EN    EN  COMMISSION OF THE E UROPEAN COMMUNITIES 
Brussels, 29.10.2004 
COM(2004) 735 final 
  
REPORT FROM THE COMMISSION 
ANNUAL REPORT OF THE INSTRUM ENT FOR STRUCTU RAL POLICY FOR 
PRE-ACCESSION (ISPA) 
2003 
 
EN 2   EN TABLE OF CONTENTS 
1. ISPA budget ................................................................................................................. 5 
2. Project funding............................................................................................................. 5 
2.1. New ISPA projects....................................................................................................... 5 2.2. Projects funded during 2000-2003............................................................................... 6 2.3. Payments .................................................................................................................. .... 6 
3. Technical assistance..................................................................................................... 7 3.1. Forms and delivery of technical assistance.................................................................. 7 3.2. Technical assistance at the initia tive of the beneficiary country.................................. 7 
3.3. Technical assistance at the in itiative of the Commission............................................. 8 
4. Management and implementation................................................................................ 9 4.1. Project monitoring........................................................................................................ 9 
4.2. Financial management and control .............................................................................. 9 4.3. EDIS...................................................................................................................... ....... 9 
4.4. Risk assessment........................................................................................................... .9  
4.5. European Court of Auditors findings......................................................................... 10 4.6. Co-financing partners – EIB, EBRD and NIB........................................................... 10 5. Contribution to Community policies.......................................................................... 10 5.1. Public procurement .................................................................................................... 10 5.2. Environment policy.................................................................................................... 10 5.3. Transport policy: from TINA to wards new TEN-T guidelines ................................. 10 
6. Co-ordination among pre-accession instruments....................................................... 11 
TECHNICAL ANNEXES 
1. New ISPA projects..................................................................................................... 18 2. Commitments for environment .................................................................................. 18 3. Commitments for transport ........................................................................................ 19 4. Projects funded during 2000-2003............................................................................. 20 5. Payments .................................................................................................................... 20 
6. Summary tables.......................................................................................................... 21 
 
EN 3   EN 7. Forms and delivery of technical assistance................................................................ 24 
8. technical assistance at  the initiative of the beneficiary country................................. 25 
9. Technical assistance at the in itiative of the Commission........................................... 28 
10. Project monitoring...................................................................................................... 34 11. EDIS....................................................................................................................... .... 35 
12. Risk assessment.......................................................................................................... 36  
13. European Court of Auditors findings......................................................................... 37 14. Co-financing partners – EIB, EBRD and NIB........................................................... 37 15. Public procurement .................................................................................................... 39 16. Competition policy..................................................................................................... 39 
17. Environment policy.................................................................................................... 40 18. Transport policy: from TINA to wards new TEN-T guidelines ................................. 41 
Bulgaria ...................................................................................................................... .............. 47 
Czech Republic ................................................................................................................. ....... 49 
Estonia ....................................................................................................................... ............. 51 
Hungary ....................................................................................................................... ............. 52 
Latvia ........................................................................................................................ ............ 53 
Lithuania...................................................................................................................... ............. 54 
Poland ........................................................................................................................ ............ 56 
Romania ........................................................................................................................ ........... 58 
Slovakia ...................................................................................................................... .............. 60 
Slovenia ...................................................................................................................... .............. 63 
 
EN 4   EN Foreword 
This annual report on the activi ties of the Instrument for structural policy for pre-
accession (ISPA) covers the calendar year 2003. 
It provides information on the four th year of implementing ISPA.  
For a number of beneficiary countries, the year 2003 has also been  the last year of 
ISPA implementation before becoming e ligible for Community cohesion policy 
instruments. In this respect, the report wi ll demonstrate that ISPA has proved to be 
an effective and import ant tool for preparing beneficiary countries1 for EU 
membership. ISPA will continue to perform its mission in those countries which have not yet become a Member state of the European Union. 
The reporting format reflects the requiremen ts of article 12 of the ISPA Regulation
2. 
It has been adapted to take account of the comments made by the European 
Parliament, the European Economic and So cial Committee and the Committee of the 
Regions.  
It is hoped that the report will also serve as a useful reference document for everyone 
interested in the promoti on, prior to accession, of economi c and social cohesion in 
the Central European candidate countries in cluding those which have joined the EU 
in May 2004. 
                                                 
1 Bulgaria, Czech Republic, Estonia, Hungary, Latv ia, Lithuania, Poland, Romania, Slovakia and 
Slovenia. 
2 Council Regulation (EC) 1267/1999 of 21 June 1999. 
 
EN 5   EN Summary 
1. ISPA  BUDGET  
The budget for the ISPA instrument is pr ovided for by two budge t lines, B7-020 and 
B7-020A. The first line contains the mean s for co-financing projects (measures)3 in 
the beneficiary countries in the environm ent and transport domains as well as for 
providing technical assistance (TA) to identify and prepare projects. Measures to 
assist the beneficiary countries in strengt hening their instituti onal and administrative 
capacity -including the move towards fully  decentralised management (EDIS)- are 
funded from this line as well. Line B7- 020A foresees funding for actions at the 
Commission’s initiative. For 2003, €1 129 million was allocated from the Commission budget to the ISPA instrume nt and an amount of €8.35 million was 
transferred from line B7-020A to line B7-020. 
Table 1: ISPA budget in 2003 
Budget line Commitment 
appropriations Commitment 
appropriations 
incl. transfer from 
B7-020 to 020A Commitments 
implemented Payments 
implemented 
B7-020A 11.500.000 3.150.000 3.150.000 5.461.855 
B7-020 for projects 1.117.500.000 1.125.850.000 1 125 804 651 423 506 936 
Total 1.129.000.000 1.129.000.000 1.128.954.651 428.968.791 
2. P ROJECT FUNDING  
2.1. New ISPA projects 
In 2003, the Commission adopted  75 new ISPA measures c oncerning 60 investments 
in environment infrastructure (mainly in the water, wastewater and waste sub-sectors) and 15 in transport infrastructu re (rail and road projects). Among these 
projects, the Commission appr oved 23 new technical assist ance measures for project 
preparation, 17 of which were for prepari ng environment projects and 6 for preparing 
transport projects. As a resu lt, the total ISPA contributi on to projects funded in 2003 
amounted to nearly €1.25 billion, representi ng an average grant rate of 68.5% of a 
total eligible project cost of €1.82 billion. The remainder was financed by the applicant countries from nati onal sources at central, regiona l, and/or local level, as 
well as by international financial institutions (IFIs). Almost 65% of the ISPA contribution was awarded to the environment sector.  
                                                
 
3 The terms ‘projects’ and ‘measures’ both designate  the unit of ISPA assistance to the beneficiary 
countries and are used interchangeably in this report . Unless otherwise stated, they refer to assistance 
for capital investments as well as  to technical assistance measures. 
 
EN 6   EN Table 2: New project decisions in 2003 
 Project 
decisions 
n° Total eligible 
cost 
€ ISPA 
contribution 
€ Grant rate 
% Commitments 
€ 
Environment 60 1.186.315.685 805.923.669 67.94 404.132.994 
Transport 15 630.908.020 439.109.946 69.60 210.084.838 
Total 75 1.817.223.705 1.245.033.615 68.51 614.217.832 
Note:  The project decision amounts reflect th e total ISPA contribution awarded to projects, while comm itment amounts give 
the total of what is yearly committe d from the budget (2003 in this case). 
2.2. Projects funded during 2000-2003 
Since the start of ISPA, the Commission ha s adopted 324 project grant decisions. Of 
the projects assisted, 212 re lated to the environment s ector (including one flooding 
relief project), 102 to the transport sector, and 10 to TA measures for achieving 
decentralised implementation (EDIS)4. In total, the ISPA contribution amounted to 
€7.03 billion, representing 65.2% of a total eligible investment cost of € 10.78 
billion. It follows that, in the first four years of ISPA, the Commission has allocated 
more than 90% of the funds set aside for ISPA for the period 2000 to 2006. By the 
end of 2003, 61.7% of the decided ISPA contribution has been committed, with the commitments having been distributed in a balanced manner between the environment 
and transport sectors. 
Table 3: Project decisions in 2000-2003 
 Project 
decisions 
n° Total eligible 
cost 
€ ISPA 
contribution 
€ Average grant 
rate 
% Commitments 
€ 
Environment 211 5.175.000.000 3 371.300.000 65.1 2.171.400.000 
Transport 102 5.566.500.000 3 620.700.000 65.0 2.130.700 000 
Flooding relief 1 35.294.118 30.000.000 85.0 30.000.000 
EDIS 10 8.015.537 8.015.537 100.0 7.800.000 
Total 324 10.784.900.000 7.030.100.000 65.2 4.339.900.000 
 
2.3. Payments 
Significant progress has been made in implementing ISPA measures. Whereas, 
initially, delays in tender ing and contracting hampered  the payments of second 
advances and of requests for reimbursement, this situation has now improved.  As a 
result, in 2003, ISPA payments totalled nearly €424 million, which represents an increase with 14% over the payments made in 2002 (€388 million).  
                                                
 
4 Extended decentralised implementation system (see also point 4). 
 
EN 7   EN By the end of the period 2000-2003, more than €1 billion has been paid out, 
representing some 25% of the budge tary commitments over this period. 
Table 4: Payments in 2003 (€) 
For projects committed in 
 2000 2001 2002 2003 Total 
Environment 81.747.970 12.285.431 66.309.253 3.597.170 163.939.824 
Flooding relief - - 11.745.361 - 11.745.361 
Transport 111.491.265 73.833.755 74.358.144 6.554.262 266.237.426 
EDIS 326.000 711.103 1.509.002 - 2.546.105 
Total 193.565.235 86.830.289 154.921.760 10.151.432 423. 506. 936 
 
3. T ECHNICAL ASSISTANCE  
3.1. Forms and delivery of technical assistance  
The recourse to technical assistance measur es has proved to be an essential element 
for ensuring a successful programming and implementation of ISPA projects. These 
measures have focussed on project preparation, project implementation, 
accompanying institutional strengthening, and, more recently, the structural 
(re)organisation of utilitie s in the domains of the ISPA intervention, thereby 
enhancing sustainability of  project implementation.  
3.2. Technical assistance at the init iative of the beneficiary country 
In 2003, the Commission decided on 23 TA measures for project preparation 
representing a total eligible cost of  € 112 million with ISPA contributing €84.8 
million. Several of these measures included the restructuring of the local utility (final 
beneficiary) up to modern standards in terms of management and operation. In 
addition, most of the ISPA beneficiary countries that joined the EU in 2004 have 
used TA funds to finance preparatory studies for projects that will be submitted for future funding from the Cohesion Fund. The to tal number of TA measures for project 
preparation approved since 2000 now stands at  62, representing a to tal eligible cost 
of €198.2 million of which 80% ha s been financed from ISPA. 
 
EN 8   EN Table 5: Technical assistance measures at th e initiative of the be neficiary countries 2000-
2003 (€)  
 No of 
projects Total cost Total eligible 
cost Total ISPA 
contributionCommitments 
2003 Payments 
2003 Commitments 
2000-3 Payments 
2000-3 
Environment 30 122.418.837 121.424.827 94.438.270 47.086.015 6.803.101 75.305.476 12.385.350
Transport 32 85.719.924 84.759.924 64.485.219 17 .376.319 10.839.126 52.469.037 14.185.705
EDIS 10 8.098.575 8.098.575 8.098.575 745.609 2.661.893 7.783.655 4.549.222
Total 72 216.237.336 206.283.326 167.022.064 65.207.943 20.339.331 132.557.168 31.120.277
 
3.3. Technical assistance at the initiative of the Commission 
Since the beginning of ISPA, technical assist ance activities at the initiative of the 
Commission have been concentrated on enhancing the beneficiary countries’ 
capacity to prepare, appraise and impleme nt ISPA projects in accordance with the 
standards required for the mana gement of Community funds. 
In 2003, the budgetary allocation for this st rand of technical assistance amounted to 
€11.5 million. Of this amount, the Co mmission committed €3.15 million for 
activities launched in 2003 (essentially for reinforcing the EC Delegations). 
A. Technical Assistance activities financed under the “TA Action Programme 
2001” 
This programme comprises multi-annual ac tivities covering the period 2001-2003, 
with disbursements foreseen until th e end of 2004. In the course of its 
implementation, a re-scheduling of the funds  towards reinforci ng the administrative 
capacity in the ISPA beneficiary countries in the field of tendering and contracting 
has been undertaken. Also, as  it became clear that certain  activities needed to be 
continued in 2004, the Commission has exte nded the duration of the programme, 
until 30 April 2004 for the new Member states, and until 30 June 2004 for Bulgaria and Romania.  
B. Activities undertaken outside the “TA Action Programme 2001” 
New resources have been made available to cover the administrative costs of 
technical staff recruited to reinfor ce the EC Delegations’ procurement and 
supervision capacity. Task assignments for the appraisal of ISPA projects continued 
under the two existing framework contracts with international consulting firms as 
well as under the contract signed with the European Investment Bank (EIB).  
 
EN 9   EN 4. M ANAGEMENT AND IMPLEMENTATION  
4.1. Project monitoring 
The key finding of project monitoring during 2003 is that, on average, further 
improvements have taken place in terms of  hands-on capacity of the beneficiary 
countries as regards effec tive implementation. Further e fforts are requ ired though to 
overcome weaknesses, which are sometimes persistent. Most importantly, additional financial and human resources for the pl anning, preparation and management of 
ISPA measures, in particular in the environment sector, are required. 
4.2. Financial management and control 
Beneficiary countries are requi red to establish internal fi nancial control systems and 
procedures that can ensure the accuracy of  declared expenditure, adequate internal 
audit capability, sufficient audit trail and appropriate treatment of irregularities. 
Between May 2003 and January 2004, the Comm ission has carried out a third cycle 
of systems audits in these countries to assess the adequacy of these systems and 
procedures and their compliance with th e Community requirements. The targeted 
countries were those for which an EDIS app lication was not expect ed to be received 
before the indicated deadline of 1 November  2003, as well as Bulgaria and Romania. 
Preliminary conclusions of the audit cycle suggest that significant progress has been 
made in the large majority of benefici ary countries but that improvements in 
essential areas such as internal contro l and internal audit are still required. A 
recurring problem in many countries is the lack of trained and experienced personnel.  
4.3. EDIS 
EDIS stands for the process envisaged for the beneficiary countries to move towards 
an “extended decentralised implementati on system” for ISPA. By the end of 2003, 5 
countries completed the stage 3 compliance assessment, of which 3 fulfilled the 
conditions and criteria in order to r eceive the (partial) accreditation from the 
Commission in Spring 2004. Tw o countries were processing stage 3, whereas 2 
countries had completed the stage 1 gap a ssessment. One country failed to complete 
the first stage. 
4.4. Risk assessment 
Despite that, as yet, not all key elements  of the financial management and control 
systems in both the sectors of environm ent and transport are in place in all 
beneficiary countries, the Co mmission is reasonably confid ent that this will be 
progressively be the case. All benefici ary countries have been recommended to 
complete the third stage of the EDIS road map which consists of obtaining a positive 
opinion from external auditors . A series of seminars we re organised in 2003 and at 
the beginning of 2004 in order to explain and deta il the requirements  with respect to 
these systems. Finally, in the course of  2004, the Commission will verify whether the 
management and control systems in the new Member states meet the standards required by the Cohesion Fund regulation.  
 
EN 10   EN 4.5. European Court of Auditors findings 
In Autumn 2003, at the occasion of the pr esentation of its 2002 Annual report, the 
Court of auditors stated that auditing pr e-accession assistance to the candidate date 
countries has led the Court to  a generally positive assessment of the conformity of 
expenditure. Though it observed also a need to further improve the supervision and 
control systems for EU aid, it pointed to the fact that most of the beneficiary 
countries had worked hard in recen t years to set up such systems.  
4.6. Co-financing partners – EIB, EBRD and NIB 
The EIB and the EBRD5 have remained the privileged  partners for providing loan 
financing for ISPA projects in 2003. As far as the Nordic Investment Bank (NIB) is concerned, this bank intervenes in priority in ISPA projects in th e Baltic states. The 
expertise of these banks in project prepar ation and implementation continued to be 
useful for improving the quality of  projects funded from ISPA.  
5. C
ONTRIBUTION TO COMMUNITY POLICIES  
5.1. Public procurement  
From the start of ISPA, the fulfilment of the legal requirements for sound, fair and 
transparent public procurement as enshrine d in the PRAG has proved to be a major 
challenge. In 2003, training on specific proc urement issues has been organised as 
well as practical tools (guides) been publis hed to carry out tende ring and contracting 
in accordance with national law harmoni zed according to EU standards. The 
experience suggests that the strengthen ing of public procurement systems and 
procedures in the new Member states s hould be continued under the Cohesion Fund. 
5.2. Environment policy 
ISPA contributes significantly to the impl ementation of environmental policy in the 
beneficiary countries. E xperience gained through project development and 
implementation has reinforced administrative  capacity and accelerated sector reform 
in the environment sector. In partic ular, administrative capacity has been 
strengthened in regard to environmenta l investment planning and prioritization. 
Steady progress has also been made in prop er implementation of the EIA directive, 
including aspects related to public consulta tion. In addition, a pilot project promoted 
higher quality of public service in public util ities in the waste and water sub-sectors. 
In these various ways, the ISPA program me has contributed towards significant 
progress in environmental protection in  all of the beneficiary countries.  
5.3. Transport policy: from TINA towards new TEN-T guidelines 
The transport networks in the beneficiary countries, agreed in accordance with TINA 
(Transport Infrastructure Needs Assessmen t), are constructed around the framework 
of pan-European transport co rridors. These networks have been used as the planning 
basis for the national transport strategies for ISPA purposes and each ISPA transport 
                                                 
5 European Bank for Reconstruction and Development 
 
EN 11   EN project needed to form part of the TINA network. Similarly, these networks are now 
being used for Cohesion Fund purposes in the new Member states’ and fulfil a core 
function in their National Development Pl ans, which are the programming tool for 
the use of structural funds from 2004 onwards.  
In April 2003, the Accession Treaties amended the TEN-T (Trans-European 
transport network) guidelines to accommoda te the extension of the network to the 
acceding countries. As a consequence, as of May 2004, the new Member states are 
immediately eligible for Co mmunity funding, in particular  for TEN-T funds and the 
Cohesion Fund.  
6. C O-ORDINATION AMONG PRE -ACCESSION INSTRUMENTS  
The Commission ensures close co-ordin ation among the three pre-accession 
instruments, PHARE, SAPARD and I SPA. The PHARE Management committee 
plays a special role in the general co-ordination of the three pre-accession instruments. Further co-ordination is be ing implemented through the (PHARE) Joint 
monitoring committee, the inter-services Co-ordination committee and the periodic 
meetings with the EC delegations  in the beneficiary countries.  
 
