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2006/0807(CNS) External assistance: a financing instrument for cooperation with industrialised countries and territories and other high-income countries and territories

Progress: Procedure completed

RoleCommitteeRapporteurShadows
Lead INTA MARTIN David (icon: PSE PSE)
Committee Opinion DEVE
Committee Opinion BUDG
Committee Opinion AFET
Lead committee dossier:
Legal Basis:
EC Treaty (after Amsterdam) EC 181A

Events

2007/01/24
   EC - Commission response to text adopted in plenary
Documents
SP(2007)0303
2006/12/30
   Final act published in Official Journal
Details

PURPOSE: to establish a new financing instrument for cooperation with industrialised and other high-income countries and territories (2007-2013).

LEGISLATIVE ACT: Council Regulation (EC) No 1934/2006 establishing a financing instrument for cooperation with industrialised and other high-income countries and territories.

BACKGROUND: with the adoption of the financial perspectives for 2007 -2013 , a new framework for planning and delivering external assistance to third countries has been adopted the purpose of which is to make the Community’s assistance more effective and streamlined. This new framework repeals a plethora of existing legislative acts and replaces them with more concise, focused legislation. The other recently approved Instruments are:

An Instrument for Pre-Accession The European Neighbourhood and Partnership Instrument An Instrument for development co-operation An Instrument for Stability An Instrument for the promotion of democracy and human rights world-wide The present Instrument for co-operation with industrialised and other high income countries and territories.

To recall, this instrument is the result of the splitting of proposal establishing a financing instrument for development and economic cooperation (please refer to the initial proposal for details).

CONTENT: over the past decade, the Community has consistently strengthened its bilateral relations with a broad range of industrialised and other high-income countries and territories across different regions of the world, primarily in North America, East Asia and Australasia, but also in South-East Asia and the Gulf region. It is the Community’s interest to further deepen its relations with industrialised countries and territories with which it often shares similar political, economic and institutional structures and values and which are important bilateral political and trading partners as well as players in multilateral fora and in global governance. The European Union and industrialised and other high income countries and territories have agreed to strengthen their relationship and to cooperate across the areas in which they have shared interests through a variety of bilateral instruments such as agreements, declarations, action plans and other similar documents.

Objective : Community financing shall support economic, financial and technical cooperation and other forms of cooperation falling within its spheres of competence, with industrialised and other high-income countries and territories. The primary objective shall be to provide a specific response to the need to strengthen links and to engage further with them on a bilateral, regional or multilateral basis in order to create a more favourable environment for the development of the relations of the Community with these countries and territories and promote dialogue while fostering Community's interests.

By implementing this Regulation, the European Union seeks to promote commitment to the principles of liberty, democracy, respect for human rights and fundamental freedoms and the rule of law in partner countries through dialogue and cooperation. A differentiated approach in designing cooperation with partner countries shall be pursued, where appropriate, to take account of their economic, social and political contexts as well as of the Community's specific interests, strategies and priorities. Measures financed under this Regulation shall cover areas of cooperation set out notably in the instruments, agreements, declarations and action plans between the Community and the partner countries as well as areas pertaining to the Community's specific interests. For measures financed under this Regulation, the Community shall aim to ensure coherence with other areas of its external action as well as other relevant Community policies. This shall be ensured by formulating policy, strategic planning and the programming and implementation of measures.

Beneficiary countries : Australia; Bahrain; Brunei; Canada; Chinese Taipei; Hong-Kong; Japan; Republic of Korea; Kuwait; Macao; New Zealand; Oman; Qatar; Saudi Arabia; Singapore; United Arab Emirates; United States. However, in duly justified circumstances and in order to foster regional cooperation, the Commission may decide when adopting action programmes that countries not listed above are eligible, where the project or programme to be implemented is of regional or cross border nature. This list may be amended in accordance with regular OECD/DAC reviews.

Areas of cooperation : measures financed under this Regulation shall cover areas of cooperation set out notably in the instruments, agreements, declarations and action plans, between the Community and the partner countries as well as areas pertaining to the Community’s strategic interests. Community assistance shall support cooperation actions consistent with the Regulation and shall be consistent with its overall purpose, scope, objectives and general principles. Specific attention shall be paid to actions in the following areas of cooperation: 1) the promotion of cooperation, partnerships and joint undertakings between economic, academic and scientific actors in the Community and partner countries; 2) the stimulation of bilateral trade, investment flows and economic partnerships; 3) the promotion of dialogues between political, economic and social actors and other nongovernmental organisations in relevant sectors in the Community and partner countries; 4) the promotion of people-to-people links, education and training programmes and intellectual exchanges and the enhancement of mutual understanding between cultures and civilisations; 5) the promotion of cooperative projects in areas such as research, science and technology, energy, transport and environmental matters, customs and any other matter of mutual interest between the Community and the partner countries; 6) the enhancement of awareness about and understanding of the European Union and of its visibility in partner countries; 7) support for specific initiatives, including research work, studies, pilot schemes or joint projects destined to respond in an effective and flexible manner to cooperation objectives arising from developments in the Community’s bilateral relationship with the partner countries or aiming to provide impetus to the further deepening and broadening of bilateral relationships with them.

Programming and allocation of funds : actions to promote cooperation under this Regulation shall be carried out in the framework of multi-annual cooperation programmes covering cooperation with all or with a selection of the partner countries. The Commission shall draw-up the multi-annual cooperation programmes and specify their scope.

Multi-annual cooperation programmes shall cover no more than a maximum of 7 years. They shall set out the Community's strategic interests and priorities, the general objectives and the expected results. They shall also set out the areas selected for financing by the Community and outline the indicative financial allocation of funds, overall, per priority area and per partner country or group of partner countries for the period concerned.

