# Council Decision (EU) 2017/2301 of 4 December 2017 on the position to be adopted on behalf of the European Union within the ACP-EU Committee of Ambassadors as regards the implementation of Article 68 of the ACP-EU Partnership Agreement, Attachment

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DECISION No …/2017 OF THE ACP-EU COMMITTEE OF AMBASSADORS
of …
regarding the implementation of Article 68 of the ACP-EU Partnership Agreement
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, and in particular Article 100 thereof, in conjunction with its Articles 15(4) and 16(2),
Whereas:
(1)
Article 68 of the Partnership Agreement between the members of the African, Caribbean and Pacific Group of States (‘ACP’) of the one part, and the European Community and its Member States, of the other part (‘the ACP-EU Partnership Agreement’) stipulates that a system of additional support mechanism is to be put in place in order to mitigate the short-term adverse effects resulting from exogenous shocks affecting the economy of ACP States. Paragraph 4 of that Article sets out that the modalities of the support mechanism are laid down in Annex II to the ACP-EU Partnership Agreement.
(2)
The mechanism as currently defined in Annex II to the ACP-EU Partnership Agreement needs to be adapted to reflect the needs of the Parties and to ensure a flexible and rapid delivery of assistance.
(3)
Article 100 of the ACP-EU Partnership Agreement stipulates that Annexes Ia, II, IV, and VI to the Agreement in question may be revised, reviewed and/or amended by the ACP-EU Council of Ministers on the basis of a recommendation from the ACP–EU Development Finance Cooperation Committee.
(4)
Article 15(4) of the ACP-EU Partnership Agreement stipulates that the ACP-EU Council of Ministers may delegate powers to the ACP-EU Committee of Ambassadors.
(5)
Article 16(2) of the ACP-EU Partnership Agreement stipulates that the ACP-EU Committee of Ambassadors shall carry out any mandate entrusted to it by the Council.
(6)
The ACP-EU Council of Ministers meeting of 5 May 2017 mandated that the ACP-EU Committee of Ambassadors adopt a decision on the implementation of Article 68 of the ACP-EU Partnership Agreement regarding exogenous shocks and amending Annex II, Chapter 3.
(7)
A decision on the implementation of Article 68 of the ACP-EU Partnership Agreement should be adopted,
HAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION:
Done at …,
For the ACP-EU Committee of Ambassadors
The President

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