29–30. the commission welcomes the acknowledgment by the court of the fact that this process took place with the introduction of the european neighbourhood and partnership Instrument (enpI), but also wants to clarify that subsequent country strategy paper/national indicative programme (csp/ nIp) programming is actually performed in parallel to annual programming (for example, the mid-term review process for the 2011–13 nIp is taking place at around the time of the 2010 annual programming or 2011 identification exercise). reply of the commIssIon the european neighbourhood and partnership Instrument (enpI) decision process is lengthy because programming documents are submitted to the comitology procedure. since co-decision applies (which is not the case under tacis), the european parliament also has a formal right of scrutiny before the commission decision is adopted. moreover, in the programming process the partnership principle established in articles 4 and 5 of the enpI regulation is turned into consultations with civil society representatives, european union member states, other donors and international financial institutions, thus further extending the process. the commission points out that, while the quality control and approval procedures follow a set path, irrespective of the scope of the action, what has been ‘carried out in two successive stages’ is different in both content and nature: dg releX intervenes at the level of the multiannual programming documents (country strategy paper/ national indicative programme), whereas europeaid goes a stage further with implementation of the nIp by means of annual action programmes identifying the specific programmes and projects to be financed. special report no 13/2010 – Is the new european neighbourhood and partnership Instrument successfully launched and achieving results in the southern caucasus (armenia, azerbaijan and georgia)? 52 31. the comprehensive consultations allow an inclusive programming process. shortening the process might lead to certain gains but could also adversely affect the degree of involvement of other stakeholders (e.g. line directorates-general within the commission, european union member states or the european parliament). the european neighbourhood and partnership Instrument (enpI) is not designed to respond to crisis situations, but, instead, to support medium-and long-term reform processes in the framework of the european neighbourhood policy (enp). these require a longer-term vision reflected in the country strategy paper (csp), but also have to allow mid-term adjustments to respond to evolving priorities and needs. consequently, the eastern partnership launched in 2009 was fully reflected in the mid-term review of the relevant csps and the drafting of the new nIps for 2011–13. as for the crises in georgia and armenia, the Instrument for stability was the european union’s main crisis response instrument and thus effectively supplemented the enpI support. 
52 31. de omfattande samråden ger berörda intressenter möjlighet att delta i programplaneringen. en förkortad process skulle innebära vissa fördelar, men skulle också kunna påverka andra intressenters deltagande negativt (t.ex. anknutna generaldirektorat inom kommissionen, medlemsstaterna eller europaparlamentet). det europeiska grannskaps-och partnerskapsinstrumentet är inte utformat för att hantera krissituationer, utan för att stödja reformprocesser på medellång och lång sikt inom ramen för den europeiska grannskapspolitiken. dessa kräver en mer långsiktig vision som avspeglas i landsstrategi-dokumenten, men det måste också finnas utrymme för justeringar på medellång sikt för att hantera förändrade prioriteringar och behov. det östliga partnerskapet, som sjösattes 2009, avspeglades följaktligen fullständigt i halvtidsöversynen av de berörda landsstrategidokumenten och utarbetandet av de nya nationella vägledande programmen för 2011–2013. när det gäller kriserna i georgien och armenien var stabilitetsinstrumentet eu:s viktigaste krishanteringsinstrument och kompletterade således det europeiska grannskaps-och partnerskapsinstrumentet på ett effektivt sätt.