Article 2 Relation to Regulation (EU, Euratom) No 966/2012F1

United Kingdom

Unless specifically provided otherwise, direct references in this Regulation to the provisions of Regulation (EU, Euratom) No 966/2012 of the European Parliament and of the Council ^f1 shall be deemed to include also references to the corresponding provisions of Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) No 1268/2012 ^f2 .

References in this Regulation to the applicable provisions of Regulation (EU, Euratom) No 966/2012 shall not be deemed to include procedural provisions which are not relevant to the EDF, in particular those concerning the empowerment to adopt delegated acts.

Internal references in Regulation (EU, Euratom) No 966/2012 or in Delegated Regulation (EU) No 1268/2012 shall not render the provisions referred to indirectly applicable to the EDF.

Terms used in this Regulation shall have the same meaning as those in Regulation (EU, Euratom) No 966/2012, with the exception of the definitions referred to in points (a) to (e) of Article 2 of that Regulation.

However, for the purposes of this Regulation, the following terms in Regulation (EU, Euratom) No 966/2012 shall be defined as follows:

(a)

‘ budget ’ or ‘ budgetary ’ means ‘ EDF ’ ;

(b)

‘ budgetary commitment ’ means ‘ financial commitment ’ ;

(c)

‘ institution ’ means ‘ the Commission ’ ;

(d)

‘ appropriations ’ or ‘ operational appropriations ’ means ‘ EDF resources ’ ;

(e)

‘ budget line ’ or ‘ line in the budget ’ means ‘ allocation ’ ;

(f)

‘basic act’ means, according to the relevant context, the 10th EDF Internal Agreement, Council Decision 2013/755/EU ^f3 (‘the Overseas Association Decision’), or Council Regulation (EC) No 617/2007 ^f4 (‘the Implementation Regulation’);

(g)

‘ third country ’ means any beneficiary country or territory covered by the geographical scope of the EDF.

The interpretation of this Regulation shall aim at preserving coherence with Regulation (EU, Euratom) No 966/2012 unless such interpretation would be incompatible with the specificities of the EDF as provided for in the ACP-EU Partnership Agreement, the 10th EDF Internal Agreement, the Overseas Association Decision, or the Implementation Regulation.

Annotations

Textual amendments

F1: Substituted by Council Regulation (EU) No 567/2014 of 26 May 2014 amending Regulation (EC) No 215/2008 on the Financial Regulation applicable to the 10th European Development Fund as regards the application of the transition period between the 10th European Development Fund and the 11th European Development Fund until the entry into force of the 11th European Development Fund Internal Agreement.

Footnotes

f1: Regulation (EU, Euratom) No 966/2012 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 25 October 2012 on the financial rules applicable to the general budget of the Union and repealing Council Regulation (EC, Euratom) No 1605/2002 ( OJ L 298, 26.10.2012, p. 1 ).
f2: Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) No 1268/2012 of 29 October 2012 on the rules of application of Regulation (EU, Euratom) No 966/2012 of the European Parliament and of the Council on the financial rules applicable to the general budget of the Union ( OJ L 362, 31.12.2012, p. 1 ).
f3: Council Decision 2013/755/EU of 25 November 2013 on the association of the overseas countries and territories with the European Union ( ‘ Overseas Association Decision ’ ) ( OJ L 344, 19.12.2013, p. 1 ).
f4: 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 ( OJ L 152, 13.6.2007, p. 1 ).