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Document 32009R0960

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

OJ L 270, 15.10.2009, pp. 8–11 (BG, ES, CS, DA, DE, ET, EL, EN, FR, IT, LV, LT, HU, MT, NL, PL, PT, RO, SK, SL, FI, SV)

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ELI: http://data.europa.eu/eli/reg/2009/960/oj

15.10.2009   

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

L 270/8


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

THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,

Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community,

Having 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 (1) (hereinafter referred to as ‘the DCI’), and in particular Article 1(1) and Article 31(1) subparagraph 3 thereof,

Whereas:

(1)

In 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.

(2)

Further 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.

(3)

It 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.

(4)

It is therefore appropriate to include Kosovo (2) 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.

(5)

It is also appropriate to update the footnotes in Annex II to the DCI pursuant to the OECD/DAC reviews.

(6)

The European Parliament and the Council will be informed accordingly,

HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:

Article 1

Regulation (EC) No 1905/2006 is amended as follows:

1.

Annex I is replaced by the attached Annex I.

2.

Annex II is replaced by the attached Annex II.

Article 2

This Regulation shall enter into force on the third day following its publication in the Official Journal of the European Union.

This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States.

Done at Brussels, 14 October 2009.

For the Commission

Karel DE GUCHT

Member of the Commission


(1)   OJ L 378, 27.12.2006, p. 41.

(2)  Under United Nations Security Resolution 1244/1999.


ANNEX I

Countries eligible under Article 1(1)

Latin America

1.

Argentina

2.

Bolivia

3.

Brazil

4.

Chile

5.

Colombia

6.

Costa Rica

7.

Cuba

8.

Ecuador

9.

El Salvador

10.

Guatemala

11.

Honduras

12.

Mexico

13.

Nicaragua

14.

Panama

15.

Paraguay

16.

Peru

17.

Uruguay

18.

Venezuela

Asia

19.

Afghanistan

20.

Bangladesh

21.

Bhutan

22.

Cambodia

23.

China

24.

India

25.

Indonesia

26.

Democratic People’s Republic of Korea

27.

Laos

28.

Malaysia

29.

Maldives

30.

Mongolia

31.

Myanmar

32.

Nepal

33.

Pakistan

34.

Philippines

35.

Sri Lanka

36.

Thailand

37.

Vietnam

Central Asia

38.

Kazakhstan

39.

Kyrgyz Republic

40.

Tajikistan

41.

Turkmenistan

42.

Uzbekistan

Middle East

43.

Iran

44.

Iraq

45.

Oman

46.

Yemen

Southern Africa

47.

South Africa

ANNEX II

OECD/DAC List of ODA recipients

Effective from 2008 for reporting on 2008, 2009 and 2010 flows

Least Developed Countries

Other Low Income Countries

(per capita GNI < USD 935 in 2007)

Lower Middle Income Countries and Territories

(per capita GNI USD 936-USD 3 705 in 2007)

Upper Middle Income Countries and Territories

(per capita GNI USD 3 706 -USD 11 455 in 2007)

Afghanistan

Côte d’Ivoire

Albania

 (*1) Anguilla

Angola

Ghana

Algeria

Antigua and Barbuda (1)

Bangladesh

Kenya

Armenia

Argentina

Benin

Korea, Democratic People’s Republic of

Azerbaijan

Barbados (2)

Bhutan

Kyrgyz Rep.

Bolivia

Belarus

Burkina Faso

Nigeria

Bosnia and Herzegovina

Belize

Burundi

Pakistan

Cameroon

Botswana

Cambodia

Papua New Guinea

Cape Verde

Brazil

Central African Rep.

Tajikistan

China

Chile

Chad

Uzbekistan

Colombia

Cook Islands

Comoros

Vietnam

Congo, Rep.

Costa Rica

Congo, Dem. Rep.

Zimbabwe

Dominican Republic

Croatia

Djibouti

 

Ecuador

Cuba

Equatorial Guinea

 

Egypt

Dominica

Eritrea

 

El Salvador

Fiji

Ethiopia

 

Georgia

Gabon

Gambia

 

Guatemala

Grenada

Guinea

 

Guyana

Jamaica

Guinea-Bissau

 

Honduras

Kazakhstan

Haiti

 

India

Lebanon

Kiribati

 

Indonesia

Libya

Laos

 

Iran

Malaysia

Lesotho

 

Iraq

Mauritius

Liberia

 

Jordan

 (*1) Mayotte

Madagascar

 

Kosovo (3)

Mexico

Malawi

 

Marshall Islands

Montenegro

Maldives

 

Micronesia, Federated States

 (*1) Montserrat

Mali

 

Moldova, Republic of

Nauru

Mauritania

 

Mongolia

 (1) Oman

Mozambique

 

Morocco

Palau

Myanmar

 

Namibia

Panama

Nepal

 

Nicaragua

Serbia

Niger

 

Niue

Seychelles

Rwanda

 

occupied Palestinian Territory

South Africa

Samoa

 

Paraguay

 (*1) St. Helena

São Tomé and Príncipe

 

Peru

St. Kitts-Nevis

Senegal

 

Philippines

St. Lucia

Sierra Leone

 

Sri Lanka

St. Vincent and Grenadines

Solomon Islands

 

Swaziland

Suriname

Somalia

 

Syria

Trinidad and Tobago (2)

Sudan

 

Thailand

Turkey

Tanzania

 

The former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia

Uruguay

Timor-Leste

 

 (*1) Tokelau

Venezuela

Togo

 

Tonga

 

Tuvalu

 

Tunisia

 

Uganda

 

Turkmenistan

 

Vanuatu

 

Ukraine

 

Yemen

 

 (*1) Wallis and Futuna

 

Zambia

 

 

 


(*1)  Territory.

(1)  Antigua & Barbuda and Oman exceeded the high income country threshold in 2007. In accordance with the DAC rules for revision of this list, both will graduate from the list in 2011 if they remain high income countries until 2010.

(2)  Barbados and Trinidad & Tobago exceeded the high income country threshold in 2006 and 2007. In accordance with the DAC rules for revision of this list, both will graduate from the list in 2011 if they remain high income countries until 2010.

(3)  Under United Nations Security Resolution 1244/1999.


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