EN 12   EN TECHNICAL ANNEXES  
TO THE ANNUAL REPORT  OF THE INSTRUMENT FOR STRUCTURAL POLICY 
FOR PRE-ACCESSION (ISPA) 
2003 
 
EN 13   EN Executive summary 
The year 2003 was of particular importance as it was the last year that the 8 ISPA 
countries that have become new Member st ates in May 2004 bene fited of assistance 
from ISPA. Many efforts were therefore put into assisting these countries to prepare 
for the smooth transition to EU cohesion policy instruments, in particular for the 
Cohesion Fund. Pursuant to a clause in the Act of Accession, all ongoing projects 
approved under ISPA become automatically  Cohesion Fund projects after accession. 
Beyond providing financial support for the renewal and upgrading of the 
infrastructure base in the environment and transport sectors, much attention was paid to the preparation of a pipeline of quality pr ojects as well as to  further strengthening 
institutional and administrative capacity in  those fields where weaknesses subsist. 
The challenges regarding the effective ma nagement and implementation of EU funds 
can be demonstrated by the fact that, under the Cohesion Fund, allocations for the 
new Member states will more than treble: from €0.75 billion per year under ISPA to 
€2.8 billion per year for the period 2004-2006. For their part, Bulgaria and Romania 
will remain eligible for ISPA and benefit from gradually increasing allocations until the end of 2006 as well. Simila r efforts are thus required for the latter countries in 
order warrant an adequate programming a nd implementation of the ISPA funds.  
Together with the presentation of the major ISPA findings for 2003, the key 
messages below attempt to strike a balance of four years of implementation of ISPA. 
KEY MESSAGES ISPA: an instrument to assist infrastr ucture investments in the EU priority 
fields of environment and transport 
- Since its launch in 2000, ISPA has provide d grants to 324 large-scale environment 
and transport infrastructure investments
1 in the applicant countries of Central and 
Eastern Europe. The grant total amounted to €7.0 billion for an total investment cost 
of over €11.6 billion, of whic h €10.8 billion was considered  as eligible for support, 
implying an average grant rate of 65%. As a result, about 90% of the funds for the entire period 2000-2006 were already allo cated to projects that were ready for 
implementation. For the new Member states, this means that part of the Cohesion 
Fund allocations are already c overed by eligible projects. 
- 212 projects concerned large- scale environment infrastruc ture, essentially in water 
supply, sewerage systems, wastewater treatment and waste management, and 
included one flood relief project as well. In the transport se ctor, priority was given to 
102 projects along the pan-European transp ort corridors, incl uding cross-border 
infrastructure such as railways, roads, ai rports, traffic monitoring systems, etc. In 
2003, the Commission decided on 75 new project s for a total ISPA contribution of 
€1.25 billion, representing more than 68% of a total eligible invest ment cost of €1.8 
billion. 
                                                
 
1 The terms ‘projects’ and ‘measures’ both designate  the unit of ISPA assistance to the beneficiary 
countries and are used interchangeably in this report . Unless otherwise stated, they refer to assistance 
for capital investments as well as  to technical assistance measures. 
 
EN 14   EN - Between 2000 and 2003, €167 million for 72  accompanying technical assistance 
measures was made available to assist in th e preparation of projects and applications, 
and to enhance the administrative capac ity of implementing bodies, including for 
decentralised implementation (EDIS2) for which 10 measures were adopted. Further 
assistance was provided in 2003 to strengthen  the beneficiary countries’ capacity to 
prepare new projects, whether it be for funding under the Cohesion Fund, in the case 
of the new Member states, or for funding under ISPA, in the case of Bulgaria and 
Romania. 
- From the start, the Commission observed the principle of distributing the ISPA 
funds equally over the environment and tr ansport sectors and, within the latter 
sectors, of favouring rail as a more sustai nable transport mode against roads. As a 
result, of the €4.3 billion committed since 2000, 50% has b een allotted to 
environment projects and 49.1% to transport projects. The remainder was committed to a flooding relief project and fo r TA measures for decentralisation. 
- Payments in 2003 totalled €424 million, bri nging the total of the payments made 
since 2000 on more than €1 billion, which re presents nearly 25 % of the total of 
grants committed. By the end of 2003, almo st 40% of the funded projects had 
attained a payment ratio ranging between 20 and 40% of the ISPA grant. This 
demonstrates that implementation on th e ground has now reached cruising speed, 
notably as a result of the improved capacity  of beneficiary count ries to deal with 
tendering and contracting.  
ISPA: an instrument to acceler ate sector and policy reforms 
- The preparation and implementation of ISPA  projects has proved to be an important 
tool to help beneficiary countries unders tand and implement EU key legislation and 
requirements in the fields of environment and transport. Through ISPA, these 
countries had to adhere to a strategic a pproach for priority investments in these 
sectors. In addition, the Co mmission obtained respect, at project level, of the 
Community acquis in areas like EIA, railway in ter-operability, procurement and 
sound financial management. To the benefi ciary countries, these requirements made 
clear that more in depth policy and sector reforms were often necessary if EU quality 
standards were to be respect ed. In this sense, ISPA contributed to increase the 
awareness that the mere transposition of EU  law is not sufficien t and that, instead, 
more profound structural sector cha nges are required for making policy 
implementation and enforcement truly effectiv e. As a result, a number of beneficiary 
countries introduced reforms of the political  and/or functional organisation of one or 
both of the ISPA intervention sectors. Th e efforts of the Commission to address the 
knowledge gap regarding public-p rivate partnerships (PPP) for the development and 
operation of infrastructure projects have to be placed in this context as well. 
Guidelines for successful PPPs and a Resource book on PPP case studies were 
disseminated and advisory services on complex PPP issues we re delivered to 
interested project applicants/beneficiaries. 
                                                
 
2 Extended decentralised implementation system 
 
EN 15   EN ISPA as a precursor of cohesion policy instruments 
- The set up and operation of ISPA have  been closely modelled on the Cohesion 
Fund. Pursuant to article 16.a of the Cohesion Fund re gulation, all ongoing ISPA 
projects have automatically become Cohe sion Fund projects after accession. For this 
reason, the hands-on capacity that benefici ary countries have acquired through 
implementing ISPA are constituting a valuab le experience to implement and respect 
the standards and procedures that ap ply to the traditi onal cohesion policy 
instruments, and in particular to the Cohesion Fund. However, experience in this 
respect cannot be gained overnight and has to be built up progressively.  
- The qualifications of staff in the beneficiar y countries are not alwa ys up to level of 
skills required to manage complex infrastruc ture projects, in particular, as far as 
tendering and contracting are concerned. Becau se of the difficulties encountered in 
this area, the Commission has again in 2003 put many efforts in developing technical 
assistance activities which focused on strengthening recipients’ procurement skills, systems and procedures. Among others, it c ontinued to organise various seminars 
and training sessions, and disseminate d manuals and practical guides.  
- The system of ex-ante  approval by the Commission that governs tendering and 
contracting under ISPA ceases to apply once the beneficiary country becomes a 
Member state. It is therefore intended to  continue to provide technical assistance 
under the Cohesion Fund so as to ensure that procurement rules and procedures in the new Member states are implemented according to the required standards. 
ISPA: a benchmarking instrument 
- Progress and effectiveness of the manageme nt and implementation of ISPA projects 
by the beneficiary countries has improved im portantly over the la st years. Through 
the approach of learning-by-doing, they ha ve progressively succeeded to adhere to 
the standards and procedures that apply to the traditional instruments of EU cohesion 
policy.  
- Mention has to be made of the EDIS process along which beneficiary countries 
have been moving in order to prepare for the decentralised management of 
procurement. In each country, this process comprises 3 stages before accreditation by the Commission: (1) the identification of ex isting gaps in the financial management 
and control systems, (2) the subsequent  upgrading of the systems by introducing 
organisational adjustments by means of sta ffing and training, and (3) an independent 
assessment of the functionality of the system s. As such, the EDIS process constitutes 
an essential element of the institutional prep aration of the new Member states and the 
candidate countries. 
- The Commission continued to promote the setting up by benefi ciary countries of 
sound systems and procedures regarding fi nancial management and control of EU 
funds, the requirements of which are similar to those that apply to the Cohesion and 
Structural Funds. To this end, a third round of audit missions was undertaken in 2003 to assess and enhance the management a nd control systems in place. Though these 
systems are sometimes very advanced in the concept of good control systems, there 
remain however weaknesses which will need to  be addressed further. For this reason 
 
EN 16   EN also, in 2003, the Commission started a series  of seminars and workshops to explain 
the EU requirements in this field. 
- Following the adoption by the Commission of a report on the prog ress in the fields 
of regional policy and co-ordination of th e structural instruments in the future 
Member states3, a ministerial conference held in Brussels in October 2003 with the 
ministers responsible for the management of the EU Structural and Cohesion Funds 
in the countries acceding the EU in 2004. At  this occasion, Commissioner Barnier 
underlined the necessity for further effort s, especially concerning the quality of 
programmes and of the implementing stru ctures. The new Member States could 
benefit from eligibility from 1 January  2004 only in case of full alignment with 
Community legislation before the end of 2003. 
                                                 
3 COM(2003) 433 of 16.7.2003. 
 
EN 17   EN ISPA budget 
The budget for the ISPA instrument is pr ovided for by two budge t lines, B7-020 and 
B7-020A. The first line contains the means for co-financing projects (measures) in 
the beneficiary countries in the environm ent and transport domains as well as for 
providing technical assistance (TA) to identify and prepare projects. Measures to 
assist the beneficiary countries in strengt hening their instituti onal and administrative 
capacity –including the move towards fully decentralised management (EDIS) - are 
funded from this line as well. Line B7- 020A foresees funding for actions at the 
Commission’s initiative. 
For 2003, € 1 129 million was allocated from the Commission budget to the ISPA 
instrument. Initially, the B7-020 (proj ect) budget line received € 1 117.5 million. 
This amount was then increased by € 8.35 million, which was transferred from line B7-020A. As a result, € 1 125.85 million was available to assist projects presented at the initiative of the bene ficiary countries. From the original B7-020A budget 
(€ 11.5 million), € 3.15 million was committed for activities at the Commission’s 
initiative. 
Table 1: ISPA budget in 2003 
Budget line Commitment 
appropriations Commitment 
appropriations 
incl. transfer from 
B7-020A to 020 Commitments 
implemented Payments 
implemented 
B7-020A 11.500.000 3.150.000 3.150.000 5.461.855 
B7-020 for projects 1.117.500.000 1.125.850.000 1 125 804 651 423 506 936 
Total 1.129.000.000 1.129.000.000 1.128.954.651 428.968.791 
 
EN 18   EN Project funding 
1. NEW ISPA  PROJECTS  
In 2003, the Commission adopted  75 new ISPA measures c oncerning 60 investments 
in environment infrastructure and 15 in  transport infrastructure. Among these 
projects, the Commission a pproved 23 new technical assi stance (TA) measures for 
project preparation, 6 of which were for preparing transport projects and 17 for 
preparing environment projects. As a result,  the total ISPA contribution to projects 
funded in 2003 amounted to €1.25 billion, representing an average grant rate of 68.51% of the total eligible project cost of €1.82 billion. The remainder was financed 
by the applicant countries from national s ources at central, regi onal, and/or local 
level, as well as by international financial institutions (IFIs). Nearly 65% of the ISPA 
contribution was awarded to the environment sector.  
Table 2: New ISPA project decisions in 2003 
 Project 
decisions 
n° Total eligible 
cost 
€ ISPA 
contribution 
€ Grant rate 
% Commitments 
€ 
Environment 60 1.186.315.685 805.923.669 67.94 404.132.994 
Transport 15 630.908.020 439.109.946 69.60 210.084.838 
Total 75 1.817.223.705 1.245.033.615 68.51 614.217.832 
Note:  Decision amounts reflect the total ISPA contribution awarde d to projects, while commitmen t amounts give the total of 
what is yearly committed from the budget (2003 in this case). 
Commitments in 2003 totalled €1 125 million and were used for the new projects 
decided in that year (€614 million) as we ll as for ongoing projects adopted in the 
previous years. 
2. COMMITMENTS FOR ENVIRONMENT  
About 31% of the budgetary commitments in the environment sector for the year 
2003 was dedicated to projects combining the provision of dri nking water with the 
collection of sewage, whereas one quarter  was devoted to projects for sewage 
collection and treatment systems, focussing essentially on the renewal, repair or 
extension of sewerage networks and the erection of new or the 
refurbishment/upgrading of existing wastewat er treatment plants. Approximately 8% 
of funding was assigned to pr ojects in the drinking water sector (supply and/or 
treatment), whereas some 25% benefited to solid waste mana gement projects, 
consisting primarily of closing down old and creating new landfills, often associated with the introduction of sele ctive waste collect ion and treatment/recycling systems. 
Finally, one project related to combating air pollution and one to the monitoring and 
assessment of the hydrosphere.  
 
EN 19   EN Table 3: Commitments in 2003 – Environment by sub-sector1 
Sub-sector € % 
Drinking water pipes/plant 33.110.094 8.19 
Drinking water and sewage  124.525.873 30.81 
Drinking water, sewage and solid waste 35.286.960 8.73 
Sewage network and treatment plant 101.035.588 25.00 
Solid waste collection systems 101.253.254 25.05 
Air pollution 2.600.000 0.64 
Hydrosphere Monitoring  6.321.225 1.56 
Total environment sector 404.132.994 100.0 
3. COMMITMENTS FOR TRANSPORT  
As in the previous years, ISPA assistance in the tr ansport sector focussed the 
extension and improvement of the TINA (Transport Infrastructure Needs Assessment) network in order to facilita te the connections between the European 
Union and the candidate countries within th e framework of the future trans-European 
transport network (TEN-T). The major part of the budgetary commitments for 
transport in 2003 (57%) were made in favour  of rail projects, involving primarily the 
rehabilitation and upgrading of existing infr astructure to EU standards. About 42% 
of the funding was assigned to road pr ojects including new construction and 
upgrading to meet EU capacity and safety standards. Combined rail/road projects 
represented 1.5%.  
Table 4: Commitments in 2003 – Transport by sub-sector
2 
Sub-sector € % 
Rail 119.179.045 56.73 
Road 87.652.893 41.72 
Rail and road 3.252.900 1.55 
Total transport sector 210.084.838 100.0 
                                                 
1 This includes commitments for projects decided in 2003 as well as tranches committed for projects 
decided in previous years.  
2 This includes commitments for projects decided in 2003 as well as tranches committed for projects 
decided in previous years.  
 
EN 20   EN 4. PROJECTS FUNDED DURING 2000-2003 
Between 2000 and 2003, the Commission adopted  a total of 324 pr ojects on the basis 
of proposals submitted by the beneficiary countries. Of these projects, 212 concerned the environment sector (including one flood relief project), 102 the transport sector, 
and 10 TA measures for achieving decentralised implementation (EDIS). These interventions correspond to a total eligible investment  cost of € 10.78 billion, of 
which € 7.03 billion or 65.2% is being financed by ISPA from the B7-020 budget line. As a result, the Commission has, in the first four years of ISPA, allocated more than 90% of the funds set aside for ISPA for the period 2000 to 2006. 
Table 5: Project decisions in 2000-2003 
 Project 
decisions 
n° Total eligible 
cost 
€ ISPA 
contribution 
€ Average grant 
rate 
% Commitments 
€ 
Environment 211 5.175.000.000 3.371.300.000 65.1 2.171.400.000 
Transport 102 5.566.500.000 3.620.700.000 65.0 2.130.700.000 
Combined 
flooding relief 1 35.294.118 30.000.000 85.0 30.000.000 
EDIS 10 8.015.537 8.015.537 100.0 7.800.000 
Total 324 10.784.900.000 7.030.100.000 65.2 4.339.900.000 
By the end of 2003, 61.7% of the decided ISPA contribution had been committed, 
with the commitments having been dist ributed in a balanced manner over the 
environment and transport sectors. 
5. PAYMENTS  
Payments for each project consist of two advance payments of 10% each of the ISPA 
contribution -one upon signature of the Fi nancing Memorandum and the other after 
the signature of the first works contract- as  well of intermediate payments up to 80% 
(90% in exceptional circumst ances) of the contribution. The balance is released after 
approval of the final project report. Most of the first ad vance payments are made in 
the year following the year of the ISPA deci sion to grant assistance, because the bulk 
of the ISPA measures are decided in the au tumn of each year and account has to be 
taken of a time-lag for the authorities of  the beneficiary count ries to countersign 
these decisions. This is illustrated by the fact that, for projects decided in 2003, 
payments accounted for less than 2% of the corresponding commitments, whereas 
for projects decided in 2000 they accounted for more than 30% of the corresponding 
commitments. 
Significant progress has been made in implementing ISPA measures. Whereas, 
initially, delays in tender ing and contracting hampered  the payments of second 
advances and of requests for reimbursem ent, this situation has now improved.  This is 
reflected by the increasing number of reque sts received for second advance payments 
and for intermediate paymen ts. As per 1 January 2004, th ere were 76 projects for 
which 20% of ISPA assistance had been paid and 48 projects for which 40% had 
 
EN 21   EN been paid, whereas at 1 January 2003, the number of projects concerned amounted to 
31 and 15 respectively. As a result, in 2003, overall ISPA payments (including for 
decentralisation) totalled €424 million, which represents an increase with 14% over 
the payments made in 2002 (€388 million).  
Table 6: Payments in 2003 (€) 
For projects committed in 
 2000 2001 2002 2003 Total 
Environment 81.747.970 12.285.431 66.309.253 3.597.170 163.939.824 
Flooding relief 0 0 11.745.361 0 11.745.361 
Transport 111.491.265 73.833.755 74.358.144 6.554.262 266.237.426 
EDIS 326.000 711.103 1.509.002 0 2.546.105 
Total 193.565.235 86.830.289 154.921.760 10.151.432 423. 506. 936 
 
By the end of the period 2000-2003, more than €1 billion had been paid out, 
representing over 23% of the budgetary commitments. 
6. SUMMARY TABLES  
Tables 8 and 9 presented hereafter provide an over view of the ISPA interventions for the year 
2003 and for the period 2000-2003.
 
