Proposal for a Council Decision adopting the rules of procedure of the European Development Fund (EDF) Committee

The Internal Agreement between the Representatives of the Governments of the Member States, meeting within the Council, on the financing of European Union aid under the multi-annual financial framework for the period 2014 to 2020, in accordance with the ACP-EU Partnership Agreement, and on the allocation of the financial assistance for the Overseas Countries and Territories to which part Four of the Treaty on the Functioning of the EU applies (hereinafter referred to as ‘Internal Agreement’) was signed on 24 and 26 June 2013.

Article 8(5) of the Internal Agreement lays down that the Council, acting unanimously, has to adopt the rules of procedure of the EDF Committee on a proposal from the Commission.

The draft rules of procedure for the EDF Committee, which are enclosed with the proposal for a Council Decision, take into account the provisions of the 11th EDF Implementation Regulation, and in particular article 14 thereof, as well as the results of the Commission's simplification and harmonisation exercise in the area of comitology, including the standard rules of procedure approved by the Commission as part of this exercise.

The Commission therefore proposes that the Council adopt the attached Decision.

• Primary Source

EUR-Lex: COM(2014)668: Follow the progress of this proposal through the decision-making procedure http://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/EN/HIS/?uri=COM:2014:668:FIN

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