[PDF] Top 20 Communication from the Commission to the Council (1) on a multi-annual financial framework for development finance cooperation under the ACP-EU Partnership Agreement and (2) on a related draft Proposal for a Council Decision fixing the date beyond which the funds of the 9th European Development Fund will no longer be committed. Proposal for a Council Decision fixing the deadline for the commitment of the funds of the 9th European Development Fund (EDF). COM (2004) 838 final/2, 26 January 2005

... the Commission issued a communication on the full integration of cooperation with African, Caribbean and Pacific Countries (ACP) and Overseas Countries and Territories (OCT) into the EU budget, calling on ... See full document

... The Commission considers impact assessment to be a vital tool in helping to ensure that policy is made in full knowledge of the facts and continues to develop its practices to this ...end. 2 The impact ... See full document

... the Commission has been particularly careful when updating payment ...the Commission of EUR 2 588 million, which is close to the estimate of October 2004 (EUR 2 620 ...subsidies) from ... See full document

... the Commission hereby communicates the conclusions of this assessment accompanied by its observations to the Parliament, the Council, the European Economic and Social Committee and the Committee of the ... See full document

... 31 January paid particular attention to Member State initiatives to encourage the establishment of partnerships between regions, cities and public or private ...The Commission supports such initiatives ... See full document

... 1. The main challenge the international community must face today is to ensure that globalisation is a positive force for all of mankind. Even if globalisation offers considerable opportunities, at the present time, its ... See full document

... the Council decided that the common structure of the national MDG reports and the EU synthesis report should contain a separate section on policy coherence for development 2 ...European Council ... See full document

... research 2 is expected to be adopted by summer ...researchers from third countries into the ...the Commission will set out in an Action Plan to be published before the end of 2005 ... See full document

... (26) The lack of trained health providers undermines efforts to scale up the provision of prevention, treatment and care services. The EU will support a set of innovative responses to the human resource crisis. At ... See full document

... production from 2007, consistent with the objectives of the Neighbourhood ...the Commission will submit a proposal for negotiating guidelines on trade liberalisation in agriculture and fisheries for ... See full document

... range from under one percent of the population in Senegal and Mauritania to over 25 percent in Swaziland, Botswana and Lesotho, where the pandemic has wiped out decades of development efforts and considerably ... See full document

... New political priorities for new openings have arisen since the adoption of these changes. The establishment of Delegations in Switzerland (Berne) 2 and Moldova (Chisinau) 3 is now envisaged. In addition, a ... See full document

... Parliament, Council and Commission,), establishes a global strategy for better lawmaking throughout the entire EU legislative ...the Commission in its Better Regulation Action Plan, the IIA sets out ... See full document

... The Council has adopted a number of recommendations that must now be translated into practice, notably by a process of open ...between Commission delegations and the diplomatic representations of Member ... See full document

... According to opinion polls, people in Latin America are relatively unfamiliar with the EU. 2 The same goes for most EU countries with regard to Latin America. It is therefore essential that the two regions take up ... See full document

... The Commission undertook an intensive screening of proposals already on the table of the Parliament and the Council for compatibility with better regulation principles, with 68 proposals to be withdrawn as ... See full document

... on 26 May 2004 under the auspices of the EU Forum for the Prevention of Organised Crime (Supported by the UNICEF Innocenti Research Centre, the International Federation Terre des Hommes, Save the Children and ... See full document

... Strategy 2 and will include the establishment of appropriate crisis-management capacity combining civilian and military means, while ensuring that humanitarian aid remains independent from political ... See full document

... To this end, this proposal, along with the draft decisions establishing the Fund for integration of legally staying third country nationals, the External Borders Fund and the Return Fund provides for the creation of ... See full document

... the Commission very recently or are about to be presented (the EU Action Plan on Drugs of 14 February 2005 2 , following the new European Strategy on Drugs 2005-2012; the Communication ... See full document