TITLE IVFINAL PROVISIONS

Article 17Delegation of power to the Commission

1.

The Commission shall be empowered to adopt delegated acts in accordance with Article 18 to amend:

(a)

the details of areas of cooperation referred to in:

  1. (i)

    Article 5(3) as set out in Part A and Part B of Annex I;

  2. (ii)

    Article 7(2) as set out in Part A of Annex II;

  3. (iii)

    Article 8(2) as set out in Part B of Annex II;

  4. (iv)

    Article 9(3) as set out in Annex III, in particular in follow-up to Africa-EU Summits;

(b)

indicative financial allocations under the geographic programmes and under the thematic programme ‘Global Public Goods and Challenges’, as set out in Annex IV. The amendments shall not have the effect of decreasing the initial amount by more than 5 %, except for allocations under point (b) of Annex IV(1).

2.

In particular, following the publication of the mid-term review report referred to in Article 17 of Regulation (EU) No 236/2014, and based on the recommendations contained in that report, the Commission shall adopt the delegated acts referred to in paragraph 1 of this Article by 31 March 2018.