EN 22   EN Table 8: Projects decided in 2003 (€)  
Sub-sector N° of 
projects Total cost Total eligible 
cost Total ISPA 
contribution Commitments Payments 
Environment  
Solid waste 
collection system 11 238.798.892 225.859.330 152.417.251 101.253.254 - 
Drinking water 
pipes/ plant 3 69.665.742 65.080.256 41.387.619 33.110.094 - 
Drinking water 
and sewage 19 421.506.164 404.469.225 286.309.779 124.525.873 1.354.670 
Sewage network/ 
treatment plant 19 431.588.949 402.837.007 259.749.120 101.035.588 - 
Drinking water, 
sewage and solid 
waste 6 59.607.277 58.713.267 44.417.450 35.286.960 2.242.500 
Air pollution 1 12.000.000 12.000.000 9.000.000 2.600.000 - 
Monitoring of 
hydrosphere 1 18.248.467 16.856.600 12.642.450 6.321.225 - 
Sector total 60 1.251.415.491 1.817.223.705 1.245.033.615 404.132.994 3.597.170 
Transport  
Rail 5 255.743.187 235.893.100 173.737.006 119.179.045 - 
Road 8 408.489.677 388.793.420 260.706.815 87.652.893 6.207.650 
Rail and road 2 6.221.500 6.221.500 4.666.125 3.252.900 346.612 
Sector total 15 670.454.364 630.908.020 439.109.946 210.084.838 6.554.262 
TOTAL 75 1.921.869.855 1.817.223.705 1.245.033.615 614.217.832 10.151.432 
 
EN 23   EN Table 9: Projects decided during 2000-2003 (€)  
Sub-sector  N° 
of 
pro-
jects Total cost Total 
eligible costTotal ISPA 
contribution Commitments 
2003 Payments 
2003 Commit-
ments  
2000-3 Payments 
2000-3 
Environment  
Drinking 
water 
pipes/ plant 9 176.675.096 162.766.032 107.619.813 40. 110.094 6.808.645 67.453.238 7.526.837 
Drinking 
water and 
sewage 63 2.257.713.426 2.127.706.840 1. 382.966.551 258.688.145 65.005.8 70 829.522.045 131.799.658 
Solid waste 
collection 
system 45 892.514.758 815.500.577 539.432.964 102. 534.674 24.907.920 383.041.270 48.641.754 
Sewage 
network/ 
treatment 
plant 81 2.115.721.963 1.952.174.540 1.255.900.488 148.540.141 43. 752.395 830.770.521 138.224.871 
Drinking 
water, sewage 
and solid 
waste 11 94.438.377 88.028.267 63.773.700 35. 497.556 4.249.757 51.665.056 7.962.870 
Air pollution 1 12.000.000 12.000.000 9.000. 000 2.600.000 - 2.600.000 - 
Hydrosphere 
monitoring 1 18.248.467 16.856.600 12.642. 450 6.321.225 - 6.321.225 - 
Sector total 211 5.567.312.087 5.175.032.856 3.371.335.966 594.291.835 144.724.587 2.171.373.355 334.155.990 
Flooding 
relief 1 35.294.118 35.294.118 30.000.000 6. 000.000 11.745.360 30.000.000 23.745.361 
Transport  
Rail 46 3 .181.927.150  2.978.090.906 1.834.678.205 302.732.313 113.966. 732 1.070.415.620 321.523.447 
Road 48 2.657.329.723 2.426.790.775 1.715.539.537 218.720.195 140.388. 356 1.004.346.525 314.473.352 
Rail and road 6 24.501.500 24.501.500 19.014.125 3.252.900 4.805. 594 14.771.300 5.465.361 
Airport 1 148.756.000 135.135.135 50.000.000 - 5.000.000 40.000.000 10.000.000 
Inland 
waterway 1 2.000.000 2.000.000 1.500.000 - - 1.200.000 300.000 
102 6.014.514.373 5.566.518.316 3.620.731.867 1.606.028.037 264.460.682 2.130.733.445 651.762.160 
EDIS  
EDIS 10 8.098.575 8.098.575 8.098. 575 745.609 2.576.305 7.783.655 4.549.222 
TOTAL 324 11.625.219.153 10.784.943.865 7.030.166.408 1.125.742.852 423.506.936 4.339.890.455 1.014 .212.733 
 
EN 24   EN Technical assistance 
7. FORMS AND DELIVERY OF TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE  
The recourse to technical assistance measur es has proved to be an essential element 
for ensuring a successful programming and implementation of ISPA projects. These 
measures have focussed on project preparation, project implementation, 
accompanying institutional strengthening, and, more recently, the structural 
(re)organisation of certain utilities, ther eby enhancing sustainability of project 
implementation. 
Accompanying institutional strengthening and the enhancement of administrative 
capacity gained momentum as enlargemen t of the EU approached. Indeed, after 
enlargement, the EU cohesion policy will be  of particular importance, given that 
economic and social disparities in the Union will be greater than ever before. Hence, 
the role of ISPA in contributing to prepare the beneficiary countries for 
implementing the instruments of cohesion policy. 
Two types of TA activities  can be distinguished:  
- technical assistance which is carried out at the initiative  of the beneficiary country 
and which is directly related to project f unding, i.e. project identification/preparation 
and decentralisation. This type of TA is  financed from budget line B 7-020, and  
- technical assistance which is carried out at the initiative of the Commission -mostly 
let via framework contracts- and whic h is funded from budget line B 7-020A. 
For the activities of the first strand, the ce ilings of the ISPA c ontribution are usually 
those applicable to project funding, except fo r decentralisation which benefits from a 
100% grant rate. The co st of the activities of the s econd strand are always entirely 
borne by ISPA. Table 10 summarizes the diffe rent delivery mechanisms of technical 
assistance under ISPA.  
Note : these activities do not encompass the TA and works supervision components 
which form part of each individual ISPA project measure and wh ich contribute to 
strengthening the implementing and operati onal capacities of the final beneficiary. 
Additionally, the implementation of ISPA meas ures benefits directly and indirectly 
from TA and other forms of assistance that are provided unde r other Community 
instruments and policies, in particular  through PHARE (Strands ‘Institutional 
building and public administration reform ’ and ‘Moving to Structural Funds’). 
 
EN 25   EN Table 10: Delivery of technical assistance for capacity building 
 TA measures at the 
initiative of the 
beneficiary country 
(Budget line B7-020) 
(strand 1) TA measures at the 
initiative of the 
Commission 
(Budget line B7-020A)
(strand 2) TA and works 
supervision which 
form part of project 
measures and do not 
fall under (1) or (2) 
Project preparation Preparation of project 
pipeline and 
applications for ISPA 
and Cohesion Fund Framework contracts 
for technical, financial 
and legal advisory 
services, project 
appraisal and PPP set-up - 
Project 
implementation Assistance to 
implementing agencies 
on implementation issues (training, expert 
advise) Advice and training on 
tendering & 
contracting, PPP, other advisory services 
Assistance to EC 
Delegations (ISPA project and task 
managers)  Elaboration of works 
tender documents 
Technical surveys Works supervision 
Capacity building at 
final beneficiary level  
Project monitoring 
- Assistance to ISPA 
Monitoring 
Committees and EC 
Delegations Supervision engineer 
liaising with final 
beneficiary 
Horizontal policy 
- Joint training 
programmes on key 
policy issues  
(e.g. EIA, WFD,…) 
Policy studies  
(e.g. Via Baltica) - 
Sector reform Strengthening of water 
companies (e.g. 
Slovakia, Romania) Sector studies  
PPP studies Strengthening of final 
beneficiary 
Decentralisation Adjustment of the 
financial management 
and control systems  - - 
8. TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE AT THE INITIA TIVE OF THE BENEFICIARY COUNTRY  
Project preparation TA measures for project prep aration have to ensure that  beneficiary countries are 
presenting quality projects -particularly in terms of preparation, management and 
operation- to the Commission for ISPA f unding. They should also facilitate the 
development of a pipeline of quality projec ts which is a warrant for the Commission 
to identify and receive a sufficient number of suitable projects in time. Disposing of a strong project pipeline is not only essential for ISPA, but also for the Cohesion Fund, 
 
EN 26   EN in particular for those ISPA beneficiary c ountries that have joined the EU in 2004. 
Most of these countries have used ISPA  TA funds in 2003 to finance preparatory 
studies for projects that will be submitted for future funding from the Cohesion Fund. 
In 2003, the Commission decided on 23 TA measures for project preparation 
representing a total eligible cost of  €112 million with ISPA contributing €84.8 
million. Several of these measures included the restructuring of the local utility (final 
beneficiary) up to modern standards in te rms of management and operation which is 
a pre-condition for considering possibl e ISPA funding. The to tal number of TA 
measures for project preparation approved since 2000 now stands at 62, representing 
a total eligible cost of €198.2 million of  which 80% (€158.9 million) was supported 
by ISPA. 
Decentralisation 
EDIS (extended decentralised implementation system) is a process which aims at 
establishing sound financial management and control systems and procedures in the 
beneficiary countries. As deci sions to grant ISPA support to move along this process 
had been taken for all for beneficiary c ountries in 2001 and 20 02, there were no new 
decisions taken in 2003. Details about the EDIS process are provided in the chapter “Management and implementation”. 
 
EN 27   EN Table 11: Technical assistance measures at the in itiative of the beneficiary countries 2000-2003 (€)  
Sub-sector No of 
projects Total cost Total eligible 
cost Total ISPA 
contributionCommitments 
2003 Payments 
2003 Commitments 
2000-3 Payments 
2000-3 
Environment  
Drinking water, 
sewage and solid 
waste 2 87 752 277 86 858 267 65 526 200 33 211 135 3 723 756 3 350 000 7 436 871 
Drinking water 
pipes/plant 1 380 000 380 000 285 000 - - 228 000 28 500 
Sewage network/ 
treatment plant 5 7 246 200 7 146 200 5 359 650 900 000 963 341 4 287 720 2 071 421 
Drinking water and 
sewage 12 27 040 360 27 040 360 23 267 420 12 974 880 2 116 004 19 982 700 2 848 558 
Sector total  30 122 418 837 121 424 827 94 438 270 47 086 015 6 803 101 72 305 476 12 385 350
Transport  
Rail 14 39 600 091 38 640 091 29 158 575 11 737 628 4 341 703 26 037 446 5 634 896 
Road 11 19 618 333 19 618 333 14 812 519 2 385 791 1 391 829 10 459 291 2 785 449 
Road and rail 6 24 501 500 24 501 500 19 014 125 3 252 900 4 805 594 14 771 300 5 465 360 
Inland waterway 1 2 000 000 2 000 000 1 500 000 - 300 000 1 200 000 300 000 
Sector total  32 85 719 924 84 759 924 64 485 219 17 376 319 10 839 126 52 469 037 14 185 705
EDIS  
EDIS 10 8 098 575 8 098 575 8 098 575 745 609 2 661 893 7 783 655 4 549 222 
TOTAL 72 216 237 336 206 283 326 167 022 064 65 207 943 20 339 331 132 557 168 31 120 277
 
EN 28   EN 9. TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE AT THE INITIATIVE OF THE COMMISSION  
Since the beginning of ISPA, technical assist ance (TA) activities at the initiative of 
the Commission have been concentrating importantly on enhancing the beneficiary 
countries’ capacity to prepare, appraise and implement ISPA projects in accordance 
with the high standards required for the management of Community funds. 
For the year 2003, the allocation provided under budget line B7-020A for this strand 
of technical assistance amounted to €11.5 million. Of this amount , the Commission 
committed €3.15 million for activities launched in 2003 (essentially for reinforcing the Commission Delegations, see below). 
As in previous years, funds that were not committed were tr ansferred to budget line 
B7-020 and made available for ISPA invest ment projects. Accordingly, in the 2003 
budget, an amount of €8.35 million was transferred to budget line B7-020. 
Technical assistance (TA) act ivities at the initiative of the Commission are carried 
out either in the framework of the “T A Action Programme 2001” (see below under 
A) or through independent ongoing actions launched in previous years (see below 
under B). The financial details of these ac tivities are presented in Tables 12 and 13. 
A. Technical Assistance activities financed under the “TA Action Programme 
2001” 
Most of the TA activities launched and/or carried out in 2003 we re undertaken in the 
framework of the “TA Action Programme 2001”. This Programme comprises multi-
annual activities covering the period 2001- 2003, with disbursements foreseen until 
the end of 2004. In the course of its impleme ntation, it has been adapted to changing 
conditions and experience gained since its launch. As a result, a re-scheduling of 
funds towards reinforcing the administra tive capacity in the ISPA beneficiary 
countries in the field of tenderi ng and contractin g was undertaken. 
In 2003, as it became clear that certain activ ities needed to be continued in 2004, the 
Commission extended the duration of the Programme. Individual contracts and 
agreements implementing the Programme were now to be concluded by the Commission no later than 30 April 2004 for th e new Member states and no later than 
30 June 2004 in the case of Bulgaria and Romania. Among the activities concerned, 
there are the support for the ISPA Monitoring Committees, the supplementary support for EC Delegations (SSTA), the fr amework contract for public-private 
partnerships, and the support for implementation and quality improvement (e.g. strategic analysis of the Via Baltica, p ilot study on enhancing the quality of public 
services, strengthening public procurement systems).  
The modification enables the beneficiary countries to fully benefit from the 
assistance available under the Programm e and to better prepare for the smooth 
transition from ISPA to the Cohesion Fund. However, the experience of 2003 
suggests that some of these activities need  to be continued u nder the Cohesion Fund 
and focus on strengthening institutional capacity in a limited number of priority 
areas, notably the strengthening of public  procurement systems and procedures. 
 
EN 29   EN Ongoing activities in 2003  
Support for Monitoring Committees  In December 2003, the Financing Memoranda providing financial assistance for the 
organisation of Monitoring Committee meetings were amended. They will now allow for the continuation of assistance into  2004, along the lines stipulated above.  
Supplementary technical expertise for  EC Delegations  
Resources are made available for small-s cale technical assistance (SSTA) and short-
term expertise managed by the Heads of Delegations for the period of 2001-2003. They relate to expertise concerning the ve rification of tender documents as well as 
the supervision of the tender s and the evaluation committees. 
Framework contract for public-p rivate partnerships (PPP)  
The public private partnershi p (PPP) advisory contract concluded by the Commission 
in 2001 enables to mobilise appropriate human resources on a case by case basis for assisting beneficiary countries in the id entification, appraisal, implementation and 
monitoring of ISPA projects involving a PPP. During 2003, the following activities 
were carried out: 
– guidelines on PPP were published in March 2003 
– seminars on the guidelines were held in Prague (for the Czech Republic and 
Slovakia), Warsaw (for the Baltic states and Poland) , Budapest (for Hungary 
and Slovenia), Sofia (for Bulgaria and Ro mania) as well as additional seminars 
in Bucharest (for Romania) and Vilnius (for Lithuania) 
– advisory services were provi ded for project preparation 
– the elaboration of a “Resource Book” on selected PPP case studies was 
commissioned to the consultant  and to be completed in 2004. 
Seminar and training sessions  
In April 2003, DG Regional Policy organised the Annual Meeting of ISPA Partners – 
From ISPA to Cohesion and Structural Funds. Representatives were invited from the 
national authorities of the I SPA beneficiary countries resp onsible for ISPA, as well 
as –for the first time– these countries’ repres entatives in charge of the preparation for 
the Cohesion and Structural Funds. EIB a nd EBRD representatives participated as 
well. The meeting was to allow for an exch ange of experiences and to discuss the 
challenges ahead both for implementing ISPA as well as regarding the transition to 
the Cohesion Fund and the Structural Funds. 
Information/Communication  
ISPA financed those activities in the communication activities of DG Regional 
policy which related to ISPA. This include d the preparation of printed material, 
project summaries, topical papers as well as  website updates and translation services. 
 
EN 30   EN IT Contracts  
ISPA TA funds financed DG Regional pol icy’s expenditure for its ISPA-related 
computer-based financial management and control. 
New activities initiated in 2003  
Quality Improvement 
(a) Support for implementation and qualit y improvement: Via Baltica  
A service contract for the study “Analysi s of Pan-European Transport Corridor I 
(TINA) Helsinki, Tallinn, Riga, Kaunas, Bialystok and Warsaw”  was signed in 
December 2003 and will be executed in 2004.  
(b) Pilot  study on enhancing the qual ity of public services  
A grant agreement for a “Pilot study for pr omoting higher quality of public service 
deliveries in relation to activities co-financed  by EU grants with particular reference 
to public utilities (e.g. water and wa stewater and solid waste sectors)”  was signed in 
December 2003. The grant agreement will be executed in 2004. 
(c) Strengthening public procurement systems and procedures  
Since the beginning of ISPA, TA activities  have been focussing on enhancing the 
capacity of beneficiary countries to prepar e, appraise and implement ISPA projects 
in line with the sta ndards required for the management of Community funds. In line 
with this objective, three new contracts fo r training and strengthening the capacity of 
the countries’ national authorities in the field of tendering a nd contracting were 
signed in December 2003, with the contracts to be executed in 2004. 
B. Activities undertaken outside the “TA Action Programme 2001” 
Local technical assistance (de-concentrated activities with EC Delegations) Under the ISPA TA measures for reinforc ing the Delegations and adopted in 2000, 
resources were made available to recruit ad ditional technical st aff and cover related 
administrative costs. In the 3-year pe riod 2001-2003, 45 specialised staff were 
recruited to reinforce the Delegations’ procurement and supervision capacity. 
In 2003, a commitment of €3 150 000 was made for the payment of salaries and 
overhead for ALATs and local agents working in the Delegations on ISPA 
implementation. By the end of 2003, €2 338 911 of this commitment had been paid out.  
For 2004, €2.1 million has been earmarked under the budget line B-13.01.04.02 for 
covering ALAT/LA costs until April 2004 for the 8 acceding countries and until June 2004 in Bulgaria and Romania. 
 
EN 31   EN Framework contracts for specific technical tasks 
Task assignments for appraisal of ISPA  projects continued under two framework 
contracts which were signed in 2000 with international consulting firms. The same applies to a contract signed  in 2000 with the European Investment Bank (EIB) which 
secures access to the expert knowledge of th e Bank's technical staff for a duration of 
six years. These contracts are ongoing but will be renewed in 2004.  
 
