ANNEX V

1. The degree of dependence of an OCTs economy on the export of goods, and in particular from agricultural, fisheries and mining products shall be a criterion for determining the allocation of long-term development. 2. In order to mitigate the adverse effects of instability of export earnings and safeguard the development programme jeopardised by the drop in revenue, additional financial support may be mobilised from the programmable resources for the country’s long-term development on the basis of Articles 2 and 3 of this Annex. 1. Eligibility for additional resources shall be established by: a 10 %, or 2 % in the case of isolated OCTs as mentioned in Annex I, loss of export earnings from goods compared with the arithmetical average of the earnings in the first three years of the first four years preceding the application year; or a 10 %, or 2 % in the case of isolated OCTs as mentioned in Annex I, loss of export earnings from the total of agricultural, fisheries or mineral products compared with the arithmetical average of the earnings in the first three years of the first four years preceding the application year for countries where the agricultural, fisheries or mineral export revenues represent more than 40 % of total export revenues from goods. 2. Entitlement to additional support shall be limited to four successive years. 3. The additional resources shall be reflected in the public accounts of the country concerned. They shall be utilised in accordance with the implementing provisions to be laid down pursuant to Article 85 of this Decision. By agreement of both Parties the resources may be used to finance programmes included in the national budget. However a part of the additional resources may also be set aside for specific sectors. The system for allocating additional resources shall provide for advances to cover any delays in obtaining consolidated trade statistics and to ensure that the resources in question can be included in the budget of the year following the application year. Advances shall be mobilised on the basis of provisional export statistics drawn up by the authorities of the OCTs and submitted to the Commission in advance of the official final consolidated statistics. The maximum advance shall be 80 % of the estimated amount of additional resources for the application year. The amounts thus mobilised shall be adjusted by common agreement between the Commission and the authorities of the OCTs in the light of final consolidated export statistics and the final figure of the public deficit. The provisions in this Annex shall be subject to review at the latest after two years from the entry into force of the implementing provisions referred to in Article 85 of this Decision and subsequently at the request of the Commission, a Member State or an OCTs.

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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.