[{"bbox": [360, 157, 870, 185], "category": "Section-header", "text": "COMMISSION IMPLEMENTING DECISION"}, {"bbox": [544, 223, 688, 251], "category": "Text", "text": "of 12.12.2024"}, {"bbox": [218, 289, 1014, 320], "category": "Text", "text": "on the financing of the annual action plan in favour of Uzbekistan for 2024"}, {"bbox": [143, 383, 507, 411], "category": "Text", "text": "THE EUROPEAN COMMISSION,"}, {"bbox": [143, 424, 940, 454], "category": "Text", "text": "Having regard to the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union (TFEU),"}, {"bbox": [143, 465, 1086, 554], "category": "Text", "text": "Having regard to Regulation (EU, Euratom) 2024/2509 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 23 September 2024 on the financial rules applicable to the general budget of the Union¹, and in particular Article 110 thereof,"}, {"bbox": [143, 565, 1087, 710], "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 (1) and (2) thereof,"}, {"bbox": [143, 722, 242, 749], "category": "Text", "text": "Whereas:"}, {"bbox": [143, 763, 1087, 881], "category": "List-item", "text": "(1) In order to ensure the implementation of the annual action plan in favour of Uzbekistan for 2024, it is necessary to adopt an annual financing decision, which is to constitute the annual work programme, for 2024, in accordance with Article 110(2) of Regulation (EU, Euratom) 2024/2509 ('the Financial Regulation')."}, {"bbox": [143, 892, 1085, 951], "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": [143, 962, 1086, 1079], "category": "List-item", "text": "(3) The Commission has adopted the National Multiannual Indicative Programme for the period 2021-2027⁴, as amended following the mid-term review⁵, which sets out the following priorities: democratic governance and digital transformation; inclusive, digital and green growth; development of a smart and eco-friendly agri-food sector."}, {"bbox": [143, 1090, 1086, 1261], "category": "List-item", "text": "(4) The objectives pursued by the annual action plan to be financed under the Regulation (EU) 2021/947 geographic programme 'Asia and the Pacific' are to improve availability of geospatial data to support climate-resilient, inclusive territorial planning in Uzbekistan; and to promote women's equal participation in the economy and labour force of Uzbekistan without being affected by gender stereotypes and harmful social norms."}, {"bbox": [143, 1329, 797, 1355], "category": "Footnote", "text": "1 OJ L 239, 26.9.2024, ELI: http://data.europa.eu/eli/reg/2024/2509/oj."}, {"bbox": [143, 1353, 432, 1378], "category": "Footnote", "text": "2 OJ L 209, 14.6.2021, p.1."}, {"bbox": [143, 1378, 1086, 1451], "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": [143, 1450, 1086, 1500], "category": "Footnote", "text": "4 Commission Implementing Decision adopting the Multiannual Indicative Programme for Uzbekistan for the period 2021-2027, C(2021)9137 final of 14.12.2021."}, {"bbox": [143, 1498, 1086, 1596], "category": "Footnote", "text": "5 Commission Implementing Decision amending country, multi-country and regional Multiannual Indicative Programmes 2021-2027 for Sub-Saharan Africa, Asia and the Pacific, Americas and the Caribbean and the Multiannual Indicative Programmes on Civil Society Organisations, Global Challenges and Human Rights and Democracy, C(2024)7502 final of 31.10.2024."}, {"bbox": [58, 1637, 126, 1683], "category": "Page-footer", "text": "EN"}, {"bbox": [608, 1659, 623, 1683], "category": "Page-footer", "text": "1"}, {"bbox": [1104, 1637, 1171, 1683], "category": "Page-footer", "text": "EN"}]