The Saeima has adopted and the President promulgated the following laws: the agreement amending the partnership agreement between the African, Caribbean and Pacific Group of States, of the one part, and the European Community and its Member States, of the other part, signed in Cotonou on 23 June 2000 in article 1. Agreement amending the partnership agreement between the African, Caribbean and Pacific Group of States, of the one part, and the European Community and its Member States, of the other part, signed in Cotonou on 23 June 2000 (hereinafter the agreement), this law is adopted and approved. 2. article. The contract shall enter into force on the Partner relationship agreement between the African, Caribbean and Pacific Group of States, of the one part, and the European Community and its Member States, of the other part, signed in Cotonou on 23 June 2000, for the period specified in article 93 and in order, and the Ministry of Foreign Affairs shall notify the newspaper "journal". 3. article. The law shall enter into force on the day following its promulgation. With the law put for Latvian language in the contract. The law adopted by the Parliament in the March 8, 2007. State v. President Vaira Vīķe-Freiberga in Riga on 27 March 2007, the agreement amending the partnership agreement between the African, Caribbean and Pacific Group of States, of the one part, and the European Community and its Member States, of the other part, signed in Cotonou, on 23 June 2000, his Majesty the King of the Belgians, the President of the Czech Republic, her Majesty the Queen of Denmark, the Federal Republic of Germany President, the President of the Republic of ESTONIA , President of the Hellenic Republic, his Majesty the King of Spain, the President of the French Republic, Ireland, the Italian President of the President of the Republic, the President of the Republic of CYPRUS, the President of the Republic of Latvia, the President of the Republic of LITHUANIA, his Royal Highness the Grand Duke of LUXEMBOURG, the President of the Republic of HUNGARY, the President of Malta, her Majesty the Queen of the Netherlands, the Austrian Federal President of the Republic, the President of the Republic of POLAND, the President of the Republic of Portugal, the President of the Republic of SLOVENIA, the Slovak Republic, the President, the President of the Republic of Finland, the Government of the Kingdom of Sweden Her Majesty the Queen of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland the Queen, which is the Treaty establishing the European Community, the Contracting Parties to the agreement, hereinafter referred to as "the community", hereinafter called the Community countries on the "Member States", and the European Community, of the one part, and the President of the Republic of ANGOLA, her Majesty the Queen of Antigua and Barbuda, the Commonwealth of the Bahamas national leader, head of State of BARBADOS, her Majesty the Queen of BELIZE, the President of the Republic of BENIN, Botswana, Burkina Faso, the President of the Republic President, President of the Republic of Burundi , the President of the Republic of Cameroon, the President of the Republic of Cape Verde, the Central African Republic, the COMOROS, the President of the Islamic Federal Republic of the President, the PRESIDENT of the Democratic Republic of the Congo, the President of the Republic of Congo, the Government of the Cook Islands, Côte d'Ivoire, the President of the Republic, the President of the Republic of DJIBOUTI, the Government of the Commonwealth of Dominica, Dominican Republic, Eritrea, the President of the Federal Democratic REPUBLIC of ETHIOPIA, the President of the sovereign democratic REPUBLIC of Fiji's President, President of the Gabonese Republic, the Republic of the GAMBIA, President and head of State, the President of the Republic of Ghana Her Majesty the Queen of GRENADA, President of the Republic of Guinea, Guinea-Bissau's President of the Republic, the President of the Republic of Equatorial Guinea, the President of the Republic of Guyana, Haiti, Jamaica, the President of the Republic's head of State, the President of the Republic of KENYA, the President of the Republic of Kiribati, his Majesty the King of the Kingdom of Lesotho, the President of the Republic of LIBERIA, the President of the Republic of Madagascar, the President of the Republic of MALAWI, the President of the Republic of Mali, the President of the Republic of the Marshall Islands, PRESIDENT of the Islamic Republic of Mauritania, the President of the Republic of Mauritius, the Federated States of Micronesia President FEDERAL , the President of the Republic of Mozambique, the President of the Republic of NAMIBIA, Nauru, the Niger, the President of the Republic, the President of the Republic, the President of the Federal Republic of NIGERIA, Niue Government, the Government of the Republic of Palau, her Majesty the Queen of Papua New Guinea-independent State of the Republic of RWANDA, the Queen, her Majesty the QUEEN of Saint Kitts-Nevis, her Majesty the Queen of SAINT LUCIA, her Majesty the Queen of Saint Vincent and the GRENADINES, Samoa independent head of State, the Democratic Republic of São Tomé and Príncipe, President, the President of the Republic of SENEGAL, the President of the Republic of the Seychelles on the , the President of the Republic of Sierra Leone, her Majesty the Queen of the Solomon Islands, South Africa, the President of the Republic, the President of the Republic of the SUDAN, the President of the Republic of SURINAME, his Majesty the King of the Kingdom of SWAZILAND, the United Republic of Tanzania, the President of the Republic of CHAD, the Democratic Republic of EAST TIMOR, the President of the Togolese Republic, his Majesty King Taufa'ahau Tupou IV of Tonga AHA, Trinidad and Tobago, the President of the Republic, her Majesty the Queen of TUVALU, the President of the Republic of Uganda, the Government of the Republic of VANUATU to the President of the Republic of ZAMBIA , the Government of the Republic of Zimbabwe, which the countries hereinafter referred to as "ACP States", on the other hand, having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community, on the one hand, and the Georgetown Agreement establishing the African, Caribbean and Pacific (ACP) Group of States, of the other part, having regard to the partnership agreement between the African, Caribbean and Pacific Group of States members, of the one part, and the European Community and its Member States on the other hand, signed in Cotonou, on 23 June 2000 (hereinafter referred to as the Cotonou Agreement), taking into account that article 95 of the Cotonou Agreement, paragraph 1 stipulates that the duration of the agreement is twenty years beginning 1 March 2000, taking into account that article 95 of the Cotonou agreement in the second part of paragraph 3 stipulates that ten months before each five-year period, the Parties shall begin negotiations to examine any possible amendments to the provisions of the Cotonou Agreement have decided to sign the agreement amending the Cotonou Agreement, and to this end have designated as their Plenipotentiaries: His Majesty the King of the Belgians: Armand DE DECKER, Minister for development coordination, the President of the Czech Republic: Mr Vladimír MÜLLER Deputy Foreign Minister her Majesty the Queen of Denmark: the Danish Ambassador Ib Vibeke ANDREASEN in Luxembourg, PRESIDENT of the Federal Republic of Germany: Erich STATHER, State Secretary of the Federal economic coordination and Development Ministry Dorothée JANETZK-African policy Manager WENZEL The Ministry of Foreign Affairs, the President of the Republic of ESTONIA: Mr väino REINAR the Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Permanent Representative of Greece to the European communities, the President of the Republic: Constantin KARABETS, the Ambassador to the coordination of international development Secretary General, Ministry of Foreign Affairs of his Majesty the King of Spain: Alberto Navarro GONZÁLEZ Union State Secretary for the President of the Republic of FRANCE: Brigitte GIRARDIN on cooperation, development and the French-speaking world in responsible Minister: PRESIDENT of Ireland Ronan MURPHY, Director General, Directorate for development coordination The Department of Foreign Affairs the President of the Republic of ITALY: Rocco Antonio CANGELOS, Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Permanent Representative of the European Community, the President of the Republic of CYPRUS: Nicholas of EMILIO Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Permanent Representative of the European Community, the President of the Republic of Latvia: Lelde LIC-LICIT in Ambassador, Permanent Representative to the European communities Deputy education and cultural adviser to the President of the Republic of LITHUANIA: handheld BERNOT Foreign Ministry multilateral relations department director for his Royal Highness the Grand Duke of LUXEMBOURG Jean-Louis SCHILTZ: cooperation and humanitarian Minister, the Minister responsible for communications, the President of the Republic of Hungary: András BÁRSONY Foreign Ministry's political State Secretary of the Maltese President: Bernard HAMILTON first Advisor, Executive Director of bilateral relations, Ministry of Foreign Affairs her Majesty the Queen of the Netherlands: P.J. YMKER Advisor, Permanent Representative of the Netherlands to the European communities the Federal President of the Republic of Austria: Gregor WOSCHNAGG Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Permanent Representative to the European Community, the President of the Republic of Poland Jan TRUSZCZYNSK in: State Secretary, Ministry of Foreign Affairs, the President of the Republic of Portugal: João Gomes CRAVINH the foreign and cooperation State Secretary of the President of the Republic of SLOVENIA: Marjan ŠETINC Ambassador, development cooperation and humanitarian aid coordinator in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Slovak Republic President: ŠEFČOVIČ Maroš Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Permanent Representative of the European Community, the President of the Republic of Finland: Ritva JOLKKOSEN, Director General of the Foreign Ministry of the Government of the Kingdom of Sweden: the Swedish Ambassador SÖDERMAN Agneta in Luxembourg, her Majesty the Queen of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland the Queen : Gareth Thomas, MP, Department for international development, the Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State of the European Community: Jean-Louis SCHILTZ and humanitarian cooperation, the Minister, the Minister responsible for communications,