Implementation : the Regulation details the conditions of adoption of financing decisions by the Commission for each type of action proposed (multiannual cooperation programmes or annual action programmes). The Regulation also lays down provisions on the following issues:

Eligibility : entities and bodies, institutions, companies and NGOs. Types of financing : cooperation projects and programmes will be financed by the general budget of the European Union either in totality or in the form of co-financing with other sources (see cofinancing below). Financing for the implementation of action programmes may take the legal form of a grant agreement (including scholarships); procurement contracts; employment contracts; or financing agreements. Cofinancing : measures shall be eligible for co-financing inter alia with: Member States, their regional and local authorities, and in particular their public and parastatal agencies; partner countries; international organisations and regional organisations, including international and regional financial institutions; companies, firms, other private organisations and businesses, and other non-state actors; partner countries in receipt of funding, and other bodies eligible for funding. Management : the management of this instrument must meet the requirements of the protection of the Community's financial interests. Evaluation : the Commission shall regularly evaluate the actions and programmes financed under this Regulation. It will submit a report covering the first three years of the implementation not later than 31 December 2010. Amendments are to be proposed to this Regulation, if necessary. Financial envelope : the instrument is allocated a budget of EUR 172 million for the period 2007-2013.

ENTRY INTO FORCE: 31.12.2006. It shall apply from 1 January 2007 to 31 December 2013. As for the date of entry into force, Regulation (EC) No 382/2001 concerning the implementation of projects promoting cooperation and commercial relations between the EU and the industrialised countries of North America, the Far East and Australasia as amended by Regulation (EC) No 1900/2005, shall be repealed.

Documents
Regulation 2006/1934
OJ L 405 30.12.2006, p. 0041
2006/12/19
   EP/CSL - Act adopted by Council after consultation of Parliament
2006/12/19
   EP - End of procedure in Parliament
2006/12/19
   CSL - Council Meeting
2006/12/12
   EP - Results of vote in Parliament
Documents
Results of vote in Parliament
2006/12/12
   EP - Debate in Parliament
Documents
Debate in Parliament
2006/12/12
   EP - Decision by Parliament
Details

The European Parliament adopted a resolution drafted by David MARTIN (PES, UK) and made some amendments to the proposal that were aimed at bringing it into line with other external instruments, through a review clause, a human rights/democracy clause and strengthening of the role of Parliament with regard to evaluation, reporting mechanisms and its involvement in multiannual cooperation programmes. The financial reference amount for the implementation of this Regulation for the period from 2007 to 2013 will be EUR 172 million.

The principal amendments were as follows:

- the Community's cooperation should contribute to the general objective of developing and consolidating democracy and the rule of law, and to the objective of respecting human rights and fundamental freedoms;

- in order to achieve the objectives of the Regulation a differentiated approach should be pursued depending on economic, social and political contexts, pursuing cooperation with partner countries or regions with specific, tailor-made programmes, based on their specific situation as well as on the Community's specific interests, strategies and priorities;

- Parliament emphasised greater complementarity and better harmonisation, alignment and coordination of procedures, both between the Community and its Member States and in relations with other actors;

- any amendment to the list in the Annex resulting from the regular OECD/DAC reviews of its List of developing countries shall be notified by the Commission to the European Parliament and the Council before the Commission adopts the required modifications;

- a new clause is inserted on protecting the Community’s financial interests;

- a limited proportion of the annual budget shall be used to finance evaluation studies of the actions and programmes undertaken in the framework of the Regulation;

- by 31 December 2010, the Commission shall submit to the European Parliament and the Council a report evaluating the implementation of this Regulation in the first three years with, if appropriate, a legislative proposal introducing the necessary modifications.

Documents
T6-0550/2006
2006/11/29
   EP - Committee report tabled for plenary, 1st reading/single reading
Documents
A6-0430/2006
2006/11/29
   EP - Committee report tabled for plenary, 1st reading/single reading
Documents
A6-0430/2006
2006/11/22
   EP - Vote in committee
2006/10/10
   EP - Amendments tabled in committee
Documents
PE380.572
2006/09/21
   EP - Committee draft report
Documents
PE378.671
2006/09/05
   EP - Committee referral announced in Parliament
2006/07/24
   CSL - Legislative proposal
Details

PURPOSE: to propose a new financing instrument for cooperation with industrialised and other high-income countries and territories (2007-2013).

PROPOSED ACT: Council Regulation.

LEGAL CONTEXT: as stated in the former initial proposal (see summary dated 1 October 2004), this proposal is the result of the splitting of proposal COD/2004/0220 establishing a financing instrument for development and economic cooperation. It has been decided to split that proposal into three separate texts:

- the present text ;

- a Regulation establishing a financing instrument for the promotion of democracy and human rights world wide (see COD/2006/0116 );

- a Regulation establishing a financing instrument for development cooperation (see COD/2004/0220 ).

Following this split, the Council sent a letter to the European Parliament requesting that it be formally consulted on this issue. Moreover, in order to enable a common approach to the Community's operations in this field, it is envisaged that the separate draft Regulations will as far as possible contain identical provisions, and be adopted simultaneously.

CONTENT: over the past decade, the Community has consistently strengthened its bilateral relations with a broad range of industrialised and other high-income countries and territories across different regions of the world, primarily in North America, East Asia and Australasia, but also in South-East Asia and the Gulf region. It is the Community’ s interest to further deepen its relations with industrialised countries and territories with which it often shares similar political, economic and institutional structures and values and which are important bilateral political and trading partners as well as players in multilateral fora and in global governance. The European Union and industrialised and other high income countries and territories have agreed to strengthen their relationship and to cooperate across the areas in which they have shared interests through a variety of bilateral instruments such as agreements, declarations, action plans and other similar documents.

The main aim of cooperation with these countries and territories shall be to :

§ provide a specific response to the need to strengthen links and to engage further with them on a bilateral, regional or multilateral basis;

§ contribute to the creation of a more favourable environment for the development of the relations of the Community with these countries and territories;

§ promote dialogue and Community’s strategic interests.

Beneficiary countries : Australia; Bahrain; Brunei; Canada; Chinese Taipei; Hong-Kong; Japan; Republic of Korea; Kuwait; Macao; New Zealand; Oman; Qatar; Saudi Arabia; Singapore; United Arab Emirates; United States.

However, in duly justified circumstances and in order to foster regional cooperation, the Commission may decide when adopting action programmes that countries not listed above are eligible, where the project or programme to be implemented is of regional or cross border nature. This list may be amended in accordance with regular OECD/DAC reviews.

