DECISION No 3/2012 OF THE ACP-EU COMMITTEE OF AMBASSADORS

of 13 September 2012

concerning the reassignment of a part of the unallocated resources of the 10th European Development Fund (EDF) to Intra-ACP cooperation

(2012/522/EU)

THE ACP-EU COMMITTEE OF AMBASSADORS,

Having regard to 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(1), as first amended in Luxembourg on 25 June 2005(2), and amended for the second time in Ouagadougou on 22 June 2010(3) (‘the ACP-EU Partnership Agreement’), and in particular paragraph 6 of Annex Ib thereto,

Whereas:

(1) The 10th European Development Fund (EDF) Intra-ACP remaining funds are insufficient to meet the programming requirements which emerged from the 10th EDF Intra-ACP Mid-Term Review.

(2) In order to continue providing a rapid and efficient response to situations of violent conflicts in Africa, the replenishment of the African Peace Facility is required.

(3) To allow for the financing of EU and ACP priorities, the necessary amount should be transferred from the unallocated resources of the 10th EDF to the envelope for Intra-ACP cooperation.

(4) It is appropriate for the ACP-EU Committee of Ambassadors to adopt this decision without delay,

HAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION:

Article 1

Intra-ACP cooperation

An amount of EUR 195 million shall be transferred from the unallocated resources of the 10th EDF to the envelope for Intra-ACP cooperation, in accordance with the objectives set out in Articles 11, 28, 29 and 30 of the ACP-EU Partnership Agreement.

Article 2

Financing request

In accordance with Article 12b(a) of Annex IV to the ACP-EU Partnership Agreement, the ACP-EU Committee of Ambassadors requests the Commission to finance the activities proposed by the EU and the ACP Group of States, respectively, and notably to provide additional funding to the African Peace Facility for a total amount of EUR 100 million, in order to support the efforts of the African Union and regional organisations to address security challenges across Africa.

This Decision shall enter into force on the date of its adoption.

Done at Brussels, 13 September 2012.

For the ACP-EU Committee of Ambassadors

The Chairman

D. EVINA ABE’E

(1)  

OJ L 317, 15.12.2000, p. 3

.

(2)  Agreement amending 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 (

OJ L 209, 11.8.2005, p. 27

).

(3)  Agreement amending for the second time 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, as first amended in Luxembourg on 25 June 2005 (

OJ L 287, 4.11.2010, p. 3

).