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 cooperation(1), 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:
Regulation (EC) No 1905/2006 is amended as follows:
Annex I is replaced by Annex I to this Regulation.
Annex II is replaced by Annex II to this Regulation.
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
Effective for reporting on 2011, 2012 and 2013 flows
| a Territory. | |||
| b This is without prejudice to the status of Kosovo under international law. | |||
| 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 | a 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 | Kosovob | 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 | a Tokelau | a 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 | a St. Helena | ||
| Uganda | St. Kitts-Nevis | ||
| Vanuatu | St. Lucia | ||
| Yemen | St. Vincent and Grenadines | ||
| Zambia | Suriname | ||
| Thailand | |||
| Tunisia | |||
| Turkey | |||
| Uruguay | |||
| Venezuela | |||
| a Wallis and Futuna | |||