Areas of cooperation : measures financed under this Regulation shall cover areas of cooperation set out notably in the instruments, agreements, declarations and action plans, between the Community and the partner countries as well as areas pertaining to the Community’s strategic interests. Community assistance shall support cooperation actions consistent with Article 1 and shall be consistent with the overall purpose, scope, objectives and general principles of this Regulation. Specific attention shall be paid to actions in the following areas of cooperation :

1) the promotion of cooperation, partnerships and joint undertakings between economic, academic and scientific actors in the Community and partner countries;

2) the stimulation of bilateral trade, investment flows and economic partnerships;

3) the promotion of dialogues between political, economic and social actors and other nongovernmental

organisations in relevant sectors in the Community and partner countries;

4) the promotion of people-to-people links, education and training programmes and intellectual exchanges and the enhancement of mutual understanding between cultures and civilisations;

5) the promotion of cooperative projects in areas such as research, science and technology, energy, transport and environmental matters, customs and any other matter of mutual interest between the Community and the partner countries;

6) the enhancement of awareness about and understanding of the European Union and of its visibility in partner countries;

7) support for specific initiatives, including research work, studies, pilot schemes or joint projects destined to respond in an effective and flexible manner to cooperation objectives arising from developments in the Community’s bilateral relationship with the partner countries or aiming to provide impetus to the further deepening and broadening of bilateral relationships with them.

Programming and allocation of funds : actions to promote cooperation under this Regulation shall be carried out in the framework of multi-annual cooperation programmes which the Commission will draw up. They shall set out the Community's strategic interests and priorities, general objectives and expected results. They shall be reviewed at mid-term, or ad hoc if necessary.

Implementation measures : t he Commission shall adopt annual action programmes based on the multi-annual cooperation programmes. Annual action programmes shall specify, for all or for a selection of partner countries, the objectives pursued, the fields of intervention, the expected results, the management procedures and the total amount of financing planned. They shall contain a description of the operations to be financed, an indication of the amounts allocated for each operation and an indicative implementation timetable.

The draft Regulation also lays down provisions on the following issues:

- eligibility : entities and bodies in the Member States and in the partner countries ( public or parastatal bodies; companies; NGOs; International organisations, etc).

- types of financing : t he financing of cooperation projects and programmes will be made from the Community's budget either in totality or will take the form of co-financing with other sources.

- support measures : Community financing may cover expenditure associated with the preparation, follow up, monitoring, audit and evaluation activities directly necessary for the implementation of this

- Regulation and the achievement of its objectives, and any other administrative or technical assistance expenditure necessary for the management of the programme. It shall also cover expenditure at Commission Executive agencies and Delegations, on the administrative support needed to manage operations financed under this Regulation. These support measures are not necessarily covered by multi-annual programmes and may therefore be financed outside their scope. However, they may also be financed under multi-annual programmes.

- co-financing measures ;

- management procedures implemented in accordance with the EU’s Financial Regulation;

- evaluation : t he Commission shall regularly evaluate the actions and programmes financed under this Regulation in order to ascertain whether the objectives have been met and enable it to formulate recommendations with a view to improving future operations.

Council Regulation 382/2001/EC, amended by Council Regulation 1900/2005 concerning the implementation of projects promoting cooperation and commercial relations between the European Union and the industrialised countries (see CNS/2004/0288 ) shall be repealed as of 1 January 2007. The amount of Community funding deemed necessary for the implementation of the actions identified in this Regulation will be established by the budget authority on an annual basis within the limits of the financial perspectives ( see the indicative financial statement ).

Documents
11877/2006
2006/07/23
   EC - Legislative proposal published
Details

PURPOSE: to propose a new financing instrument for cooperation with industrialised and other high-income countries and territories (2007-2013).

PROPOSED ACT: Council Regulation.

LEGAL CONTEXT: as stated in the former initial proposal (see summary dated 1 October 2004), this proposal is the result of the splitting of proposal COD/2004/0220 establishing a financing instrument for development and economic cooperation. It has been decided to split that proposal into three separate texts:

- the present text ;

- a Regulation establishing a financing instrument for the promotion of democracy and human rights world wide (see COD/2006/0116 );

- a Regulation establishing a financing instrument for development cooperation (see COD/2004/0220 ).

Following this split, the Council sent a letter to the European Parliament requesting that it be formally consulted on this issue. Moreover, in order to enable a common approach to the Community's operations in this field, it is envisaged that the separate draft Regulations will as far as possible contain identical provisions, and be adopted simultaneously.

CONTENT: over the past decade, the Community has consistently strengthened its bilateral relations with a broad range of industrialised and other high-income countries and territories across different regions of the world, primarily in North America, East Asia and Australasia, but also in South-East Asia and the Gulf region. It is the Community’ s interest to further deepen its relations with industrialised countries and territories with which it often shares similar political, economic and institutional structures and values and which are important bilateral political and trading partners as well as players in multilateral fora and in global governance. The European Union and industrialised and other high income countries and territories have agreed to strengthen their relationship and to cooperate across the areas in which they have shared interests through a variety of bilateral instruments such as agreements, declarations, action plans and other similar documents.

The main aim of cooperation with these countries and territories shall be to :

§ provide a specific response to the need to strengthen links and to engage further with them on a bilateral, regional or multilateral basis;

§ contribute to the creation of a more favourable environment for the development of the relations of the Community with these countries and territories;

§ promote dialogue and Community’s strategic interests.

Beneficiary countries : Australia; Bahrain; Brunei; Canada; Chinese Taipei; Hong-Kong; Japan; Republic of Korea; Kuwait; Macao; New Zealand; Oman; Qatar; Saudi Arabia; Singapore; United Arab Emirates; United States.

However, in duly justified circumstances and in order to foster regional cooperation, the Commission may decide when adopting action programmes that countries not listed above are eligible, where the project or programme to be implemented is of regional or cross border nature. This list may be amended in accordance with regular OECD/DAC reviews.

