Article 2 Referral to the Committee

United Kingdom

A referral shall be made to the Committee in the cases and according to the procedures laid down in Council Regulation (EU) 2015/322^f1 (‘the 11th EDF Implementation Regulation’), and in particular in Articles 7, 9 and 14 thereof and, where appropriate, in Council Decision 2013/755/EU^f2 (‘the Overseas Association Decision’). In respect of the responsibilities conferred upon it by the Overseas Association Decision, the Committee shall be referred to as the ‘EDF-OCTs Committee’.

In addition to the referral cases provided for in paragraph 1:

(a)

the Commission shall proceed to publish, in a timely manner on its website, adopted decisions taken on the basis of Articles 14 and 15 of the 11th EDF Implementation Regulation and inform the Committee accordingly by the most rapid and reliable electronic means;

(b)

the Commission shall inform the Committee of any delays or difficulties in the implementation of annual action programmes, individual and special measures, including advance information on the suspension and the resumption of budget support programmes, which could result in significant additional commitments or substantive changes likely to entail compulsory referral under the provisions of the 11th EDF Implementation Regulation.

Annotations

Footnotes

f1: Council Regulation (EU) 2015/322 of 2 March 2015 on the implementation of the 11th European Development Fund (OJ L 58, 3.3.2015, p. 1).
f2: Council Decision 2013/755/EU of 25 November 2013, on the association of the overseas countries and territories with the European Union (‘Overseas Association Decision’), (OJ L 344, 19.12.2013, p. 1).