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UNCLAS BRUSSELS 002605 
 
SIPDIS 
 
SENSITIVE 
 
FOR EB DIZOGLIO AND USAID/LAC/CAR BARTH 
 
E.O. 12958: N/A 
TAGS: PREL EAID EFIN HA XL EUN USEU BRUSSELS
SUBJECT: EC RESPONSE TO HAITI DEMARCHE FOR BUDGET SUPPORT 
 
REF: SECSTATE 132852 
 
SENSITIVE BUT UNCLASSIFIED -- PLEASE PROTECT ACCORDINGLY. 
 
¶1.  (SBU) USEU Development Counselor presented reftel 
demarche to European Commission (EC) Desk Officer for Haiti 
Lut Fabert-Goossens, in the Directorate-General for 
Development. Fabert-Goossens said the EC appreciates concerns 
expressed by the US and concurs with our assessment of needs 
and priorities.  For its part, the EC has prepared a new 
decision for Council approval which is currently undergoing 
internal review. A final EC decision is expected in two 
weeks.  The decision will then go to Member State Ambassadors 
(COREPER) for approval and be presented to the ACP Committee, 
with the objective of getting final approval at the July 12 
-13 EU Foreign Ministers' meeting (GAERC).  This will enable 
the EC to pledge at the July 19 - 20 Donors' Conference which 
the EC is coordinating with other members of the Steering 
Committee. 
 
¶2. (SBU) The EC has also begun notification of 9th EDF to use 
funds.  The likely scenario is that the member states will 
agree to make a first tranche of funds available immediately 
and a second tranche subject to certain conditions to be 
determined.  The Directorate-General for Development is 
proposing that they use funds according to priorities in the 
interim cooperation framework donor exercise.  They have also 
asked that procedures for existing and new funds be 
accelerated. 
 
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