Select Committee on Foreign Affairs Minutes of Evidence

Annex B (continued)

EC FUNDING ALREADY PLEDGED FOR COUNTRIES NEIGHBOURING KOSOVO: 1999 (UPDATED 29/7/99)

	Kosovo	Regional	Albania	Macedonia	Montenegro	Bosnia and Herzegovina	Bulgaria	Romania	Croatia
Humanitarian Aid	85 meuro[6]	293 meuro[7]	Covered under Regional Aid	Covered under Regional Aid	Covered under Regional Aid
Budgetary Support for Refugee-related costs			62 meuro	25 meuro	13 meuro
Balance of Payments Support			20 meuro [Council agreed 20 April]	80 meuro (50m loan + 30m grant) proposed by Commission		60 meuro (20m loan + 40m grant) proposed by Commission	100 meuro loan proposed by Commission	200 meuro loan proposed by Commission
Reconstruction (OBNOVA)	137 meuro[8]		Not eligible	20 meuro (EIB interest subsidies)	10.5 meuro	121 meuro			16 meuro
Technical Assistance (PHARE)[9]			56.5 meuro	16.2 meuro		25.2 meuro	80.5 meuro	165.6 meuro	Not eligible

NB Figures in these tables do not include any additional pledges made at the Donors' Conference on 28/7/99.

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6   50 meuro allocated 12 May, 35 meuro allocated 16 July from Emergency Aid Reserve (includes aid for returning refugees). Back

7   32 meuro from ECHO budget (March/April). 100 meuro allocated 12 May (of which Alb=27m, Mac=14.5m, Mont=5m), 161m allocated 16 July from Emergency Aid Reserve. Back

8   Of which 45 meuro already approved for particular projects by Member States. Plus up to 500 meuro reserve created in 2000 budget, subject to EP approval. Back

9   In addition to these figures, PHARE recipients also benefit from participation in multi-country programmes. Back

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Prepared 20 April 2000