EN 32   EN Table 12 : Commitments and payments under the ‘TA Action Programme 2001’(€) 
Area n° Activity Commitments 
2003 Payments 
2003 Commitments 
2001-2003 Payments 
2001-2003 
3.1 Implementation     
3.1.2 Monitoring committee - - 1 000 000 375 000 
3.1.1 Supplementary support to 
EC Delegations (SSTA) 980 000 840 158 4 499 000 1 561 535 
3.2 Quality Improvement      
3.2.1 Strategic analysis of the  
Via Baltica 379 600 - 379 600 - 
3.2.1 Improvement of public 
services 52 700 - 52 700 - 
3.2.3 ISPA Partner meeting 
2002 - - 94 060 94 060 
3.2.3 Riga WFD1 seminar - 644 35 160 34 160 
3.2.3 Prague WFD seminar - - 50 231 50 231 
3.2.3 Seminars on FIDIC2 
contract conditions  - 29 986 42 486 42 486 
3.2.3 ISPA Partner Meeting 
2003 250 000 141 548 250 000 141 548 
3.2.3 Training on public 
procurement 1 730 820 - 1 730 820 - 
3.3 Decentralisation (p.m.)     
3.4 Financial engineering      
3.4.1 Public-private partnershi p - 723 189 3 100 000 938 801 
3.5 Information/communicati
on     
3.5.2 Information activities - 6 160 181 017 6 160 
3.5.2 Translation services 60 000 17 001 60 000 17 001 
3.5.2 IT system 244 317 151 052 385 790 151 052 
TOTAL  3 697 437 1 909 738 11 860 864 3 413 034 
                                                 
1 Water framework directive 
2 International confederation of consulting engineers 
 
EN 33   EN Table 13: Commitments and payments for TA outside the ‘Action Programme 2001’ (€) 
 
C. Utilisation beyond 2003 of the p re-commitment of the “TA Action 
Programme 2001”  
As of 1 May 2004, only two applicant co untries -Bulgaria and Romania- will 
continue to be eligible for assistance unde r ISPA, including for technical assistance. 
Based on an assessment of the needs for furt her technical assistance, the Commission 
has prepared a “TA Action Programme 2004- 2006” which addresses the most critical 
issues identified in these countries. Li ke for the TA Action programme 2001, this 
Programme will focus on improving project quality throughout the project cycle, in 
particular as regards tendering and contra cting, the quality of ISPA management and 
implementation, as well as support to the Delegations (e.g. ALAT, LA, SSTA∗). It 
will operate according to a rolling program ming, implying that actions launched in 
one year will be integrated  and complemented throughou t the following years in 
function of evolving needs. This approach proved to be an efficient manner for 
managing the TA Action programme 2001. 
The Programme has been allocated €10 067 680, of which €4 882 680 for intra-
muros  assistance (ALATs and local agen ts) and €5 185 000 for the other TA 
activities. Budgetary appropriations will be  made yearly, with appropriations for 
2004 amounting to €2 100 000 covering administrative expenses, i.e. mainly the Delegations’ staffing costs and related expenditures ( intra-muros  resources, ALAT) 
and €1 930 000 for TA activities at the Commission’s initiative.  
                                                
 
∗ ALAT/LAs salaries and their overheads will be covered until 1st of May 2004 for the 8 Acceding 
Countries. Beneficiary Type of 
contract Area  Commitments 
2003 Commitments 
2000-2003 Payments 
2003 Payments 
2000-3 
10 EC 
Delegations Sub-
delegation Recruitment 
of personnel  7 000 000 412 634 2 680 973 
10 EC 
Delegations Sub-
delegation Recruitment 
of personnel  1 550 000 22 481 1 086 863 
10 EC 
Delegations Sub-
delegation Recruitment 
of personnel 3 150 000 3 150 000 2 300 696 2 300 696 
Kampsax Framework Transport 
expertise  2 000 000 319 498 813 213 
Tractebel Framework Environment 
expertise  2 000 000 377 487 929 560 
EIB Framework Project 
appraisal  210 000 6 000 69 000 
TOTAL   3 150 000 15 910 000 3 438 796 7 880 305 
 
EN 34   EN Management and implementation  
10. PROJECT MONITORING  
Overall monitoring and evaluation of th e progress and effectiveness of the 
implementation is supported by regular m eetings in the EC Delegation offices, 
monitoring reports by the implementing bodies , site visits by Commission staff and 
formal monitoring through the twice yearly  ISPA Monitoring committee meetings in 
each beneficiary country.  
Staff of the EC Delegations in the benefici ary countries plays an important role in 
supervising the daily management, im plementation and monitoring of ISPA 
measures. Apart from exerting the Comm ission powers for endorsing tendering and 
contracting, it is best  placed to ensure progress on the ground and liaise with national 
authorities and final beneficiaries on any problem that may arise. 
The key finding of the project monitori ng during 2003 is that, on average, further 
improvements have taken place in terms of  hands-on capacity of the beneficiary 
countries as regards effective implementation. This demonstrates that the various actions –as summarised in Table 10- take n by the Commission in support of the 
programming and implementing authorities an d of the final beneficiaries is bearing 
its fruits. 
Further efforts are require d though to overcome weaknesses, which are sometimes 
persistent. For instance:  
– some applicant countries still need to allocate additional financial and human 
resources for the planning, preparation a nd management of ISPA measures, in 
particular in the environment sector,  
– qualification of staff is not always in proportion to the skills required to 
manage the complexity of major infras tructure projects, in particular as 
tendering and contracting is concerned,  
– as regards tendering and contracting, the insufficien t quality of the tender 
documents is often a major reason of delaying the procurement process, especially for works contracts,  
– in a few cases, contracts we re to be re-launched.  
– Financial management and control 
Under ISPA, the principal requirements for both the financial management and 
control and the treatment of irregularities are governed by the provisions of the ISPA 
Regulation and of Annex III of the Financ ing Memoranda, as applicable under the 
regime of ex-ante  control by the Commission. These requirements are close to those 
applicable to the Cohesion Fund and the Stru ctural Funds. The key elements relate to 
the establishment of internal financial cont rol systems and procedures that can ensure 
the accuracy of declared expenditure, ade quate internal audit capability, sufficient 
audit trail and appropriate tr eatment of irregularities.  
 
EN 35   EN Between May 2003 and January 2004, the Comm ission carried out a third cycle of 
systems audits in beneficiary countries to assess the adequacy of the systems 
established for management of ISPA funds and their co mpliance with the 
Community requirements. In particular, th e effective implementation of previous 
audit findings was verified, shortcomings in the set up of systems were remedied, 
project expenditure was audited whenever possible and, to a li mited extent, public 
procurement procedures were assessed. Advi ce was given in relation to the changes 
in implementation to be observed by th e acceding beneficiary countries upon 
accession in May 2004 in order to comply  with Commission regulation 1386/2002 of 
29 July 2002, laying down detailed rules for the management and control of 
assistance granted from the Cohesion Fund and for the procedure to make financial 
corrections to this assistance.  
The targeted countries were those for which an EDIS application was not expected to 
be received before the indicated deadlin e of 1 November 2003, as well as Bulgaria 
and Romania. Audits have been carried out  in Slovakia, Latvia, Poland (twice), the 
Czech Republic, Bulgaria, Romania and Slovenia. They allowed for early remedial action to be taken when deficiencies were identified. In some countries, however, the 
testing of the actual functioning of the systems was sometimes limited due to the delays in implementing ISPA projects. In some cases, public procurement procedures 
were only partly examined. 
Preliminary conclusions of this audit cycl e suggest that significant progress has been 
made in the large majority of benefici ary countries but that improvements in 
essential areas such as internal contro l and internal audit are still required. A 
recurring problem in many countries is the lack of trained and experienced personnel.  
For 2004, it is envisaged to audit a selected number of ISPA projects in the transport 
and environment sectors in all acceding be neficiary countries from which interim 
payment declarations have been received. The scope of the audit missions will be more focused than in the past, thus allowi ng some audits to concentrate solely on 
projects, while others will involve a combination of both system and project audits. Special attention will be paid to examin ing public procurement procedures at the 
level of national authorities. Concerning Bu lgaria and Romania, 6 on the spot audits 
will be carried out to verify progress made  at systems level and, in particular, as 
regards the implementation of the action pl ans which the Commission has formulated 
in 2003. Declared project expenditure wi ll be audited wherever possible. 
11. EDIS 
The process of setting up satisfactory financ ial management and control systems for 
ISPA has been a significant step in the preparation for future Cohesion Fund and 
Structural Funds management. This has been given a further dimension by the 
procedure envisaged for the beneficiary countries to move towards an “extended 
decentralised implementation system” (EDIS)  for ISPA. The conferral of EDIS is 
subject to a benchmarking exercise wher eby the Commission verifies compliance 
with specific conditions and criteria whic h relate principally to sound financial 
management and control, encompassing eff ective internal control, an independent 
audit function, an effective accounting and financial reporting system, adequate staffing arrangements and respect of the pr inciple of separation of functions. The 
 
EN 36   EN conditions under which the Commissi on can waive the requirement for ex-ante  
approval of tendering and c ontracting are defined by Ar ticle 12 and the annex to 
Council regulation 1266/1999.  
A “Roadmap to EDIS for ISPA and PHAR E” drawn up in 2001 contains details of 
the 4 procedural stages leading to EDIS : (1) gap assessment, (2) gap filling, (3) 
compliance assessment and (4) accreditati on. ISPA technical as sistance has been 
made available for the first 3 stages of the Roadmap. Whilst the beneficiary countries 
have been strongly encouraged to m ove towards EDIS and supported by the 
Commission in this process, it should be recalled that they remain in any event responsible for the setting up of adequate management and financial control systems 
by virtue of article 9(1)  of the ISPA Regulation. 
The most important result of the EDIS pr ocess is the adequate  adaptation of the 
financial management and control systems in  the beneficiary countries. This is a 
lengthy and complex exercise which provides a sust ainable input to the systems’ set 
up, regardless the formal accreditation.  
By the end of 2003, 5 countries completed the stage 3 compliance assessment, of 
which 3 fulfilled the conditions and criter ia in order to receive the (partial) 
accreditation from the Commission in Spring 2004. Two countries were processing stage 3, whereas 2 countries had completed the stage 1 gap assessment. One country 
failed to complete the first stage. 
12. R
ISK ASSESSMENT  
The audit strategy with respect to the bene ficiary countries has been largely focussed 
on prevention. Under the system of ex-ante  approval, priority was given to ensuring 
that each country put in place sufficient control pro cedures regarding project 
implementation and payments. These were required to be in place by 1 January 2002. 
The first round of on-the-spot audits undert aken in 2001 was aimed at establishing 
the degree to which this objective had b een attained. The second and third audit 
rounds aimed at verifying whether the r ecommendations were implemented and the 
shortcomings in the set up of the system  resolved. Though, as yet, not all key 
elements of the management and control sy stems in both sectors are in place in all 
acceding beneficiary countries, the Commission is reasonably confident that this will 
be progressively be the case. However, in  order to verify in an unambiguous manner 
that the capacity of the new Member st ates to prepare and implement projects 
adequately is entirely in place, the Commission has decided to screen the 
management and control systems in place  as regards their compliance with the 
quality standards of the acquis . This is why, early 2004, new Member states were 
requested to provide the Commission, not la ter than 3 months af ter accession, with a 
description of the management  and control systems applicable, at the one hand, to the 
Cohesion Fund and, at the other hand, to the Structural Funds. Meanwhile, a series of 
seminars were organised in 2003 and at the beginning of 2004 with a view to explain 
and detail the requirements with respect to these systems.  
For the same reason, all beneficiary count ries have been strongly recommended to 
complete the third stage of the EDIS road map which consists of obtaining a positive 
opinion from external auditors. It is clear th at where it is foreseen that the structures 
 
EN 37   EN and control procedures put in place for I SPA will not change significantly for the 
Cohesion Fund, or where the competence s acquired under ISPA will be re-used 
under the Cohesion Fund, a positive opinion from  the stage 3 extern al auditors will 
help the Commission in obtaining the assu rance that the management and control 
systems meet the standards required by th e Cohesion Fund Regulation. As stipulated 
in Article 5 of Regulation 1386/02, the Comm ission must satisfy itself on this. Due 
to the risks of inadequate management of  funds after accession, the actions relating 
to the new Member states will be gi ven priority. Adequate assurance on the 
implementation of ISPA in Bulgaria a nd Romania is equally important and, 
accordingly, progress in the EDIS process in these countries will be monitored closely. 
13. E
UROPEAN COURT OF AUDITORS FINDINGS  
In Autumn 2003, at the occasion of the pr esentation of its 2002 Annual report, the 
Court of auditors stated that auditing pr e-accession assistance to the candidate date 
countries has led the Court to  a generally positive assessment of the conformity of 
expenditure. Though it observed also a need to further improve the supervision and 
control systems for EU aid, it pointed to the fact that most of the beneficiary 
countries had worked hard in recent years to set up such systems. According to the 
Court, these systems are sometimes more advanced in the concept of good control 
systems than those in some of the former  EU-15 Member states. This demonstrates 
that the various actions take n by the Commission in support of the authorities in the 
beneficiary countries in charge of programming, implementation, and financial 
management and control of ISPA measures are bearing its fruits. 
Late 2003 also, the Court has started assessi ng the effectiveness of  ISPA assistance 
in a selected number of bene ficiary countries that have become a Member state. The 
assessments focussed in particular on the tendering procedures and intermediate 
payment requests processed and checked in the implementing agencies and with the final beneficiaries. The findings of these audits will be available in the course of 2004.  
14. C
O-FINANCING PARTNERS – EIB,  EBRD  AND NIB 
As in previous years, the EIB and the E BRD remained the privileged partners for 
providing loan financing to ISPA projec ts in 2003. As far as the NIB (Nordic 
Investment Bank) is concerned, this bank inte rvenes in priority in ISPA projects in 
the Baltic states. Given their expertise in  project preparation and implementation, the 
Commission regularly met these lending inst itutions, both at horiz ontal level to co-
ordinate policy and methodological i ssues related to programming and 
implementation, and at country level. The Banks’ specialist skil ls in structuring 
grant/loan combinations of funding, including public-private partnership 
arrangements, continued to be useful for improving the quality of projects funded 
from ISPA. Where possible, joint project identification and appraisal missions were 
organised for projects for which loan fina ncing was sought. Representatives from the 
Banks have participated at the meetings  of the ISPA Management Committee and, 
when appropriate, of the ISPA Mon itoring Committees. The Commission also 
collaborated with them for promoting the PPP Guidelines.  
 
EN 38   EN Within the framework contract concluded with EIB, the Bank has provided specific 
technical input to the appraisa l of a number of ISPA project s. The projects decided in 
2003 that benefited from co-financing with the EIB are presente d in the following 
table: 
Table 15: Projects co-financed by the EIB in 2003  
Country Transport  Environment  
Czech 
Republic Prague-Ustí nad Labem Motorway: 
section 807 Trmice- German Border 
(Corridor IV) - 
Estonia - Kohtla-Järve area sewage treatment system 
Hungary  
- North-Balaton: regional municipal solid waste management 
system  
 Kecskemét agglomeration: wastewater collection and 
treatment programme  
 Debrecen and vicinity: wastewater collection and treatment  
 
Szombathely County town: development of wastewater 
collection and treatment system 
Romania 
- Dambovita County: rehabilitation of solid waste collection 
and management system 
Pitesti: rehabilitation of the wastewater treatment plant, 
sewerage network and water supply  
Slovenia Pragersko-Ormoz railway line: 
upgrading of signalling, safety and 
telecommunications devices - 
As regards the EBRD , the Bank can lend directly to municipalities and utility 
companies without a sovereign guarantee whic h adds an element of flexibility to the 
co-operation with ISPA. However, the numbe r of jointly funded projects with the 
EBRD differs greatly from sector to sector, from country to country and from year to 
year. In 2003, the projects c oncerned were the following: 
Table 16: Projects co-financed by the EBRD in 2003 
Country Transport Environment 
Lithuania Corridor IXB Rail - Structures and Sector 5 - 
Romania - Bacau: drinking water and wastewater collection 
and treatment improvements 
The NIB has provided loan-financing for one pr oject in Estonia, namely for the 
reconstruction of the Maardu-Valgejõe section of the E20 Tallinn-Narva motorway. 
 
EN 39   EN Contribution to Community policies 
15. PUBLIC PROCUREMENT  
From the start of ISPA, the fulfilment of  legal requirements for sound, fair and 
transparent public procurement as enshrine d in the PRAG has proved to be a major 
challenge. In many cases, ensuring compliance with EU procurement principles has lead to delays in the implementation of ISPA projects. Commission services –especially the EC Delegations- had to inte rvene frequently, not only to check that 
procedures were correctly applied but also to  rectify errors, to liaise with dissatisfied 
bidders, and to explain to implementing agencies how the procedures concerned 
were to be implemented. Regul arly, the quality of the tend er documents needed to be 
enhanced and the evaluation of bids to be  repeated, whereas sometimes –the worst 
cases– tenders needed to be cancelled and re-launched. 
The ex-ante approval by the Commi ssion which governs the tendering and 
contracting of ISPA projects is, therefore, entirely justified. Under this system of 
approval, local recipients and final benefi ciaries are in the role of Contracting 
authority responsible for project implem entation, whereas the Commission endorses 
each step of the procurement process. It follows that, although the Commission is not 
a contracting partner, it b ears shared responsibility for the procedural correctness of 
the procurement process (without the Comm ission’s approval, contracts concluded 
between beneficiaries and cont ractors are not valid). This responsibility is entrusted 
to the EC Delegations in the beneficiary countries. 
Meanwhile, training on specific procurement issues has been launched as well as 
practical tools (guides) been published to carry out tendering and contracting in 
accordance with national law harmonized acco rding to EU standards (e.g. standard 
clauses for contracts, standardised te mplates, guidance documents for national 
implementing bodies tailored to the partic ular conditions in each country). As a 
result, in general, tender documents are bett er drafted, contracts more consistent, and 
the management and supervision of work s during the implementation phase more 
professional. However, the experience of  2003 suggests that the strengthening of 
public procurement systems and procedures  in the new Member states should be 
continued under the Cohesion Fund. 
16. C
OMPETITION POLICY  
The ISPA assistance being directed prim arily to covering public expenditure -or 
equivalent- concerning utility projects relating to transport infrastructure or the 
protection of the environment, this does not generally raise problems of 
incompatibility with the Co mmunity rules on competition.  Unless the rules on public 
procurement are infringed, and provided fr ee access to such infrastructure is 
guaranteed for all operators meeting the necessary tec hnical and legal conditions, 
such assistance does not provide specific  firms with any special advantage. 
However, since it cannot automatically be assumed that certain assistance is not 
including state aid, Commission services, wh en examining the applications, assess 
 
EN 40   EN the compatibility of the measures part-f inanced by ISPA against Articles 87 and 88 
of the EU Treaty. 
17. ENVIRONMENT POLICY  
During the year 2003, 60 new IS PA projects for environm ent were approved, 17 of 
which concerned technical assistance meas ures for project preparation and for 
strengthening administrative capacity. Thes e projects represented a total grant 
amount of € 806 million, the corresponding assisted investment amounting to € 1.25 billion. As in previous years, with a shar e of more than 75% of  the assistance, the 
water and wastewater sectors benefited most from ISPA.  
By providing direct assistance to priority projects for environment, ISPA contributes 
also to the implementation of environmen tal policy in the be neficiary countries. 
Experience gained through pr oject development and implementation has reinforced 
administrative capacity and accelerated sector  reform in the envi ronment sector. In 
particular, administrative capacity has been strengthened in regard  to environmental 
investment planning and prio ritization. Steady progress has also been made in proper 
implementation of the EIA directive, including aspects related to public consultation. In addition, a pilot project promoted hi gher quality of public  service in public 
utilities in the waste and water sub-sect ors. In these various ways, ISPA has 
contributed towards significant progress in  environmental protec tion in all of the 
beneficiary countries. However, problems s till exist in relation to the difficulties of 
environmental authorities in obtaining adequate funding and staffing as well as to a 
persistent lack of co-ordin ation between policy fields. 
Overall, during the last decade, the state of  environment in the beneficiary countries 
has improved, in particular with regard to  air and water pollution reduction: the main 
air pollutants have declined by 60-80% and toxic metals by 50%, while organic 
matter pollution of water has decreased by as much as 80%. The percentage of 
homes and other installations whose effluent is sent to waste water treatment plants 
doubled compared to the early years of 1990.  
The cost of compliance with th e investment-heavy environmental acquis  for the ten 
acceding countries was estimated to amount to approximately €50-80 billion. The Urban Waste Water Treatment Directive alon e requires major investments of around 
€15 billion. To achieve full implementati on, the new Member states will have to 
spend on average between 2% and 3% of GDP on the environment in the coming years. As current expenditure is generally well below this target, the Structural and Cohesion Funds can play a significant role in  overcoming deficiencies in this respect 
given that, until the end of the current budge tary period in 2006, EU assistance in the 
environment field will almost treble co mpared to the period 2000-2003. i.e. some €8 
billion, which is more than 10% of the total investment requirements. 
It is important also to ensure sufficien t funding at national level as new Member 
states should find their own financial resour ces in order to meet their obligations. 
The binding nature of the transition pe riod targets and clear final deadlines for 
directives for which transition periods we re awarded justify reserving adequate 
financial and human resources for implemen tation at national level, including for 
monitoring, inspections, permits and re porting. Anticipated financing should 
 
EN 41   EN therefore also secure loans from internati onal financial institutions, national budgets 
and private sector investment. As far as the new Member states  are concerned, these 
will have the opportunity to complete gaps in institution-building in the environment field, notably with twinning and exchange programmes. The EU '
Transition Facility' 
(€420 million for the period 2004-2006) provides such support to the new Member states in this policy area.  
18. T
RANSPORT POLICY : FROM TINA  TOWARDS NEW TEN-T  GUIDELINES  
The transport networks in the beneficiary countries, agreed in accordance with TINA 
(Transport Infrastructure Needs Assessmen t), are constructed around the framework 
of pan-European corridors. These begin or end, with one exception (Corridor VI), 
within the territory of the EU-15 and incl ude branches running across the territory of 
all new Member states -except Cyprus and Malta, for which, as islands, the network 
focus is on sea routes, ports and airpor ts- and of Bulgaria and Romania. These 
networks have been used as the planning ba sis for the national transport strategies for 
ISPA purposes and, therefore, each ISPA tran sport project needed to form part of the 
TINA networks. Similarly, these networks  are being used for Cohesion Fund 
purposes and fulfil a core function in the new Member states’ National Development 
Plans, which are the programming tool fo r the use of structural funds from 2004 
onwards.  
 