Areas of cooperation : measures financed under this Regulation shall cover areas of cooperation set out notably in the instruments, agreements, declarations and action plans, between the Community and the partner countries as well as areas pertaining to the Community’s strategic interests. Community assistance shall support cooperation actions consistent with Article 1 and shall be consistent with the overall purpose, scope, objectives and general principles of this Regulation. Specific attention shall be paid to actions in the following areas of cooperation :

1) the promotion of cooperation, partnerships and joint undertakings between economic, academic and scientific actors in the Community and partner countries;

2) the stimulation of bilateral trade, investment flows and economic partnerships;

3) the promotion of dialogues between political, economic and social actors and other nongovernmental

organisations in relevant sectors in the Community and partner countries;

4) the promotion of people-to-people links, education and training programmes and intellectual exchanges and the enhancement of mutual understanding between cultures and civilisations;

5) the promotion of cooperative projects in areas such as research, science and technology, energy, transport and environmental matters, customs and any other matter of mutual interest between the Community and the partner countries;

6) the enhancement of awareness about and understanding of the European Union and of its visibility in partner countries;

7) support for specific initiatives, including research work, studies, pilot schemes or joint projects destined to respond in an effective and flexible manner to cooperation objectives arising from developments in the Community’s bilateral relationship with the partner countries or aiming to provide impetus to the further deepening and broadening of bilateral relationships with them.

Programming and allocation of funds : actions to promote cooperation under this Regulation shall be carried out in the framework of multi-annual cooperation programmes which the Commission will draw up. They shall set out the Community's strategic interests and priorities, general objectives and expected results. They shall be reviewed at mid-term, or ad hoc if necessary.

Implementation measures : t he Commission shall adopt annual action programmes based on the multi-annual cooperation programmes. Annual action programmes shall specify, for all or for a selection of partner countries, the objectives pursued, the fields of intervention, the expected results, the management procedures and the total amount of financing planned. They shall contain a description of the operations to be financed, an indication of the amounts allocated for each operation and an indicative implementation timetable.

The draft Regulation also lays down provisions on the following issues:

- eligibility : entities and bodies in the Member States and in the partner countries ( public or parastatal bodies; companies; NGOs; International organisations, etc).

- types of financing : t he financing of cooperation projects and programmes will be made from the Community's budget either in totality or will take the form of co-financing with other sources.

- support measures : Community financing may cover expenditure associated with the preparation, follow up, monitoring, audit and evaluation activities directly necessary for the implementation of this

- Regulation and the achievement of its objectives, and any other administrative or technical assistance expenditure necessary for the management of the programme. It shall also cover expenditure at Commission Executive agencies and Delegations, on the administrative support needed to manage operations financed under this Regulation. These support measures are not necessarily covered by multi-annual programmes and may therefore be financed outside their scope. However, they may also be financed under multi-annual programmes.

- co-financing measures ;

- management procedures implemented in accordance with the EU’s Financial Regulation;

- evaluation : t he Commission shall regularly evaluate the actions and programmes financed under this Regulation in order to ascertain whether the objectives have been met and enable it to formulate recommendations with a view to improving future operations.

Council Regulation 382/2001/EC, amended by Council Regulation 1900/2005 concerning the implementation of projects promoting cooperation and commercial relations between the European Union and the industrialised countries (see CNS/2004/0288 ) shall be repealed as of 1 January 2007. The amount of Community funding deemed necessary for the implementation of the actions identified in this Regulation will be established by the budget authority on an annual basis within the limits of the financial perspectives ( see the indicative financial statement ).

Documents
11877/2006
2006/07/11
   EP - MARTIN David (PSE) appointed as rapporteur in INTA
2004/10/01
   EC - Initial legislative proposal
Details

On 1 October 2004, the Commission published a draft Regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council aiming to establish a new financing instrument for development co-operation and economic co-operation in the framework of the forthcoming financial perspectives 2007-2013: please refer to the Commission’s initial proposal (COD/2004/0220, summary dated 01/10/2004) .

As far its remit is concerned, it covers all of the world’s countries, territories and regions except:

- The Member States of the Community.

- The Overseas Countries and Territories associated with the Community.

- Countries eligible for the pre-accession instrument (Albania, Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia, Bosnia-Herzegovina, Croatia, Serbia and Montenegro and Turkey )

- Countries eligible for the new European Neighbourhood and Partnership Instrument (Algeria, Armenia, the Palestinian Authority of the West Bank and the Gaza Strip, Azerbaijan, Byelorussia, Egypt, the Russian Federation, Georgia, Israel, Jordan, Lebanon, Libya, Morocco, Moldavia, Syria, Tunisia and Ukraine).

Moreover, a number of general principles guide the Regulation, namely, consistency, co-ordination of co-operation policies, co-ordination with other bi-lateral or multi-lateral donors, redirection of Community assistance towards forms of sectoral and budgetary support and respect for human rights and fundamental freedoms, democratic principles and the rule of law.

After trilateral consultations between the Commission, the European Parliament and the Council, it was decided, in July 2006, to split that proposal into three separate texts:

i) a Regulation establishing a financing instrument for the promotion of democracy and human rights world wide (see COD/2006/0116);

ii) a Regulation establishing a financing instrument for development cooperation based on Article 179 TEC (COD/2004/0220);

iii) a Regulation establishing a financing instrument for cooperation with industrialised and other high-income countries and territories based on Article 181 a TEC (for the present proposal, refer to the initial proposal dated 24 July 2006).

These complementary proposals will breakdown the initial amounts provided by the cooperation instrument: that is EUR 17.053 billion .

For details concerning the financial implications of this proposal, please refer to the financial statement.

Documents
COM(2004)0629
EUR-Lex
2004/09/30
   EC - Initial legislative proposal published
Details

On 1 October 2004, the Commission published a draft Regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council aiming to establish a new financing instrument for development co-operation and economic co-operation in the framework of the forthcoming financial perspectives 2007-2013: please refer to the Commission’s initial proposal (COD/2004/0220, summary dated 01/10/2004) .

As far its remit is concerned, it covers all of the world’s countries, territories and regions except:

- The Member States of the Community.

- The Overseas Countries and Territories associated with the Community.

- Countries eligible for the pre-accession instrument (Albania, Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia, Bosnia-Herzegovina, Croatia, Serbia and Montenegro and Turkey )

- Countries eligible for the new European Neighbourhood and Partnership Instrument (Algeria, Armenia, the Palestinian Authority of the West Bank and the Gaza Strip, Azerbaijan, Byelorussia, Egypt, the Russian Federation, Georgia, Israel, Jordan, Lebanon, Libya, Morocco, Moldavia, Syria, Tunisia and Ukraine).

