13.6.2007 Official Journal of the European Union L1521 (Acts adopted under the EC Treaty/Euratom Treaty whose publication is obligatory) REGULATIONS COUNCIL REGULATION (EC) No 617/2007 of 14 May 2007 on the implementation of the 10th European Development Fund under the ACP-EC Partnership Agreement THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN UNION, Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Com- munity, Having regard to the Partnership Agreement between the members of the African, Caribbean and Pacific Group of States of the one part, and the European Community and its Member States, of the other part, signed in Cotonou on 23 June 2000 (') as revised in Luxembourg on 25 June 2005 (%) (hereinafter referred to as the ACP-EC Partnership Agreement), Having regard to the Internal Agreement between the Represen- tatives of the Governments of the Member States, meeting within the Council, on the financing of Community aid under the multiannual financial framework for the period 2008 to 2013 in accordance with the ACP-EC Partnership Agreement and on the allocation of financial assistance for the Overseas Countries and Territories to which Part Four of the EC Treaty applies (°) (hereinafter referred to as the Internal Agreement), and in particular Article 10(1) thereof, Having regard to the proposal from the Commission, Having regard to the opinion of the European Investment Bank, Whereas: (1)  Decision No 1/2006 of the ACP-EC Council of Minis- ters () specifies the multiannual financial framework for the period 2008 to 2013 and inserts a new Annex Ib in the ACP-EC Partnership Agreement. (2)  The Internal Agreement defines the various financial envelopes of the 10th European Development Fund (hereinafter referred to as the EDF), the contribution key and contributions to the 10th EDF, sets up the EDF Committee and the Investment Facility Committee (here- () OJL317,15.12.2000, p. 3. () OJL209,11.8.2005,p.27. () OJL247,9.9.2006,p. 32. () OJL247,9.9.2006,p.22. () O] L 314, 30.11.2001, inafter referred to as the IF Committee), and determines the voting weight and qualified majority rule therein. (3)  Furthermore, the Internal Agreement sets the aggregate amount of Community aid to the African, Caribbean and Pacific Group of States (hereinafter referred to as ACP States) (excluding the Republic of South Africa) and to the Overseas Countries and Territories (hereinafter referred to as the OCTs) for the six-year period 2008 to 2013 at EUR 22 682 million from the 10th EDF contrib- uted by Member States. From the amount of the 10th EDF set by the Internal Agreement, EUR 21 966 million should be allocated to the ACP States as specified in the multiannual financial framework 2008 to 2013 referred to in Annex Ib to the ACP-EC Partnership Agreement, EUR 286 million should be allocated to the OCTs and EUR 430 million should be allocated to the Commission for support expenditures linked to programming and implementation of the EDF by the Commission. (4)  The 10th EDF allocation to the OCTs is governed by Council Decision 2001/822/EC of 27 November 2001 on the association of the overseas countries and terri- tories with the European Community (°) and by its imple- menting Commission Regulation (EC) No 2304/2002 () and any subsequent updates thereof. (5)  Measures covered by, and eligible for funding under Council Regulation (EC) No 1257/96 of 20 June 1996 concerning humanitarian aid (), should only in excep- tional circumstances be financed under the 10th EDF, where such assistance is required to ensure continuity of cooperation from crisis to stable conditions for develop- ment and cannot be financed from the general budget of the European Union. p. 1. Decision as amended by Decision 2007/249]EC (O] L 109, 26.4.2007, p. 33). (9 OJL 348, 21.12.2002, p. 82. () OJ L 163, 2.7.1996, p. 1. Regulation as amended by Regulation (EC) No 1882/2003 of the European Parliament and of the Council (O] L 284,31.10.2003, p. 1).