The current EU Council President Louis MICHEL member of the Commission of the European communities, the President of the Republic of Angola: Ana Dias LOURENC, Minister of planning of her Majesty the Queen of Antigua and Barbuda: Dr Carl Roberts of Antigua and Barbuda High Commissioner in the United Kingdom, the Commonwealth of the Bahamas public Manager: Leroy Errol HUMPHREY Ambassador: the head of State of BARBADOS Billie MILLER, Senior Minister and the Foreign Affairs and foreign trade Minister of her Majesty the Queen of BELIZE: Yvonne Hyde Ambassador by the President of the Republic of BENIN Massiyato of the LATOUNDJ, LAURIAN: industry, trade and employment Minister, the President of the Republic of Botswana: Lt. Gen. Mompat in the MERAFH of foreign and international cooperation Minister of Burkina Faso, President: Jean-Baptiste Marie Pascal COMPAOR financial and budget Minister, the President of the Republic of Burundi: Thomas MINAN, Minister of trade and industry, the President of the Republic of Cameroon: Isabelle BASSONG Ambassador of the Republic of Cape Verde President: Victor Manuel Borges Foreign Affairs, cooperation and communities Minister, President of the ACP Council of Ministers the President of the Central African Republic: Guy ZOUNGER-SOKAMB, Ambassador of the Islamic Federal Republic of the Comoros President: Aboudo of the State Minister SOEF , Minister for Foreign Affairs and cooperation of the Democratic Republic of Congo President: Christian KAMBING SELA is Deputy Minister of international cooperation, the President of the Republic of Congo: Pierre Moussa planning, regional development and economic integration Minister, national authorising officer of the GOVERNMENT of the Cook Islands: Todd McCLAY Ambassador by the President of the Republic of Côte d'Ivoire: Amadou SOUMAHOR Trade Minister to the President of the Republic of DJIBOUTI: Ali Farah ASSOWEH economic, finance and Planning Minister, who is responsible for the privatization of the Government of the Commonwealth of Dominica George R.E. BULLEN: Ambassador to the Dominican Republic's President: Onofr Rojas of the Secretary of State, the national authorising officer of the President of Eritrea: Ambassador Andebrhan WELDEGIORGIS Ethiopian demo in the Federal President of the Republic at the INTERNATIONAL CR: AHMED Sufian financial and economic development Minister of the sovereign democratic REPUBLIC of Fiji's President: wheel CAVUILAT of Seremai T. Ambassador to the President of the Republic of GABON: Casimir Oye Mba, Minister of State for planning and development programme, the national authorising officer of the Republic of the Gambia, President and head of State Alie of the KAH Yusuph: Ambassador and President of the Republic of GUYANA: George y.-BAFFOUR, M.P. financial and economic planning Deputy Minister of her Majesty the Queen of GRENADA: Joan-Marie COUTAIN Ambassador by the President of the Republic of Guinea: El Hadj Thierno Habib Diallo, Minister of cooperation of the Republic of Guinea Bissau President: Naguib JAHOUAD temporary Registrar PRESIDENT of the Republic of Equatorial Guinea: Victorino NKA OBIANG Maye Ambassador by the President of the Republic of Guyana: Patrick Ignatius Gomes Ambassador to Haiti, the President of the Republic: Hérard Abraham, foreign and Religious Affairs Minister to the head of State of JAMAICA : K.D. Knight, QC, MP Minister of Foreign Affairs and trade, the President of the Republic of Kenya: Marx Kahende Ambassador NJUGUN Year the President of the Republic of Kiribati: Paul MALIN head, the EC Commission DG Development to his Majesty the King of the Kingdom of Lesotho: Mph edge trade and industry, cooperatives and marketing, the Minister President of the Republic of LIBERIA: a TELEWOD Ambassador of the Youngor Sevele the President of the Republic of MADAGASCAR: Sahobiso Olivier ANDRIANARISON industrialization, trade and private sector development Minister, the President of the Republic of MALAWI Brian Granthen BOWLERS Ambassador by the President of the Republic of Mali: Moctar OUAN of foreign and international cooperation Minister of the President of the Republic of the Marshall Islands: Paul MALIN head, the EC Commission DG Development in the Islamic Republic of Mauritania's President Sidi OULD Didi: economic and Development Minister, the President of the Republic of Mauritius: GUNESSE Ambassador of the Federated States of Micronesia Sutiawan FEDERAL President: Paul MALIN head, the EC Commission DG Development, the President of the Republic of Mozambique: Henrique BANZ and foreign Deputy Minister of cooperation The national authorising officer, the President of the Republic of NAMIBIA: Peter Hitjitev in KATAJAVIV to the Ambassador, the President of the Republic of Nauru: Dr. Karl h. KOCH Honorary Consul in Belgium, the President of the Republic of NIGER: Ali MAHAMAN Lamine ZEIN is the Minister of economy and Finance of the Federal Republic of NIGERIA, President of the UMEL NWAKANM Clarkson: Ambassador to the Niue Government: Todd McCLAY Ambassador to the Government of the Republic of Palau: Paul MALIN head, the EC Commission DG Development her Majesty Papua NEW Guinea's independent national Queen: Sir the Rabbi of NAMALI KCMG Foreign Affairs and immigration, MP, Minister, President of the Republic of RWANDA: Monique NSANZABAGANW, the Secretary of State responsible for planning in the Ministry of finance her Majesty the QUEEN of Saint Kitts-Nevis: Timothy Harris, Foreign Affairs and external trade Minister, her Majesty the Queen of SAINT LUCIA: George R.E. BULLEN Ambassador of her Majesty the Queen of Saint Vincent and the GRENADINES: George R.E. BULLEN Ambassador to the independent State of Samoa: Tau il il in the Uil to MEREDITH Ambassador Democratic Republic of São Tomé and Príncipe, President : the Horáci Fernandes DA Fonseca Purvis temporary Registrar President of the Republic of SENEGAL: an Ambassador of CISS Salio Seychelles: Patrick PILLAY, the President of the Republic Foreign Minister, the President of the Republic of Sierra Leone: Mohamed b. DARAMY development and economic planning Minister, her Majesty the Queen of the Solomon Islands: the BACKGROUND of national planning Fredrick and aid coordination Minister, the President of the Republic of South Africa: Mosibud, MANGEN's science and technology Minister, President of the Republic of the SUDAN: Ali Yousif AHMED, Ambassador of the Republic of SURINAME President : Maria e. Levens, Minister for Foreign Affairs of his Majesty the King of the Kingdom of SWAZILAND: Clifford Sibusis Mamba and the foreign trade Ministry's Chief Secretary to the PRESIDENT of the United Republic of Tanzania: Festus Limbu B, MP Deputy Minister for finance, the President of the Republic of Chad: Abderah the NDIAY is the Ambassador of TIMOR Yacoub-LEST the Government of the Democratic Republic of the: José António Amorim Dias Ambassador, representative to the European Union Leader Togo: Gilbert, the President of the Republic the Minister delegate BAWAR, Foreign Affairs and the Minister of African integration who is responsible for his Majesty King Taufa'ahau Tupou IV of Tonga aha: Paul MALIN head, the EC Commission DG Development in Trinidad and Tobago, the President of the Republic: Diane SEUKERAN, Minister of State in the Ministry of trade and industry her Majesty the Queen of TUVALU: Paul MALIN head, the EC Commission DG Development, the President of the Republic of Uganda: De RWABIT of the k. Ambassador to the Government of the Republic of VANUATU: SATO KILMAN Deputy Prime Minister and Minister for Foreign Affairs the President of the Republic of ZAMBIA : Felix CHIBOT mutatis financial and national planning Deputy Minister of the Government of the Republic of Zimbabwe: the gift of PUNUNGW the Ambassador who, familiar with their full powers, found in good and due form, have agreed as follows.
The only article with the following provisions are amended in accordance with the Cotonou Agreement, that agreement procedure provided for in article 95.
A. preamble 1. After the eighth recital, commencing "considering the Council of Europe Convention for the protection of human rights and fundamental freedoms", the following considerations: "Reaffirming that serious forms of crime, which concerned the international community must not remain unpunished and that against them effectively to address, through measures at the national level, and by promoting global cooperation;
Considering that the establishment of the International Criminal Court and the effective action is a significant step for peace and international justice; ".
2. the tenth recital, commencing "considering that United Nations conferences agreed development goals", shall be replaced by the following: "considering that the Millennium development goals arising from the year 2000 the United Nations General Assembly adopted the Millennium Declaration, in particular, extreme poverty and hunger eradication, as well as United Nations conferences agreed development goals and principles, provide a clear vision and that they must be based on ACP-EU cooperation within this agreement;".
B. Cotonou agreement article 1 of the Cotonou agreement article 4, introductory phrase shall be replaced by the following: "the ACP States fully sovereign shall determine the development principles, strategies and their economic and social models. They determined the Community cooperation programmes provided for under this agreement. However, the parties recognise the non-State actors and local decentralised authorities, the complementary role of and potential for contributions to the development process. For this purpose, in accordance with the terms of this agreement, non-State actors and local decentralised authorities where appropriate: ".
2. Article 8 of the Cotonou Agreement shall be amended as follows: (a) paragraph 2) shall be replaced by the following:

"2. The objective of this dialogue shall be to exchange information, to foster mutual understanding and to facilitate the establishment of agreed priorities and shared agendas, in particular by recognising existing links between the different aspects of the relations between the parties and the various areas of cooperation as laid down in this agreement. The dialogue shall facilitate the negotiations between the parties in international forums. The aim of the dialogue is also the situation for prevention, in which one party might deem it necessary to use 96. and article 97 consultation procedure provided. ";
(b)) paragraph 6 shall be replaced by the following: "6. The dialogue shall be conducted in a flexible manner. If the dialogue is formal or informal, and it happens within and outside the institutional framework, including the ACP group, the Joint Parliamentary Assembly, in the manner and at the appropriate level, including regional, sub regional or national level. ';
(c)) the following paragraph shall be inserted: ' 5. (a) where necessary and to avoid a situation in which one party might deem it necessary to use the consultation provided for in article 96, dialogue with regard to the most important elements is a systematic and formalised in accordance with the provisions set out in the annex. ".
3. in article 9, the title is replaced by the following: "the most important elements of human rights, democratic principles and the rule of law and good governance a key".