Moreover, a number of general principles guide the Regulation, namely, consistency, co-ordination of co-operation policies, co-ordination with other bi-lateral or multi-lateral donors, redirection of Community assistance towards forms of sectoral and budgetary support and respect for human rights and fundamental freedoms, democratic principles and the rule of law.

After trilateral consultations between the Commission, the European Parliament and the Council, it was decided, in July 2006, to split that proposal into three separate texts:

i) a Regulation establishing a financing instrument for the promotion of democracy and human rights world wide (see COD/2006/0116);

ii) a Regulation establishing a financing instrument for development cooperation based on Article 179 TEC (COD/2004/0220);

iii) a Regulation establishing a financing instrument for cooperation with industrialised and other high-income countries and territories based on Article 181 a TEC (for the present proposal, refer to the initial proposal dated 24 July 2006).

These complementary proposals will breakdown the initial amounts provided by the cooperation instrument: that is EUR 17.053 billion .

For details concerning the financial implications of this proposal, please refer to the financial statement.

Documents
COM(2004)0629
EUR-Lex

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  • date: 2006-11-29T00:00:00 docs: url: http://www.europarl.europa.eu/sides/getDoc.do?type=REPORT&mode=XML&reference=A6-2006-430&language=EN title: A6-0430/2006 type: Committee report tabled for plenary, 1st reading/single reading body: EP
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  • date: 2004-10-01T00:00:00 type: Initial legislative proposal published body: EC docs: url: http://www.europarl.europa.eu/registre/docs_autres_institutions/commission_europeenne/com/2004/0629/COM_COM(2004)0629_EN.pdf title: COM(2004)0629 url: https://eur-lex.europa.eu/smartapi/cgi/sga_doc?smartapi!celexplus!prod!DocNumber&lg=EN&type_doc=COMfinal&an_doc=2004&nu_doc=629 title: EUR-Lex summary: On 1 October 2004, the Commission published a draft Regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council aiming to establish a new financing instrument for development co-operation and economic co-operation in the framework of the forthcoming financial perspectives 2007-2013: please refer to the Commission’s initial proposal (COD/2004/0220, summary dated 01/10/2004) . As far its remit is concerned, it covers all of the world’s countries, territories and regions except: - The Member States of the Community. - The Overseas Countries and Territories associated with the Community. - Countries eligible for the pre-accession instrument (Albania, Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia, Bosnia-Herzegovina, Croatia, Serbia and Montenegro and Turkey ) - Countries eligible for the new European Neighbourhood and Partnership Instrument (Algeria, Armenia, the Palestinian Authority of the West Bank and the Gaza Strip, Azerbaijan, Byelorussia, Egypt, the Russian Federation, Georgia, Israel, Jordan, Lebanon, Libya, Morocco, Moldavia, Syria, Tunisia and Ukraine). Moreover, a number of general principles guide the Regulation, namely, consistency, co-ordination of co-operation policies, co-ordination with other bi-lateral or multi-lateral donors, redirection of Community assistance towards forms of sectoral and budgetary support and respect for human rights and fundamental freedoms, democratic principles and the rule of law. After trilateral consultations between the Commission, the European Parliament and the Council, it was decided, in July 2006, to split that proposal into three separate texts: i) a Regulation establishing a financing instrument for the promotion of democracy and human rights world wide (see COD/2006/0116); ii) a Regulation establishing a financing instrument for development cooperation based on Article 179 TEC (COD/2004/0220); iii) a Regulation establishing a financing instrument for cooperation with industrialised and other high-income countries and territories based on Article 181 a TEC (for the present proposal, refer to the initial proposal dated 24 July 2006). These complementary proposals will breakdown the initial amounts provided by the cooperation instrument: that is EUR 17.053 billion . For details concerning the financial implications of this proposal, please refer to the financial statement.
  • date: 2006-07-24T00:00:00 type: Legislative proposal published body: EC docs: url: http://register.consilium.europa.eu/content/out?lang=EN&typ=SET&i=ADV&RESULTSET=1&DOC_ID=11877%2F06&DOC_LANCD=EN&ROWSPP=25&NRROWS=500&ORDERBY=DOC_DATE+DESC title: 11877/2006 summary: PURPOSE: to propose a new financing instrument for cooperation with industrialised and other high-income countries and territories (2007-2013). PROPOSED ACT: Council Regulation. LEGAL CONTEXT: as stated in the former initial proposal (see summary dated 1 October 2004), this proposal is the result of the splitting of proposal COD/2004/0220 establishing a financing instrument for development and economic cooperation. It has been decided to split that proposal into three separate texts: - the present text ; - a Regulation establishing a financing instrument for the promotion of democracy and human rights world wide (see COD/2006/0116 ); - a Regulation establishing a financing instrument for development cooperation (see COD/2004/0220 ). Following this split, the Council sent a letter to the European Parliament requesting that it be formally consulted on this issue. Moreover, in order to enable a common approach to the Community's operations in this field, it is envisaged that the separate draft Regulations will as far as possible contain identical provisions, and be adopted simultaneously. CONTENT: over the past decade, the Community has consistently strengthened its bilateral relations with a broad range of industrialised and other high-income countries and territories across different regions of the world, primarily in North America, East Asia and Australasia, but also in South-East Asia and the Gulf region. It is the Community’ s interest to further deepen its relations with industrialised countries and territories with which it often shares similar political, economic and institutional structures and values and which are important bilateral political and trading partners as well as players in multilateral fora and in global governance. The European Union and industrialised and other high income countries and territories have agreed to strengthen their relationship and to cooperate across the areas in which they have shared interests through a variety of bilateral instruments such as agreements, declarations, action plans and other similar documents. The main aim of cooperation with these countries and territories shall be to : § provide a specific response to the need to strengthen links and to engage further with them on a bilateral, regional or multilateral basis; § contribute to the creation of a more favourable environment for the development of the relations of the Community with these countries and territories; § promote dialogue and Community’s strategic interests. Beneficiary countries : Australia; Bahrain; Brunei; Canada; Chinese Taipei; Hong-Kong; Japan; Republic of Korea; Kuwait; Macao; New Zealand; Oman; Qatar; Saudi Arabia; Singapore; United Arab Emirates; United States. However, in duly justified circumstances and in order to foster regional cooperation, the Commission may decide when adopting action programmes that countries not listed above are eligible, where the project or programme to be implemented is of regional or cross border nature. This list may be amended in accordance with regular OECD/DAC reviews. Areas of cooperation : measures financed under this Regulation shall cover areas of cooperation set out notably in the instruments, agreements, declarations and action plans, between the Community and the partner countries as well as areas pertaining to the Community’s strategic interests. Community assistance shall support cooperation actions consistent with Article 1 and shall be consistent with the overall purpose, scope, objectives and general principles of this Regulation. Specific attention shall be paid to actions in the following areas of cooperation : 1) the promotion of cooperation, partnerships and joint undertakings between economic, academic and scientific actors in the Community and partner countries; 2) the stimulation of bilateral trade, investment flows and economic partnerships; 