# Regulation (EC) No 1337/2008 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 16 December 2008 establishing a facility for rapid response to soaring food prices in developing countries, Article 3: Implementation

Extent: E+W+S+N.I.

1. Community assistance and cooperation shall be implemented through a set of decisions to finance supporting measures as described in Article 1, paragraphs (1), (2) and (3), which shall be adopted in accordance with the procedure referred to in Article 13(2). An overall plan for the use of this financing facility, including the list of target countries referred to in Article 1(4) and the balance between eligible entities referred to in Article 4(2) shall be presented by the Commission and adopted in accordance with the procedure referred to in Article 13(2). This overall plan shall receive the opinion of the committee referred to in Article 13(1) before 1 May 2009.
2. Taking into account the specific country-level conditions, supporting measures that shall be eligible for implementation are:
(a) measures to improve access to agricultural inputs and services including fertilisers and seeds, paying special attention to local facilities and availability;
(b) safety net measures aiming at maintaining or improving the agricultural productive capacity, and at addressing the basic food needs of the most vulnerable populations, including children;
(c) other small-scale measures aiming at increasing production based on country needs: microcredit, investment, equipment, infrastructure and storage; as well as vocational training and support to professional groups in the agriculture sector.
3. The implementation of these supporting measures shall be in line with the Declaration on Aid Effectiveness adopted by the High Level Forum on Aid Effectiveness, held in Paris, on 2 March 2005 (the ‘Paris Declaration on Aid Effectiveness’) and the Agenda for Action adopted by the High Level Forum on Aid Effectiveness, held in Accra, on 4 September 2008 (the ‘Accra Agenda for Action’). It shall be focused on small and medium-sized farms for family and food-producing agriculture, particularly those run by women, and poor populations most affected by the food crisis, avoiding any kind of distortion of local markets and production; agricultural inputs and services shall as far as possible be locally purchased.
4. Administrative support measures which meet the objectives of this Regulation may be financed up to a maximum of 2 % of the amount referred to in Article 12.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/eur/2008/1337/article/3 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/eu-regulation-2008-1337/article-3
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