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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-regulation-2007-617/article-1",
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  "legislation": "eur/2007/617",
  "legislation_title": "Council Regulation (EC) No 617/2007 of 14 May 2007 on the implementation of the 10th European Development Fund under the ACP-EC Partnership Agreement",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-regulation-2007-617",
  "path": "article/1",
  "kind": "article",
  "number": "1",
  "heading": "Objectives and eligibility criteria",
  "text": "1. Geographic cooperation with the ACP countries and regions in the context of the European Development Fund (EDF) shall be founded on the objectives, basic principles and values reflected in the general provisions of 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, as last amended (‘the ACP-EU Partnership Agreement’).\n2. In particular, and within the framework of the principles and objectives of the Union's external action, of the European Consensus on Development and of the Agenda for Change and subsequent modifications and additions thereto:\n(a) the primary objective of cooperation under this Regulation shall be the reduction and, in the long term, the eradication of poverty;\n(b) cooperation under this Regulation will also contribute to:\n(i) fostering sustainable and inclusive economic, social and environmental development,\n(ii) consolidating and supporting democracy, the rule of law, good governance, human rights and the relevant principles of international law, and\n(iii) implementing a rights-based approach encompassing all human rights.\nThe achievement of those objectives shall be measured using relevant indicators, including human development indicators, in particular Millennium Development Goal (MDG) 1 for point (a) and MDG 1 to 8 for point (b) and, after 2015, other indicators agreed at international level by the Union and its Member States.\n3. Programming shall be designed so as to fulfil to the greatest extent possible the criteria for official development assistance (ODA) established by the Development Assistance Committee of the Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD/DAC), taking into account the Union's aim to ensure that over the period 2014-20 at least 90 % of its overall external assistance be counted as ODA.\n4. Actions covered by Council Regulation (EC) No 1257/96 and eligible for funding under that Regulation shall not, in principle, be funded under this Regulation, without prejudice to the need to ensure continuity of cooperation from crisis to stable conditions for development. In those cases, special consideration shall be given to ensuring that humanitarian relief, rehabilitation and development assistance are effectively linked and contribute to disaster risk reduction and resilience.",
  "extent": "E+W+S+N.I.",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "Substituted by Council Regulation (EU) No 566/2014 of 26 May 2014 amending Regulation (EC) No 617/2007 as regards the application of the transition period between the 10th EDF and the 11th EDF until the entry into force of the 11th EDF Internal Agreement."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "OJ L 317, 15.12.2000, p. 3 ."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f2",
      "text": "Council Regulation (EC) No 1257/96 of 20 June 1996 concerning humanitarian aid ( OJ L 163, 2.7.1996, p. 1 )."
    }
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  "licence": "Open Government Licence v3.0",
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  "attribution": "Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives."
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