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29.9.2012 Official
Journal
of
the
European
Union L
264/1
I
(Legislative acts)
DECISIONS
COUNCIL DECISION No 528/2012/EU
of 24 September 2012
amending Decision 2001/822/EC on the association of the overseas countries and territories with
the European Community (‘the Overseas Association Decision’)
THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN UNION,
(3) Decision
2001/822/EC
applies
until
31
December
2013.
Annex I A to that Decision must therefore be amended
to take account of the change of status with regard to the
Union of the island of Saint-Barthélemy, which became
Having regard to the Treaty on the Functioning of the European
an overseas territory on 1 January 2012.
Union, and in particular Article 203 thereof,
Having regard to the proposal from the European Commission,
(4) Decision
2010/718/EU
has
applied
since
1
January
2012.
It is therefore appropriate to apply as from 1 January
2012 the measures set out in Decision 2001/822/EC
to the island of Saint-Barthélemy that are favourable to
After transmission of the draft legislative act to the national
the OCTs and that do not involve obligations for them,
parliaments,
apart from those relating to development cooperation
financing. In this respect, France has undertaken not to
apply for European Development Fund intervention for
the island of Saint-Barthélemy under the programming
After consulting the European Parliament,
for 2007-2013,
Acting in accordance with a special legislative procedure,
HAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION:
Whereas:
Article 1
In Annex I A to Decision 2001/822/EC the following indent is
(1) European
Council
Decision
2010/718/EU
of
29
October inserted, between that relating to ‘Saint Pierre and Miquelon’
2010 amending the status with regard to the European
and that relating to ‘Aruba’:
Union of the island of Saint-Barthélemy ( 1 ) amends the
Treaty, and in particular Annex II thereto, by including
the island of Saint-Barthélemy in the list of overseas
countries and territories to which the fourth part of
‘— Saint-Barthélemy,’.
the Treaty applies.
Article 2
(2) Council
Decision
2001/822/EC
( 2 ) establishes the legal
framework for promoting the economic and social devel
This Decision shall enter into force on the day following that of
opment of the overseas countries and territories (OCTs)
its publication in the Official Journal of the European Union.
and for enhancing economic relations between them and
the Union. Annex I A to Decision 2001/822/EC contains
a list of the OCTs concerned by association in
accordance with Article 1(2) of that Decision.
Articles 1 to 9, Articles 34, 35 and 38, Article 39(1) and (7),
Article 45(1), (2)(a) and (3), and Articles 57 and 58 of Decision
( 1 ) OJ L 325, 9.12.2010, p. 4.
2001/822/EC shall apply to the island of Saint-Barthélemy from
( 2 ) OJ L 314, 30.11.2001, p. 1.
1 January 2012.

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Official Journal of the European Union
29.9.2012
Article 3
This Decision is addressed to the Member States.
Done at Brussels, 24 September 2012.
For the Council
The President
A. D. MAVROYIANNIS

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