
COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 960/2009 of 14 October 2009 amending Regulation (EC) No 1905/2006 of the European Parliament and of the Council establishing a financing instrument for development cooperation 

THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community,
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 cooperation (hereinafter referred to as ‘the DCI’), and in particular Article 1(1) and Article 31(1) subparagraph 3 thereof,
Whereas:

(1) In accordance with Article 1(1) and Article 31(1) of the DCI, Annex II to the DCI contains a list of aid recipients of the Development Assistance Committee of the Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD/DAC), which is to be updated in accordance with regular OECD/DAC reviews of its list of aid recipients.

(2) Further to an update of the list of aid recipients contained in Annex II to the DCI, the Commission should update its Annex I and inform Council and European Parliament thereof.

(3) It is therefore appropriate to delete Saudi Arabia from the list of aid recipients of the OECD/DAC as contained in Annex II to the DCI, and from the list of countries eligible under Article1(1) as contained in its Annex I.

(4) It is therefore appropriate to include Kosovo in the list of ODA recipients of OECD/DAC as contained in Annex II to the DCI under the Lower Middle Income Countries and Territories.

(5) It is also appropriate to update the footnotes in Annex II to the DCI pursuant to the OECD/DAC reviews.

(6) The European Parliament and the Council will be informed accordingly,
HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:

Article 1 
Regulation (EC) No 1905/2006 is amended as follows:

1.. Annex I is replaced by the attached Annex I.
2.. Annex II is replaced by the attached Annex II.
Article 2 
This Regulation shall enter into force on the third 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 Brussels, 14 October 2009.
For the Commission
Karel DE GUCHT
Member of the Commission
ANNEX I
Countries eligible under Article 1(1)Latin America 
 1. Argentina
 2. Bolivia
 3. Brazil
 4. Chile
 5. Colombia
 6. Costa Rica
 7. Cuba
 8. Ecuador
 9. El Salvador
 10. Guatemala
 11. Honduras
 12. Mexico
 13. Nicaragua
 14. Panama
 15. Paraguay
 16. Peru
 17. Uruguay
 18. Venezuela
Asia 
 19. Afghanistan
 20. Bangladesh
 21. Bhutan
 22. Cambodia
 23. China
 24. India
 25. Indonesia
 26. Democratic People’s Republic of Korea
 27. Laos
 28. Malaysia
 29. Maldives
 30. Mongolia
 31. Myanmar
 32. Nepal
 33. Pakistan
 34. Philippines
 35. Sri Lanka
 36. Thailand
 37. Vietnam
Central Asia 
 38. Kazakhstan
 39. Kyrgyz Republic
 40. Tajikistan
 41. Turkmenistan
 42. Uzbekistan
Middle East 
 43. Iran
 44. Iraq
 45. Oman
 46. Yemen
Southern Africa 
 47. South Africa

ANNEX II

OECD/DAC List of ODA recipientsEffective from 2008 for reporting on 2008, 2009 and 2010 flowsLeast Developed Countries Other Low Income Countries(per capita GNI < USD 935 in 2007) Lower Middle Income Countries and Territories(per capita GNI USD 936-USD 3 705 in 2007) Upper Middle Income Countries and Territories(per capita GNI USD 3 706-USD 11 455 in 2007)
Afghanistan Côte d’Ivoire Albania  Anguilla
Angola Ghana Algeria Antigua and Barbuda
Bangladesh Kenya Armenia Argentina
Benin Korea, Democratic People’s Republic of Azerbaijan Barbados
Bhutan Kyrgyz Rep. Bolivia Belarus
Burkina Faso Nigeria Bosnia and Herzegovina Belize
Burundi Pakistan Cameroon Botswana
Cambodia Papua New Guinea Cape Verde Brazil
Central African Rep. Tajikistan China Chile
Chad Uzbekistan Colombia Cook Islands
Comoros Vietnam Congo, Rep. Costa Rica
Congo, Dem. Rep. Zimbabwe Dominican Republic Croatia
Djibouti  Ecuador Cuba
Equatorial Guinea  Egypt Dominica
Eritrea  El Salvador Fiji
Ethiopia  Georgia Gabon
Gambia  Guatemala Grenada
Guinea  Guyana Jamaica
Guinea-Bissau  Honduras Kazakhstan
Haiti  India Lebanon
Kiribati  Indonesia Libya
Laos  Iran Malaysia
Lesotho  Iraq Mauritius
Liberia  Jordan  Mayotte
Madagascar  Kosovo Mexico
Malawi  Marshall Islands Montenegro
Maldives  Micronesia, Federated States  Montserrat
Mali  Moldova, Republic of Nauru
Mauritania  Mongolia  Oman
Mozambique  Morocco Palau
Myanmar  Namibia Panama
Nepal  Nicaragua Serbia
Niger  Niue Seychelles
Rwanda  occupied Palestinian Territory South Africa
Samoa  Paraguay  St. Helena
São Tomé and Príncipe  Peru St. Kitts-Nevis
Senegal  Philippines St. Lucia
Sierra Leone  Sri Lanka St. Vincent and Grenadines
Solomon Islands  Swaziland Suriname
Somalia  Syria Trinidad and Tobago
Sudan  Thailand Turkey
Tanzania  The former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia Uruguay
Timor-Leste   Tokelau Venezuela
Togo  Tonga 
Tuvalu  Tunisia 
Uganda  Turkmenistan 
Vanuatu  Ukraine 
Yemen   Wallis and Futuna 
Zambia   



