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Council Regulation (EC) No 1934/2006 of 21 December 2006 establishing a financing instrument for cooperation with industrialised and other high-income countries and territories, and with developing countries falling under Regulation (EC) No 1905/2006 of the European Parliament and of the Council, for activities other than official development assistance

EU Regulation No 1934/2006 · Adopted 21 December 2006 · Extends to United Kingdom

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F1Council Regulation (EC) No 1934/2006

of 21 December 2006

establishing a financing instrument for cooperation with industrialised and other high-income countries and territories, and with developing countries falling under Regulation (EC) No 1905/2006 of the European Parliament and of the Council, for activities other than official development assistance

X1THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN UNION,

Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community, and in particular Article 181a thereof,

Having regard to the proposal from the Commission,

Having regard to the opinion of the European Parliament,

Whereas:

(1)

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. Furthermore, these relations have developed to embrace a widening array of subjects and areas in the economic sphere and beyond.

(2)

It is in 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. This will be an important factor in strengthening the European Union's role and place in the world, consolidating multilateral institutions and in contributing to balance and in developing the world economy and the international system.

(3)

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.

(4)

In accordance with the principles laid down in those bilateral instruments, the Community implements a cooperation policy aimed at creating an environment conducive to pursuing and developing its relations with those countries and territories. Cooperation activities will help to strengthen the European presence and visibility in these countries and encourage economic, commercial, academic, cultural and other exchanges and interaction between a diversified range of actors on each side.

(5)

The European Union is founded on the principles of democracy, the rule of law, good governance, respect for human rights and fundamental freedoms. Community action under this Regulation should contribute to the general objective of developing and consolidating these principles in partner countries and regions through dialogue and cooperation.

(6)

The promotion of diversified bilateral cooperation initiatives with industrialised and other high-income countries and territories within a single instrument will allow economies of scale, synergy effects, greater effectiveness and visibility for the Community action.

(7)

In order to achieve the objectives of this Regulation it is necessary to pursue a differentiated approach and to design cooperation with partner countries taking account of their economic, social and political contexts as well as of the Community's specific interests, strategies and priorities.

(8)

This Regulation makes it necessary to repeal Council Regulation (EC) No 382/2001 of 26 February 2001 concerning the implementation of projects promoting cooperation and commercial relations between the European Union and the industrialised countries of North America, the Far East and Australasia and repealing Regulation (EC) No 1035/1999 f1 .

(9)

Since the objectives of this Regulation, namely to promote enhanced cooperation between the Community and industrialised and other high-income countries and territories, cannot be sufficiently achieved by the Member States and can therefore, by reason of the scale of the action, be better achieved at Community level, the Community may adopt measures, in accordance with the principle of subsidiarity as set out in Article 5 of the Treaty. In accordance with the principle of proportionality, as set out in that Article, this Regulation does not go beyond what is necessary in order to achieve those objectives.

(10)

The measures necessary for the implementation of this Regulation should be adopted in accordance with Council Decision 1999/468/EC of 28 June 1999 laying down the procedures for the exercise of implementing powers conferred on the Commission f2 ,

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Annotations to the whole text

Textual amendments

F1

Substituted by Regulation (EU) No 1338/2011 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 13 December 2011 amending Council Regulation (EC) No 1934/2006 establishing a financing instrument for cooperation with industrialised and other high-income countries and territories.

Editorial notes

X1

Substituted by Corrigendum to Council Regulation (EC) No 1934/2006 of 21 December 2006 establishing a financing instrument for cooperation with industrialised and other high-income countries and territories (Official Journal of the European Union L 405 of 30 December 2006).

Footnotes

f1

OJ L 57, 27.2.2001, p. 10 . Regulation as amended by Regulation (EC) No 1900/2005 ( OJ L 303, 22.11.2005, p. 22 ).

f2

OJ L 184, 17.7.1999, p. 23 . Decision as amended by Decision 2006/512/EC ( OJ L 200, 22.7.2006, p. 11 ).

Contents

  1. 1Objective
  2. 2Scope
  3. 3General principles
  4. 4Areas of cooperation
  5. 5Programming and allocation of funds
  6. 5aThe Union’s strategic interests, general objectives, priority areas for financing and expected results for cooperation with partner countries listed in Annex II
  7. 6Implementation
  8. 7Eligibility
  9. 8Types of financing
  10. 9Support measures
  11. 10Co-financing
  12. 11Management procedures
  13. 12Protecting the Union’s financial interests
  14. 13Evaluation
  15. 14Annual report
  16. 15Committee
  17. 16Financial provisions
  18. 17Repeal
  19. 18Review
  20. 19Entry into force
  21. Signature
  22. Annex I: List of industrialised and other high-income countries and territories covered by this Regulation
  23. (1)Division (1)
  24. (2)Division (2)
  25. (3)Division (3)
  26. (4)Division (4)
  27. (5)Division (5)
  28. (6)Division (6)
  29. (7)Division (7)
  30. (8)Division (8)
  31. (9)Division (9)
  32. (10)Division (10)
  33. (11)Division (11)
  34. (12)Division (12)
  35. (13)Division (13)
  36. (14)Division (14)
  37. (15)Division (15)
  38. (16)Division (16)
  39. (17)Division (17)
  40. Annex II: List of developing countries covered by this Regulation
  41. Latin America
  42. 1Division 1
  43. 2Division 2
  44. 3Division 3
  45. 4Division 4
  46. 5Division 5
  47. 6Division 6
  48. 7Division 7
  49. 8Division 8
  50. 9Division 9
  51. 10Division 10
  52. 11Division 11
  53. 12Division 12
  54. 13Division 13
  55. 14Division 14
  56. 15Division 15
  57. 16Division 16
  58. 17Division 17
  59. 18Division 18
  60. Asia
  61. 19Division 19
  62. 20Division 20
  63. 21Division 21
  64. 22Division 22
  65. 23Division 23
  66. 24Division 24
  67. 25Division 25
  68. 26Division 26
  69. 27Division 27
  70. 28Division 28
  71. 29Division 29
  72. 30Division 30
  73. 31Division 31
  74. 32Division 32
  75. 33Division 33
  76. 34Division 34
  77. 35Division 35
  78. 36Division 36
  79. 37Division 37
  80. Central Asia
  81. 38Division 38
  82. 39Division 39
  83. 40Division 40
  84. 41Division 41
  85. 42Division 42
  86. Middle East
  87. 43Division 43
  88. 44Division 44
  89. 45Division 45
  90. South Africa
  91. 46Division 46
  92. Annex IIIFinancial allocation of funds for cooperation with countries listed in Annex II