Übersetzung für "ACP-EU " (Englisch → Französisch) :

1. At the beginning of the programming processes the Commission shall, on the basis of the needs and performance criteria identified in Articles 3, 9 and 12 of Annex IV to the ACP-EC Partnership Agreement, determine the multiannual indicative fund allocation for each ACP country and region and for the intra-ACP envelope on which the programming process is based, within the limits set out in Article 2 of the Internal Agreement.

In order to ensure the coherence and effectiveness of Community assistance, the Commission may decide that non-ACP developing countries and regional integration bodies with ACP participation that promote regional cooperation and integration eligible for Community Assistance under Regulation (EC) No 1905/2006, Regulation (EC) No 1638/2006 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 24 October 2006 establishing a European Neighbourhood and Partnership instrument (14), the OCTs eligible for Community assistance under Decision 2001/822/EC, and the Community's outermost regions are eligible for funds referred to in Article 1(2)(a)(i) of the Internal Agreement, where the project or programme concerned is of a regional or cross-border nature ...[+++]and complies with Article 6 of Annex IV of the ACP-EC Partnership Agreement.

To contribute to reducing the vulnerability of the ACP beneficiary countries to commodity shocks it is proposed to earmark an indicative amount of up to EUR 25 000 000 from the remaining balance of the conditional EUR 1 000 000 000 to contribute to the international commodity risk management financing facility in line with Article 68(5) of the ACP-EC Partnership Agreement and to transfer the entire amount to the intra-ACP envelope for this purpose.

In any event, implementation of the proposed measure requires authorisation from the ACP, since there are 60 million euros’ worth of EDF funds involved – although it may be inferred from the discussions which took place during the 6 December ACP Council of Ministers meeting that the Commission has already implemented the decision without awaiting the joint decision. Furthermore, the ACP Council of Ministers has expressed its concern at what is becoming a habit on the Commission’s part, namely awarding unassigned EDF Funds without consulting the ACP Group and without taking into account the rules governing the decision-making process.

2. Calls for the new Convention to provide for an enhanced role for the Joint Assembly and improve its working methods to the full so as to adapt them to the newly emerging forms of cooperation, including the possibility of holding regional Assembly meetings; stresses the fact that the Joint Assembly is truly a Parliamentary assembly, representing the peoples of ACP and EU countries, where the elected ACP Representatives now make up 75-85% of the ACP total; further calls for preparatory measures to ensure equal participation by ACP partners in Question Time and urgencies considered by the Joint Assembly;

While at the aggregate level the ACP group of countries have experienced lower growth in exports to the EU than developing countries in Asia, Latin America and the Mediterranean, a number of ACP countries have actually enjoyed higher export growth rates than these other developing countries (8 ACP countries higher than the average for Asian developing countries and 26 higher than the average for Mediterranean and Latin American countries. The aggregate ACP picture thus hides very diverse ACP national experiences.