Explanatory Memorandum to COM(2012)568 - EU position within the ACP-EU Committee of Ambassadors concerning the statutes of the Technical Centre for Agricultural and Rural Cooperation - Main contents
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| dossier | COM(2012)568 - EU position within the ACP-EU Committee of Ambassadors concerning the statutes of the Technical Centre for Agricultural and ... |
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| source | COM(2012)568  |
| date | 03-10-2012 |
Article 95 i of the Cotonou Agreement authorises the Joint ACP-EU Council to adopt transitional measures required in respect of the amended provisions until they come into force. By Council Decision 2010/614/EU of 14 June 2010, the Council approved the position to be adopted by the European Union within the ACP-EU Council of Ministers concerning the transitional measures, and by Decision No 2/2010 of the ACP-EU Council of Ministers of 21 June 2010, the amending provisions are provisionally applied, as from 1 November 2010.
Annex III of the Agreement was amended by the second revision; in particular the provisions regarding the Executive Board of the Technical Centre for Rural and Agricultural Cooperation (CTA) were modified with a view to strengthening governance and easing decision-making processes.
The statutes of the CTA should consequently be adapted in accordance with the Annex III of the Agreement, as amended by the second revision. Moreover, it is useful to seize this opportunity to include an explicit reference to the applicable EDF financial rules and to harmonise some of its provisions with those of the statutes of the Centre for the Development of Enterprise (CDE).
Article 3 i of Annex III provides that the ACP-EU Committee of Ambassadors shall lay down the statutes of the CTA. The amended statutes are annexed to the proposed Council decision.
The Council is therefore requested to adopt the attached proposal for a Council decision on the position to be adopted by the European Union within the ACP-EU Committee of Ambassadors concerning the statutes of the Centre for Rural and Agricultural Cooperation.