4. Article 11 of the Cotonou Agreement shall be amended as follows: (a)) the following paragraph shall be inserted: "3A. Similarly, the parties undertake to cooperate to prevent the mercenary-related activities in accordance with their obligations under the conventions between the folksy and documents, as well as under their respective laws.";
(b)), the following paragraph is added: "6. Promoting peace and international justice, the parties reaffirm their commitment to:-share experience regarding legal adjustments required to allow for the adoption to ratify and implement the International Criminal Court Rome Statute, and-to fight against international crime in accordance with international law, taking into account the Rome Statute.
The Parties shall endeavour to take measures to ratify and implement the Rome Statute and related instruments. ".
5. The following articles shall be inserted: ' article 11 a fight against terrorism the parties reiterate their firm condemnation of any terrorism and undertake to combat terrorism through international cooperation in accordance with the UN Charter and international law, relevant conventions and instruments and, in particular, the full implementation of UN Security Council resolution 1373 (2001) and 1456 (2003), as well as other relevant UN resolutions. To this end, the parties agree to Exchange:-information on terrorist groups and their support networks, and-views about products and techniques to fight terrorism, including in technical fields and training, as well as with the prevention of terrorism.
Article 11 (b) cooperation in the fight against the proliferation of weapons of mass destruction 1. the parties consider that the proliferation of weapons of mass destruction and their means of delivery, both States and non-State actors is one of the most serious threats to international stability and security.
The parties therefore agree to cooperate and to contribute to the fight against weapons of mass destruction and their means of delivery, and fully respecting their countries in fulfilling its existing obligations under international disarmament and non-proliferation treaties and agreements, as well as other relevant international obligations.
The parties agree that this provision is one of the most important elements of this agreement.
2. the parties furthermore agree to cooperate and to contribute to the objective of non-proliferation:-taking measures to, respectively, signed or ratified all relevant international documents, or join them and to fully implement them;
-creating an effective system of national export controls, controlling the weapons of mass destruction related goods exports and transit, including weapons of mass destruction has dual use technology for end use control and effective sanctions for breaches of export control regulations.
Financial and technical assistance in the field of cooperation, which aims to combat the proliferation of weapons of mass destruction will be financed by specific instruments other than the ACP-EU cooperation for the financing instruments.
3. the parties agree to establish a regular political dialogue that will accompany and consolidate their cooperation in this area.
4. If, after an in-depth political dialogue in the implementation of one of the parties, in particular received information from the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA), the Organization for the prohibition of chemical weapons (OPCW) and other relevant multilateral organizations, considers that the other party has failed to fulfil its obligations under paragraph 1 of this article on the non-proliferation of weapons of mass destruction, it, except in particularly urgent cases, shall provide the other party and both the ACP Council of Ministers and the EU Council of Ministers relevant information required for a thorough examination of the situation with a view to seeking a solution acceptable to the parties. To this end, it shall invite the other party to hold consultations that focus on the measures that the party has taken or which it must take to remedy the situation.
5. The consultations shall be at the level and in the form considered most appropriate for finding a solution.
The consultations shall begin no later than 30 days after the invitation and shall continue established by mutual agreement, depending on the nature and gravity of the violation. In any case, the dialogue under the consultations procedure shall last no longer than 120 days.
6. If the consultations do not lead to a solution acceptable to both parties, if consultation is refused or in cases of special urgency, appropriate measures may be taken. These measures shall be revoked as soon as the reasons for it no longer exist. ".
6. Article 23 of the Cotonou Agreement, the following point shall be added: "l) traditional knowledge.".
7. Article 25 of the Cotonou agreement in paragraph 1 (d)) shall be replaced by the following: "(d)):-promoting the fight against HIV/AIDS, ensuring women's sexual and reproductive health and rights;
-other poverty-related diseases, particularly malaria and tuberculosis; ".
8. Article 26 of the Cotonou Agreement shall be amended as follows: (a) (c) and (d)))) is replaced by the following: "(c)) helping community-based institutions to give children the opportunity to develop their physical, psychological, social and economic potential;
(d) reintegrē the society kids) in post-conflict situations through rehabilitation programmes; and ";
(b)), the following paragraph is added: "(e)) to promote the young citizens ' active participation in public life and fostering student exchanges, as well as the ACP and EU youth organisations cooperation.".
9. Article 28 of the Cotonou Agreement, the introductory phrase shall be replaced by the following: "cooperation shall provide effective assistance to achieve the objectives and priorities which the ACP States have set themselves in regional and subregional cooperation and integration, including inter-regional and trans-national cooperation. Regional cooperation can also involve developing countries outside the ACP, as well as the overseas countries and territories (OCTs) and outermost regions. In this context, cooperation support the goal is: ".
10. Article 29 of the Cotonou Agreement) (a) (i)) is replaced by the following point: bottom "i) regional integration institutions and organisations set up by the ACP States and the ACP States participate-which contribute to regional cooperation and integration, and '.
11. The Cotonou Agreement, article 30, paragraph 2 is replaced by the following: "2. Cooperation shall also support the ACP and internal collaboration between systems and initiatives, including with the involvement of the developing countries, which are not ACP States.".
12. Article 43 of the Cotonou Agreement (4) the following indent is added: "-local content development and its promotion of the use of information and communication technologies.".
13. Article 58 of the Cotonou Agreement shall be replaced by the following: ' article 58 entitled to funding 1. Such persons or institutions are eligible for financial support provided under the agreement: a) the ACP States;
b) regional or inter-State bodies to which one or more ACP States belong, including structures that are also non-ACP countries, and which are authorised by those ACP States; and c) joint bodies set up by the ACP States and the community to pursue certain specific objectives.
2. Subject to the agreement of the ACP State concerned, or the ACP countries, the following shall also be eligible for financial support: a) national and/or regional public or semi-public agencies of the ACP States and departments, including the Parliament, and in particular their financial institutions and development banks;
(b)), the ACP companies firms and other private organisations and private farms;
(c)) of the Member States of the Community companies to enable them, in addition to their own contribution, to undertake productive projects in the territory of an ACP State;
d) ACP or Community financial intermediaries providing, promoting and financing private investments in ACP States;
(e)) of the ACP States and of the community local decentralised authorities; and f) developing countries that are not part of the ACP group where they participate in a joint initiative or regional organisation with ACP States.

3. Local non-State actors from ACP States and the community are entitled to financial assistance provided for in the agreement in accordance with the rules agreed in the national and regional indicative programmes ".
14. Article 68 of the Cotonou Agreement (2) and (3) shall be replaced by the following: "2. the purpose of support in cases of short-term fluctuations in export earnings is to safeguard socioeconomic reforms and policies that could adversely affect the revenue decline, and prevent adverse effects of instability of export earnings, in particular from agricultural and mining products.
3. Take into account the extreme dependence of the ACP States ' economies on exports, in particular from the agricultural and mining sectors, the allocation of resources in the year of application. In this context, the least developed ACP States landlocked ACP States Island ACP States and the ACP States, survivors of conflict and natural disasters, shall receive more favourable treatment. ".
15. Article 89 of the Cotonou Agreement (1) is replaced by the following: "1. Take special measures to support Island ACP States in their efforts to stop and end their increasing vulnerability caused by new and severe economic, social and ecological challenges. The aim of these measures is to encourage the development of small island countries on sustainable development priorities, while contributing to a coherent approach to economic growth and human development. ".
16. Article 96 of the Cotonou Agreement shall be amended as follows: (a)) the following paragraph shall be inserted: ' 1. (a) before starting the consultations referred to in paragraph 2 of this article, (a)), both parties agree to use all possibilities of dialogue under article 8, except in cases of special urgency ".
(b)) (a) of paragraph 2) shall be replaced by the following: "(a)) If, despite the political dialogue on the essential elements, as provided for in article 8 and paragraph 1 of this article, either party considers that the other party has failed to fulfil an obligation arising from respect for human rights, democratic principles and the rule of law, as referred to in paragraph 2 of article 9, it shall, except in urgent cases, provide to the other party and the Council of Ministers relevant information required a thorough examination of the situation with a view to seeking a solution acceptable to the parties. To this end, it shall invite the other party to hold consultations that focus on the measures that the party has taken or which it must take to remedy the situation in accordance with annex VII.
The consultations at a level and in the form considered most appropriate for finding a solution.
The consultations shall begin no later than 30 days after the invitation and shall continue established by mutual agreement, depending on the nature and gravity of the violation. In any case, the dialogue under the consultations procedure shall last no longer than 120 days.
If the consultations do not lead to a solution acceptable to both parties, if consultation is refused or in cases of special urgency, appropriate measures may be taken. These measures shall be revoked as soon as the reasons for it no longer exist. ".
17. Article 97 of the Cotonou Agreement, paragraph 2 is replaced by the following: "2. In such cases either party may invite the other party to initiate consultations. Such consultations shall begin no later than 30 days after the invitation and dialogue under the consultations procedure shall last no longer than 120 days. ".
18. Article 100 of the Cotonou Agreement shall be replaced by the following: ' article 100 the status Text the protocols and annexes attached to this agreement form an integral part thereof. IA, II, III, IV and VI to the Council of Ministers may edit, revise and/or to amend, on the basis of the ACP-EC development finance cooperation Committee.
This agreement, drawn up in two originals in the English, Czech, Danish, French, Greek, Dutch, Hungarian, Italian, Latvian, Lithuanian, Maltese, Polish, Portuguese, Slovak, Slovenian, Spanish and Swedish languages, each text being equally authentic, be deposited with the General Secretariat of the Council of the European Union and the ACP States, in the archives of the Secretariat, who shall send a certified copy to each of the signatory Government. ".
(C) in annex 1 of the Cotonou Agreement, annex I, the following point shall be added: "9. By way of derogation from article 58 of this agreement, EUR 90 million shall be transferred to the ACP financial scheme for the 9th EDF. This amount may be granted for the financing of the transitional measures during the period from 2006 to 2007, and is directly managed by the Commission. ".
