Commission Regulation (EU) No 127/2013

of 13 February 2013

amending Annexes I and II to Regulation (EC) No 1905/2006 of the European Parliament and of the Council establishing a financing instrument for development cooperation

THE EUROPEAN COMMISSION,

Having regard to the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union,

Having regard to Regulation (EC) No 1905/2006 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 18 December 2006 establishing a financing instrument for development cooperation1, and in particular Article 1(1) and the third subparagraph of Article 31(1) thereof,

Whereas:

(1)

Annex I to Regulation (EC) No 1905/2006 establishes a list of eligible countries based on the list of aid recipients of the Development Assistance Committee of the Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD/DAC), which is to be amended by the Commission pursuant to regular OECD/DAC reviews of its list of aid recipients.

(2)

For the purpose of defining persons eligible to participate in the award of procurement or grant contracts, Annex II to Regulation (EC) No 1905/2006 establishes the list of aid recipients of the OECD/DAC, which is to be published and updated pursuant to the same reviews.

(3)

Further to a revision of the list of aid recipients of the OECD/DAC, the Commission should amend Annex I to Regulation (EC) No 1905/2006 and inform the Council and the European Parliament thereof. The Commission should also update and publish Annex II to Regulation (EC) No 1905/2006 and inform the Council and the European Parliament thereof.

(4)

It is therefore appropriate to delete Oman from the list of countries eligible under Article 1(1) set out in Annex I, and update Annex II to Regulation (EC) No 1905/2006 accordingly.

(5)

The European Parliament and the Council will be informed accordingly,

HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:

Article 1

Regulation (EC) No 1905/2006 is amended as follows:

  1. 1.

    Annex I is replaced by Annex I to this Regulation.

  2. 2.

    Annex II is replaced by Annex II to this Regulation.

Article 2

This Regulation shall enter into force on the twentieth day following that of its publication in the Official Journal of the European Union.

This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States.

Done at Brussels, 13 February 2013.

For the Commission

The President

José Manuel Barroso

ANNEX ICOUNTRIES ELIGIBLE UNDER ARTICLE 1(1)

Latin America

1.

Argentina

2.

Bolivia

3.

Brazil

4.

Chile

5.

Colombia

6.

Costa Rica

7.

Cuba

8.

Ecuador

9.

El Salvador

10.

Guatemala

11.

Honduras

12.

Mexico

13.

Nicaragua

14.

Panama

15.

Paraguay

16.

Peru

17.

Uruguay

18.

Venezuela

Asia

19.

Afghanistan

20.

Bangladesh

21.

Bhutan

22.

Cambodia

23.

China

24.

India

25.

Indonesia

26.

Democratic People’s Republic of Korea

27.

Laos

28.

Malaysia

29.

Maldives

30.

Mongolia

31.

Myanmar

32.

Nepal

33.

Pakistan

34.

Philippines

35.

Sri Lanka

36.

Thailand

37.

Vietnam

Central Asia

38.

Kazakhstan

39.

Kyrgyz Republic

40.

Tajikistan

41.

Turkmenistan

42.

Uzbekistan

Middle East

43.

Iran

44.

Iraq

45.

Yemen

Southern Africa

46.

South Africa

ANNEX II

OECD/DAC LIST OF ODA RECIPIENTSEffective for reporting on 2011, 2012 and 2013 flows

Least Developed Countries

Other Low Income Countries(per capita GNI < USD 1 005 in 2010)

Lower Middle Income Countries and Territories(per capita GNI USD 1 006 - USD 3 975 in 2010)

Upper Middle Income Countries and Territories(per capita GNI USD 3 976 - USD 12 275 in 2007)

Afghanistan

Kenya

Armenia

Albania

Angola

Korea, Democratic People’s Republic of

Belize

Algeria

Bangladesh

Kyrgyz Rep.

Bolivia

2 Anguilla

Benin

South Sudan

Cameroon

Antigua and Barbuda

Bhutan

Tajikistan

Cape Verde

Argentina

Burkina Faso

Zimbabwe

Congo, Rep.

Azerbaijan

Burundi

Côte d’Ivoire

Belarus

Cambodia

Egypt

Bosnia and Herzegovina

Central African Rep.

El Salvador

Botswana

Chad

Fiji

Brazil

Comoros

Georgia

Chile

Congo, Dem. Rep.

Ghana

China

Djibouti

Guatemala

Colombia

Equatorial Guinea

Guyana

Cook Islands

Eritrea

Honduras

Costa Rica

Ethiopia

India

Cuba

Gambia

Indonesia

Dominica

Guinea

Iraq

Dominican Republic

Guinea-Bissau

Kosovo3

Ecuador

Haiti

Marshall Islands

Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia

Kiribati

Micronesia, Federated States

Gabon

Laos

Moldova

Grenada

Lesotho

Mongolia

Iran

Liberia

Morocco

Jamaica

Madagascar

Nicaragua

Jordan

Malawi

Nigeria

Kazakhstan

Mali

Pakistan

Lebanon

Mauritania

Papua New Guinea

Libya

Mozambique

Paraguay

Malaysia

Myanmar

Philippines

Maldives

Nepal

Sri Lanka

Mauritius

Niger

Swaziland

Mexico

Rwanda

Syria

Montenegro

Samoa

2 Tokelau

2 Montserrat

São Tomé and Príncipe

Tonga

Namibia

Senegal

Turkmenistan

Nauru

Sierra Leone

Ukraine

Niue

Solomon Islands

Uzbekistan

Palau

Somalia

Vietnam

Panama

Sudan

West Bank and Gaza Strip

Peru

Tanzania

Serbia

Timor-Leste

Seychelles

Togo

South Africa

Tuvalu

2 St. Helena

Uganda

St. Kitts-Nevis

Vanuatu

St. Lucia

Yemen

St. Vincent and Grenadines

Zambia

Suriname

Thailand

Tunisia

Turkey

Uruguay

Venezuela

2 Wallis and Futuna

2

Territory.

3

This is without prejudice to the status of Kosovo under international law.