EN 42   EN Table 17: ISPA transport projects by pa n-European transport corridor (2000-2003) 
Corridor Number of projects 
I 
- Tallinn-Riga-Kaunas-Warszawa 19 
I.a branch 
- Riga-Kaliningrad-Gdansk 1 
II 
- Berlin-Warszawa-Minsk- Moskva- Niznij Novgorod 10 
III 
- Dresden-Wroclaw-Lviv-Kiev 9 
IV 
- Dresden-Praha-Bratislava/Wien-Budapest-Arad 15 
V 
-Venezia-Trieste/Koper-Ljubljana-Budapest-Uzgorod-
Lviv 3 
V.a branch 
- Rijeka-Zagreb-Budapest 3 
VI 
- Gdansk-Grudziadz/Warszawa-Katowice-Zilina 4 
VII 
- Danube 1 
IX 
- Helsinki-St.Petersburg-Pskov/Moskva-Kiev-Ljubasevka-
Chisinau-Bucuresti-Alexandroupolis 2 
IX.b branch 
- Minsk-Vilnius-Kaunas-Klaip ėda 5 
Various  (including as well: 
- V.b branch: Ploce-Sarajevo-Budapest - V.c branch: Bratislava-Zilina-Uzgorod - VIII: Durres-Tirana-S kopje-Sofija-Varna/Burgas 
- IX.d branch: Kaliningrad-Kybartai-Marijampol ė-Kaunas 
- X: Salzburg-Ljubljana-Z agreb-Beograd-Nis-Skopje-
Veles-Thessaloniki) 23 
Nodal point 1 
Not applicable 1 
Total 
(of which TA measures for project preparation) 97 
(29) 
Note:  Corridor details by projec t are given in the section Pr oject list (first column) 
In April 2003, the maps containing the alignment of the future TEN-T (Trans-
European transport network) networks we re integrated in the Accession Treaties 
which amended the TEN-T Guidelines1 to accommodate the extension of the TEN-T 
network to the acceding countries. As a consequence, as of May 2004, the new 
Member states are immediately eligible for Community funding, in particular for 
TEN-T funds and the Cohesion Fund.  
                                                 
1 Decision 1692/96/EC. 
 
EN 43   EN Meanwhile, as new Community guidelines for the development of the trans-
European transport network (TEN-T guide lines) were approve d by the Council and 
the Parliament in April 2004, the Community disposes of a legal framework governing the development of the TEN-T network in an enlarged Europe. They include a list of 30 priority projects which are declared to be of European  interest and 
are to be realised with the horizon of  2020. Of these projects, 9 concern axes 
including the new Member states. The list of projects aims at ensuring modal shift 
and more sustainable mobility patterns by focussing investments in rail and waterborne transport. Cro ss-border projects are simila rly present as these are 
typically the most difficult ones to implement. The estimated cost of carrying out the 30 projects is approximately €225 billion. Some  20% of this amount could be raised 
from the private sector and the rest wi ll have to come from the national and 
Community budgets, notably within the framew ork of the financial perspectives after 
2006. The total cost of comp letion of the trans-Euro pean transport network, 
including the projects of common interest not  identified as priority projects, will be 
€600 billion. Required investment in transport infrastructure in the new Member states would amount to € 90 billion by 2015. Im plementation of the priority projects 
should produce time savings for internationa l transport, help to reduce the growing 
pollution due to transport a nd contribute to more bala nced spatial development. 
These benefits would boost the growth pot ential of the enlarged Union between 
0.14% and 0.3% of GDP and create up between  half a million to one million new 
jobs according to recent research. 
Table 18: ISPA projects relating to the new TEN-T priority projects (2000-2003) 
Priority project (n°) ISPA project 
 Beneficiary country 
Renewal of cut Krizni vrh 
Divaca-Koper signalling and safety 
devices 
Upgrading of Ljubljana-Zidani 
most-Maribor 
Pragersko-Ormoz signalling, and 
safety and telecom devices Slovenia 
 
 
  Railway axis  Lyon-Trieste-
Divaca/Koper-Divaca-Ljubljana-
Budapest-Ukrainian border (6) 
Rehabilitation of the Zalalövö-
Zalaegerszeg-Boba line Hungary 
Ljulin motorway (Sofia ring road to 
Daskalovo junction) Bulgaria Motorway axis  Igoumenitsa/Patra-
Athina-Sofia-Budapest (7) 
Construction and rehabilitation of 
sections 4 and 5 of the Bucharest – Cernavoda motorway  
Construction of the Sibiu motorway 
by-pass  Romania 
 
EN 44   EN Railway axis  Paris-Strasbourg-
Stuttgart-Wien-Bratislava (17) - - 
Rhine/Meuse-Main-Danube inland 
waterway axis (18) TA (project preparation) for the 
improvement of the navigation 
conditions on the Danube Romania 
Motorways of the sea  (21) - - 
Modernisation of section Zabori-
Prelouc 
Optimalisation of section Zabreh na 
Morave-Krasikov Czech Republic Railway axis  Athina-Sofia-
Budapest-Wien-Praha-
Nürnberg/Dresden (22) 
Rehabilitation of the Budapest-
Györ-Heygeshalom line Hungary 
Railway axis  Gdansk-Warszawa-
Brno/Bratislava-Wien (23) Modernisation of section Bratislava 
–Senkvice 
Modernisation of Senkvice-Cifer 
section and stations Raca-Trnava 
Modernisation of section Trnava-
Nové Mesto nad Vahom Slovakia 
Motorway axis  Gdansk-
Brno/Bratislava-Wien (25) Upgrading of expressway R48 
sections:  
Frydek-Mistek to Dobra  Belotin by-pass 
Dobra to Tosanovice Czech Republic 
"Rail Baltica" axis  Warsaw-
Kaunas-Riga-Tallinn-Helsinki (27) TA (project prepar ation) for the E 
75 line, section Warsaw–Bialystok – State border Poland 
 
EN 45   EN Co-ordination among pre-accession instruments 
As required by the Coordination Regulation1, the Commission ensures close co-
ordination among the three pr e-accession instruments, P HARE, SAPARD and ISPA. 
In line with the provisions of this Regulation, the PHARE Management Committee 
plays a special role in general co-ordinat ion of the three pre- accession instruments. 
Co-ordination with the (PHARE) Joint Monitoring Committee 
The Joint Monitoring Committee is responsible  for co-ordinating the monitoring of 
each pre-accession instrument and for asse ssing the overall progress of EU–funded 
assistance in the beneficiary countries. The Committee issues recommendations to the ISPA Committee or to the Commission when relevant. 
Co-ordination within the Commission 
Within the Commission, an inter-service s Co-ordination Committee, including 
representatives from all relevant Commission services (DGs Enlargement, Agriculture, Regional Policy, Budget, He alth and Consumer Protection, Legal 
Service) has met regularly during 2003. Th e agenda for the meetings in 2003 and 
early 2004 included financial control and management, stock-taking on moves 
towards EDIS, issues related to the tran sition towards the Cohesion and Structural 
Funds, procurement issues implications of  the new Financial Regulation which came 
into force in January 2003, and allocations of pre-accession funds for Bulgaria and 
Romania post-2003.  
Co-ordination with EC Delegations 
Periodic meetings were organised by the Commission services (DGs Enlargement, 
External Relations and Regional Policy) with the experts in the Delegations responsible for PHARE and ISPA to discuss programming and implementation 
issues, in particular those rela ted to tendering and contracting. 
                                                
 
1 Council Regulation (EC)N° 1266/1999 of 21 June 1999 on co-ordinating aid to the applicant countries 
in the framework of the pre-accession strategy. 
 
EN 46   EN Communication activities 
Early in 2003, a brochure was published containing key information on ISPA 
projects and events in 2002. The brochur e constituted a complement to the ISPA 
Annual Report of 2002. 
In April 2003, DG Regional policy organised the Annual Meeting of ISPA Partners – 
From ISPA to Cohesion and Structural Funds, details of which were provided in 
section 8 of the report. 
On 6 October 2003, Commissioner Barnier  met the ministers responsible for the 
management of the Structural and Cohesi on Funds in the countries acceding the EU 
in 2004. The Commissioner acknowledged th e significant progress made regarding 
the programming and the creation of administ rative capacities. At the same time he 
underlined the necessity for further effort s, especially concerning the quality of 
programmes and of the implementing structur es. The new Member States can benefit 
from eligibility from the 1 January 2004 only in case of full alignment with 
Community legislation before the end of  2003. The ministerial conference was held 
following the adoption by the Commission in  July 2003 of a repor t on the progress in 
the fields of regional policy and co-ordina tion of the structural instruments in the 
future Member states1. 
In February 2004, a press conference  was held to brief journalists on the progress 
achieved after four years of programming and implementing ISPA. The conference 
was broadcasted by Europe by Satellite (EbS) and a brochure  was published. 
The Commission services conti nued to participate in the NGOs2 Dialogue project  
which consists of meetings between Comm ission officials (predominantly from DG 
Environment) and representatives of envi ronmental NGOs from Member States and 
(former) candidate countries. Its objectiv es were to inform the NGOs of the 
enlargement process and to enable them to  present their opinions on this process to 
the Commission. The meetings held in 2003 focussed on the implementation of ISPA 
with particular attention to the transiti on to the Cohesion Fund and to post-accession.  
The ISPA-website  was updated regularly with information sheets on projects signed 
by the Commission, new versions of the Financing Memoranda’s annexes, new 
brochures on ISPA progress, and docume ntation on the ISPA Partners meeting. 
                                                 
1 Communication from the Commission to the European Parliament and the Council  
on the implementation of commitments undertaken  by the acceding countries in the context of 
accession negotiations on chapter 21 - Regional Po licy and coordination of st ructural instruments  
 (COM(2003) 433 final of 16.7.2003) 
2 Non-governmental organisations 
 
EN 47   EN Country profiles 
BULGARIA  
In 2003, Bulgaria received a total ISPA commitment allocation of €112.6 million. 
This was divided between the transport and environment sectors - €39.3 million and €73.3 million respectively. Technical assist ance measures accounted for €0.9 million 
of these commitments. The allocation for Bulgaria represented 10.0% of the overall 
ISPA budget in 2003. Considering th e years 2000–2003, the total amount of 
decisions in Bulgaria correspond to €615 million, from which the amount of commitments up to date represents €428 million. 
Programming 
As in 2002 the Minister of Finance took over the role of National ISPA Co-ordinator 
from the Minister for Regional Developmen t and Public Works, the Ministry of 
Finance now manages all three pre-accessi on instruments through the “Management 
of EU Funds” directorate. An ISPA co-ordination unit has been set up within this 
directorate. 
A total of 5 environmental investment proj ects (4 in the water and 1 in the waste 
sector) and 1 technical assi stance project were approve d for funding by ISPA in 
2003. The share of ISPA funds for the envi ronment sector has been substantially 
increased. Therefore the ratio between th e transport and environment currently 
represents 48% and 52% for period 2000–2003. 
The infrastructure projects approved were as follows: Smoljan Integrated Water project Varna Integrated Water project Balchik Integrated Water project Shoumen Integrated Water project Kardjali Regional Waste Management Centre TA for the preparation of a Water S ector Investment Project in Sofia 
Up to the end of 2003, total payments of I SPA grants in favour of projects amounted 
to €61.4 million representing mainly the first instalments of the advances on 
approved projects. In 2003, payments amounted to €26.4 million. 
Implementation 
Progress continued to be made during 2003 in prepar ing for the tendering and 
contracting of ISPA project s. In the transport sector, tenders were successfully 
concluded on the Transit Roads Rehabilitati on III project. In a ddition, a number of 
small technical assistance contracts were le t to support the contra cting authorities in 
 
EN 48   EN the tendering process and in the general pr oject preparation. Prep aration of the design 
and tender documents continued on the Plovdiv-Svilengrad rail project. In the environment sector, works tenders were la unched in 2003 for all three 2001 projects. 
Also, all 7 works contracts for the measure “Set up of 6 regional landfills in Bulgaria” were signed.  
Monitoring and Evaluation 
The ISPA Monitoring Committee met in Borovetz in May and in Plovdiv in 
November 2003. Attention was drawn to th e need to speed up contracting and 
payments. The Commission stressed the impor tance of EIA legisl ation and the role 
of IFIs in co-financing infrastructure pr ojects. Administrative  capacity should be 
enhanced at all levels of authorities invol ved and final beneficiaries must be more 
implicated in project preparation and implementation. 
EDIS 
ISPA technical assistance finances the first 3 stages of EDIS. The grant was 
approved in 2002 and amounted to €892.000. In 2003, a total of €357.022 has been 
paid out. 
At its meeting of September 2003, the EDIS working group adopted a revised 
implementation plan for EDIS which aims at completing the 3 stages by the end of 2005 and at sending the official  request for EDIS approval to the Commission by the 
end of January 2006.  
Financial Management and Control 
Further audits were carried out by DG Regional Policy into the financial 
management and control systems of the ISPA implementing agencies. The main findings were sent to the Bulgarian authorities together with recommendations on the improvements needed to meet the requirement s of Article 9 of the ISPA Regulation. 
In April 2003 and in January 2004, the Bulgar ian authorities repor ted on the actions 
taken to meet the recommendations of the 2002 and 2003 audits.  
 
EN 49   EN CZECH REPUBLIC  
In 2003, commitments amounting to €75.5 million were made to the Czech Republic, 
which represented 6.71 % of the annual ISPA budget. Approximately €45.6 million was committed to environment projects, €23.8 million to transport projects and €6.0 million to flooding relief. Technical assi stance measures accounted for €1.5 million 
of these commitments.  
Programming  
2003 being the last year of ISPA program ming in the Czech Republic, particular 
emphasis was put on the environment sector. The objective was to ensure that the commitments from the budget years 2000-2003 had been shared on an equal basis between the transport and environment sectors. This target was achieved by the end of the year. 
Five new projects were adopted in the envi ronment sector, four in the water sector 
and one in the solid waste sector. The la tter project, involving the upgrading of an 
existing incinerator in the city of Brno in order to respect the standards required by 
European legislation, was the first applic ation received from the Czech Republic in 
the solid waste sector. Following the adoptio n of the National Waste Plan in July 
2003, it is anticipated that a number of othe r projects in the solid waste area will be 
submitted under the Cohesion Fund. 
In the transport sector, an important road project was adopted, covering the 
completion of the Prague-Dresden moto rway by means of support to the final 
construction stage in the Czech Republic , linking the motorway to the German 
border. This project is an important part of Trans-European Corri dor IV and is also 
co-financed by ERDF on the German side of the border. In the ra ilway sector, a pilot 
project for the introduction of ERTMS
1 on the main corridors was approved. 
All of the above-mentioned proj ects will continue to be financed from the Cohesion 
Fund allocation for the years 2004-2006. Prep arations for the Cohesion Fund were 
also a significant part of 2003 programming activities. Discussions with the Czech 
authorities on the content of the sector strategy papers, which constitute the Reference Framework for the Cohesion F und, were substantially  completed by the 
end of 2003. These papers identified the ma in likely areas of intervention in each 
sector. 
Implementation 
In 2003, four service contracts and one works contract we re signed in the 
environment sector. Furthermore, two servi ce contracts were contracted for stage 2 
of EDIS.  
As the Flooding relief project was handled as  a priority, the implementation of all 34 
of its sub-projects was finished in 2003. Th e indicative 50/50 spli t for the transport 
                                                
 
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EN 50   EN and the environment sectors was observed. Within the transport sector, a breakdown 
of 50% for railway and 50% for road projects was achieved. The measure was considered as being very successful. 
Monitoring and Evaluation  
Two Monitoring committees were held in  2003, one in Brno and one in Ceske 
Budejovice. In conjunction with the first committee meeting, a monitoring visit was 
made to the sewerage improvement project for the city of Brno which was financed 
from ISPA in 2001 and for which works had started early 2003. 
Particular attention was paid during the latte r meeting to the need for calls for tender 
to be published prior to enlargement if they were to follow the PRAG external assistance rules. With the help of the EC Delegation, a detailed timetable was 
established to help achieve  this for all projects. 
Co-financing with IFIs  
The co-operation with EIB for co-financing of major investments was intensified in 
2003. The above-mentioned Prague-Dresden motorway completion is co-financed 
with an EIB loan and the project was subj ect to a joint appraisal by the Commission 
and bank. 
In December 2003, the Commission participated  in an appraisal mission with the EIB 
for a major investment in the water sector in the city of Pilsen. The project is part of 
the 2004 project pipeline for the Cohesion Fund. 
EDIS  
By the end of 2003, the Czech authorities completed stages 2 and 3 of the EDIS 
roadmap. The request for EDIS accred itation was however submitted after the 
November deadline issued by the Commi ssion. Although, as a result, it was not 
possible to grant EDIS status to the Czech  Republic prior to enlargement, the work 
performed by the Czech authorities should allow the Czech Republic to comply with 
the management and control re quirements of the Cohesion Fund. 
Financial Management and Control 
An audit of ISPA project expenditure as  well as of the management and control 
systems in place was performed by the a udit services of DG Regional policy in 
October 2003. The audit concluded that the Czech authorities had made significant 
progress on the establishmen t of sound management and control systems since the 
previous audit of 2002. In addition to minor material findings, the audit report 
pointed to the problematic nature of the Czech procurement system, which was 
identified as a risk factor  for 2004 when, upon enlargement, ex-ante  controls by the 
EC Delegation are removed. 
 
