Introductory text

THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN UNION,

Having regard to the Treaty on European Union,

Having regard to the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union,

Having regard to the Internal Agreement between the Representatives of the Governments of the Member States of the European Union, meeting within the Council, on the financing of European Union aid under the multiannual financial framework for the period 2014 to 2020, in accordance with the ACP-EU Partnership Agreement, and on the allocation of financial assistance for the Overseas Countries and Territories to which Part Four of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union applies^f1 (‘the Internal Agreement’), and in particular Article 8(5) thereof,

Having regard to the proposal from the European Commission,

Whereas:

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^f2, as first amended in Luxembourg on 25 June 2005^f3 and as amended for the second time in Ouagadougou on 22 June 2010^f4 (‘ACP-EU Partnership Agreement’), provides for the definition of financial protocols for each five-year period.

On 26 June 2013, the Representatives of the Governments of the Member States, meeting within the Council, adopted an Internal Agreement in accordance with the ACP-EU Partnership Agreement providing for the setting up of the European Development Fund Committee consisting of Representatives of the Governments of the Member States.

The rules of procedure of the European Development Fund Committee should take into account the relevant provisions of Council Decision 2013/755/EU^f5 and of Council Regulation (EU) 2015/322^f6,

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