[{"bbox": [360, 145, 870, 171], "category": "Section-header", "text": "COMMISSION IMPLEMENTING DECISION"}, {"bbox": [544, 213, 686, 237], "category": "Text", "text": "of 20.12.2021"}, {"bbox": [238, 279, 989, 307], "category": "Section-header", "text": "on the financing of a special measure in favour of Afghanistan for 2021"}, {"bbox": [144, 371, 505, 397], "category": "Text", "text": "THE EUROPEAN COMMISSION,"}, {"bbox": [144, 412, 939, 441], "category": "Text", "text": "Having regard to the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union (TFEU),"}, {"bbox": [144, 453, 1085, 627], "category": "Text", "text": "Having regard to Regulation (EU, Euratom) 2018/1046 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 18 July 2018 on the financial rules applicable to the general budget of the Union, amending Regulations (EU) No 1296/2013, (EU) No 1301/2013, (EU) No 1303/2013, (EU) No 1304/2013, (EU) No 1309/2013, (EU) No 1316/2013, (EU) No 223/2014, (EU) No 283/2014, and Decision No 541/2014/EU and repealing Regulation (EU, Euratom) No 966/2012¹, and in particular Article 110 thereof,"}, {"bbox": [144, 639, 1085, 784], "category": "Text", "text": "Having regard to Regulation (EU) 2021/947 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 9 June 2021 establishing the Neighbourhood, Development and International Cooperation Instrument – Global Europe, amending and repealing Decision No 466/2014/EU and repealing Regulation (EU) 2017/1601 and Council Regulation (EC, Euratom) No 480/2009², and in particular Article 23(4) thereof,"}, {"bbox": [144, 796, 241, 821], "category": "Text", "text": "Whereas:"}, {"bbox": [144, 838, 1085, 953], "category": "List-item", "text": "(1) In order to ensure the implementation of a special measure in favour of Afghanistan for 2021, it is necessary to adopt an annual financing decision, which constitutes the annual work programme. Article 110 of Regulation (EU, Euratom) 2018/1046 ('the Financial Regulation') establishes detailed rules on financing decisions."}, {"bbox": [144, 966, 1085, 1024], "category": "List-item", "text": "(2) The envisaged assistance is to comply with the conditions and procedures set out by the restrictive measures adopted pursuant to Article 215 TFEU³."}, {"bbox": [144, 1036, 1085, 1326], "category": "List-item", "text": "(3) This action responds to some of the most urgent challenges facing the Afghan population following the overthrow of the constitutional government of the Islamic Republic of Afghanistan by the Taliban on 15 August 2021, leading notably to a drastically altered political landscape and a severe humanitarian and economic crisis. On 11 October 2021, EU Development Ministers agreed on the need to assist the population directly by supporting essential services, avoiding government channels, going beyond humanitarian aid to adopt a humanitarian-development nexus approach focused on direct needs and basic livelihoods. On 12 October 2021, the President announced that the Commission was working to make it possible to use funds intended for Afghanistan to support Afghan people in urgent needs."}, {"bbox": [144, 1338, 1085, 1426], "category": "List-item", "text": "(4) This Decision is adopted on duly justified imperative grounds of urgency, since Afghanistan is facing a humanitarian disaster with the onset of the winter and risks imminent socio-economic collapse, with serious potential implications for regional"}, {"bbox": [144, 1473, 431, 1498], "category": "Footnote", "text": "1 OJ L 193, 30.7.2018, p.1."}, {"bbox": [144, 1498, 431, 1522], "category": "Footnote", "text": "2 OJ L 209, 14.6.2021, p.1."}, {"bbox": [144, 1522, 1085, 1595], "category": "Footnote", "text": "3 www.sanctionsmap.eu Note that the sanctions map is an IT tool for identifying the sanctions regimes. The source of the sanctions stems from legal acts published in the Official Journal (OJ). In case of discrepancy, the OJ prevails."}, {"bbox": [59, 1638, 126, 1682], "category": "Page-footer", "text": "EN"}, {"bbox": [609, 1659, 622, 1682], "category": "Page-footer", "text": "1"}, {"bbox": [1105, 1638, 1170, 1682], "category": "Page-footer", "text": "EN"}]