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A new neighbourhood, development and international cooperation instrument – Global Europe
In the context of the Commission's proposal for a multiannual financial framework (MFF) for the 2021-2027 period, on 14 June 2018 the Commission published a proposal for a regulation establishing the Neighbourhood, Development and International Cooperation Instrument. Council and Parliament agreed in trilogue negotiations, which ended in March 2021, that Parliament would have an enhanced role in defining the main strategic choices of the instrument, through a delegated act and twice-yearly geopolitical ...
The integration of the European Development Funds into the MFF 2021 - 2027
This briefing presents detail on the current Multiannual Financial Framework (MFF) 2021-2027 that marks a turning point, in that it brings together all the EU’s different funds for development cooperation in a single instrument, in order to ensure consistency between different fields of external action.
EU cooperation with Greenland
The overall aim of the European Union-Greenland Partnership Agreement is to boost ties and cooperation between the EU and Greenland, with education and training as one of several key areas of cooperation. As part of the partnership, and taking Greenland's needs into account, the focal point of EU-Greenland financial cooperation is education and training, with a special emphasis on boosting the pre-school and elementary school system, as well as on providing support for vocational education and post-elementary ...
Asociación de los países y territorios de ultramar con la Unión Europea, 2021-2027
En vista del próximo marco financiero plurianual para el período 2021-2027, la Comisión Europea ha propuesto financiar a través del presupuesto de la Unión no solo Groenlandia, sino también todos los demás países y territorios de ultramar (PTU). En consecuencia, la Comisión ha adoptado una propuesta de Decisión del Consejo por la que se sustituye tanto la Decisión sobre la asociación de los PTU con la Unión como la Decisión sobre las relaciones con Groenlandia. Se prevé que el Parlamento Europeo, ...
Establishing the Neighbourhood, Development and International Cooperation Instrument
As part of the group of specific IAs accompanying the MFF proposals, this IA provides a detailed overview of the proposed regulation establishing the new NDICI focusing on the main considerations behind the large-scale overhaul of the existing financial framework in the field of EU external policy. The Commission has engaged broadly with a wide range of stakeholders and did a thorough stock-taking through a mid-term review of ten existing instruments. However as alternative options are not elaborated ...
El Pacífico
La Unión es el cuarto socio comercial de la región del Pacífico, aunque el volumen comercial es reducido, tanto en términos absolutos como relativos. La Unión se prepara para negociar acuerdos de libre comercio con Australia y Nueva Zelanda, importantes socios comerciales, y mantiene asociaciones en la región, centradas en el desarrollo, la pesca y el cambio climático, con los quince países insulares independientes del Pacífico (Pacific Independent Island Countries, PICTs), cuatro países y territorios ...
Tax evasion, money laundering and tax transparency in the EU Overseas Countries and Territories: Ex-Post Impact Assessment
This study aims to present the legal, political and institutional framework governing offshore practices in the Overseas Countries and Territories (OCTs) of the European Union, which are under the sovereignty of four Member States: Denmark, France, the Netherlands and the United Kingdom. The institutional arrangements of the OCTs with the relevant EU Member States directly affect the possibility to establish policies and adopt regulations, including on taxation and money laundering. Regardless of ...
Influence of EU Law on Taxation in the EU Member States' Overseas Territories and Crown Dependencies
This legal study researches the influence on tax law and practice in the overseas areas of the Member States by state aid rules, secondary EU tax law and the Overseas Association Decision. The state aid rules and secondary EU tax law apply to the Outermost Regions, Gibraltar and the Åland Islands and not to the Overseas Countries and Territories and the Crown Dependencies, although the Savings Directive applies atypically. An amendment of the Overseas Association Decision might provide a solution ...
European Development Fund - Joint development cooperation and the EU budget: out or in?
As a major international actor in development cooperation, the EU has in the European Development Fund (EDF) its largest geographic instrument in this policy area, with €30.5 billion allocated to the 11th EDF for 2014-20. In recent years, around 30% of total EU spending on external assistance, including spending on both development and other categories, has been channelled through the EDF. The Fund focuses on countries and territories which have special historical ties with some Member States: the ...
Association of Overseas Countries and Territories with the European Union: Initial Appraisal of the European Commission's Impact Assessment
Initial appraisal of the strengths and weaknesses of the European Commission's Impact Assessment accompanying its proposal for a Council Decision on the association of the Overseas Countries and Territories (OCTs) with the European Union.