2. the following annex shall be inserted: "Ia a multiannual financial framework for cooperation under this agreement, 1. Starting from 1 March 2005 and in accordance with the purposes specified in this agreement, the new multiannual financial framework of cooperation shall cover commitments beginning January 1, 2008 and lasts for five or six years.
2. In this new period, the European Union continues to support the ACP countries at least to the same extent as the 9th EDF, not including balances; then, based on community estimates, the effects of added caused by inflation, growth within the European Union and accession of 10 new Member States in 2004.
3. By way of derogation from article 95 of this agreement, for all the necessary of the multiannual financial framework or the relevant part of amendment to the agreement shall be decided by the Council of Ministers. ".
3. Annex II to the Cotonou Agreement shall be amended as follows: (a)) article 2 is amended as follows: (i)) point 7 is replaced by the following: ' 7. Ordinary loans may be extended on concessional terms and conditions in the following cases: (a)) the infrastructure projects in the least developed countries, in post-conflict countries and post-natural disaster, and not aa) referred to in countries that are prerequisites for private sector development. In such cases, the interest rate of the loan will be reduced by 3%;
AA) for infrastructure projects such as commercial driven State companies that are prerequisites for private sector development in countries subject to restrictive borrowing conditions under the heavily indebted poor countries (HIPC) initiative or another internationally agreed debt sustainability framework. In such cases, the Bank is looking for ways to reduce the average cost of funds through appropriate co-financing with other donors. If it is considered that this is not possible, the loan interest rate may be reduced by such amount as required to comply with the level arising from the HIPC initiative or a new internationally agreed debt sustainability framework;
b) for projects which involve restructuring operations in the framework of privatisation or for projects with substantial and clearly demonstrable social or environmental benefits. In such cases, loans may be extended with an interest rate subsidy the amount and form of which will be decided with respect to the particular characteristics of the project. However, the interest rate subsidy is not higher than 3%.
The final loan interest rate corresponding to a) or (b)), shall in no case be less than 50% of the reference rate. ";
II) point 9 shall be replaced by the following: "9. Interest subsidies may be capitalised or may be used in the form of grants. Up to 10% of the budget for interest rate subsidies may be used to support the project seeks to send technical assistance to ACP countries. ";
b) article 3 is amended as follows: (i)) paragraph 1 is replaced by the following: "1. The investment facility shall operate in all economic sectors and support private and commercial institutions of the public sector investment, including revenue generating economic and technological infrastructure critical for the private sector. Mechanism: a) is managed as a revolving fund and aim at being financially sustainable. It is linked with the market rules and avoid creating distortions on local markets and the movement of private sources of finance;
(b)) support the ACP financial sector and have a catalytic effect by encouraging the mobilisation of long-term local resources and attracting foreign private investors and lenders to projects in the ACP States;
c) assume part of their projects financed. Its financial sustainability provides the investment portfolio as a whole, rather than individual transactions. and (d)) tends to channel funds through ACP national and regional institutions and programmes that promote small and medium enterprises (SMEs) development. ";
(ii)) the following paragraph shall be inserted: ' 1. (a) the Bank will reimburse the costs of the management of the investment facility. The first two years of the second financial protocol enters into force, it will be up to about 2% of the total initial investment facility grant. Then the Bank's remuneration will include a fixed component of 0.5% a year of the initial endowment and a variable component of up to 1.5% p. a. of the portfolio of the investment facility that is invested in projects in ACP countries. The consideration will be financed from the investment facility. ";
Article 5 (b) (c))) shall be replaced by the following: "(b)) of ordinary loans and risk capital financing in the case of small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs), the exchange rate risk shall, as a general rule, be shared between the community, of the one part, and the other parties involved, on the other. Average exchange rate risk should be borne by the parties in equal shares; and ";
(d)) the following articles shall be inserted: ' Article 6a for the annual reporting of the investment facility, representatives of EU Member States, which are responsible for the investment facility, representatives of the ACP States, as well as the European investment bank, the European Commission, the EU Council Secretariat and the ACP Secretariat representatives every year to discuss the operations of the investment facility and performance and related policy issues.

Article 6 (b) of the facility performance review the facility's overall performance in the common accounts of the financial protocol of the mid-term and final. This review may submit recommendations for the improvement of the implementation of the mechanism. "
4. Annex IV of the Cotonou Agreement shall be amended as follows: (a)) article 3 is amended as follows: (i))) paragraph 1 (a) shall be replaced by the following: "(a)) where is assessed on the basis of criteria pertaining to per capita income, population size, social indicators and level of indebtedness, export revenue losses and dependence on export earnings, in particular from the agricultural and mining sectors. Special treatment shall be granted at least developed ACP countries and take due account of the island States and the landlocked countries of land boundaries, sa vulnerability. In addition, take into account the particular difficulties of some countries that have overcome conflict or natural disaster; and ";
(ii)), the following point shall be added: "5. Without prejudice to article 5, paragraph 7, of the rules on checks of the community, taking into account the special needs or outstanding results, the allocation of the State can increase."
(b)) article 4 is amended as follows: (i)) paragraph 1 is replaced by the following: ' 1. upon receipt of the information referred to above, each ACP State shall draw up and submit to the community a draft indicative programme on the basis of and consistent with its development objectives and priorities as expressed in the CSS. The draft indicative programme shall contain: a) the focal sector, sectors or areas on which support should be concentrated;
(b)) the most appropriate measures and operations for attaining the objectives and purpose of the primary sector, sectors or areas;
c) resources for programmes and projects outside the main (s) (s) and/or the broad outlines of such activities, as well as an indication of the resources to be deployed for each of these elements;
(d) the types of non-governmental actors) are eligible to receive funding under the Council of Ministers established criteria, the resources allocated for non-State actors and the type of activities to be supported, which must be a non-profit activities;
e) regional programmes and project proposals; and (f) a reserve for insurance against possible) claims and to cover cost increases and contingencies. "
II) point 3 is replaced by the following: "3. the indicative programme of the project are the exchange of views between the ACP State concerned and the community. The indicative programme shall be adopted by common agreement between the Commission on behalf of the community and the ACP State concerned. Once it is adopted, it is binding on both the community and this country. This indicative programme shall be added and it also includes: (a) specific and clearly defined) operations, especially those which can take before the next review;
(b)) schedule for the implementation of the indicative programme, including commitments and verification and resource costs, and (c)) the parameters and criteria. ";
(iii)), the following point shall be added: "5. when an ACP State enters the crisis of war or other conflict, or exceptional circumstances with a comparable effect, preventing the national authorising officer to perform his duty, the Commission may itself manage the resources provided for the State concerned, in accordance with article 3 and use it for special support. Specific aid may include peace-building policies, conflict management and resolution, post-conflict support, including institution building, economic and social development activities, especially taking into account the most vulnerable layers of the population needs. The Commission and the ACP State concerned should return to normal implementation and normal management procedures as soon as the competent authorities have renewed the ability to manage cooperation. ";
c) article 5 is amended as follows: (i) throughout the text of the article), the term "head of delegation" shall be replaced by the term "the Commission";
(ii) in paragraph (b)) 4) shall be replaced by the following: "(b)) programs and projects outside the main structural member (s);" III) paragraph 7 shall be replaced by the following: "7. Following the completion of mid-term and end-of-term reviews, the Commission, on behalf of the community may revise the resource allocation in the light of current needs and performance of the ACP State concerned.";
(d)) of article 6 shall be replaced by the following: ' 1. Regional cooperation shall cover operations benefiting and include: a) two or more or all ACP States as well as developing countries that do not have ACP, but participating in these activities; and/or b) a regional body of which at least two members of the ACP countries, including those that are members of the non-ACP States. ";
e) article 9 shall be replaced by the following: "article 9 1 of the resource allocation at the beginning of the period covered by the financial protocol, each region shall receive from the community an indication of the volume of resources from which it may benefit during a five-year period. The indicative resource allocation shall be based on needs assessment and the progress and prospects in the process of regional cooperation and integration. In order to achieve an adequate scale and to increase efficiency, regional and national funds can mix for financing regional operations with a distinct national component.
2. Without prejudice to the provisions of article 11 on the tests, the community, taking into account the new needs or exceptional results, the allocation for the region can increase. "
f) article 10 1 c) shall be replaced by the following: "(c)) programs and projects enabling those objectives to be attained, insofar as they have been clearly identified as well as an indication of the resources to be deployed for each of these elements and a timetable for their implementation.";
g) article 12 shall be replaced by the following: ' article 12 intra-ACP cooperation 1. At the beginning of the period covered by the financial protocol, the Community shall indicate to the ACP Council of Ministers the part of the funds earmarked for regional operations that shall be set aside for operations that benefit many or all ACP States. These activities may exceed the geographical location of the concept.
2. in order to take account of new needs the impact of intra-ACP activities, the community may increase the allocation for intra-ACP cooperation. ";
h) article 13 shall be replaced by the following: ' article 13 financing request 1. regional programme funding requests submitted by: a) duly authorised regional body or organization, or (b) a duly mandated sub-regional) authority or organisation or an ACP State in the region concerned in the planning phase, provided that the action is in the WHEEL.
2. Internal ACP program funding applications shall be submitted: (a)) at least 3 mandated regional bodies or organisations belonging to different geographic regions, or at least two ACP States from each of the three regions; or (b)) the ACP Council of Ministers or the ACP Committee of ambassadors; or c) international organisations, which carry out activities that promote regional cooperation and integration objectives, as the African Union, the ACP Committee of ambassadors, after prior approval. ";
I) article 14 shall be replaced by the following: ' article 14 implementation procedures 1. [deleted] [deleted] 2 3. Having regard to regional cooperation, including intra-ACP cooperation, objectives and characteristics of the activities carried out in this sphere shall be governed by the procedures established for development finance cooperation where applicable.
