30.12.2010 Official Journal of the European Union L 346/1 | (Legislative acts) REGULATIONS REGULATION (EU) No 1232/2010 OF THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT AND OF THE COUNCIL of 15 December 2010 concerning European Union financial contributions to the International Fund for Ireland (2007 to 2010) THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT AND THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN UNION, Having regard to the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union, and in particular Article 175 and Article 352(1) thereof, throughout Ireland, in the implementation of one of the objectives specified by the Anglo-Irish Agreement of 15 November 1985. (2)  The Union, recognising that the objectives of the Fund are a reflection of those pursued by itself, has provided financial contributions to the Fund from 1989. For the Having regard to the proposal from the European Commission, period 2005 to 2006 EUR 15 million was committed from the Community budget for each of the years 2005 and 2006 in accordance with Council Regulation (EC) After transmission of the draft legislative act to the national Igo 177./ 2005 O.f 24 January 2005 concerning . ommunity financial contributions to the International parliaments, Fund for Ireland (}). That Regulation expired on 31 December 2006. Having regard to the opinion of the European Economic and Social Committee (1), (3)  The assessments carried out in accordance with Article 5 of Regulation (EC) No 177/2005 have confirmed the ) . ) need for further support for activities of the Fund, After consulting the Committee of the Regions, while continuing to reinforce synergies of its objectives and coordination with Structural Funds interventions, in particular with the Special Programme for Peace and Acting in accordance with the ordinary legislative procedure Reconciliation in Northern Ireland and the Border and the requirement for unanimity in the Council provided Counties of Ireland (the PEACE programme’) set up in for in the first sentence of Article 352(1) of the Treaty on accordance with Council Regulation (EC) No 1260/1999 the Functioning of the European Union (3), of 21 June 1999 laying down general provisions on the Structural Funds (%) Whereas: (4  The peace process in Northern Ireland requires a (1)  The International Fund for Ireland (‘the Fund’) was estab- lished in 1986 by the Agreement of 18 September 1986 between the Government of Ireland and the Government of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland concerning the International Fund for Ireland (‘the Agreement’) in order to promote economic and social advancement, and to encourage contact, dialogue and reconciliation between nationalists and unionists (") Opinion of 29 April 2010 (not yet published in the Official Journal). (3 Position of the European Parliament of 15 June 2010 (not yet published in the Official Journal) and decision of the Council of 10 December 2010. continuation of Union support to the Fund beyond 31 December 2006. In recognition of the special effort for the peace process, the PEACE programme has been allocated additional support from the Structural Funds for the period 2007 to 2013 pursuant to paragraph 22 of Annex II to Council Regulation (EC) No 1083/2006 of 11 July 2006 laying down general provisions on the European Regional Development Fund, the European Social Fund and the Cohesion Fund and repealing Regulation (EC) No 1260/1999 (°). 30, 3.2.2005, p. 1. oJ L 0] L 161, 26.6.1999, p. 1. oJ L 210, 31.7.2006, p. 25.