Recitals
- Recital (1)Relations between the Union and the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan (Jordan) are developing within the framework of the European Neighbourhood…
- Recital (2)Since 2011, Jordan has embarked on a number of political reforms to strengthen parliamentary democracy and the rule of law. A…
- Recital (3)The Jordanian economy has been heavily affected by prolonged regional instability, particularly the conflict in Syria and the conflict in…
- Recital (4)The conflict in Israel-Gaza, alongside the renewed violence in the region, particularly escalating tensions between Israel and Iran in…
- Recital (5)In January 2024, the Jordanian authorities and the International Monetary Fund (IMF) agreed on an economic adjustment programme supported…
- Recital (6)In April 2025, the Union adopted a fourth programme of macro-financial assistance (MFA-IV) of EUR 500 million in the form of loans, in…
- Recital (7)Since the beginning of the Syrian crisis in 2011, the Union has made available approximately EUR 3,5 billion to Jordan under various…
- Recital (8)For the period from 2021 to 2024, the Union bilateral indicative allocation (grants) to Jordan under the Neighbourhood, Development and…
- Recital (9)In January 2025, in view of the persisting difficult economic situation and outlook, Jordan requested additional macro-financial assistance…
- Recital (10)Given that Jordan is a country covered by the ENP, it is considered eligible to receive macro-financial assistance from the Union.
- Recital (11)The Union’s macro-financial assistance should be an exceptional financial instrument of untied and undesignated balance-of-payments…
- Recital (12)Given that a residual external financing gap remains in Jordan’s balance of payments over and above the resources provided by the IMF and…
- Recital (13)The Union’s macro-financial assistance should aim to support the restoration of a sustainable external financing situation for Jordan,…
- Recital (14)The Union’s macro-financial assistance is expected to go hand-in-hand with the implementation of budget support operations under NDICI-GE.
- Recital (15)The determination of the amount of the Union’s macro-financial assistance should be based on a complete quantitative assessment of Jordan’s…
- Recital (16)The Commission should ensure that the Union’s macro-financial assistance is legally and substantially in accordance with the key principles…
- Recital (17)The Union’s macro-financial assistance should support the Union’s external policy towards Jordan. The Commission and the European External…
- Recital (18)The Union’s macro-financial assistance should support Jordan’s commitment to values shared with the Union, including democracy, the rule of…
- Recital (19)A precondition for granting the Union’s macro-financial assistance should be that Jordan respect effective democratic mechanisms, including…
- Recital (20)In order to ensure that the Union’s financial interests linked to the Union’s macro-financial assistance are protected efficiently, Jordan…
- Recital (21)The release of the Union’s macro-financial assistance is without prejudice to the powers of the European Parliament and the Council as…
- Recital (22)The amounts of provisioning required for the Union’s macro-financial assistance should be consistent with the budgetary appropriations…
- Recital (23)The Union’s macro-financial assistance should be managed by the Commission. In order to ensure that the European Parliament and the Council…
- Recital (24)In order to ensure uniform conditions for the implementation of this Decision, implementing powers should be conferred on the Commission.…
- Recital (25)The Union’s macro-financial assistance should be subject to economic policy and financial conditions, to be set out in a MoU. In order to…
- Recital (26)Since the objective of this Decision, namely to address Jordan’s external financing needs, cannot be sufficiently achieved by the Member…
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