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

Article 12 The African Peace Facility

In accordance with the Council conclusions of 11 April 2006 to fund the African Peace Facility from the 10th EDF for a three-year period with EUR 300 million, the intra-ACP indicative programme shall earmark funding for the African Peace Facility. Specific management procedure shall apply as follows:

(a)

on a request from the African Union, endorsed by the ACP-EC Committee of Ambassadors, an action programme shall be prepared by the Commission covering the period 2008 to 2010. This action programme shall among others specify the objectives pursued, the scope and nature of the possible interventions, the implementation arrangements, and an agreed format for background documents and requests and for reporting. An annex to the action programme shall describe the specific decision making procedures for each possible intervention according to its nature, size and urgency;

(b)

this action programme, including the annex referred to in point (a), and any changes thereto shall be discussed by the relevant preparatory Council working groups and the Political and Security Committee and approved by Coreper by qualified majority as defined in Article 8(3) of the Internal Agreement before being adopted by the Commission in accordance with the management procedure set out in Article 11(3) of this Regulation;

(c)

the action programme, excluding the annex referred to in point (a), shall be the basis for the financing agreement to be concluded between the Commission and the African Union;

(d)

each intervention to be implemented under the financing agreement shall be subject to prior approval by the Political and Security Committee; the relevant preparatory Council working groups shall be informed or consulted in due time prior to their submission to the Political and Security Committee according to the specific decision making procedures referred to in point (a) in order to ensure that, besides the military and security dimension, the development related aspects of the envisaged measures are being taken into account. Special attention shall hereby be given to activities recognised as ODA;

(e)

the Commission shall prepare an activity report on the use of the funds for information of the Council and the EDF Committee on an annual basis and at the request of Council or the EDF Committee, distinguishing between ODA and non-ODA related commitments and disbursements;

(f)

An evaluation shall be undertaken in 2010 reviewing the procedures of the African Peace Facility as well as the possibilities of alternative future sources of funding, including common foreign and security policy funding.