Article 3

The amount of EUR 351 million mentioned in point (a) of Article 1(1) of this Annex shall be allocated on the basis of the needs and performance of the OCTs in accordance with the following criteria: An amount A of EUR 229,5 million shall be allocated to the OCTs other than Greenland in particular to finance the initiatives referred to in the programming document. Where appropriate, the programming document shall pay particular attention to actions aimed at strengthening governance and the institutional capacities of the beneficiary OCTs and, where relevant, the likely timetable of the envisaged actions. The allocation of amount A shall take into account the size of the population, the level of Gross Domestic Product (GDP), the level of previous EDF allocations and constraints due to the geographical isolation of OCTs as mentioned in Article 9 of this Decision. Any allocation shall be such as to allow its effective use. It should be decided in conformity with the principle of subsidiarity. EUR 100 million shall be allocated to support regional cooperation and integration in accordance with Article 7 of this Decision, in particular regarding the priorities and areas of mutual interests referred to in Article 5 of this Decision and through consultation via the instances of the EU-OCTs partnership referred to in Article 14 of this Decision. It shall seek coordination with other Union financial instruments, cooperation between the OCTs and the outermost regions referred to in Article 349 TFEU. A non-allocated reserve B of EUR 21,5 million shall be set aside to: Performance shall be evaluated in an objective and transparent way, taking into account, inter alia, the use of the allocated resources, the effective implementation of the ongoing operations and the sustainable development measures adopted. finance humanitarian and emergency assistance for the OCTs and, if necessary, the additional support in the event of fluctuations in export earnings, in accordance with Annex IV; make new allocations in accordance with the development of the needs and performance of the OCTs referred to under paragraph 1. The Commission, following a mid-term review, may decide on the allocation of any non-allocated funds mentioned in this Article. The procedures for this review and the decision on any new allocation shall be adopted in accordance with Article 87 of this Decision.

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Source: EUR-Lex (Cellar) · retrieved 2026-11-02 · Text as adopted (Official Journal); later amendments are not incorporated in this text.