4. In particular, pursuant to paragraphs 5 and 6, each regional programme or project financed from the Fund, develop: (a) either financing agreement) between the Commission and article 13 of the said authorities, in accordance with article 17; in that case, the authority shall appoint a regional authorising officer whose duties correspond mutatis mutandis the responsibilities of the national authorising officer;
(b)) or grant agreement, as provided in article 19 (a), which shall be concluded between the Commission and article 13 of the said authorities, depending on the nature of the event and where the relevant body, other than an ACP State, is responsible for the implementation of the programme or projects.
5. programmes and projects financed from the Fund and for which international organizations have submitted requests for financing in accordance with article 13, paragraph 2 (c)), the grant agreement concluded.
6. The Fund funded programs and projects for which funding requests presented by the ACP Council of Ministers or Committee of Ambassadors shall be implemented either by the ACP Secretariat-in this case, the financing agreement is signed between the Commission and the Secretariat in accordance with article 17-or the Commission depending on the nature of the operations. ";
(j)) the title of Chapter 3 is replaced by the following: "assessment and financing";
k) article 15 shall be replaced by the following: ' article 15 programme and project identification, preparation and appraisal 1. Programmes and projects that have been presented by the ACP State concerned shall be subject to joint appraisal. ACP-EC development finance cooperation Committee shall develop the General guidelines and criteria for the evaluation of programmes and projects. These programs and projects are generally multi-annual and can cover a wide range of activities of a limited amount in a specific area.
2. Programme and project dossiers prepared and submitted for financing must contain all information necessary for the evaluation of the programme or project, or, if these programs and projects are not completely defined, provide the broad outlines necessary for their appraisal.
3. Programme and project appraisal shall take due account of national human resource constraints and ensure a strategy favourable to the promotion of such resources. It shall also take into account the specific of each ACP country features and restrictions.

4. the programmes and projects to be implemented by non-State actors to which it is entitled under this agreement, may be assessed by the Commission alone and give the basis for the creation of a grant agreement between the Commission and non-governmental actors in accordance with article 19. This rating corresponds to article 4, paragraph 1 (d)) the bottom point for the types of participants, their eligibility and eligible activities. The Commission, by the head of delegation shall inform, via the national authorising officer of such grants. ";
l) article 16 is replaced by the following: ' article 16 proposal and decision on financing of the evaluation conclusions 1 summarizes the financing proposal, the final version of which shall be drawn up by the Commission in close collaboration with the ACP State concerned.
2. [deleted] [deleted] 4 3. the Commission, acting on behalf of the community, shall communicate its financing decision to the ACP State concerned within 90 days following the financing proposal of the final completion date.
5. If the Commission, on behalf of the community, the financing proposal is not adopted by, the ACP State concerned shall be informed immediately of the reasons for that decision. In such a case, the representatives of the ACP State concerned within 60 days, you can then request: (a)) that the matter be referred to the ACP-EC development finance cooperation Committee set up under this agreement; or (b)) to hear the representative of the community.
6. at the hearing on behalf of the community, the Commission shall take a final decision or reject the financing proposal. Before making a decision, the ACP State concerned may forward to the Commission any facts which may appear necessary to supplement the information available to it. "
m) article 17 is replaced by the following: ' article 17 financing agreement 1. Except where otherwise provided for in this agreement, any programme or project financed from the Fund, a financing agreement shall be drawn up between the Commission and the ACP State concerned.
2. the financing agreement shall be drawn up between the Commission and the ACP State concerned within 60 days of a Commission decision taken on behalf of the community. Financing agreement: (a) determine the information) on Community financial contribution and the financing arrangements and terms, the General and specific provisions relating to the programme or project concerned; and (b)) provides for appropriations to cover cost increases and contingencies.
3. Any unexpended balance left upon programs or decommissioning of project accounts shall accrue to the ACP State (s) (s). ";
n) article 18 shall be replaced by the following: "article 18 cost overruns. If it turns out that, perhaps, is the risk that the cost overrun will occur over the funding provided for in the financing agreement, the national authorising officer shall notify the Commission and request its prior approval for the measures which the national authorising officer intends to take in order to cover such cost over-runs, reducing the scale of the programme or project or using public or other non-Community resources.
2. If it is not possible to reduce the size of the programme or project or to cover the over-runs with other resources, the Commission, acting on behalf of the community, may, on the basis of a reasoned request from the national authorising officer, take an additional financing decision on resources from the national indicative programme. ";
o) article 19 is replaced by the following: ' article 19 retroactive financing 1. in order to ensure early project start-up, avoid gaps between sequential projects and prevent delays, the ACP States, completing the project appraisal, or before the adoption of a financing decision may pre-finance activities linked to the start-up of programmes, preliminary and seasonal work, orders for equipment with long delivery lead times as well as some of the existing operations. This expenditure must comply with the procedures laid down in the agreement.
2. all expenditure referred to in paragraph 1 shall be indicated in the proposal for funding, and they do not affect a financing decision adopted by the Commission on behalf of the community.
3. The ACP expenditure pursuant to this provision shall be retroactively financed under the project or programme, once the financing agreement is signed. "
p) the title of Chapter 4 is replaced by the following: "implementation";
q) the following articles shall be inserted: ' article 19A 1. Implementation measures to be financed from the Fund programme and project implementation in cases where financial execution is the Commission's duty, gets the following: (a) mainly), the granting of contracts;
b) award of grants;
(c) direct control of execution);
d) direct payments as budgetary support, support for sectoral programmes, debt relief and aid to cover short-term fluctuations in export earnings.
2. Contracts are contracts concluded financial interest in writing for payment to get the right supply of movable or immovable assets, perform works or provide services.
3. for the purposes of this annex, grants are direct financial contributions, awarded in the form of donations to fund: (a) either that the measures) meant to help achieve one of the objectives of this agreement or adopted under this agreement, program or project objectives; or (b)) the functioning of a body which pursues such an objective.
They conclude a written contract.
Article 19B tender procedure with suspension clause in order to ensure early project start-up, the ACP States may, in duly substantiated cases, at all, in agreement with the Commission, issue invitations to tender for all types of contracts, with a suspension clause, once project appraisal is completed but not yet a decision on financing. Such a rule should be mentioned in the financing proposal. ";
r) article 20 is replaced by the following: "article 20 rights except where derogation has been granted in accordance with article 22, and without prejudice to article 26:1) public participation in procedures for the awarding of procurement contracts or grants financed from the Fund shall be any natural or legal persons from ACP States and Member States of the European Community;
2) supplies and materials acquired by contract financed from the Fund must be a country that has jurisdiction under paragraph 1. In this context, the concept of "originating products" shall be assessed in connection with the definition of the relevant international agreements and supplies originating in the community covering the supply originating in the overseas countries and territories;
3) to participate in procedures for the awarding of procurement contracts or grants financed from the Fund shall be international organizations;
4) when the Fund finances the activity carried out by an international organisation, participation in procedures for the awarding of procurement contracts or grants shall be open to any natural or legal person who is eligible under paragraph 1, and any natural or legal person eligible according to the rules of the organisation, taking care to ensure equal treatment for all donors. For supplies and materials subject to the same rules;
5) when the Fund shall finance an operation implemented as part of a regional initiative, participation in procedures for the awarding of procurement contracts or grants shall be open to any natural or legal person who is eligible under paragraph 1, and any natural or legal person from a country that participates in the initiatives concerned. For supplies and materials subject to the same rules;
6) when the Fund shall finance an activity, which is co-financing the third country participation in procedures for the awarding of procurement contracts or grants shall be open to any natural or legal person who is eligible under paragraph 1, and any person who is entitled by the above laws of the third country. For supplies and materials subject to the same rules. ";
s) article 22 is replaced by the following: ' article 22 indent 1. in exceptional, duly justified circumstances, natural or legal persons from third countries who are not authorised in accordance with article 20, may allow the participation in procedures for the awarding of procurement contracts or grants financed from the Fund shall, after the reasonable request of the ACP States. The ACP States concerned shall, in each case, provide the Commission with the information necessary to decide on such derogation, with particular attention to: (a)) the geographical location of the ACP State concerned;
(b) the Member States and the ACP States) contractors, suppliers and consultants for competitiveness;
(c)) the need to avoid excessive increases in the costs of performance of the contract;
d) transport difficulties or delays due to delivery times or other similar problems;
(e)) to be the most appropriate and suitable technologies to local conditions;
(f)) in cases of extreme urgency;
g) product and service availability in the relevant markets.
2. The projects to be financed from the investment facility, the Bank's procurement rules. ";
t) article 24 shall be replaced by the following: "article 24 direct control Direct control of 1 case the programmes and projects implemented by the ACP State (s) (s) public or semi-public agencies or departments, or the legal person responsible for executing the operation.
2. the Community shall bear the costs of the Department involved by providing the equipment and/or materials that it lacks and/or resources to allow it to acquire additional staff required in the form of experts from within the ACP States concerned or other ACP States. Community participation shall cover only costs incurred by supplementary measures and temporary expenditure relating to execution that are strictly confined to the requirements of the project.

