23.2.2023
EN
Official Journal of the European Union
L 58/627
COMMISSION TITLE 05 — REGIONAL DEVELOPMENT AND COHESION
CHAPTER 05 04 — SUPPORT TO THE TURKISH CYPRIOT COMMUNITY (cont'd)
05 04 01
(cont'd) Remarks This appropriation is intended to cover the continuation of aid under Regulation (EC) No 389/2006 to facilitate the reunification of Cyprus by encouraging the economic development of the Turkish Cypriot community with particular emphasis on economic integration of the island, on improving contacts between the two communities and with the Union and on preparation for the application of the Union acquis.
Assistance is delivered in the areas specified in that Regulation, and includes notably the promotion of social and economic development, the development and restructuring of infrastructure, reconciliation, confidence building measures and support to civil society, bringing the Turkish Cypriot community closer to the Union, including scholarships for Turkish Cypriot students.
Also, the TAIEX instrument is used for the preparation of legal texts for the purpose of these being applicable upon the entry into force of a comprehensive settlement of the Cyprus problem, as well as for the preparation of the Union acquis immediately following a political settlement for reunification.
The appropriations will, in particular, allow for the continuation of Union financial support to facilitate the intensification of the work of the Committee on Missing Persons in order to meet the goals of its strategic plan on the faster identification of missing persons, as well as the implementation of the decisions of the bi-communal Technical Committee on Cultural Heritage, which should include projects of minorities.
This appropriation is to be used, inter alia, to sustain the outcome of works, supplies and grants being funded under earlier allocations.
In addition, grant schemes addressed to a large variety of economic and civil society beneficiaries (non-governmental organisations, students and teachers, schools, farmers, small villages, and the private sector) may continue.
These activities aim at socio-economic development and are driven by the prospect of reunification.
Priority should be given, where possible, to reconciliation projects that create bridges between the two communities and build confidence.
These measures underline the strong desire and commitment of the Union to the Cyprus problem settlement and reunification.
05 04 99
Completion of previous programmes and activities Remarks Appropriations under this article are intended to cover payments in respect of commitments remaining to be settled from previous years.
05 04 99 01
Completion of previous financial support for encouraging the economic development of the Turkish Cypriot community (prior to 2021) Figures (Differentiated appropriations) Appropriations 2023 Commitments
p.m.
Payments
25 000 000
Appropriations 2022 Commitments
p.m.
Payments
30 000 000
Outturn 2021 Commitments
0,—
Payments
34 400 000,—