
Article 1 
Article 13(6) of Regulation (EC) No 1889/2006 is replaced by the following:
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6. Union assistance shall not in principle be used for paying taxes, duties or charges in beneficiary countries.'.
Article 2 
This Regulation shall enter into force on the 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 Strasbourg, 13 December 2011.
For the European Parliament
The President
J. BUZEK
For the Council
The President
M. SZPUNAR
The European Parliament and the Council take note of the Commission Communication ‘A Budget for Europe 2020’ (COM (2011) 500), in particular in relation to the proposed use of delegated acts in the future external financing instruments and await legislative proposals, which will be duly considered.
