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1. For partner countries and territories listed in Annex I, priority areas for Union financing shall be selected mainly from those included in the association, partnership and cooperation agreements, jointly agreed association agendas and partnership priorities or other relevant, existing and future, jointly agreed documents referred to in point (c) of Article 14(3), between the Union and the partner countries in bilateral and multilateral formats, including, as relevant, within the Eastern Partnership and the southern dimension of the European Neighbourhood Policy, in accordance with the specific objectives laid down in Article 18 and the areas of cooperation for the geographic programmes set out in Annex II.

2. By way of derogation from Article 13(2) and (3), Union support under geographic programmes in the Neighbourhood area shall be differentiated in form and in amounts, taking into account the partner country’s:

(a) needs, using indicators such as population, inequalities and level of development;

(b) commitment to and progress in implementing jointly agreed political, economic, environmental and social reform objectives;

(c) commitment to and progress in building deep and sustainable democracy, the rule of law, good governance, human rights, and the fight against corruption;

(d) partnership with the Union, including the level of ambition for that partnership;

(e) absorption capacity and potential impact of Union support under the Instrument.

3. The Union support referred to in paragraph 2 of this Article shall be reflected in the programming documents for the geographic programmes referred to in Article 14.