2013/257/EU: Council Decision of 27 May 2013 on the position to be adopted on behalf of the European Union within the ACP-EU Council of Ministers concerning the multiannual financial framework for the period 2014 to 2020 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

4.6.2013 EN Official Journal of the European Union L 150/23
COUNCIL DECISION
of 27 May 2013
on the position to be adopted on behalf of the European Union within the ACP-EU Council of Ministers concerning the multiannual financial framework for the period 2014 to 2020 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
(2013/257/EU)
THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN UNION
,
Having regard to the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union, and in particular Article 209(2), in conjunction with Article 218(9) thereof,
Having regard to the Internal agreement between the representatives of the governments of the Member States, meeting within the Council, on measures to be taken and procedures to be followed for the implementation of the ACP-EC Partnership Agreement (1), and in particular Article 1 thereof,
Having regard to the proposal from the European Commission,
Whereas:
(1) 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 (2), as amended in Luxembourg on 25 June 2005 (3) and in Ouagadougou on 22 June 2010 (4) (‘the ACP-EU Agreement’) provides for the adoption of financial protocols for each five-year period.
(2) The European Union and its Member States, in accordance with Article 7 of Annex Ib to the ACP-EU Partnership Agreement, together with the ACP States, conducted a performance review, assessing among other things the degree of realisation of commitments and disbursements.
(3) On 8 February 2013, the Union and its Member States agreed to lay down the financing mechanism, namely, the 11th European Development Fund (‘EDF’), the exact period to be covered (2014-20), and the amount of funds to be allocated to that mechanism.
(4) It is appropriate to establish the position to be adopted on behalf of the Union within the ACP-EU Council of Ministers concerning the multiannual financial framework for the period 2014 to 2020 of the ACP-EU Partnership Agreement,