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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-regulation-2009-960/introduction",
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  "legislation": "eur/2009/960",
  "legislation_title": "Commission Regulation (EC) No 960/2009 of 14 October 2009 amending Regulation (EC) No 1905/2006 of the European Parliament and of the Council establishing a financing instrument for development cooperation",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-regulation-2009-960",
  "path": "introduction",
  "kind": "introduction",
  "number": null,
  "heading": "Introductory text",
  "text": "Commission Regulation (EC) No 960/2009\nof 14 October 2009\namending Regulation (EC) No 1905/2006 of the European Parliament and of the Council establishing a financing instrument for development cooperation\nTHE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,\nHaving regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community,\nHaving regard to Regulation (EC) No 1905/2006 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 18 December 2006 establishing a financing instrument for development cooperation (hereinafter referred to as ‘the DCI’), and in particular Article 1(1) and Article 31(1) subparagraph 3 thereof,\nWhereas:\n(1)\nIn accordance with Article 1(1) and Article 31(1) of the DCI, Annex II to the DCI contains a list of aid recipients of the Development Assistance Committee of the Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD/DAC), which is to be updated in accordance with regular OECD/DAC reviews of its list of aid recipients.\n(2)\nFurther to an update of the list of aid recipients contained in Annex II to the DCI, the Commission should update its Annex I and inform Council and European Parliament thereof.\n(3)\nIt is therefore appropriate to delete Saudi Arabia from the list of aid recipients of the OECD/DAC as contained in Annex II to the DCI, and from the list of countries eligible under Article1(1) as contained in its Annex I.\n(4)\nIt is therefore appropriate to include Kosovo in the list of ODA recipients of OECD/DAC as contained in Annex II to the DCI under the Lower Middle Income Countries and Territories.\n(5)\nIt is also appropriate to update the footnotes in Annex II to the DCI pursuant to the OECD/DAC reviews.\n(6)\nThe European Parliament and the Council will be informed accordingly,\nHAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:",
  "extent": "E+W+S+N.I.",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "OJ L 378, 27.12.2006, p. 41."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f2",
      "text": "Under United Nations Security Resolution 1244/1999."
    }
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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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