Common use of Financing of the partnership Clause in Contracts

Financing of the partnership. 1. The Parties agree on the creation of an EPA regional fund, set up by and for the Central African region, to coordinate support which will help to finance effectively the priority measures intended to build productive capacity in the Central African States, as indicated in Article 5, and the measures referred to in Article 10. The detailed rules for the operation and management of the EPA regional fund shall be decided by the region by the end of 2008. The EC Party shall use this period to complete its assessment of these rules.