PART III: THE POLICIES AND FUNCTIONING OF THE UNION
TITLE V – THE UNION'S EXTERNAL ACTION
CHAPTER IV – COOPERATION WITH THIRD COUNTRIES AND HUMANITARIAN AID
Section 1 – Development cooperation
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1. Union policy in the field of development cooperation shall be conducted within the framework
of the principles and objectives of the Union's external action. The Union's development cooperation
policy and that of the Member States shall complement and reinforce each other.
Union development cooperation policy shall have as its primary objective the reduction and, in the
long term, the eradication of poverty. The Union shall take account of the objectives of development
cooperation in the policies that it implements which are likely to affect developing countries.
2. The Union and the Member States shall comply with the commitments and take account of the
objectives they have approved in the context of the United Nations and other competent
international organisations.
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1. European laws or framework laws shall establish the measures necessary for the implementation
of development cooperation policy, which may relate to multiannual cooperation programmes with
developing countries or programmes with a thematic approach.
2. The Union may conclude with third countries and competent international organisations any
agreement helping to achieve the objectives referred to in Articles III-292 and III-316.
The first subparagraph shall be without prejudice to Member States' competence to negotiate in
international bodies and to conclude agreements.
3. The European Investment Bank shall contribute, under the terms laid down in its Statute, to the
implementation of the measures referred to in paragraph 1.
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1. In order to promote the complementarity and efficiency of their action, the Union and the
Member States shall coordinate their policies on development cooperation and shall consult each
other on their aid programmes, including in international organisations and during international
conferences. They may undertake joint action. Member States shall contribute if necessary to the
implementation of Union aid programmes.
2. The Commission may take any useful initiative to promote the coordination referred to in
paragraph 1.
3. Within their respective spheres of competence, the Union and the Member States shall cooperate
with third countries and the competent international organisations.
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