EN 51   EN ESTONIA  
In 2003, Estonia received a total ISPA co mmitment allocation of € 30.8 million. This 
was divided between the transport and environment sectors - € 18.6 million and 
€ 12.2 million respectively. TA measures fo r transport and environment accounted 
for € 2.7 million. The allocation for Estonia represented 2.74% of the overall ISPA 
budget in 2003.  
Programming  
In the environment sector, 1 investment project and 2 TA measures were approved 
whereas the transport sector accounted fo r one investment project and one TA 
measure. Throughout the period 2000-2003, 16  environment projects -including 4 
TA measures- and 9 transport projects -including  5 TA measures- were approved, as 
well as one TA measure for EDIS. 
Implementation 
As regards tendering and contracting, a to tal of 5 services contracts for design, 
supervision and technical assistance were si gned in 2003 (1 in the transport sector, 4 
in the environment sector), as well as 3 wo rks contracts (2 in the environment sector, 
1 in the transport sector). 
Two projects in the environment sector and one project in the tr ansport sector were 
finalised in 2003. 
Monitoring and Evaluation 
The Monitoring Committee met in  April 2003 and January 2004.  
Co-financing with IFIs (Please provide name of projects concerned) 
Of the measures approved in 2003, one tr ansport project (E20 Tallinn-Narva road, 
reconstruction Maardu-Valgejõe ) involves co-financing from the Nordic Investment 
Bank and one environment project (Kohtla-J ärve area sewage treatment system) 
involves EIB co-financing. Besides enhancing the leverage of ISPA grants, the EIB, 
the Nordic Banks (NIB, NEFCO) and Nordic  environmental protection agencies also 
play a substantial role in th e provision of technical exper tise to help prepare quality 
ISPA applications. 
EDIS 
Estonia is well advanced in the EDIS  process. In December 2002, the National 
Authorising Officer has submitted a reque st for extended decentralisation under 
Article 12 of the ISPA Regulation. DG REGIO Unit for the Control and audit of the 
Cohesion fund and ISPA made in 2003 two audit missions on the spot in relation to this 
request for conferral of EDIS to ISPA projects.  
 
EN 52   EN HUNGARY  
In 2003, Hungary received a total commitm ent allocation of € 96.0 million. Of this, 
€ 45.4 million was assigned to transport pr ojects and € 50.5 million to environment 
projects. Commitments for technical assist ance measures in both sectors accounted 
for € 7.5 million. The allocation for Hungary  represented 8.52% of the total ISPA 
budget for the year. 
Programming and Implementation 
In 2003, 6 environment projects including 2 TA measures and 1 TA measure for the 
transport sector were approved. During the period 2000-2003, 25 environment projects of which 6 TA measures were appr oved and 11 transport projects of which 5 
again for technical assistance were approved.  
As regards tendering and contracting, all th e main contracts were signed for the 2000 
environment projects and the majority of the tenders for the 2001 environment 
projects were launched in 2003. In the tr ansport sector 7 works contracts were 
signed. 
By end 2003, payments  made amounted to € 114 million. 
Monitoring and Evaluation 
The Monitoring Committee met in May and October 2003. 
Co-financing with IFIs  
All projects are co-f inanced by the European Investment Bank. 
EDIS 
The stage II -Gap plugging was complete d mid-March 2003. The submission to the 
Commission of the results of the stage III -’Compliance assessment’ was done in 
October 2003. The Commission decision grantin g EDIS for the road sector only was 
taken in March 2004. 
Financial Management and Control 
No new activities 
 
EN 53   EN LATVIA  
In 2003, Latvia received a total commitm ent allocation of € 53.9 million in ISPA 
assistance. Of this, € 24.6 million was assi gned to transport projects, while € 29.3 
million went to environment projects. Technical assistance measures accounted for € 12.4 million of these commitments. The ove rall allocation for Latvia consisted of 
4.76% of the total ISPA budget for the year. 
Programming 
In 2003, 3 environment projects and 1 tran sport projects were approved. Throughout 
the period 2000-2003, a total of  25 projects were approv ed: 13 for environment, 11 
for transport and one for EDIS. 
In 2003 almost the whole of the availa ble ISPA allocation was committed. The 
amount of € 0.4 million could not be committe d due to the late submission of the 
project application. The payments made by the end of 2003 amounted to € 21,5 million, representing the first and second a dvances as well as interim payments. 
Implementation 
As regards tendering and contracting, a tota l of 16 services contracts (6 in the 
transport and 6 in the environment sector a nd 4 in EDIS), 11 work contracts (3 in the 
transport and 8 in the environment sector) and 4 supply contracts (1 in the transport 
and 3 in the environment sector) were signed in 2003  
Monitoring and Evaluation 
Two ISPA Monitoring Committee meetings we re held, one in April 2003 and one in 
February 2004. Is should be noted that progr ess in implementing of the projects was 
improved, especially as regard s tendering and contracting.  
Co-financing with IFIs  
So far, all approved environmental infrastruc ture measures are co -financed with IFIs: 
5 measures with the EIB, 4 measures with the NIB, 5 measures with the NEFCO, one 
measure with the EBRD and one measure with the World Bank. In the transport 
sector, the EIB, the EBRD and the World Bank provide parallel co-financing for the 
ISPA projects. 
EDIS  
The second stage ‘gap plugging’ of  EDIS was completed in the 3
rd quarter of 2003. 
The third stage ‘compliance assessment report’ started in October 2003 and was 
completed in 2004.  
Financial Management and Control 
The main findings of the aud it of the financial management  and control systems were 
sent in April 2002 to the Latvian authorit ies with recommendations on improvements 
necessary to fulfil the criteria set out  in Article 9 of the ISPA Regulation.
 
EN 54   EN LITHUANIA  
In 2003, Lithuania received a total commitment allocation of € 53.1 million. This 
was divided between the transport and environment sectors as follows: € 31.4 million and € 21.7 million respectively. Technical assistance measures accounted for € 4.9 million of these commitments. The allocati on for Lithuania represented 4.72% of the 
overall ISPA budget in 2003. 
Programming  
In the environment sector, one water projec t and one technical assistance project was 
approved through the written procedure an d two waste management projects were 
approved by the ISPA Management Committee. 
In 2003, a total of 6 projects were approved. As a result, a total of 17 environment 
projects, 8 transport projects and 6 TA measures including TA for EDIS were 
approved for funding by ISPA between 2000 and 2003. Two measures in the 
transport sector are nearing completion. 
The ISPA contribution to projects in 2003 was fully committed and payments made 
up to the end of the year amounted to € 71,2 million (since the beginning of ISPA). 
The total value of payment requests made from the beginning of ISPA is currently 
approximately 29% of the tota l allocated ISPA assistance. 
Implementation 
As regards tendering and contracting, a to tal of 23 services contracts for design, 
supervision and technical assi stance were signed in 2003 (6  in the transport sector 
(out of which 5 from local funds) and 17 in the environment sector (8 of them are for 
project preparation under a TA measure) as well as 6 works contracts (3 in the 
transport sector and 3 in the environment sector). Implementation is speedier in the 
transport sector than in the environmen tal sector where tendering procedures are 
lengthy and market response problematic. 
Monitoring and Evaluation 
ISPA Monitoring Committee meetings were held in April 2003 and November 2003.  
Co-financing with IFIs  
The major rail project Corridor IXB Rail – St ructures and Sector 5 – is co-financed 
with the EBRD. For other projects, Lithua nia is moving toward s self-financing or 
market loans since the sovereign guarant ee often required by IF Is is considered 
incompatible with the policy on ove rall indebtedness of the country. 
EDIS 
Preparation for EDIS continued steadily. Compliance assessment allowed Lithuania 
to submit EDIS file for the implementing agency in the transport sector to the 
European Commission on 11 November 2003.  
 
EN 55   EN Financial Management and Control 
Stage 4 verification audit on whether the management and control system put in 
place for ISPA meets the criteria incl uded in Council Regulation (EC) NO. 
1267/1999 dated 21 June 1999 was carried out  on 28-30 January and 9-13 February 
2004 and the report was submitted to the Commission on 1 April 2004.
 
EN 56   EN POLAND  
In 2003, Poland received a commitment total of € 387.942.210. Of this, 
€ 179.312.210 was assigned to environment projects, while € 189.124.250went to transport projects. .Technical assistan ce measures accounted for € 19.505.750of these 
commitments. The overall allocation for Poland consisted of 33.5% of the total ISPA budget for the year. 
Programming 
A total of 11 environment projects and 4 tr ansport projects were approved for ISPA 
funding in 2003, including 2 transport and 1 environment project TA measures.  
For transport, the focus remained on larg e scale projects on the major routes. Two 
road projects were approved: constructi on of the 2nd carriageway  of National Road 
N° 18, section Olszyna-Golnice and constr uction of A2 motorw ay section Konin-
Strykow; subsection:Emilia-Strykow II as well as two Technical Assistance measures, one for the modernisation of E 30/CE 30 railway line on section Opole-
Katowice-Krakow and one for the preparation of  projects in the road sector financed 
within the Cohesion Fund. 
In the environment sector, ISPA funding in 2003 was allocated exclusively to 
drinking water and waste water treatment proj ects. As in previous years, assistance 
continued to be targeted on the largest population centres but th ere is a tendency 
towards also including smaller centres and rural areas. The projects approved 
included combined drinking water and wast e water projects in Warsaw, Wroclaw 
and Olsztyn (all by major modification of an  existing first phase), Gdynia, Stalowa 
Wola, Chorzów, K ędzierzyn-Ko źle, Tarnow, a drinking water supply project in 
Rzeszów, waste water projects in Sosnowiec, Grudzi ądz, Podhale, Zywiec and 
Walbrzych. 
Implementation 
Level of implementation in bo th sectors had increased co mpared with situation in 
2002. However, There were strong signs of acceleration in implementation in only in 
the latter part of 2003 with an increasing number of works contracts approved. The 
main reason for the slow progress of implem entation has been the lack of experience 
of the Polish contracting authorities w ith tendering and contracting procedures. 
Monitoring and Evaluation 
ISPA Monitoring Committee meetings were held in April and December 2003. 
Co-financing with IFIs  
Active co-operation with the IFIs concerni ng the environment sector continued in 
2003. The Commission has noticed that the bene ficiaries engage in negotiations with 
the IFIs but do not finalise lending agreements until a grant from ISPA has been 
approved. 
 
EN 57   EN EDIS 
Preparation for EDIS is progressing a nd Poland will endeavour to reach stage 3 
‘compliance assessment’ of the EDIS road map before accession. 
Financial Management and Control 
No further audit missions were carried out in 2003 on the management and control 
system of the ISPA implementing agencies. 
 
EN 58   EN ROMANIA  
In 2003, Romania received a total comm itment of € 260.8 million of ISPA 
assistance. Of the 2003 allocation, € 129.4 mill ion was assigned to transport projects 
and € 131.4 million to environment projects. Of these commitments, technical assistance measures accounted for € 13.6 millio n in the environment sector, of which 
€ 5.6 million was made with respect to a measure for institutional capacity 
strengthening of ISPA final beneficiaries in the water and wastewater sector. The 
allocation for Romania represented 2 3.16% of the overall ISPA budget in 2003. 
Programming 
A total of 7 new projects were approved in 2003 for both sectors. In the transport 
sector, one project was approved for the Rehabilitation of the Campina-Predeal 
Railway Section. In the environment sect or, 6 projects were approved, including two 
technical assistance measures. Two projects concern the combined investment in the 
drinking and wastewater sectors in the c ities of Bacau and P itesti. Two projects 
relates to the management of the solid waste system in the counties of Teleorman and Dambovita, respectively. The technical as sistance measures provide support for 
institutional strengthening and pr oject preparation, respectively. 
Implementation 
As regards tendering and contracting, a to tal of 21 services contracts for design, 
supervision and technical assi stance were signed in 2003 (4  in the transport sector 
and 17 in the environment sector), as well as 26 works contracts (17 in the transport sector and 9 in the environment sector).  One supply contract under the Institutional 
Building 2001/RO/16/P/PA/009/04 budget was also signed. 
While the whole of the available ISPA allocations were fully committed during 
2000-2003, payments made till end 2003 amounted to € 136.4 million, of which 
€24.02 million were made in 2003. The majority of measures have had one payment, 
i.e. the first instalment of the advance; only 3 of the investment measures have had 
the second instalment of the advance payment; and 3 TA measures have had the second instalment of the advance payment, of which 2 in addition interim payment. 
In 2003, second advance payments were paid with respect to 1 investment measure 
only, reflecting slow progress in contracting of works tenders and difficulties in complying with Art. 8 conditi ons of the Financing memora nda. The outcome of audit 
missions in Romania resulted in interruption of payment procedures  until shortfalls 
in the financial management system are adequately addressed. 
Monitoring and Evaluation 
In 2003, the ISPA Monitoring Committee me t twice, respectively in April and 
October. 
 
EN 59   EN Co-financing with IFIs  
Co-operation with the IFIs is very important in Romania, in particular in the 
environment sector where most ISPA meas ures are co-financed with IFIs. These 
include 8 measures with th e EIB (2 in 2000, i.e. Craiova  and Braila, 3 in 2001, i.e. 
Cluj, Focsani and Pascani, 3 in 2002, i.e. Satu Mare, Buzau and Piatra Neamt, and 2 
are foreseen for Dimbovita, Pitesti respectively, ISPA projects approved in 2003). A 
further 9 measures are co-f inanced with the EBRD (2 in 2000, i.e. Constanta and 
Iasi, 4 in 2001, i.e. Arad, Oradea, Timisoara and Targu Mures, 2 in 2002, i.e. Brasov and Sibiu, and 1 in 2003, i.e.Bacau).  
It is anticipated th at this co-operation will continue throu ghout the whole ISPA 
programming period given that the level of  investment needs stand well above the 
ISPA allocation. 
EDIS 
In 2003 the technical assistance measure (approved by the Commission in November 
2002) to strengthen the capacity of Impl ementing agencies to implement ISPA 
measure under the Stage II ‘gap pl ugging’ of the Road map was under 
implementation. Manual of procedures were  elaborated and seminars, respectively 
trainings took place on project manageme nt, tendering procedures and use of 
procedure manuals. At the end of 2003 the Commission approved a technical 
assistance for institutional capacity strengthening of ISPA final beneficiaries in the water and wastewater sector. 
Financial Management and Control 
Two audits of the financial management  and control systems for ISPA were 
undertaken by the DG Regional policy. These have  identified still existing shortfalls, 
mainly in relation to the validity of e xpense declarations. As  a consequence the 
Commission requested a confirmation on the viability of ISPA expenditures 
according to the Financing Memoranda before proceeding any further payments. Recommendations were made for actions wh ich need to be addressed by September 
2004. The Romanian Ministry of Finance decided to complete the requirements 
before submitting the confirmation on expenditure validity and invited the Commission to check this completion by an audit mission in February 2004. 
Irregularities  
One irregularity was reported regarding use of waste bins, financed under Phare 
program, in contradiction with the terms of the funding contract. The results of 
OLAF investigation carried out in c ooperation of the Commi ssion Delegation to 
Romania showed that the waste bins ha ve been bought using national funds. The 
investigation has been closed  and the complainer has b een consequently informed. 
Procurement ratio : 25.49% (calculated as the tota l contracted amount against the 
total eligible cost for the period 2000-2003). 
 
EN 60   EN SLOVAKIA  
In 2003, Slovakia received a total commitm ent allocation of € 50.6 million. This was 
divided between the transport and envi ronment sectors with € 17.6 million and € 
32.7 million respectively. Of this allocation, technical assistance accounted for € 0.3 
million. The allocation for Slovakia represen ted 4.50% of the overall ISPA budget in 
2003. 
Programming   
Both in the environment and in the trans port sector a number of  TA measures were 
taken to provide for a su fficient number of project s for the Cohesion Fund 
programming period 2004 – 2006. 
Regarding the preparation of projects fo r the 2003 budget, the preparation of 7 new 
environment projects allowed to take up all available commitments for the year 2003 and to make all allocations foreseen within the Financial Framework until 2006, thus 
allocating some 30% of the available Cohesion Fund budget. 
Environment sector: 
The following seven environment projects of a total value of  € 115.4 million were 
adopted in 2003, involving an ISPA cont ribution of € 70.9 million and a total 2003 
commitment of € 13,99 million :  
-Upgrade of heating plant in Žilina: to tal cost: € 12 mio, ISPA grant: € 9 mio; 
- Košice City Sewerage and Waste Water Treatment : total cost: € 19.4 mio, ISPA 
grant: € 9.7 mio; 
- Waste water disposal system of the Ša ľa region: total cost: € 21.3 mio, ISPA grant: 
€ 14.4 mio; 
- Sewerage system and Wastewater Treatme nt Plant located in Humenné: total cost: 
€ 12.3 mio, ISPA grant: € 7.97 mio; 
- Waste water treatment plant and sewerage in the Trnava region:  total cost: € 19.2 
mio, ISPA grant: € 10.19 mio; 
- Piešťany Sewerage Reconstruction and Wa ste Water Treatment Plant Upgrade: 
total cost: € 11.7 mio, I SPA grant: € 6.4 mio; 
- Completion of Poprad-Matejovce Waste Wa ter Treatment Plant: total cost: € 19.5 
mio, ISPA grant: € 13.16 mio. 
All these projects were prepared with regional water companies as Final 
Beneficiaries in respect of the Memora ndum of Understanding signed between the 
Slovak authorities and the Commission se rvices in August 2002. In most cases 
project preparation included the elabor ation of tender documents, which will 
considerably speed up implementation, as compared to previous years’ projects. 
 
EN 61   EN Transport sector 
Since all funds available had already been allocated in previous years, no further 
transport projects were decided.  
Implementation  
The three Implementing Agenci es responsible for rail, ro ad and environment made 
good progress in the implemen tation of ISPA measures. The preparation of EDIS 
accreditation helped to strengthen the implementation procedures and provided 
relevant training to key staff. 
In the transport sector work progressed according to schedule on the modernisation 
of the rail track between Ra ča and Šenkvice and the motorway project in Bratislava 
(D 61). The cancelled tender for the second railway project, Senkvice – Cífer, was 
successfully relaunched and the preparation of the third railway tender, Trnava – 
Piest’any, was finalised.In the environment field, where the prep aration of tenders 
had been behind schedule, good progress wa s achieveds. In Trencin implementation 
was well under way and, whereasmajor work s contracts were signed for the project 
in Banska Bystrica. Tender procedures fo r works were almost finalised for the 
projects in Zvolen and Komarno and were well under way for the projects in Nitra, 
South East Zemplin, Zilina, Liptovsky Mikul as, Martin and Sala. For the drinking 
water project in Velky Krtis the te nder for detailed design was launched.  
The payments made in 2003 amounted to € 58,55 million (€ 30,82 million in the year 
2003) and related to advance and intermedia te payments of projects and technical 
assistance measures. 
Monitoring and evaluation 
Two ISPA Monitoring Committees were held, respectively on 13 March and 25 
November 2003. The meetings were we ll organised, and the monitoring 
documentation is now of good quality.  
Co-financing with IFIs  
In the environment sector the co-operation with the EIB has cont inued. The global 
framework loan through a the Slovak Guar antee and Development Bank was put in 
place. At this stage the facility has been used for the projects in Banska Bystrica and Velky Krtis. 
In the transport sector the final agreemen t was signed on the co-financing with the 
EIB of the motorway project in Bratisla va, the EIB loan amounting to 40 million €. 
Though EIB loans are in principle also available for railway projects, for the time being, the Slovak Government has not decided to use this facility.  
 