3. Operation the immediate control of implementation of the programme estimates must comply with Community rules, procedures and standard documents laid down by the Commission applicable to the program at the time of approving the estimates. "
u) article 26 is replaced by the following: ' article 26 exemptions 1. Measures shall be taken to encourage the ACP countries the widest participation of the natural and legal persons in the performance of contracts financed by the Fund in order to allow the physical and human resources of those States optimization. For this purpose: a) works contracts of a value less than EUR 5 000 000, tenderers of the ACP States, provided that at least one quarter of the capital stock and management staff originates from one or more ACP States, allocated 10% price preference when compared the same economic, technical and administrative proposals;
b) service contracts, regardless of the value of ACP supplies applicants who offer delivery ACP origin at least 50% of the value of the contract, shall be accorded a 15% price preference where compares equal economic, technical and administrative proposals;
(c)) in respect of service contracts, comparing the same economic and technical quality of tenders preference shall be given: (i)) experts, institutions or consultancy companies or firms from ACP States with the required expertise;
II) offers submitted by ACP firm in a consortium with European partners; and III) offers presented by European tenderers with ACP sub-contractors or experts;
d) where subcontracting is envisaged, preference shall be given by the successful tenderer for the ACP to natural persons, companies and firms, capable of performing the contract required on similar terms; and (e)) the ACP State in the invitation to tender, prospective applicants can offer other ACP States ' companies or firms or national experts or consultants that selected by mutual agreement. This cooperation may take the form of joint ventures, sub-contracting or trainee internship.
2. If the two applicants recognised as equivalent, based on the above criteria, priority shall be given to: (a) the tenderer of an ACP State;) or (b)) If no such tender is forthcoming, to the tenderer who: (i)) allows for the best possible way in the ACP countries to use the physical and human resources;
II) offers the greatest subcontracting possibilities to ACP companies or individuals; or (iii)) in the ACP States and the community of individuals and companies in the Consortium. "
6. Chapter v) the title is replaced by the following: "the Fund management and executing agents";
w) article 34 shall be replaced by the following: ' article 34 1 of the Commission the Commission shall undertake to fund the financial execution of the activities to, except for the investment facility, and interest rate subsidies, using the following main methods of management: a) centralised management;
b) decentralised management.
2. the Commission shall implement the financial resources of the Fund performance typically takes place on a decentralised basis.
In this case, the enforcement duties of the ACP States in accordance with article 35.
3. in order to carry out the financial execution of the Fund resources, the Commission implementing powers delegated to the departments of the Commission. The Commission shall inform the ACP States and the development of the Financial Committee (DFC) the delegation of tasks. "
x) article 35 is replaced by the following: ' article 35 the national authorising officer 1. the Government of each ACP State shall appoint a national authorising officer to represent it in all of the Commission and the Bank managed funds financed operations. The national authorising officer shall appoint one or more Deputy national authorising officer that his officers if he would not be able to perform his duties, and on this appointment shall be communicated to the Commission. If the conditions of institutional capacity and sound financial management are met, the national authorising officer may within their respective program and project implementation functions delegated to the body responsible in his State administration. The national authorising officer shall inform the Commission of any such delegation.
If the Commission becomes aware of the Fund's resources management procedures implementation problems, it carries out negotiations with the national authorising officer to remedy the situation, and if necessary, shall determine the appropriate measures.
The national authorising officer is financially liable only for the execution of the tasks entrusted to him.
If the Fund runs a decentralised way and subject to any additional powers that may be granted by the Commission, the national authorising officer shall: (a) the implementation of the cooperation) is responsible for the coordination, programming, regular monitoring and annual, mid-term and end of term reports and for coordination with donors;
(b)) in close cooperation with the Commission, is responsible for program and project preparation, submission and appraisal;
c) prepare tender dossiers and, where appropriate, the documents for calls for proposals;
(d)) submit tender dossiers and, where appropriate, the documents for calls for proposals to the Commission for approval prior to the invitation to tender and, where appropriate, calls for proposals;
e) in close cooperation with the Commission, issue invitations to tender and, as appropriate, calls for proposals;
f) gets offers, and, as appropriate, proposals, and transmit copies of tenders to the Commission; directs the examination of tenders and determine the results of this examination, the deadline for the submission of tenders, taking into account the time required for the approval of contracts;
(g) invite the Commission to offer) and-where appropriate-opening proposal and report to the Commission on the examination of tenders and proposals, to approve the proposals for the award of contracts and grants;
h) submit contracts and programme estimates and possible additions to the Commission for approval;
(I) the Commission approved) sign contracts and riders thereto;
j) clear and authorise expenditure within the limits of the funds assigned to him; and k) during the execution operations, make any adaptation arrangements necessary to ensure the approved program or the proper execution of the project from an economic and technical point of view.
2. the national authorising officer shall, during the execution of operations and subject to the requirement to inform the Commission, decide on: (a) the programmes and projects) technical adjustments and alterations in matters of detail so long as they do not affect the technical solution adopted and remain as provided for in the financing agreement within the limits of the reserve for adjustments;
b) changes of site for multiple-unit projects or programmes where justified on technical, economic or social grounds;
c) imposition or remission of penalties for delay;
d) acts discharging guarantors;
e) purchase of goods on the domestic market, irrespective of their origin;
f) use of construction equipment and machinery not originating in the Member States or ACP States provided that the Member States or ACP States is no production of comparable equipment and machinery;
g) subcontracting;
h) final acceptance, provided that the Commission is present at provisional acceptance, endorses the corresponding minutes and, where appropriate, is present at the final acceptance, in particular where the extent of the reservations recorded at the provisional acceptance necessitates major additional work, and i) hiring of consultants and other technical assistance experts. ";
y) article 36 shall be replaced by the following: ' article 36 head of delegation 1. Commission in each ACP State or in each regional grouping which expressly so requests, by a delegation headed by the head of delegation, with the approval of the ACP State or States. Appropriate measures are taken in each instance where a head of delegation is appointed in respect of the ACP group of States. The head of delegation shall represent the Commission in all its areas of competence, and in all activities.
2. The head of delegation is the main contact for ACP States and bodies or organisations eligible for financial support under the agreement. He shall cooperate and work in close cooperation with the national authorising officer.
3. The head of delegation shall receive the necessary instructions and delegated powers to facilitate and expedite all operations under the agreement.
4. The head of delegation shall regularly inform the national authorities of community activities which may directly concern cooperation between the community and the ACP countries. ";
z) article 37 shall be replaced by the following: "article 1 37 charges. For the purpose of effecting payments in the national currencies of the ACP States in the name of the Commission of national public or semi-public financial institution may open accounts in the currencies of the Member States or in euro, chosen by agreement between the ACP State and the Commission. This authority shall make public the paying agency function.
2. The national paying agent shall receive no remuneration for its services and no interest shall be payable on deposited funds. The local accounts shall be replenished by the Commission in the currency of one of the Member States or in euro, based on estimates of future cash requirements, which shall be made sufficiently in advance to avoid the need for pre-financing by ACP States and to prevent delayed disbursements.
3. [deleted] 4. payments made by the Commission in accordance with the Community rules laid down by the Commission and, where applicable, after the national authorising officer has learned and allowed expenses.
5. [deleted]

6. the procedures for clearance, authorisation and payment of expenditure must be completed within 90 days from the payment date. The national authorising officer shall process and deliver the payment authorisation to the head of delegation not later than 45 days before the due date.
7. claims for delayed payments shall be borne by the ACP State or States concerned and the Commission from its own resources on the part of the delay for which each party is responsible in accordance with the procedures above. ".
5. The following annex shall be added: ' ANNEX VII political dialogue on human rights, democratic principles and the rule of law article 1 objectives 1. The consultations provided for in article 96 paragraph 3 (a)), will be held after wide political dialogue under article 8 of the agreement and paragraph 4 of article 9, except in cases of special urgency.
2. Both parties should contribute to the political dialogue, which is in line with the spirit of the agreement, subject to the Council of Ministers adopted guidelines for ACP-EU political dialogue.
3. political dialogue is a process which should foster the strengthening of ACP-EU relations and promote the attainment of the objectives of the partnership.
Article 2 Intensified political dialogue preceding article 96 consultations mentioned in 1. political dialogue concerning human rights, democratic principles and the rule of law in accordance with article 9 of the agreement, paragraph 4 and article 8, subject to the internationally accepted standards and norms. In this dialogue the parties may agree on joint programmes and priorities.
2. the parties may jointly develop and agree on specific criteria and objectives for human rights, democratic principles and the rule of law, respecting between folksy recognized standards and norms, taking into account the specific of the ACP State concerned and to the specific circumstances. Criteria is the mechanism to achieve the goals, determining compliance with objectives and deadlines.
3. political dialogue laid down in paragraph 1 and 2, is a systematic and formal and shall examine all possibilities before the agreement referred to in article 96 consultations.
4. Except in cases of special urgency, defined in article 96 of the agreement in paragraph 2 (b)), the consultation can begin without prior reinforced political dialogue, where a party does not permanently shall comply with the obligations it has entered into in an earlier dialogue, or if it fails to launch a dialogue in good faith.
5. Political dialogue under article 8, the parties will be used to help countries that are subject to the measures in question pursuant to article 96, to normalize relations.
Article 3 of the agreement additional terms referred to in article 96 consultations 1. Parties shall endeavour to promote equality in article 96 of the agreement in those consultations.
2. the parties are committed to transparent interaction before the official discussions, during and after that, pursuant to article 2 of this annex, paragraph 2 these specific criteria and objectives.
3. For parties to prepare thoroughly, as well as consultations in the ACP group and between the community and its Member States would be more detailed, the parties must comply with the 30-day period of notice in accordance with article 96 of the agreement (3). Consultation the parties should agree flexible timeframes, whilst acknowledging that cases of special urgency, defined in article 96 of the agreement in paragraph 3 (b)) and this annex, article 2, paragraph 4, may require urgent action.
4. the parties acknowledge the role of the ACP group in political dialogue based on modalities to be determined by the ACP group and communicated to the European Community and its Member States.
5. The parties acknowledge the need for structured and continuous consultations under article 96 of the agreement. To this end, the Council of Ministers may develop further modalities. ".
In witness whereof, the Plenipotentiaries have signed this agreement.
El presente Acuerd abiert a la the Queda en el Luxemburg company 25 de junio de 2005 y, a continuación, del 1 de Julio de 2005 al 31 de Mayo de 2005 en la Secretarí del Consejo General de la Unión Europea, en bruselas.