3) the promotion of dialogues between political, economic and social actors and other nongovernmental organisations in relevant sectors in the Community and partner countries; 4) the promotion of people-to-people links, education and training programmes and intellectual exchanges and the enhancement of mutual understanding between cultures and civilisations; 5) the promotion of cooperative projects in areas such as research, science and technology, energy, transport and environmental matters, customs and any other matter of mutual interest between the Community and the partner countries; 6) the enhancement of awareness about and understanding of the European Union and of its visibility in partner countries; 7) support for specific initiatives, including research work, studies, pilot schemes or joint projects destined to respond in an effective and flexible manner to cooperation objectives arising from developments in the Community’s bilateral relationship with the partner countries or aiming to provide impetus to the further deepening and broadening of bilateral relationships with them. Programming and allocation of funds : actions to promote cooperation under this Regulation shall be carried out in the framework of multi-annual cooperation programmes which the Commission will draw up. They shall set out the Community's strategic interests and priorities, general objectives and expected results. They shall be reviewed at mid-term, or ad hoc if necessary. Implementation measures : t he Commission shall adopt annual action programmes based on the multi-annual cooperation programmes. Annual action programmes shall specify, for all or for a selection of partner countries, the objectives pursued, the fields of intervention, the expected results, the management procedures and the total amount of financing planned. They shall contain a description of the operations to be financed, an indication of the amounts allocated for each operation and an indicative implementation timetable. The draft Regulation also lays down provisions on the following issues: - eligibility : entities and bodies in the Member States and in the partner countries ( public or parastatal bodies; companies; NGOs; International organisations, etc). - types of financing : t he financing of cooperation projects and programmes will be made from the Community's budget either in totality or will take the form of co-financing with other sources. - support measures : Community financing may cover expenditure associated with the preparation, follow up, monitoring, audit and evaluation activities directly necessary for the implementation of this - Regulation and the achievement of its objectives, and any other administrative or technical assistance expenditure necessary for the management of the programme. It shall also cover expenditure at Commission Executive agencies and Delegations, on the administrative support needed to manage operations financed under this Regulation. These support measures are not necessarily covered by multi-annual programmes and may therefore be financed outside their scope. However, they may also be financed under multi-annual programmes. - co-financing measures ; - management procedures implemented in accordance with the EU’s Financial Regulation; - evaluation : t he Commission shall regularly evaluate the actions and programmes financed under this Regulation in order to ascertain whether the objectives have been met and enable it to formulate recommendations with a view to improving future operations. Council Regulation 382/2001/EC, amended by Council Regulation 1900/2005 concerning the implementation of projects promoting cooperation and commercial relations between the European Union and the industrialised countries (see CNS/2004/0288 ) shall be repealed as of 1 January 2007. The amount of Community funding deemed necessary for the implementation of the actions identified in this Regulation will be established by the budget authority on an annual basis within the limits of the financial perspectives ( see the indicative financial statement ).
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  • date: 2006-12-12T00:00:00 type: Results of vote in Parliament body: EP docs: url: https://oeil.secure.europarl.europa.eu/oeil/popups/sda.do?id=13017&l=en title: Results of vote in Parliament
  • date: 2006-12-12T00:00:00 type: Debate in Parliament body: EP docs: url: http://www.europarl.europa.eu/sides/getDoc.do?secondRef=TOC&language=EN&reference=20061212&type=CRE title: Debate in Parliament
  • date: 2006-12-12T00:00:00 type: Decision by Parliament, 1st reading/single reading body: EP docs: url: http://www.europarl.europa.eu/sides/getDoc.do?type=TA&language=EN&reference=P6-TA-2006-550 title: T6-0550/2006 summary: The European Parliament adopted a resolution drafted by David MARTIN (PES, UK) and made some amendments to the proposal that were aimed at bringing it into line with other external instruments, through a review clause, a human rights/democracy clause and strengthening of the role of Parliament with regard to evaluation, reporting mechanisms and its involvement in multiannual cooperation programmes. The financial reference amount for the implementation of this Regulation for the period from 2007 to 2013 will be EUR 172 million. The principal amendments were as follows: - the Community's cooperation should contribute to the general objective of developing and consolidating democracy and the rule of law, and to the objective of respecting human rights and fundamental freedoms; - in order to achieve the objectives of the Regulation a differentiated approach should be pursued depending on economic, social and political contexts, pursuing cooperation with partner countries or regions with specific, tailor-made programmes, based on their specific situation as well as on the Community's specific interests, strategies and priorities; - Parliament emphasised greater complementarity and better harmonisation, alignment and coordination of procedures, both between the Community and its Member States and in relations with other actors; - any amendment to the list in the Annex resulting from the regular OECD/DAC reviews of its List of developing countries shall be notified by the Commission to the European Parliament and the Council before the Commission adopts the required modifications; - a new clause is inserted on protecting the Community’s financial interests; - a limited proportion of the annual budget shall be used to finance evaluation studies of the actions and programmes undertaken in the framework of the Regulation; - by 31 December 2010, the Commission shall submit to the European Parliament and the Council a report evaluating the implementation of this Regulation in the first three years with, if appropriate, a legislative proposal introducing the necessary modifications.
  • date: 2006-12-19T00:00:00 type: Act adopted by Council after consultation of Parliament body: EP/CSL
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  • date: 2006-12-30T00:00:00 type: Final act published in Official Journal summary: PURPOSE: to establish a new financing instrument for cooperation with industrialised and other high-income countries and territories (2007-2013). LEGISLATIVE ACT: Council Regulation (EC) No 1934/2006 establishing a financing instrument for cooperation with industrialised and other high-income countries and territories. BACKGROUND: with the adoption of the financial perspectives for 2007 -2013 , a new framework for planning and delivering external assistance to third countries has been adopted the purpose of which is to make the Community’s assistance more effective and streamlined. This new framework repeals a plethora of existing legislative acts and replaces them with more concise, focused legislation. The other recently approved Instruments are: An Instrument for Pre-Accession The European Neighbourhood and Partnership Instrument An Instrument for development co-operation An Instrument for Stability An Instrument for the promotion of democracy and human rights world-wide The present Instrument for co-operation with industrialised and other high income countries and territories. To recall, this instrument is the result of the splitting of proposal establishing a financing instrument for development and economic cooperation (please refer to the initial proposal for details). CONTENT: over the past decade, the Community has consistently strengthened its bilateral relations with a broad range of industrialised and other high-income