Council Regulation (EC) No 617/2007Show full title

Article 11 Responsibilities of the EDF Committee

1. The EDF Committee set up according to Article 8 of the Internal Agreement shall give its opinion, in accordance with the management procedure set out in paragraph 3, on the substantive issues of development cooperation at country, regional and intra-ACP level funded from the 10th EDF and other Community resources referred to in Article 4(3).

2. The EDF Committee's tasks shall cover the responsibilities spelled out in Titles II and III of this Regulation:

(a) programming of Community aid under the 10th EDF and programming reviews focusing in particular on country, regional and intra-ACP strategies; and

(b) monitoring the implementation of Community aid, covering amongst others the impact of assistance on the reduction of poverty, sectoral aspects, cross-cutting issues, the functioning of field-level coordination with Member States and other donors and progress on the aid effectiveness principles referred to in Article 1.

3. When the EDF Committee is called upon to give its opinion, the representative of the Commission shall submit to the EDF committee within the time-limits set out in the Council Decision on the rules and procedures of the EDF Committee referred to in Article 8(5) of the Internal Agreement, a draft of the measures to be taken. The EDF Committee shall deliver its opinion within a time-limit which the chairman may lay down according to the urgency of the matter but which shall not exceed 30 days. The EIB shall take part in the exchange of views. The opinion shall be delivered by the qualified majority laid down in Article 8(3) of the Internal Agreement on the basis of the votes of the Member States weighted in the manner set out in Article 8(2) of the Internal Agreement.

When the EDF Committee has delivered its opinion, the Commission shall adopt measures which shall apply immediately. However, if these measures are not in accordance with the opinion of the EDF Committee, they shall be communicated by the Commission to the Council forthwith. In that event, the Commission shall defer application of the measures for a period which shall in principle not exceed 30 days from the date of such communication but which may be prolonged for a period of up to 30 days in exceptional circumstances. The Council, acting by the same qualified majority as the EDF Committee, may take a different decision within this period.

4. The EDF Committee shall have an exchange of views on the general conclusions of the annual operational reviews and of the annual report referred to in Article 14(3). Each Member State may also call for an exchange of views on the evaluations referred to in Article 15(3).

Each Member State can invite the Commission at any moment to provide the EDF Committee with information and to have an exchange of views on issues related to the tasks described under paragraph 2.

Such exchanges of view may lead to the formulation of recommendations by the Member States, which the Commission shall take into account.

5. On the basis of conclusions of the reviews prepared by the Commission, the EDF Committee shall also examine the consistency and complementarity between Community aid and aid from the Member States and where appropriate other donors, in line with Articles 1 and 2.