L 212/8 Official Journal of the European Communities 8.8.2002 (Acts whose publication is not obligatory) COUNCIL COUNCIL DECISION of 12 July 2002 adopting the rules of procedure of the European Development Fund Committee (2002/647EC) THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN UNION, Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community, 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 (1), Having regard to the Internal Agreement between the Represen- tatives of the Governments of the Member States, meeting within the Council, on the Financing and Administration of Community Aid under the Financial Protocol to the Partnership Agreement between the African, Caribbean and Pacific States and the European Community and its Member States signed in Cotonou (Benin) on 23 June 2000 and the allocation of finan- cial assistance for the Overseas Countries and Territories to which Part Four of the EC Treaty applies (3, signed in Brussels on 18 September 2000, and in particular Article 21(2) thereof, Having regard to Council Decision 2001/822/EC of 27 November 2001 on the association of the overseas countries and territories with the European Community (}) (‘Overseas Association Decision’), Having regard to the proposal from the Commission, 0J L 317, 15.12.2000, p. 3. () OJL 317, 15.12.2000, p. 355. OJ L 314, 30.11.2001, p. 1. HAS DECIDED AS FOLLOWS: Article 1 The rules of procedure of the European Development Fund Committee, as set out in the Annex, are hereby adopted. Article 2 Until the entry into force of the Internal Agreement the rules of procedure of the European Development Fund Committee shall apply only to the programming needs referred to in points 1 and 2 of Article 1 of Decision 2000/770/EC of the Representa- tives of the Governments of the Member States, meeting within the Council, of 3 October 2000 (%), and, in respect of the OCT, in Article 20 of Decision 2001/822/EC. Article 3 This Decision shall enter into force on the day of its publication in the Official Journal of the European Communities. Done at Brussels, 12 July 2002. For the Council The President T. PEDERSEN () OJ L 317, 15.12.2000, p. 354.