http://www.legislation.gov.uk/eur/2014/233/article/1Regulation (EU) No 233/2014 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 11 March 2014 establishing a financing instrument for development cooperation for the period 2014-2020Regulation (EU) No 233/2014 of the European Parliament and of the CouncilRegulation (EU) No 233/2014 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 11 March 2014 establishing a financing instrument for development cooperation for the period 2014-20202020-12-13King's Printer of Acts of Parliamenthttps://webarchive.nationalarchives.gov.uk/eu-exit/https://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/EN/TXT/?uri=CELEX:32014R0233texttext/xmlen2014-03-11 TITLE IGENERAL PROVISIONSSubject-matter and scope Article 1 1 This Regulation establishes an instrument (the ‘Development Cooperation Instrument’ or ‘DCI’) under which the Union may finance: a geographic programmes aimed at supporting development cooperation with developing countries that are included in the list of recipients of ODA established by the OECD/DAC, except for: countries that are signatories to the Partnership Agreement between the members of the African, Caribbean and Pacific Group of States of the one part, and the European Community and its Member States, of the other part, signed in Cotonou on 23 June 2000, excluding South Africa; countries eligible for the European Development Fund; countries eligible for Union funding under the European Neighbourhood Instrument established by Regulation (EU) No 232/2014 of the European Parliament and of the Council (the ‘European Neighbourhood Instrument’); beneficiaries eligible for Union funding under the Instrument for Pre-accession Assistance established by Regulation (EU) No 231/2014 of the European Parliament and of the Council (the ‘Instrument for Pre-accession Assistance’). b thematic programmes to address development-related global public goods and challenges and support civil society organisations and local authorities in partner countries pursuant to point (a) of this paragraph, countries eligible for Union financing under the instruments referred to in points (i) to (iii) of point (a) of this paragraph, and countries and territories falling within the scope of Council Decision 2013/755/EU; c a Pan-African programme to support the strategic partnership between Africa and the Union and subsequent modifications and additions thereto, to cover activities of a trans-regional, continental or global nature in and with Africa. 2 For the purposes of this Regulation, a region is a geographical entity comprising more than one developing country. 3 The countries and territories referred to in paragraph 1 are referred to in this Regulation as ‘partner countries’ or ‘partner regions’ as the case may be under the relevant geographic, thematic or Pan-African programme. OJ L 317, 15.12.2000, p. 3. Regulation (EU) No 232/2014 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 11 March 2014 establishing a European Neighbourhood Instrument (see page 27 of this Official Journal). Regulation (EU) No 231/2014 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 11 March 2014 establishing an Instrument for Pre-accession Assistance (IPA II) (see page 11 of this Official Journal). Council Decision 2013/755/EU of 25 November 2013 on the association of the overseas countries and territories with the European Union (‘Overseas Association Decision’) (OJ L 344, 19.12.2013, p. 1).