countries and territories across different regions of the world, primarily in North America, East Asia and Australasia, but also in South-East Asia and the Gulf region. It is the Community’s interest to further deepen its relations with industrialised countries and territories with which it often shares similar political, economic and institutional structures and values and which are important bilateral political and trading partners as well as players in multilateral fora and in global governance. The European Union and industrialised and other high income countries and territories have agreed to strengthen their relationship and to cooperate across the areas in which they have shared interests through a variety of bilateral instruments such as agreements, declarations, action plans and other similar documents. Objective : Community financing shall support economic, financial and technical cooperation and other forms of cooperation falling within its spheres of competence, with industrialised and other high-income countries and territories. The primary objective shall be to provide a specific response to the need to strengthen links and to engage further with them on a bilateral, regional or multilateral basis in order to create a more favourable environment for the development of the relations of the Community with these countries and territories and promote dialogue while fostering Community's interests. By implementing this Regulation, the European Union seeks to promote commitment to the principles of liberty, democracy, respect for human rights and fundamental freedoms and the rule of law in partner countries through dialogue and cooperation. A differentiated approach in designing cooperation with partner countries shall be pursued, where appropriate, to take account of their economic, social and political contexts as well as of the Community's specific interests, strategies and priorities. Measures financed under this Regulation shall cover areas of cooperation set out notably in the instruments, agreements, declarations and action plans between the Community and the partner countries as well as areas pertaining to the Community's specific interests. For measures financed under this Regulation, the Community shall aim to ensure coherence with other areas of its external action as well as other relevant Community policies. This shall be ensured by formulating policy, strategic planning and the programming and implementation of measures. Beneficiary countries : Australia; Bahrain; Brunei; Canada; Chinese Taipei; Hong-Kong; Japan; Republic of Korea; Kuwait; Macao; New Zealand; Oman; Qatar; Saudi Arabia; Singapore; United Arab Emirates; United States. However, in duly justified circumstances and in order to foster regional cooperation, the Commission may decide when adopting action programmes that countries not listed above are eligible, where the project or programme to be implemented is of regional or cross border nature. This list may be amended in accordance with regular OECD/DAC reviews. Areas of cooperation : measures financed under this Regulation shall cover areas of cooperation set out notably in the instruments, agreements, declarations and action plans, between the Community and the partner countries as well as areas pertaining to the Community’s strategic interests. Community assistance shall support cooperation actions consistent with the Regulation and shall be consistent with its overall purpose, scope, objectives and general principles. Specific attention shall be paid to actions in the following areas of cooperation: 1) the promotion of cooperation, partnerships and joint undertakings between economic, academic and scientific actors in the Community and partner countries; 2) the stimulation of bilateral trade, investment flows and economic partnerships; 3) the promotion of dialogues between political, economic and social actors and other nongovernmental organisations in relevant sectors in the Community and partner countries; 4) the promotion of people-to-people links, education and training programmes and intellectual exchanges and the enhancement of mutual understanding between cultures and civilisations; 5) the promotion of cooperative projects in areas such as research, science and technology, energy, transport and environmental matters, customs and any other matter of mutual interest between the Community and the partner countries; 6) the enhancement of awareness about and understanding of the European Union and of its visibility in partner countries; 7) support for specific initiatives, including research work, studies, pilot schemes or joint projects destined to respond in an effective and flexible manner to cooperation objectives arising from developments in the Community’s bilateral relationship with the partner countries or aiming to provide impetus to the further deepening and broadening of bilateral relationships with them. Programming and allocation of funds : actions to promote cooperation under this Regulation shall be carried out in the framework of multi-annual cooperation programmes covering cooperation with all or with a selection of the partner countries. The Commission shall draw-up the multi-annual cooperation programmes and specify their scope. Multi-annual cooperation programmes shall cover no more than a maximum of 7 years. They shall set out the Community's strategic interests and priorities, the general objectives and the expected results. They shall also set out the areas selected for financing by the Community and outline the indicative financial allocation of funds, overall, per priority area and per partner country or group of partner countries for the period concerned. Implementation : the Regulation details the conditions of adoption of financing decisions by the Commission for each type of action proposed (multiannual cooperation programmes or annual action programmes). The Regulation also lays down provisions on the following issues: Eligibility : entities and bodies, institutions, companies and NGOs. Types of financing : cooperation projects and programmes will be financed by the general budget of the European Union either in totality or in the form of co-financing with other sources (see cofinancing below). Financing for the implementation of action programmes may take the legal form of a grant agreement (including scholarships); procurement contracts; employment contracts; or financing agreements. Cofinancing : measures shall be eligible for co-financing inter alia with: Member States, their regional and local authorities, and in particular their public and parastatal agencies; partner countries; international organisations and regional organisations, including international and regional financial institutions; companies, firms, other private organisations and businesses, and other non-state actors; partner countries in receipt of funding, and other bodies eligible for funding. Management : the management of this instrument must meet the requirements of the protection of the Community's financial interests. Evaluation : the Commission shall regularly evaluate the actions and programmes financed under this Regulation. It will submit a report covering the first three years of the implementation not later than 31 December 2010. Amendments are to be proposed to this Regulation, if necessary. Financial envelope : the instrument is allocated a budget of EUR 172 million for the period 2007-2013. ENTRY INTO FORCE: 31.12.2006. It shall apply from 1 January 2007 to 31 December 2013. As for the date of entry into force, Regulation (EC) No 382/2001 concerning the implementation of projects promoting cooperation and commercial relations between the EU and the industrialised countries of North America, the Far East and Australasia as amended by Regulation (EC) No 1900/2005, shall be repealed. docs: title: Regulation 2006/1934 url: https://eur-lex.europa.eu/smartapi/cgi/sga_doc?smartapi!celexplus!prod!CELEXnumdoc&lg=EN&numdoc=32006R1934 title: OJ L 405 30.12.2006, p. 0041 url: https://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/EN/TXT/?uri=OJ:L:2006:405:TOC
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On 1 October 2004, the Commission published a draft Regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council aiming to establish a new financing instrument for development co-operation and economic co-operation in the framework of the forthcoming financial perspectives 2007-2013: please refer to the Commission’s initial proposal (COD/2004/0220, summary dated 01/10/2004).

