Commission Regulation (EC) No 960/2009 of 14 October 2009 amending Regulation (EC) No 1905/2006 of the European Parliament and of the Council establishing a financing instrument for development cooperation
Commission Regulation (EC) No 960/2009of 14 October 2009amending Regulation (EC) No 1905/2006 of the European Parliament and of the Council establishing a financing instrument for development cooperation THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community,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 cooperationOJ L 378, 27.12.2006, p. 41. (hereinafter referred to as "the DCI"), and in particular Article 1(1) and Article 31(1) subparagraph 3 thereof,Whereas:(1)In accordance with Article 1(1) and Article 31(1) of the DCI, Annex II to the DCI contains a list of aid recipients of the Development Assistance Committee of the Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD/DAC), which is to be updated in accordance with regular OECD/DAC reviews of its list of aid recipients.(2)Further to an update of the list of aid recipients contained in Annex II to the DCI, the Commission should update its Annex I and inform Council and European Parliament thereof.(3)It is therefore appropriate to delete Saudi Arabia from the list of aid recipients of the OECD/DAC as contained in Annex II to the DCI, and from the list of countries eligible under Article1(1) as contained in its Annex I.(4)It is therefore appropriate to include KosovoUnder United Nations Security Resolution 1244/1999. in the list of ODA recipients of OECD/DAC as contained in Annex II to the DCI under the Lower Middle Income Countries and Territories.(5)It is also appropriate to update the footnotes in Annex II to the DCI pursuant to the OECD/DAC reviews.(6)The European Parliament and the Council will be informed accordingly,HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:
Article 1Regulation (EC) No 1905/2006 is amended as follows:1.Annex I is replaced by the attached Annex I.2.Annex II is replaced by the attached Annex II.
Article 2This Regulation shall enter into force on the third day following 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, 14 October 2009.For the CommissionKarel De GuchtMember of the CommissionANNEX ICountries eligible under Article 1(1)Latin America1.Argentina2.Bolivia3.Brazil4.Chile5.Colombia6.Costa Rica7.Cuba8.Ecuador9.El Salvador10.Guatemala11.Honduras12.Mexico13.Nicaragua14.Panama15.Paraguay16.Peru17.Uruguay18.VenezuelaAsia19.Afghanistan20.Bangladesh21.Bhutan22.Cambodia23.China24.India25.Indonesia26.Democratic People’s Republic of Korea27.Laos28.Malaysia29.Maldives30.Mongolia31.Myanmar32.Nepal33.Pakistan34.Philippines35.Sri Lanka36.Thailand37.VietnamCentral Asia38.Kazakhstan39.Kyrgyz Republic40.Tajikistan41.Turkmenistan42.UzbekistanMiddle East43.Iran44.Iraq45.Oman46.YemenSouthern Africa47.South AfricaANNEX II
OECD/DAC List of ODA recipientsEffective from 2008 for reporting on 2008, 2009 and 2010 flowsTerritory.Antigua & Barbuda and Oman exceeded the high income country threshold in 2007. In accordance with the DAC rules for revision of this list, both will graduate from the list in 2011 if they remain high income countries until 2010.Barbados and Trinidad & Tobago exceeded the high income country threshold in 2006 and 2007. In accordance with the DAC rules for revision of this list, both will graduate from the list in 2011 if they remain high income countries until 2010.Under United Nations Security Resolution 1244/1999.
Least Developed CountriesOther Low Income Countries(per capita GNI < USD 935 in 2007)Lower Middle Income Countries and Territories(per capita GNI USD 936-USD 3705 in 2007)Upper Middle Income Countries and Territories(per capita GNI USD 3706-USD 11455 in 2007)
AfghanistanCôte d’IvoireAlbania Anguilla
AngolaGhanaAlgeriaAntigua and Barbuda
BangladeshKenyaArmeniaArgentina
BeninKorea, Democratic People’s Republic ofAzerbaijanBarbados
BhutanKyrgyz Rep.BoliviaBelarus
Burkina FasoNigeriaBosnia and HerzegovinaBelize
BurundiPakistanCameroonBotswana
CambodiaPapua New GuineaCape VerdeBrazil
Central African Rep.TajikistanChinaChile
ChadUzbekistanColombiaCook Islands
ComorosVietnamCongo, Rep.Costa Rica
Congo, Dem. Rep.ZimbabweDominican RepublicCroatia
DjiboutiEcuadorCuba
Equatorial GuineaEgyptDominica
EritreaEl SalvadorFiji
EthiopiaGeorgiaGabon
GambiaGuatemalaGrenada
GuineaGuyanaJamaica
Guinea-BissauHondurasKazakhstan
HaitiIndiaLebanon
KiribatiIndonesiaLibya
LaosIranMalaysia
LesothoIraqMauritius
LiberiaJordan Mayotte
MadagascarKosovoMexico
MalawiMarshall IslandsMontenegro
MaldivesMicronesia, Federated States Montserrat
MaliMoldova, Republic ofNauru
MauritaniaMongolia Oman
MozambiqueMoroccoPalau
MyanmarNamibiaPanama
NepalNicaraguaSerbia
NigerNiueSeychelles
Rwandaoccupied Palestinian TerritorySouth Africa
SamoaParaguay St. Helena
São Tomé and PríncipePeruSt. Kitts-Nevis
SenegalPhilippinesSt. Lucia
Sierra LeoneSri LankaSt. Vincent and Grenadines
Solomon IslandsSwazilandSuriname
SomaliaSyriaTrinidad and Tobago
SudanThailandTurkey
TanzaniaThe former Yugoslav Republic of MacedoniaUruguay
Timor-Leste TokelauVenezuela
TogoTonga
TuvaluTunisia
UgandaTurkmenistan
VanuatuUkraine
Yemen Wallis and Futuna
Zambia