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This agreement shall be open for signature at Luxembourg on 25 June 2005 and thereafter from 1 July to 31 December 2005 at the General Secretariat of the Council of the European Union in Brussels.
Let the accord EST ouvert présen à la signature à Luxembourg le 25 juin 2005 et du 1er juillet 2005 ensuite au 31 décembr 2005, au Conseil général du Secretariat de l European Union, à Bruxelles.
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EZ a megállapodá júni 2005.25-én Luxembourgban, majda Július 1.2005 2005 december 31. és közöt az európai Unió a Brüsszelben, Főtitkárságán a aláírásr nyitv a Tanácsának áll.
Dan il-agreement in the firm of huw miftuħ għall-fil-Lussemburg file-25 ta u Ġunj 2005 dan mill-1 ta war Lulj 2005 Island-31 ta Diċembr 2005, fis-Ġeneral Segretarjat tal-Kunsill ta, l-Ewrope, fi, Unjon Brussels.
Deze Staat open voor ondertekening overeenkoms the op 25 Juni te Luxemburg en vervolgen met ingang van 1 Juli tot en met on 31 december 2005 was het van de Raad secretaria-generaal van de Europes and the in Brussels.
Niniejsz-jest otwart do Umow podpis w Luxembourg, 25 czerwca 2005 r., następn-a, od 1 lipc 2005 31 December 2005 r. do r. w Generalnym Sekretariac Rady Europejskiej w the Unit of Briuselyje.
O presente Acord was the use of abert está from Luxemburg, em 25 de Junh de 2005 e, posteriorment, de 1 de Julh de 2005 a 31 de Dezembr de 2005, from the Conselho do Secretariado-Geral da União, em bruxelas Commission.
Tato na by the je dohod otvorená podp jún 2005 Luxemburg v 25 a potom od 1. júl 2005 31 December 2005 will give na a sekretariát Generálnom Rady Európskej ún g Brusel.
Omenjen in the sporaz of je na volj za podp v Luxembourg 25 June 2005 in od 1. Julia 2005 31 December 2005 will give na svetu Evropsk generaln by the unij of the Secretariat of Bruslj v.
Tämä voidaan allekirjoitta Luxemburgiss of the sopim of the sen jälkeen 1.7.2005-31.12.2005 25.6.2005 if Euroopan unionin pääsihteeristössä Brysselissä.
Avtal för öppe är Dett's the undertecknand i Luxemburg den 25 Juni 2005 och från och med den 1 sedan Juli till och med den 31 december 2005 environment to the European unionen för in generalsekretariate råd i Bryssel.












Final Act the Plenipotentiaries appointed by: His Majesty the King of the Belgians, the President of the Czech Republic, her Majesty the Queen of Denmark, the Federal Republic of Germany President, the President of the Republic of ESTONIA, the President of the Hellenic Republic, his Majesty the King of Spain, the President of the French Republic, Ireland, the Italian President of the President of the Republic, the President of the Republic of CYPRUS, the President of the Republic of Latvia, the President of the Republic of LITHUANIA, his Royal Highness the Grand Duke of LUXEMBOURG, the President of the Republic of HUNGARY, the President of Malta, her Majesty the Queen of the Netherlands the Republic of Austria, the Federal President, the President of the Republic of POLAND, the President of the Republic of Portugal, the President of the Republic of SLOVENIA, the Slovak Republic, the President, the President of the Republic of Finland, the Government of the Kingdom of Sweden, her Majesty the Queen of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland the Queen, which is the Treaty establishing the European Community, the Contracting Parties to the agreement, hereinafter referred to as "the community", hereinafter called the Community countries on "darlībvalst", and the European Community, of the one part, and the Plenipotentiaries appointed by: the President of the Republic of ANGOLA, her Majesty the Queen of Antigua and Barbuda the Commonwealth of the Bahamas, the head of State, head of State of BARBADOS, her Majesty the Queen of BELIZE, the President of the Republic of BENIN, Botswana, Burkina Faso, the President of the Republic, the President of Burundi, the President of the Republic, the President of the Republic of Cameroon, the President of the Republic of Cape Verde, the Central African Republic, the COMOROS, the President of the Islamic Federal Republic of the President, the PRESIDENT of the Democratic Republic of the Congo, the President of the Republic of Congo, the Government of the Cook Islands, Côte d'Ivoire, the President of the Republic, the President of the Republic of DJIBOUTI, the Government of the Commonwealth of Dominica, the Dominican Republic's President, the President of Eritrea ,

The Federal Democratic REPUBLIC of ETHIOPIA, the President of the sovereign democratic REPUBLIC of Fiji's President, President of the Gabonese Republic, the Republic of the GAMBIA, President and head of State and the President of the Republic, her Majesty the Queen of GRENADA, President of the Republic of Guinea, Guinea-Bissau's President of the Republic, the President of the Republic of Equatorial Guinea, the President of the Republic of Guyana, Haiti, Jamaica, the President of the Republic's head of State, the President of the Republic of KENYA, the President of the Republic of Kiribati, his Majesty the King of the Kingdom of Lesotho, the President of the Republic of LIBERIA, the President of the Republic of Madagascar , the President of the Republic of MALAWI, the President of the Republic of Mali, the President of the Republic of the Marshall Islands, PRESIDENT of the Islamic Republic of Mauritania, the President of the Republic of Mauritius, the Federated States of Micronesia to the FEDERAL President, the President of the Republic of Mozambique, the President of the Republic of NAMIBIA, Nauru, the Niger, the President of the Republic, the President of the Republic, the President of the Federal Republic of NIGERIA, Niue Government, the Government of the Republic of Palau, her Majesty Papua NEW Guinea's independent national Queen, President of the Republic of RWANDA, her Majesty the QUEEN of Saint Kitts-Nevis, her Majesty the Queen of SAINT LUCIA, her Majesty the Queen of Saint Vincent and the GRENADINES Samoa, independent head of State, the Democratic Republic of São Tomé and Príncipe, President, the President of the Republic of SENEGAL, Seychelles, Sierra Leone, the President of the Republic, the President of the Republic, her Majesty the Queen of the Solomon Islands, South Africa, the President of the Republic, the President of the Republic of the SUDAN, the President of the Republic of SURINAME, his Majesty the King of the Kingdom of SWAZILAND, the United Republic of Tanzania, the President of the Republic of CHAD, the Democratic Republic of EAST TIMOR, the President of the Togolese Republic, his Majesty King Taufa'ahau Tupou IV of Tonga AHA, Trinidad and Tobago, the President of the Republic Her Majesty the Queen of TUVALU, the President of the Republic of Uganda, the Government of the Republic of VANUATU to the President of the Republic of ZAMBIA, the Government of the Republic of Zimbabwe, which the countries hereinafter referred to as "ACP States", on the other hand, gathered in Luxembourg, two thousand twenty-fifth year, on the fifth of June to sign the agreement amending the partnership agreement between the African, Caribbean and Pacific Group of States members, of the one part, and the European Community and its Member States on the other hand, signed in Cotonou, June 23, 2000, at the time of signing this agreement, have adopted the following declarations annexed to this final act: Declaration Joint Declaration on article 8 of the Cotonou Agreement Declaration II of the Joint Declaration on article 68 of the Cotonou Agreement Declaration III of the Joint Declaration on Annex Ia (IV) Declaration Joint Declaration on article 3 of annex IV paragraph 5 g Declaration Joint Declaration on annex IV, paragraph 2 of article 9 of the Declaration VI of the Joint Declaration on article 12 of annex IV 2. in point VII Declaration Joint Declaration on article 13 of annex IV to VIII Declaration Joint Declaration on article 19A of annex IV to IX Declaration Joint Declaration on article 24 of annex IV, point 3 X Declaration Joint Declaration on article 2 of annex VII Declaration XI Community Declaration on article 4 of the Cotonou Agreement and article 58, paragraph 2 of the Declaration by the XII Community Declaration on the Cotonou Agreement, article 11 of the Declaration XIII Community Declaration on the Cotonou Agreement, article 11, paragraph 2 of the Declaration XIV community Declaration on the Cotonou Agreement, 28, 29, 30 and 58 and annex IV, article 6, article XV of the Declaration the European Union Declaration on Annex Ia Declaration XVI Community Declaration on article 4 of annex IV, point 3, article 5, paragraph 7, article 16, paragraphs 5 and 6, and article 17, paragraph 2 of the Declaration XVII Community Declaration on article 4 of annex IV, point 5 of the Declaration XVIII Community Declaration on article 20 of annex IV Declaration XIX Community Declaration on 34 of annex IV. 35. Article 36, and XX of the Declaration Community Declaration on article 3 of annex VII [whereof the Plenipotentiaries have signed this Agreement].

El presente Acuerd abiert a la the Queda en el Luxemburg company 25 de junio de 2005 y, a continuación, del 1 de Julio de 2005 al 31 de Mayo de 2005 en la Secretarí del Consejo General de la Unión Europea, en bruselas.
Tat was the je k podpis dohod otevřen Lucemburk dn 25 v červn a poté od 2005.1. červenc 2005 do 31. prosinc v generálním 2005 sekretariát Evropské Rady and g-Brusel.
Denn er åben undertegnels aftal of the Dan-25 jun for 2005 i Luxembourg og derefter fra den 1 Juli 2005 til den 31 december 2005 i Råde Generalsekretariate for for Europæisk Union i Bruxelles Den.
Dieses Abkommen deny am 25. Juni 2005 in Luxemburg und danach-vom 1. Juli bis 31. Dezember 2005 beim Generalsekretari der Europäischen Union a des rates zur zeichnung auf in Brüssel-Unter.