EN 62   ENEDIS 
Provisions for internal control and aud it have been made within the Slovak 
Central Administration. In summer  2002, the National Fund initiated the 
preparation for EDIS accreditation of the entire administration involved in 
ISPA implementation. For this purpose,  a technical assistance measure was 
launched under ISPA (€ 1.3 million grant). The preparation of EDIS accreditation has been hampered by the lack of adequate and sufficient human resources in the National Fund and in the Implementing Agencies, 
and substantial delays may be expected. 
The third stage of the EDIS accreditation procedure (compliance assessment) 
was finished in September 2003 and all documents for the Verification Audit 
were sent to EC services by the e nd of October 2003. All relevant bodies 
have been actively involved in reso lving the problems detected during the 
EDIS gap assessment stage. In view of  the late date of submission and the 
not all favourable assessment by the compliance assessor, DG REGIO decided not to carry out any verification audit. 
The EDIS exercise allowed to substa ntially improve the ISPA management 
system. And remaining TA funds for EDIS  will be used for relevant training 
needs. 
 
EN 63   ENSLOVENIA  
In 2003, Slovenia received a total ISPA of € 14.8 million. This was divided 
between € 5.5 million for the transport sector and € 9.2 million for the environment sector. Technical assi stance for EDIS accounted for € 0.1 
million. The allocation for Slovenia re presented 1.32 % of the overall ISPA 
budget in 2003. 
Programming  
The environment strategy was up-dated at the end of 2002 to  extend the list 
of projects to be pres ented for ISPA and Cohesion Fund funding in the 
future. A similar exercise took place early 2003 for the tr ansport strategy.
 
A total of 13 projects were approved in the period 2000-2002. In 2003, one 
transport project, two environment pr ojects and one TA measure were 
approved, bringing the total of projects approved since 2000 to 17. 
Preparation of tendering and contra cting was satisfactory as 7 works 
contracts and 8 service cont racts were signed since 2000. 
All of the available ISPA alloca tions were committed in 2000 – 2003, 
whereas by the end of 2003 a total of €22.0 million was paid , representing 
32.8% of the €67.1 million committed in this period. 
Implementation 
As regards tendering and contracting, a total of 5 services contracts for 
technical assistance were signed in 2003, as well as 2 works contracts in the 
environment sector. 
Monitoring and Evaluation 
Two ISPA Monitoring committee meetings were held in April and 
November 2003. 
Co-financing with IFIs  
In 2003 Slovenia signed a framework lo an of €35 million with the EIB for 
current and future ISPA projects in th e railway sector. A similar framework 
loan for ISPA projects in the enviro nment sector is under discussion. This 
will contribute to the leverage of ISPA funds and enable a closer co-operation between the Bank and the Commi ssion services in the appraisal of 
project proposals. 
EDIS 
Following the Stage I (‘gap assessment’) activities carried out by the 
Slovenian authorities by their own means in 2002 Stage II (‘gap plugging’) 
and Stage III (‘compliance assessment ’) were carried out in 2003 using the 
 
EN 64   ENtechnical assistance for EDIS. The EDIS  was not accredited in Slovenia in 
2003 for the lack of time but the results of the technical assistance were used 
in the set up of the management and control system for the Cohesion Fund. 
Financial management and control 
In 2003, DG Regional policy carried out a third audit to assess the adequacy 
of the financial management and control systems and to provide recommendations on their improvement. 
 
EN 65   EN Country tables 
Projects Decided 2003 Bulgaria - €  
      
Sector N° of 
Projects Total 
Cost Total Eligible
Cost Total ISPA 
Contribution Commitments Payments
Environment 
Drinking Water 
Pipes/ Plant 1 24.621.021 24.471.021 18.353.266 14.682.612 - 
Drinking Water and 
Sewage  2 52.204.225 51.719.225 38.789.419 30.194.992 - 
Sewage Network/ 
Treatment Plant 2 27.116.814 26.932.000 20.199.000 16.159.200 - 
Solid Waste  
Collection System 1 14.547.189 14.547.162 10.910.372 8.728.297 - 
Sector Total 6 118.489.249 117.669.408 88.252.057 69.765.101 - 
TOTAL 6 118.489.249 117.669.408 88.252.057 69.765.101 - 
 
 
EN 66   EN Projects Decided 2000-2003 Bulgaria - €  
Sub-Sector No of 
Projects Total 
Cost Total Eligible 
Cost Total ISPA 
Contribution % of 
Sector % of 
Country Commitments
2003 Payments
2003 Commitments
2000-3 Payments 
2000-3 
Environment 
Drinking Water 
Pipes/Plant 1 24.471.021 24.471.021 18.353.266 6.93  14.682.612 - 14.682.612 - 
Drinking Water 
and Sewage  2 51.719.225 51.719.225 38.789.419 14.65  30.194.992 - 30.194.992 - 
Solid Waste 
Collection System2 75.124.675 75.124.675 56.343.507 21.28  8.728.297 - 49.618.118 4.543.314 
Sewage Network/
Treatment Plant 12 205.085.069 205.085.069 151.273.683 57.14  19.734.932 6.482.102 127.644.314 13.107.470 
Sector Total 17 356.399.990 356.399.990 264.759.875 100.00 43.05 73.340.833 6.482.102  222.140.036 17.650.784 
Transport 
Rail 1 340.000.000 340.000.000 153.000.000 43,80  26.887.500 - 72.787.500 15.300.000 
Road 2 188.450.000 188.450.000 141.337.500 40,46  12.356.666 11.133.750 88.356.666 17.133.750 
Airport 1 135.135.135 135.135.135 50.000.000 14.31  - 5.000.000 40.000.000 10.000.000 
Rail and Road 1 5.880.000 5.880.000 4.998.000 1,43  - 3.378.982 3.998.400 3.878.782 
Sector Total 5 669.465.135 669.465.135 349.335.500 100,00 56.80 39.244.167 19.512.732 205.142.566 46.312.532 
EDIS  
EDIS 1 892.555 892.555 892.555 100,00 0,15 714.044 357.022 714.044 357.022 
TOTAL 23 1.026.757.680 1.026.757.680 614.987.930  100,00 112.585.000 26.351.856 427.996.646 64.320.339 
 
EN 67   EN  
Technical Assistance Measu res 2000-2003 Bulgaria - €  
Technical Assistance 
Sub-Sector N° of 
Projects Total Cost Total Eligible 
Cost Total ISPA 
Contribution Commitments 
2003 Payments 2003 Commitments 
2000-3 Payments 
2000-3 
Environment 
Sewage 
Network/Treatment 
Plant 1 1.500.000 1.500.000 1.125.000 900.000 - 900.000 - 
Sector Total  1 1.500.000 1.500.000 1.125.000 900.000 - 900.000 - 
Transport 
Road and Rail 1 5.880.000 5.880.000 4.998.000 - 3.378.982 3.998.400 3.878.782 
Sector Total 1 5.880.000 5.880.000 4.998.000 - 3.378.982 3.998.400 3.878.782 
EDIS  
EDIS 1 892.555 892.555 892.555 - 357.022 714.044 357.022 
TOTAL 3 8.272.555 8.272.555 7.015.555 900.000 3.736.004 5.612.444 3.878.782 
 
EN 68   EN 
Projects Decided 2003 Czech Republic - €  
       
Sector N° of 
Projects Total 
Cost Total Eligible
Cost Total ISPA 
Contribution Commitments Payments 
Environment  
Drinking Water 
Pipes/ Plant 1 6.992.735 6.992.735 4.545.278 3.636.222 - 
Drinking Water 
and Sewage  1 2.250.000 2.250.000 1.687.500 1.350.000 - 
Sewage 
Network/ 
Treatment Plant 2 31.234.200 31.234.200 21.863.940 17.491.152 - 
Solid Waste 
Collection 
System 1 69.625.000 69.625.000 47.345.000 16.832.454 - 
Other 1 16.856.600 16.856.600 12.642.450 6.321.225 - 
Sector Total 6 126.958.535 126.958.535 88.084.168 45.631.053 - 
Transport  
Rail 1 9.800.000 9.800.000 7.350.000 4.218.596 - 
Road 1 123.553.000 123.553.000 61.776.500 12.355.300 6.177.650 
Sector Total 2 133.353.000 133.353.000 69.126.500 16.573.896 6.177.650 
TOTAL 8 260.311.535 260.311.535 157.210.668 62.204.949 6.177.650 
 
 
EN 69   EN Projects Decided 2000-2003 Czech Republic - €  
            
Sub-Sector No of 
Projects Total 
Cost Total Eligible
Costs Total ISPA 
Contribution % of
Sector % of 
CountryCommitments
2003 Payments 
2003 Commitments
2000-3 Payments 
2000-3 
Environment  
Drinking Water 
Pipes/ Plant 3 53.591.684 53.591.684 37.183.542 16.14  3.636.222 3.235.326 15.864.222 3.263.826 
Drinking and 
Sewage Water 2 35.042.500 35.042.500 22.015.525 9.56  - 914.520 17.612.420 2.201.553 
Drinking and 
Sewage Water, air and solid waste 1 2.250.000 2.250.000 1.687.500 0.73  1.350.000 - 1.350.000 - 
Environment -Other 1 16.856.600 16.856.600 12.642.450 5.49  6.321.225 - 6.321.225 - 
Sewage Network/ 
Treatment Plant 7 162.757.649 162.757.649 109.480.715 47.53  17.491.152 11.264.446 72.874.716 16.687.391 
Solid waste collection system 1 69.625.000 69.625.000 47.345.000 20.55  16.832.454 - 16.832.454 - 
Sector Total 15 340.123.433 340.123.433 230.354.732 100.00 45,49 45.631.053 15.414.292 130.855.037 22.152.770 
Flood Relief 
Flooding Relief 1 35.294.118 35.294.118 30.000.000 100,00 5,93 6.000.000 11.745.361 30.000.000 23.999.708 
Transport  
Rail 4 221.514.689 221.514.689 125.337.314 51.11  7.309.338 14.038.731 68.226.534 24.825.433 
Road 5 219.897.123 219.897.123 119.707.974 48.81  16.496.135 10.764.830 62.903.814 22.282.772 
Road and Rail 1 200.000 200.000 200.000 0,08  - - 200.000 191.990 
Sector Total 10 441.611.812 441.611.812 245.245.288 100.00 48,43 23.805.473 24.803.562 131.330.348 47.300.194 
EDIS  
EDIS 1 763.940 763.940 763.940 100,00 0,15 83.038 203.550  763.940 544.001 
TOTAL 27 817.793.303 817.793.303 506.363.960  100,00 217.429.761 52.166.765 292.949.325 93.996.674 
 
 
EN 70   EN  
Technical Assistance Measur es 2000-2003 Czech Republic - €  
          
Technical 
Assistance 
Sub-Sector N° of 
Projects Total 
Cost Total Eligible
Cost Total ISPA 
Contribution Commitments 
2003 Payments 
2003 Commitments 
2000-3 Payments 
2000-3 
Environment  
Drinking Water 
Pipes/ Plant 1 380.000 380.000 285.000 - - 228.000 28.500 
Drinking water, 
sewage water, and 
solid waste 1 2.250.000 2.250.000 1.687.500 1.350.000 - 1.350.000 - 
Sector Total 2 2.630.000 2.630.000 1.972.500 1.350.000 - 1.578.000 28.500 
Transport  
Road and Rail 1 200.000 200.000 200.000 - - 200.000 159.966 
Road 1 833.333 833.333 625.000 62.500 - 625.000 340.348 
Sector Total 2 1.033.333 1.033.333 825.000 62.500 - 825.000 500.314 
EDIS  
EDIS 1 763.940 763.940 763.940 83.038 203.550 763.940 544.001 
TOTAL 5 4.427.273 4.427.273 3.561.440 1.495.538 203.550 3.166.9940 1.072.815 
 
 
EN 71   ENProjects Decided 2003 Estonia - €  
       
Sector N° of 
Projects Total Cost Total Eligible 
Cost Total ISPA 
Contribution Commitments  Payments  
Environment  
Drinking Water 
and Sewage  1 560.000 560.000 420.000 336.000 42.000 
Drinking Water, 
Sewage Water, 
air and solid 
waste 1 7.100.000 7.100.000 5.325.000 2.000.000 - 
Sewage 
Network/ 
Treatment plant 1 38.200.000 38.200.000 32.470.000 7.345.269 - 
Sector Total 3 45.860.000 45.860.000 38.215.000 9.681.269 42.000 
Transport  
Road 2 25.700.000  25.700.000 19.275.000 12.563.170 30.000 
Sector Total 2 25.700.000 25.700.000 19.275.000 12.563.170 30.000 
TOTAL 5 71.560.000 71.560.000 57.490.000 22.244.439 72.000 
 
EN 72   EN Projects Decided 2000-2003 Estonia - € 
 
Sub-Sector N° of 
Projects Total Cost Total Eligible 
Cost Total ISPA 
Contribution % of Sector% of 
Country Commitments 
2003 Payments 2003 Commitments 
2000-3 Payments 2000-3 
Environment  
Drinking and 
Sewage Water 7 36.870.000 36.870.000 26.971.700 25,86  2.866.000 1.416.730 19.495.360 2.712.170 
Drinking and 
Sewage Water, air 
and solid waste 1 7.100.000 7.100.000 5.325.000 5,11  2.000.000 - 2.000.000 - 
Solid Waste 
Collection System4 32.989.489 32.989.489 24.335.998 23,34  - 2.562.217 18.693.598 4.398.917 
Sewage Network/
Treatment Plant 4 61.196.150 61.196.150 47.647.851 45,69  7.345.269 3.324.417 19.487.550 6.261.208 
Sector Total 16 138.155.639 138.155.639 104.280.549 100,00 57,82 12.211.269 7.303.384 59.676.508 13.372.295 
Transport  
Rail 1 1.800.000 1.800.000 1.350.000 1,78  - 810.000 1.350.000 1.080.000 
Road 7 88.925.771 88.925.771 66.794.328 88,30  18.638.170 7.397.107 51.890.748 19.294.457 
Road and Rail 1 10.000.000 10.000.000 7.500.000 9,91  - 750.000 6.000.000 750.000 
Sector Total 9 100.725.771 100.725.771 75.644.328 100,00 41.94 18.638.170 8.957.107 59.240.748 21.124.457 
EDIS  
EDIS 1 435.760 435.760 435.760 100,00 0,24 - 37.946 435.760 196.588 
TOTAL 26 239.317.170 239.317.170 180.360.637  100,00 30.849.439 16.298.436 119.353.016 34.693.340 
 
EN 73   EN Technical Assistance Measu res 2000-2003 Estonia - €  
          
Technical Assistance 
Sub-Sector N° of Projects Total Cost Total Eligible CostTotal ISPA 
Contribution Commitments 
2003 Payments 2003Commitments 
2000-3 Payments 
2000-3 
Environment  
Drinking and Sewage 
Water 3 1.720.000 1.720.000 1.290.000 366.000 57.000 1.206.000 144.000 
Drinking and Sewage 
Water, air and solid 
water 1 7.100.000 7.100.000 5.325.000 2.000.000 - 2.000.000 - 
Sector Total 4 8.820.000 8.820.000 6.615.000 2.366.000 57.000 3.206.000 144.000 
Transport  
Rail 1 1.800.000 1.800.000 1.350.000 - 810.000 1.350.000 1.080.000 
Road and Rail 1 10.000.000 10.000.000 7.500.000 - 750.000 6.000.000 750.000 
Road 3 2.900.000 2.900.000 2.275.000 315.000 237.469 1.895.000 574.969 
Sector Total 5 14.700.000 14.700.000 11.125.000 315.000 1.797.469 9.245.000 2.404.969 
EDIS  
EDIS 1 435.760 435.760 435.760 - 37.946 435.760 196.588 
TOTAL 10 23.955.760 23.955.760 18.175.760 2.631.000 1.892.415 12.886.760 2.745.557 
 
EN 74   EN 
Projects Decided 2003 Hungary - €  
       
Sector N° of 
Projects Total Cost Total Eligible 
Cost Total ISP A 
Contribution Commitments  Payments  
Environment  
Drinking water and 
sewage  1 648.600 648.600 648.600 518.880 129.720 
Drinking water, 
sewage and solid 
waste 1 7.000.000 7.000.000 5.250.000 4.200.000 1.050.000 
Sewage network/ 
treatment plant 3 156.935.000 146.851.000 86.341.000 35.426.255 - 
Solid waste 
collection system 1 25.914.000 25.914.000 12.957.000 10.365.600 - 
Sector Total 6 190.497.600 180.413.600 105.196.600 50.510.735 1.179.720 
Transport  
Road and Road 1 4.621.500 4.621.500 3.466.125 2.772.900 346.612 
Sector Total 1 4.621.500 4.621.500 3.466.125 2.772.900 346.612 
TOTAL 7 195.119.100 185.035.100 108.662.725 53.283.635 1.526.332 
 
EN 75   EN Projects Decided 2000-2003 Hungary - €  
           
Sub-Sector N° of 
Projects Total Cost Total Eligible 
Costs Total ISPA 
Contribution % of 
Sector % of 
Country Commitments 
2003 Payments 2003 Commitments
2000-3 Payments 
2000-3 
 Environment  
Drinking Water, 
Sewage and 
SolidWaste 2 7.405.000 7.405.000 5.553.750 1,67  4.210.596 1.060.596 4.453.596 1.303.596 
Drinking Water 
and Sewage  3 22.545.600 22.545.600 11.644.600 3,50  518.880 205.052 9.315.680 1.318.902 
Solid Waste 
Collection System12 278.204.601 278.204.601 176.537.054 53,07  10.365.600 11.257.600 108.854.931 17.429.215 
Sewage Network/ 
Treatment Plant 8 250.219.200 250.219.200 138.909.150 41,76  35.426.255 4.727.621 63.449.028 10.669.051 
Sector Total 25 558.374.401 558.374.401 332.644.554 100,00 50,70 50.521.331 17.250.869 186.073.235 30.720.764 
 Transport  
Rail 7 487.337.796 481.176.100 245.150.975 75,92  35.100.000 30.555.837 145.038.675 73.351.498 
Road 3 169.262.969 148.476.002 74.288.001 23,,1  7.524.850 7.413.800 34.488.946 9.550.526 
Rail and Road 1 4.621.500 4.621.500 3.466.125 1.07  2.772.900 346.612 2.772.900 346.612 
Sector Total 11 661.222.265 634.273.602 322.905.101 100,00 49,22 45.397.750 38.306.249 182.300.521 83.248.637 
EDIS  
EDIS 1 540.000 540.000 540.000 100,00 0,08 55.760 324.000 487.760 432.000 
TOTAL 37 1.220.136.666 1.193.188.003 656.089.655  100,00 95.974.841 55.881.117 368.861.516 114.401.401 
 
