
COMMISSION REGULATION (EU) No 127/2013 of 13 February 2013 amending Annexes I and II to Regulation (EC) No 1905/2006 of the European Parliament and of the Council establishing a financing instrument for development cooperation 

THE EUROPEAN COMMISSION,
Having regard to the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union,
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, and in particular Article 1(1) and the third subparagraph of Article 31(1) thereof,
Whereas:

(1) Annex I to Regulation (EC) No 1905/2006 establishes a list of eligible countries based on the list of aid recipients of the Development Assistance Committee of the Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD/DAC), which is to be amended by the Commission pursuant to regular OECD/DAC reviews of its list of aid recipients.

(2) For the purpose of defining persons eligible to participate in the award of procurement or grant contracts, Annex II to Regulation (EC) No 1905/2006 establishes the list of aid recipients of the OECD/DAC, which is to be published and updated pursuant to the same reviews.

(3) Further to a revision of the list of aid recipients of the OECD/DAC, the Commission should amend Annex I to Regulation (EC) No 1905/2006 and inform the Council and the European Parliament thereof. The Commission should also update and publish Annex II to Regulation (EC) No 1905/2006 and inform the Council and the European Parliament thereof.

(4) It is therefore appropriate to delete Oman from the list of countries eligible under Article 1(1) set out in Annex I, and update Annex II to Regulation (EC) No 1905/2006 accordingly.

(5) 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 Annex I to this Regulation.
2.. Annex II is replaced by Annex II to this Regulation.
Article 2 
This Regulation shall enter into force on the twentieth day following that of 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, 13 February 2013.
For the Commission
The President
José Manuel BARROSO
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. Yemen
Southern Africa 
 46. South Africa

ANNEX II

OECD/DAC LIST OF ODA RECIPIENTSEffective for reporting on 2011, 2012 and 2013 flowsLeast Developed Countries Other Low Income Countries(per capita GNI < USD 1 005 in 2010) Lower Middle Income Countries and Territories(per capita GNI USD 1 006 - USD 3 975 in 2010) Upper Middle Income Countries and Territories(per capita GNI USD 3 976 - USD 12 275 in 2007)
Afghanistan Kenya Armenia Albania
Angola Korea, Democratic People’s Republic of Belize Algeria
Bangladesh Kyrgyz Rep. Bolivia  Anguilla
Benin South Sudan Cameroon Antigua and Barbuda
Bhutan Tajikistan Cape Verde Argentina
Burkina Faso Zimbabwe Congo, Rep. Azerbaijan
Burundi  Côte d’Ivoire Belarus
Cambodia  Egypt Bosnia and Herzegovina
Central African Rep.  El Salvador Botswana
Chad  Fiji Brazil
Comoros  Georgia Chile
Congo, Dem. Rep.  Ghana China
Djibouti  Guatemala Colombia
Equatorial Guinea  Guyana Cook Islands
Eritrea  Honduras Costa Rica
Ethiopia  India Cuba
Gambia  Indonesia Dominica
Guinea  Iraq Dominican Republic
Guinea-Bissau  Kosovo Ecuador
Haiti  Marshall Islands Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia
Kiribati  Micronesia, Federated States Gabon
Laos  Moldova Grenada
Lesotho  Mongolia Iran
Liberia  Morocco Jamaica
Madagascar  Nicaragua Jordan
Malawi  Nigeria Kazakhstan
Mali  Pakistan Lebanon
Mauritania  Papua New Guinea Libya
Mozambique  Paraguay Malaysia
Myanmar  Philippines Maldives
Nepal  Sri Lanka Mauritius
Niger  Swaziland Mexico
Rwanda  Syria Montenegro
Samoa   Tokelau  Montserrat
São Tomé and Príncipe  Tonga Namibia
Senegal  Turkmenistan Nauru
Sierra Leone  Ukraine Niue
Solomon Islands  Uzbekistan Palau
Somalia  Vietnam Panama
Sudan  West Bank and Gaza Strip Peru
Tanzania   Serbia
Timor-Leste   Seychelles
Togo   South Africa
Tuvalu    St. Helena
Uganda   St. Kitts-Nevis
Vanuatu   St. Lucia
Yemen   St. Vincent and Grenadines
Zambia   Suriname
   Thailand
   Tunisia
   Turkey
   Uruguay
   Venezuela
    Wallis and Futuna

