Participation by a third country or region
Article 10
In order to ensure the coherence and effectiveness of Community assistance, the Commission may decide that non-ACP developing countries and regional integration bodies with ACP participation that promote regional cooperation and integration eligible for Community Assistance under Regulation (EC) No 1905/2006, Regulation (EC) No 1638/2006 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 24 October 2006 establishing a European Neighbourhood and Partnership instrument ( 14 ) , the OCTs eligible for Community assistance under Decision 2001/822/EC, and the Community's outermost regions are eligible for funds referred to in Article 1(2)(a)(i) of the Internal Agreement, where the project or programme concerned is of a regional or cross-border nature and complies with Article 6 of Annex IV of the ACP-EC Partnership Agreement. Provision may be made for this funding in the strategy papers and multiannual indicative programmes and in the special measures referred to in Article 8 of this Regulation. Those provisions shall be integrated into the annual action programmes.