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
Commission Regulation (EU) No 127/2013of 13 February 2013amending 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 cooperationOJ L 378, 27.12.2006, p. 41., 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 1Regulation (EC) No 1905/2006 is amended as follows:1.Annex I is replaced by Annex I to this Regulation.2.Annex II is replaced by Annex II to this Regulation.
Article 2This 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 CommissionThe PresidentJosé Manuel BarrosoANNEX 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.YemenSouthern Africa46.South AfricaANNEX II
OECD/DAC LIST OF ODA RECIPIENTSEffective for reporting on 2011, 2012 and 2013 flowsTerritory.This is without prejudice to the status of Kosovo under international law.
Least Developed CountriesOther Low Income Countries(per capita GNI < USD 1005 in 2010)Lower Middle Income Countries and Territories(per capita GNI USD 1006 - USD 3975 in 2010)Upper Middle Income Countries and Territories(per capita GNI USD 3976 - USD 12275 in 2007)
AfghanistanKenyaArmeniaAlbania
AngolaKorea, Democratic People’s Republic ofBelizeAlgeria
BangladeshKyrgyz Rep.Bolivia Anguilla
BeninSouth SudanCameroonAntigua and Barbuda
BhutanTajikistanCape VerdeArgentina
Burkina FasoZimbabweCongo, Rep.Azerbaijan
BurundiCôte d’IvoireBelarus
CambodiaEgyptBosnia and Herzegovina
Central African Rep.El SalvadorBotswana
ChadFijiBrazil
ComorosGeorgiaChile
Congo, Dem. Rep.GhanaChina
DjiboutiGuatemalaColombia
Equatorial GuineaGuyanaCook Islands
EritreaHondurasCosta Rica
EthiopiaIndiaCuba
GambiaIndonesiaDominica
GuineaIraqDominican Republic
Guinea-BissauKosovoEcuador
HaitiMarshall IslandsFormer Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia
KiribatiMicronesia, Federated StatesGabon
LaosMoldovaGrenada
LesothoMongoliaIran
LiberiaMoroccoJamaica
MadagascarNicaraguaJordan
MalawiNigeriaKazakhstan
MaliPakistanLebanon
MauritaniaPapua New GuineaLibya
MozambiqueParaguayMalaysia
MyanmarPhilippinesMaldives
NepalSri LankaMauritius
NigerSwazilandMexico
RwandaSyriaMontenegro
Samoa Tokelau Montserrat
São Tomé and PríncipeTongaNamibia
SenegalTurkmenistanNauru
Sierra LeoneUkraineNiue
Solomon IslandsUzbekistanPalau
SomaliaVietnamPanama
SudanWest Bank and Gaza StripPeru
TanzaniaSerbia
Timor-LesteSeychelles
TogoSouth Africa
Tuvalu St. Helena
UgandaSt. Kitts-Nevis
VanuatuSt. Lucia
YemenSt. Vincent and Grenadines
ZambiaSuriname
Thailand
Tunisia
Turkey
Uruguay
Venezuela
Wallis and Futuna