As far its remit is concerned, it covers all of the world’s countries, territories and regions except:

- The Member States of the Community.

- The Overseas Countries and Territories associated with the Community.

- Countries eligible for the pre-accession instrument (Albania, Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia, Bosnia-Herzegovina, Croatia, Serbia and Montenegro and Turkey )

- Countries eligible for the new European Neighbourhood and Partnership Instrument (Algeria, Armenia, the Palestinian Authority of the West Bank and the Gaza Strip, Azerbaijan, Byelorussia, Egypt, the Russian Federation, Georgia, Israel, Jordan, Lebanon, Libya, Morocco, Moldavia, Syria, Tunisia and Ukraine).

Moreover, a number of general principles guide the Regulation, namely, consistency, co-ordination of co-operation policies, co-ordination with other bi-lateral or multi-lateral donors, redirection of Community assistance towards forms of sectoral and budgetary support and respect for human rights and fundamental freedoms, democratic principles and the rule of law.

After trilateral consultations between the Commission, the European Parliament and the Council, it was decided, in July 2006, to split that proposal into three separate texts:

i) a Regulation establishing a financing instrument for the promotion of democracy and human rights world wide (see COD/2006/0116);

ii) a Regulation establishing a financing instrument for development cooperation based on Article 179 TEC (COD/2004/0220);

iii) a Regulation establishing a financing instrument for cooperation with industrialised and other high-income countries and territories based on Article 181 a TEC (for the present proposal, refer to the initial proposal dated 24 July 2006).

These complementary proposals will breakdown the initial amounts provided by the cooperation instrument: that is EUR 17.053 billion.

For details concerning the financial implications of this proposal, please refer to the financial statement.

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PURPOSE: to propose a new financing instrument for development co-operation and economic co-operation in the framework of the forthcoming financial perspectives 2007-2013.

PROPOSED ACT: Regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council.

CONTENT:  in the context of the forthcoming financial perspectives 2007-2013, the Commission is proposing a new financial instrument with a reference amount of EUR 44.229 billionover a 7 year period which aims to provide support for both development policy and all forms of cooperation with developing countries, countries in transition and industrialised countries.

In addition, the new Regulation serves as a consolidated legal basis for pursuing internal policy objectives at international, multilateral and global levels.

As far its remit is concerned it covers all of the world’s countries, territories and regions except:

  • The Member States of the Community.
  • The Overseas Countries and Territories associated with the Community.
  • Countries eligible for the pre-accession instrument (Albania, Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia, Bosnia-Herzegovina, Croatia, Serbia and Montenegro and Turkey ).
  • Countries eligible for the new European Neighbourhood and Partnership Instrument (Algeria, Armenia, the Palestinian Authority of the West Bank and the Gaza Strip, Azerbaijan, Byelorussia, Egypt, the Russian Federation, Georgia, Israel, Jordan, Lebanon, Libya, Morocco, Moldavia, Syria, Tunisia and Ukraine).

A number of general principles guide the Regulation, namely, consistency, co-ordination of co-operation policies, co-ordination with other bi-lateral or multi-lateral donors, redirection of Community assistance towards forms of sectoral and budgetary support and respect for human rights and fundamental freedoms, democratic principles and the rule of law. Concerning the latter principles a suspension clause if foreseen in the case of breeches.

In terms of programming and allocating funds, the Community’s external assistance will be delivered via large-scale geographical programmes. Money has also been put aside for thematic programmes aimed at financing global and horizontal initiatives, as well as for specific thematic programmes with industrialised countries in mind. Thematic strategies will be established for periods up to seven years. The strategic documents will set out the European Union’s vision and priorities of its assistance within each priority theme and initiative.

Member States will play a close role in deciding on multi-annual geographical programmes and thematic programmes. Actual adoption of the multi-annual programming papers will be adopted in accordance with the opinion of a management committee. Adoption of the action programmes (financing of which will be decided on either one per country or region), will not, however, be put through the committee procedure. This may prove useful should the Commission wish to mobilise financing speedily before an action programme has been fully finalised. Adoption of special measures not provided for in strategy papers and multi-annual indicative programmes will be decided upon by a procedure where the opinion a Member State advisory committee is sought. Spending exceeding EUR 15 million will be decided on based on the consultation procedure. The financing of special measures is being proposed in a bid to finance strategy papers or multi-annual indicative programmes in cases of unforeseen circumstances. Where measures have been given financial approval the proposed Regulation allows for co-financing in the form of joint or parallel financing.

Other provisions listed in the Regulation include budgetary commitments, protection of the Community’s financial interests, participation in public tenders, pre-financing, funds made available to the European Investment Bank and other financial intermediaries, participation by a third countries not eligible under this Regulation, suspending assistance, financial provisions for ACP countries and for a review of the Regulation by 31 December 2011.

For more details concerning the financial implications of this measure, please refer to the financial statement.
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