86/281/EEC: Council Decision of 23 June 1986 amending the Internal Agreement dated 19 February 1985 on the Financing and Administration of Community Aid under the Third ACP-EEC Convention

• Articles: 2

Article 1

1. Article 1 (2) of the Internal Agreement shall be replaced by the following:

'2. (a) The Fund shall consist of 7 500 million ECU to be financed by the Member States as follows:

1.2 // // (million ECU) // Belgium // 296,94 // Denmark // 155,82 // Germany // 1 954,40 // Greece // 93,03 // Spain // 499,80 // France // 1 768,20 // Ireland // 41,30 // Italy // 943,80 // Luxembourg // 14,00 // Netherlands // 423,36 // Portugal // 66,15 // United Kingdom // 1 243,20

(b) The allocation of financing under (a) may be amended by decision of the Council, acting unanimously, should a new State accede to the Community.'

2. Annexes I and II to the Internal Agreement shall be deleted.

Article 2

1. In Article 18 of the Internal Agreement, (3) and (4) shall be replaced by the following:

'3. Within the EDF Committee, the votes of the Member States shall be weighted as follows:

Belgium 8,

Denmark 5,

Germany 52,

Greece 4,

Spain 14,

France 48,

Ireland 2,

Italy 26,

Luxembourg 1,

Netherlands 12,

Portugal 3,

United Kingdom 34.

4. The EDF Committee shall act by a qualified majority of 145 votes.'

2. The first subparagraph of Article 18 (5) shall be deleted. Article 3

This Decision shall take effect on the day following its adoption by the Council.

Done at Luxembourg, 23 June 1986.

For the Council

The President

W F. van EEKELEM