Allakirjutamisek avatud Käesolev kokkulep on the juunil 2005 Luxembourg a 25 seejärel 1 2005 juulis ning Kuni detsembrin 31 2005, Nõukog of the peasekretariaad Euroopa Liid has Brüssel.
Η παρούσα συμφωνία κατατίθεται προς υπογραφή στο Λουξεμβούργο στις 25 Ιουνίου 2005 και, στη συνέχεια, από την 1η Ιουλίου 2005 έως τις 31 Δεκεμβρίου 2005, στη Γενική Γραμματεία του Συμβουλίου της Ευρωπαϊκής Ένωσης, στις Βρυξέλλες.
This agreement shall be open for signature at Luxembourg on 25 June 2005 and thereafter from 1 July to 31 December 2005 at the General Secretariat of the Council of the European Union in Brussels.
Let the accord EST ouvert présen à la signature à Luxembourg le 25 juin 2005 et du 1er juillet 2005 ensuite au 31 décembr 2005, au Conseil général du Secretariat de l European Union, à Bruxelles.
Il presente accord the company of Alla apert è a lussemburgo il 25 giugno 2005 e successivament a Bruxelles il Générale of the presss Segretariat del Consiglio dell Union Europea, divided by 1 ° luglio 2005 al 31 dicembre 2005. The agreement is available for signature on 25 June 2005 in Luxembourg and then 1 July 2005 to 31 December in Brussels, the General Secretariat of the Council of the European Union.
This issue of the pasirašyt of susitarim 2005 m. birželio 25 d. Liuksemburg, o pasku, 2005 m. liepo 31 d.-2005 m. d., 31, gruodži the European Council of generaliniam of sekretoriat of Sąjungo of briuselyje.
EZ a megállapodá júni 2005.25-én Luxembourgban, majda Július 1.2005 2005 december 31. és közöt az európai Unió a Brüsszelben, Főtitkárságán a aláírásr nyitv a Tanácsának áll.
Dan il-agreement in the firm of huw miftuħ għall-fil-Lussemburg file-25 ta u Ġunj 2005 dan mill-1 ta war Lulj 2005 Island-31 ta Diċembr 2005, fis-Ġeneral Segretarjat tal-Kunsill ta, l-Ewrope, fi, Unjon Brussels.
Deze Staat open voor ondertekening overeenkoms the op 25 Juni te Luxemburg en vervolgen met ingang van 1 Juli tot en met on 31 december 2005 was het van de Raad secretaria-generaal van de Europes and the in Brussels.
Niniejsz-jest otwart do Umow podpis w Luxembourg, 25 czerwca 2005 r., następn-a, od 1 lipc 2005 31 December 2005 r. do r. w Generalnym Sekretariac Rady Europejskiej w the Unit of Briuselyje.
O presente Acord was the use of abert está from Luxemburg, em 25 de Junh de 2005 e, posteriorment, de 1 de Julh de 2005 a 31 de Dezembr de 2005, from the Conselho do Secretariado-Geral da União, em bruxelas Commission.
Tato na by the je dohod otvorená podp jún 2005 Luxemburg v 25 a potom od 1. júl 2005 31 December 2005 will give na a sekretariát Generálnom Rady Európskej ún g Brusel.
Omenjen in the sporaz of je na volj za podp v Luxembourg 25 June 2005 in od 1. Julia 2005 31 December 2005 will give na svetu Evropsk generaln by the unij of the Secretariat of Bruslj v.
Tämä voidaan allekirjoitta Luxemburgiss of the sopim of the sen jälkeen 1.7.2005-31.12.2005 25.6.2005 if Euroopan unionin pääsihteeristössä Brysselissä.
Avtal för öppe är Dett's the undertecknand i Luxemburg den 25 Juni 2005 och från och med den 1 sedan Juli till och med den 31 december 2005 environment to the European unionen för in generalsekretariate råd i Bryssel.












(I) Declaration Joint Declaration on article 8 of the Cotonou Agreement concerning the dialogue national and regional level in accordance with article 8 of the Cotonou agreement to consider that with "the ACP group" understands the ACP Committee of Ambassadors (VK) and the ACP policy "troika", social, humanitarian and Cultural Affairs (PSHKL), the Chairman of the Subcommittee; with the ACP-EU Joint Parliamentary Assembly (JPA) understands the ACP-EU JPA co-chair or their designated person.   Declaration of the II Joint Declaration on article 68 of the Cotonou Agreement, the ACP-EC Council of Ministers, in application of article 100 of the Cotonou Agreement, the provisions contained in the proposal by the ACP side, referring to annex II of the Cotonou Agreement and related to of short-term fluctuations in export earnings (FLEX).   (Iii) Declaration Joint Declaration on Annex Ia If the agreement amending the Cotonou agreement has not entered into force on 1 January 2008, the cooperation is financed from the 9th EDF and from previous EDFs.   IV Declaration Joint Declaration on article 3 of annex IV, point 5 of annex IV of the application of article 3, paragraph 5 of the "special needs" are needs resulting from exceptional or unforeseen circumstances such as post-crisis situations; "excellent results" is a situation that is not included in the mid-term and final examinations when a country allocated funds are completely tied up and you can pick up additional funding from national indicative programmes on effective poverty reduction policies and sound financial management.   V Declaration Joint Declaration on annex IV, paragraph 2 of article 9 of annex IV of the application of article 9, paragraph 2 "new needs" are needs resulting from exceptional or unforeseen circumstances such as post-crisis situations; "excellent results" is a situation that is not included in the mid-term and final examinations when a country allocated funds are completely tied up and you can pick up additional funding from national indicative programmes on effective poverty reduction policies and sound financial management.   Declaration VI Joint Declaration on annex IV, paragraph 2 of article 12 of annex IV of the application of paragraph 2 of article 12, "new needs" are needs that may arise in exceptional or unforeseen circumstances, such as needs arising from new commitments to international initiatives, or addressing the common challenges of the ACP countries.   (VII) Declaration Joint Declaration on article 13 of annex IV, subject to the particular geographical situation of the Caribbean and the Pacific regions, the ACP Council of Ministers or the ACP Committee of Ambassadors may, without prejudice to annex IV, article 13, paragraph 2 (a)), to submit a special request of funding one or other of these regions.   VIII Declaration Joint Declaration on article 19A of annex IV, in accordance with article 100 of the Cotonou Agreement, the Council of Ministers will examine the provisions of annex IV concerning the award and performance of contracts with a view to their adoption before the entry into force of the agreement amending the Cotonou Agreement.   IX Declaration Joint Declaration on annex IV, paragraph 3 of article 24 of the ACP States shall be consulted prior To any amendments to the Community rules referred to in annex IV, article 24, paragraph 3.   X Declaration Joint Declaration on article 2 of annex VII to internationally recognised standards and norms are provided for instruments mentioned in the preamble of the Cotonou Agreement.   Declaration XI Community Declaration on article 4 of the Cotonou Agreement and article 58 (2) of the application of article 4 and paragraph 2 of article 58, considers that the term "local decentralised authorities" includes all levels of devolution, including the "locales" collectivité.   XII Declaration Declaration by the community on the Cotonou Agreement, Article 11a of the financial and technical assistance in the field of cooperation concerning the fight against terrorism, financed from resources other than ACP-EC development cooperation funding for resources.   Declaration XIII Community Declaration on the Cotonou Agreement, article 11, paragraph 2 it is understood that the Cotonou Agreement, article 11, paragraph 2, the measures will be set out in accordance with the custom schedule, taking into account each country's particular difficulties.   Declaration XIV Community Declaration on the Cotonou Agreement, 29, 28, 30 and article 58 and article 6 of annex IV, in order to implement the provisions of the regional cooperation involving countries other than the ACP countries, will be the equivalent of the implementation of the provisions of the Community financial instruments for cooperation with other countries and regions of the world. The community will inform the ACP group when these equivalent provisions will enter into force.   Declaration XV European Union Declaration on Annex Ia 1. the European Union undertakes as soon as possible and, if possible, until September 2005 to propose the exact amount of the multiannual financial framework for cooperation under the agreement amending the Cotonou Agreement, as well as on its application. 2. The minimum aid referred to in point 2 of Annex Ia, guaranteed, without prejudice to the right of the ACP States on the additional sources from other already existing or may create financial instruments to support activities in areas such as emergency humanitarian aid, food security, poverty-related diseases, support for the economic partnership agreements for the implementation of the aid measures provided for by the reform of the sugar market and for peace and stability. 3. the 9th EDF funds execution deadline set for 31 December 2007 may be revised if necessary.   Declaration XVI Community Declaration on article 4 of annex IV, point 3, article 5, paragraph 7, article 16, paragraph 5 and 6 and article 17 (2) of the said provisions are without prejudice to the role of Member States in the decision-making process.   Declaration XVII Community Declaration on article 4 of annex IV, point 5 annex IV, point 5 of article 4 and return to the standard management measures will be implemented by Council decision, based on a proposal from the Commission. This decision shall be communicated to the ACP group, respectively.   Declaration XVIII Community Declaration on article 20 of annex IV annex IV, article 20 will be implemented according to the principle of reciprocity with other donors.   Declaration XIX Community Declaration on annex IV, 34, 35 and 36. Detailed description of the relevant Fund's resource management and executing agents ' responsibilities have included Manual of procedures, which will consult with the ACP States in accordance with article 12 of the Cotonou Agreement. The manual will be made available to the ACP countries, following the entry into force of the agreement on the amendment of the Cotonou Agreement. On the amendment of the manual will be subject to the same procedure.   Declaration XX Community Declaration on article 3 of annex VII with regard to article 3 of annex VII to the rules of the position, which the Council of the European Union implemented the Council of Ministers, will be based on the proposal of the Commission.