective from 2008 for reporting on 2008, 2009 and 2010 flows









Least Developed Countries


Other Low Income Countries
(per capita GNI < USD 935 in 2007)


Lower Middle Income Countries and Territories
(per capita GNI USD 936-USD 3 705  in 2007)


Upper Middle Income Countries and Territories
(per capita GNI USD 3 706 -USD 11 455  in 2007)




Afghanistan


Côte d’Ivoire


Albania



 (*1) Anguilla




Angola


Ghana


Algeria


Antigua and Barbuda (1)





Bangladesh


Kenya


Armenia


Argentina




Benin


Korea, Democratic People’s Republic of


Azerbaijan


Barbados (2)





Bhutan


Kyrgyz Rep.


Bolivia


Belarus




Burkina Faso


Nigeria


Bosnia and Herzegovina


Belize




Burundi


Pakistan


Cameroon


Botswana




Cambodia


Papua New Guinea


Cape Verde


Brazil




Central African Rep.


Tajikistan


China


Chile




Chad


Uzbekistan


Colombia


Cook Islands




Comoros


Vietnam


Congo, Rep.


Costa Rica




Congo, Dem. Rep.


Zimbabwe


Dominican Republic


Croatia




Djibouti


 


Ecuador


Cuba




Equatorial Guinea


 


Egypt


Dominica




Eritrea


 


El Salvador


Fiji




Ethiopia


 


Georgia


Gabon




Gambia


 


Guatemala


Grenada




Guinea


 


Guyana


Jamaica




Guinea-Bissau


 


Honduras


Kazakhstan




Haiti


 


India


Lebanon




Kiribati


 


Indonesia


Libya




Laos


 


Iran


Malaysia




Lesotho


 


Iraq


Mauritius




Liberia


 


Jordan



 (*1) Mayotte




Madagascar


 


Kosovo (3)



Mexico




Malawi


 


Marshall Islands


Montenegro




Maldives


 


Micronesia, Federated States



 (*1) Montserrat




Mali


 


Moldova, Republic of


Nauru




Mauritania


 


Mongolia



 (1) Oman




Mozambique


 


Morocco


Palau




Myanmar


 


Namibia


Panama




Nepal


 


Nicaragua


Serbia




Niger


 


Niue


Seychelles




Rwanda


 


occupied Palestinian Territory


South Africa




Samoa


 


Paraguay



 (*1) St. Helena




São Tomé and Príncipe


 


Peru


St. Kitts-Nevis




Senegal


 


Philippines


St. Lucia




Sierra Leone


 


Sri Lanka


St. Vincent and Grenadines




Solomon Islands


 


Swaziland


Suriname




Somalia


 


Syria


Trinidad and Tobago (2)





Sudan


 


Thailand


Turkey




Tanzania


 


The former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia


Uruguay




Timor-Leste


 



 (*1) Tokelau


Venezuela




Togo


 


Tonga


 




Tuvalu


 


Tunisia


 




Uganda


 


Turkmenistan


 




Vanuatu


 


Ukraine


 




Yemen


 



 (*1) Wallis and Futuna


 




Zambia


 


 


 






(*1)  Territory.

(1)  Antigua & Barbuda and Oman exceeded the high income country threshold in 2007. In accordance with the DAC rules for revision of this list, both will graduate from the list in 2011 if they remain high income countries until 2010.

(2)  Barbados and Trinidad & Tobago exceeded the high income country threshold in 2006 and 2007. In accordance with the DAC rules for revision of this list, both will graduate from the list in 2011 if they remain high income countries until 2010.

(3)  Under United Nations Security Resolution 1244/1999.