Co-financing operations with European non-governmental development organisations (NGOs) in fields of interest to the developing countries

Commissioner Brittan stated that the Commission could accept Amendments Nos 1, 2, 3, 4, 5 (second part) and 6 (second and third parts). However, he rejected Amendments Nos 5 (first and third parts) and 6 (first part) due to the over-strict and unnecessary deadlines specified. Amendment No 7 could also not be accepted for comitology reasons and Amendment No 8 also had to be rejected as this established a five-year deadline for revising the regulation in question which was unreasonably short given that the discussion on the draft had already lasted for nearly two and a half years.