EN 76   EN Technical Assistance Measu res 2000-2003 Hungary - €  
          
Technical Assistance 
Sub-Sector N° of 
Projects Total Cost Total Eligible CostTotal ISPA 
Contribution Commitments 
2003 Payments 2003Commitments 
2000-3 Payments 
2000-3 
Environment  
Drinking Water , 
Sewage and Solid 
Waste 2 7.405.000 7.405.000 5.553.750 4.210.596 1.060.596 4.453.596 1.303.596 
Drinking Water and 
Sewage  2 838.600 838.600 791.100 518.880 205.052 632.880 233.552 
Sewage Network/ 
Treatment Plant 2 3.536.200 3.536.200 2.652.150 - 670.121 2.121.720 1.619.951 
Sector Total 6 11.779.800 11.779.800 8.997.000 4.729.476 1.935.769 7.208.196 3.157.099 
Transport  
Rail 3 2.338.100 2.338.100 1.753.575 - 554.879 1.456.575 884.123 
Road 1 200.000 200.000 150.000 - - 136.772 136.772 
Rail and Road 1 4.621.500 4.621.500 3.466.125 2.772.900 346.612 2.772.900 346.612 
Sector Total 5 7.159.600 7.159.600 5.369.700 2.772.900 901.491 4.366.247 1.367.507 
EDIS  
EDIS 1 540.000 540.000 540.000 55.760 324.000 487.760 432.000 
TOTAL 9 19.479.400 19.479.400 14.906.700 7.558.136 3.161.260 12.062.203 4.956.606 
 
EN 77   ENProjects Decided 2003 Latvia - €  
       
Sector N° of 
Projects Total Cost Total Eligible 
Cost Total ISPA 
Contribution Commitments Payments 
Environment  
Drinking, 
watersewage and 
solid waste 1 20.760.902 19.866.892 14.900.169 11.920.135 - 
Solid waste 
collection system 2 12.083.500 11.451.400 7.939.500 6.351.600 - 
Sector Total 3 32.844.402 31.318.292 22.839.669 18.271.735 - 
Transport  
Road 1 12.621.727 11.744.420 8.808.315 6.994.527 - 
Sector Total 1 12.621.727 11.744.420 8.808.315 6.994.527 - 
TOTAL  45.466.129 43.062.712 31.647.984 25.266.262 - 
 
EN 78   EN Projects Decided 2000-2003 Latvia - €  
           
Sub-Sector N° of 
Projects Total Cost Total Eligible 
Cost Total ISPA 
Contribution % of 
Sector % of 
Country Commitments 
2003 Payments 2003 Commitments
2000-3 Payments 
2000-2 
Environment  
Drinking Water 
Pipes/ Plant 1 11.495.000 9.463.000 7.097.000 5,24  - 709.700 5.677.600 709.700 
Drinking Water 
and Sewage  5 156.704.448 138.015.548 90.590.261 74,04  9.044.000 3.363.014 59.208.609 13.546.515 
Solid Waste 
Collection System5 30.551.400 30.551.400 19.443.300 14,36  7.633.020 2.646.451 16.836.060 3.796.832 
Drinking Water, 
Sewage and Solid 
Waste 2 24.376.892 24.376.892 18.282.669 13,50  12.120.135 1.020.532 14.826.135 1.358.782 
Sector Total 13 223.127.740 202.406.840 135.413.230 100,00 43,65 28.797.155 7.739.697 96.548.404 19.411.828 
Transport  
Rail 5 159.646.549 150.915.181 113.214.893 65,02  10.496.193 5.304.230 53.300.848 16.872.293 
Road 6 81.219.155 81.219.155 60.913.135 34,98  14.111.743 8.200.331 44.351.620 13.854.835 
Sector Total 11 240.865.704 232.134.336 174.128.028 100,00 56,13 24.607.936 13.504.561 97.652.468 30.727.128 
EDIS  
EDIS 1 700.000 700.000 700.000 100,00 0,22 140.000 288.395 700.000 518.215 
TOTAL 25 464.693.444 435.241.176 310.241.258  100,00 53.545.091 21.532.653 194.900.872 50.657.171 
 
EN 79   EN Technical Assistance M easures 2000-2003 Latvia - €  
          
Technical 
Assistance 
Sub-Sector N° of Projects Total Cost Total Eligible Cost Total ISPA 
Contribution Commitments 
2003 Payments 2003Commitments
2000-3 Payments 
2000-3 
Environment  
Drinking Water, 
Sewage and 
Solid Waste 2 24.376.892 24.376.892 18.282.669 12.120.135 1.020.532 14.826.135 1.358.782 
Sector Total 2 24.376.892 24.376.892 18.282.669 12.120.135 1.020.532 14.826.135 1.358.782 
Transport  
Rail 1 386.991 386.991 318.750 - - 290.243 278.449 
Road 1 860.000 860.000 643.769 127.769 101.015 643.769 230.015 
Sector Total 2 1.246.991 1.246.991 962.519 127.769 101.015 934.012 508.464 
EDIS  
EDIS 1 700.000 700.000 700.000 140.000 288.395 700.000 518.215 
TOTAL 5 26.323.883 26.323.883 19.945.188 12.387.904 1.409.942 16.460.147 2.385.461 
 
EN 80   EN 
Projects Decided 2003 Lithuania - €  
       
Sector N° of 
Projects Total Cost Total 
Eligible 
Cost Total ISPA 
ContributionCommitments Payments 
Environment 
Drinking and 
sewage water and 
solid waste 1 2.376.375 2.376.375 1.782.281 1.425.825 - 
Sewage Network/ 
Treatment Plant 1 7.887.000 7.887.000 5.915.250 4.732.200 - 
Solid Waste 
Collection System 2 27.660.000 27.660.000 18.587.745 14.870.196 - 
Sector Total 4 37.923.375 37.923.375 26.285.276 21.028.221 - 
Transport  
Road 1 800.000 800.000 600.000 480.000 - 
Rail 1 5.300.000 5.300.000 3.975.000 2.773.128 - 
Sector Total 2 6.100.000 6.100.000 4.575.000 3.253.128 - 
TOTAL 6 44.023.375 44.023.375 30.860.276 24.281.349 - 
 
 
EN 81   EN Projects Decided 2000-2003 Lithuania - €  
           
Sub-Sector N° of 
Projects Total Cost Total Eligible 
Cost Total ISPA 
Contribution % of 
Sector % of 
Country Commitments 
2003 Payments 2003 Commitments
2000-3 Payments 2000-3 
Environment  
Drinking, Sewage 
Water and Solid 
Waste 2 11.706.375 11.706.375 8.779.781 6.47  1.425.825 - 7.023.825 2.098.603 
Drinking and 
Sewage Water 3 60.075.400 56.412.900 28.527.850 21,01  - - 22.822.280 4.453.172 
Solid Waste 
Collection System8 97.206.594 97.206.594 58.113.099 42,80  14.870.196 2.570.648 45.991.105 3.952.535 
Sewage Network/ 
Treatment Plant 6 60.046.000 60.046.000 40.355.140 29,72  5.392.200 1.774.000 32.284.112 3.636.489 
Sector Total 19 229.034.369 225.371.869 135.775.870 100,00 47,95 21.688.221 4.344.648 108.121.322 14.140.799 
Transport  
Rail 5 192.007.067 192.007.067 73.852.484 50,25  15.188.026 9.356.752 48.042.415 13.023.217 
Road 6 103.422.487 103.422.487 73.129.625 49,75  16.241.794 17.462.897 60.460.327 43.774.424 
Sector Total 11 295.429.554 295.429.554 146.982.109 100,.00 51,91 31.429.820 26.819.650 108.502.742 56.797.641 
EDIS  
EDIS 1 381.420 381.420 381.420 100,00 0,14 - 181.212 381.420 257.496 
TOTAL 31 524.845.343 521.182.843 283.139.399  100,00 53.118.041 31.345.510 217.005.484 71.195.935 
 
EN 82   EN  
Technical Assistance Measu res 2000-2003 Lithuania - €  
          
Technical Assistance 
Sub-Sector N° of Projects Total Cost Total Eligible Cost Total ISPA 
Contribution Commitments 
2003 Payments 2003Commitments
2000-3 Payments 
2000-3 
Environment  
Drinking, Sewage Water 
and Solid Waste 2 11.706.375 11.706.375 8.779.781 1.425.825 - 7.023.825 2.098.603 
Sector Total 2 11.706.375 11.706.375 8.779.781 1.425.825 - 7.023.825 2.098.603 
Transport  
Rail 2 6.550.000  6.550.000  4.912.500 2.960.628 319.734 3.710.628 507.234 
Road 1 800.000 800.000 600.000 480.000 - 480.000 - 
Sector Total 3 7.350.000 7.350.000 5.512.500 3.440.628 319.734 4.190.628 507.234 
EDIS  
EDIS 1 381.420 381.420 381.420  - 181.212 381.420 257.496 
TOTAL 4 19.437.795 19.437.795 14.673.701 4.866.453 500.946 11.595.873 2.863.333 
 
EN 83   EN 
Projects Decided 2003 Poland - €  
       
Sub-Sector N° of 
Projects Total Cost Total Eligible 
Cost Total ISPA 
Contribution Commitments 
2003 Payments 
2003 
Environment 
Drinking water 
pipes/plant 0 - - - - - 
Drinking and 
Sewage 
Water 7 232.774.872 220.613.900 140.943.535 39.246.646   
Drinking and 
Sewage 
Water and 
solid waste 1 15.900.000 15.900.000 11.925.000 9.540.000 1.192.500 
Sewage 
Network/ 
Treatment 
Plant 4 119.844.503 109.344.600 74.239.440 22.988.984 - 
Solid Waste 
Collection 
System 0 - - - - - 
Sector Total 12 368.519.375 345.858.500 227.107.975 71.775.630 1.192.500 
Transport 
Road 3 236.276.000 226.996.000 170.247.000 55.259.896 - 
Rail 1 3.625.000 3.625.000 2.718.750 2.175.000 - 
Sector Total 4 239.901.000 230.621.000 172.965.750 57.434.896 - 
TOTAL 16 608.420.375 576.479.500 400.073.725 129.210.526 1.192.500 
 
 
EN 84   EN Projects Decided 2000-2003 Poland - €  
 
          
Sub-Sector N° of 
ProjectsTotal Cost Total Eligible CostTotal ISPA 
Contribution % of 
Sector% of 
Country Commitments 
2003 Payments 2003Commitments 
2000-3 Payments 2000-3 
Environment  
Drinking Water 
Pipes/ Plant 3 88.496.960 86.422.659 54.205.296 4%  0 433.584 41.338.284 5.854.114 
Drinking and 
Sewage Water 18 1.267.069.188  1.200.371.616 736.561.862 58%  135.364.396 49.675.144 362.047.305 73.218.512 
Solid Waste 
Collection 
System 6 131.297.442 116.674.950 76.276.547 6%  0 6.329.254 61.021.237 11.884.859 
Drinking, 
Sewage Water 
and Solid Waste2 20.450.000 20.450.000 15.337.500 1%  9.540.000 1.642.628 12.952.500 2.675.890 
Sewage 
Network/ 
Treatment Plant 16 
 687.044.677 643.918.600 402.809.840 31%  43.947.814 2.478.520 249.958.544 38.455.160 
Sector Total 43 2.194.358.267 2.067.837.825 1.285.191.045 100,00 49.36 188.852.210 60.559.130 727.317.870 132.088.535 
Transport  
Rail 12 744.041.544 744.041.544 558.181.177 42,95  64.488.334 46.780.327 311.593.023 112.966.210 
Road 12 989.725.000 989.725.000 742.293.750 57,05  124.635.916 64.757.012 413.745.347 130.536.063 
Sector Total 24 1.733.766.544 1.733.766.544 1.300.474.927 100,00 50.58 189.124.250 111.834.339 725.338.370 243.502.273 
EDIS  
EDIS 1 1.630.000 1.630.000 1.630.000 100,00 0,06 - 326.000 1.630.000 623.000 
TOTAL 70 3.929.752.811 3.803.234.369 2.587.295.972  100,00 377.976.460 172.719.469 1.454.286.240 376.213.808 
 
EN 85   EN Technical Assistance Measu res 2000-2003 Poland - €  
          
Technical Assistance 
Sub-Sector N° of Projects Total Cost Total Eligible 
Cost Total ISPA 
Contribution Commitments 
2003 Payments 2003Commitments
2000-3 Payments 
2000-3 
Environment  
Drinking, Sewage Water 
and Solid Waste 2 20.450.000 20.450.000 15.337.500 9.540.000 1.642.628 12.952.500 2.675.890 
Sector Total 2 20.450.000 20.450.000 15.337.500 9.540.000 1.642.628 12.952.500 2.675.890 
Transport  
Rail 5 26.515.000 26.515.000 20.051.250 8.582.000 943.590 17.775.000 2.075.090 
Road 3 12.525.000 12.525.000 9.393.750 1.383.750 916.875 5.778.750 916.875 
Sector Total 8 39.040.000 39.040.000 29.445.000 9.965.750 1.860.465 23.553.750 2.991.965 
EDIS  
EDIS 1 1.630.000 1.630.000 1.630.000 - 623.000 1.630.000 623.000 
TOTAL 11 61.120.000 61.120.000 46.412.500 19.505.750 4.126.093 38.136.250 6.290.855 
 
EN 86   ENProjects Decided 2003 Romania - €  
       
Sector N° of 
Projects Total Cost Total 
Eligible CostTotal ISPA 
ContributionCommitments Payments 
Environment  
Drinking Water 
and Sewage  3 100.756.000 100.756.000 77.317.000 55.932.375 - 
Drinking Water, 
Sewage and solid 
waste 1 12.750.000 12.750.000 9.945.000 7.956.000 - 
Solid Waste 
Collection System 2 46.695.000 46.695.000 35.021.250 28.380.000 - 
Sector Total 6 160.904.000 160.201.000 122.283.250 92.268.375 - 
Transport 
Rail 1 214.979.400 199.485.770 149.614.328 104.730.029 - 
TOTAL 7 375.883.400 359.686.770 271.897.578 196.998.404 - 
 
EN 87   EN Projects Decided 2000-2003 Romania - €  
           
Sub-Sector N° of 
Projects Total Cost Total Eligible CostTotal ISPA 
Contribution % of 
Sector % of 
CountryCommitments 
2003 Payments 
2003 Commitments 
2000-3 Payments 2000-3 
Environment  
Drinking Water and 
Sewage  13 444.240.919 444.240.919 327.816.703 50,51  76.810.133  254.877.683 25.312.469 
Drinking Water, 
Sewage and solid 
waste 1 12.750.000 12.750.000 9.945.000 1,53  7.956.000  7.956.000 - 
Sewage Network/ 
Treatment Plant 9 344.164.553 344.164.553 254.846.150 39,27  18.227.360  198.085.692 32.862.114 
Solid waste 
collection 4 75.214.100 75.214.100 56.410.575 8.69  28.380.000  45.491.460 2.138.932 
Sector Total 27 876.369.572 876.369.572 649.018.428 100,00 44,98 131.373.493  506.410.835 60.313.515 
Transport  
Rail 3 509.258.358 509.258.358 381.943.769 48,14  123.352.750  267.612.191 23.232.944 
Road 6 554.465.237 554.465.237 409.926.024 51,67  6.000.000  226.429.696 52.327.567 
Inland Waterway 1 2.000.000 2.000.000 1.500.000 0,19  -  1.500.000 300.000 
Sector Total 10 1.065.723.595 1.065.723.595 793.369.793 100,00 54,98 129.352.750  495.241.887 75.860.511 
EDIS  
EDIS 1 605.000 605.000 605.000 100,00 0,04 36.831 - 520.831 180.940 
TOTAL 31 1.722.733.610 1.583.011.417 1.171.095.643  100,00 260.763.074 51.239.933 1.002.173.553 136.354.966 
 
EN 88   EN Technical Assistance Measu res 2000-2003 Romania - €  
          
Technical Assistance 
Sub-Sector N° of Projects Total Cost Total Eligible 
Cost Total ISPA 
Contribution Commitments 
2003 Payments 2003Commitments 
2000-3 Payments 
2000-3 
Environment  
Drinking Water and 
Sewage  2 10.500.000 10.500.000 9.625.000 5.600.000 525.000 7.700.000 525.000 
Drinking Water, 
Sewage and Solid 
Waste 1 12.750.000 12.750.000 9.945.000 7.956.000 - 7.956.000 - 
Sewage Network/ 
Treatment Plant 1 1.810.000 1.810.000 1.357.500 - 135.750 1.086.000 271.500 
Sector Total 4 25.060.000 25.060.000 20.927.500 13.556.000 660.750 16.742.000 796.500 
Transport  
Rail 1 850.000 800.000 600.000 - - 480.000 60.000 
Road 1 1.500.000 1.500.000 1.125.000 - - 900.000 450.000 
Inland Waterway 1 2.000.000 2.000.000 1.500.000 - 300.000 1.200.000 300.000 
Sector Total 3 4.350.000 4.300.000 3.225.000 - 300.000 2.580.000 810.000 
EDIS  
EDIS 1 605.000 605.000 605.000 36.831 - 520.831 180.940 
TOTAL 8 30.015.000 30.015.000 24.757.500 13.592.831 960.750 19.842.831 1.787.440 
 
EN 89   EN 
Projects Decided 2003 Slovakia - €  
       
Sector N° of 
Projects Total Cost Total 
Eligible CostTotal ISPA 
ContributionCommitments Payments  
Environment  
Air Pollution 1 12.000.000 12.000.000 9.000.000 2.600.000 - 
Drinking Water 
and Sewage  1 6.660.000 6.660.000 9.782.500 5.830.000 1.017.950 
Drinking Water, 
Sewage and Solid 
Waste 1 820.000 820.000 615.000 245.000 - 
Sewage Network 
/Treatment Plant 6 119.217.462 103.416.953 61.854.163 11.399.466 - 
Sector Total 9 138.697.462 127.846.953 81.251.663 20.074.466 1.017.950 
Transport  
Rail and Road 1 1.600.000 1.600.000 1.200.000 480.000 - 
Sector Total 1 1.600.000 1.600.000 1.200.000 480.000 - 
TOTAL 10 140.297.462 129.446.953 82.451.663 20.554.466 1.017.950 
 
EN 90   EN Projects Decided 2000 - 2003 Slovakia - €   
          
Sub-Sector N° of 
Projects Total Eligible 
Cost Total ISPA 
Contribution % of
Secto r% of 
Country Commitments 
2003 Payments 2003Commitments 
2000-3 Payments 
2000-3 
Environment  
Air Pollution 1 12.000.000 9.000.000 4,81  2.600.000 - 2.600.000 - 
Drinking Water Pipes/ Plant 1 28.000.000 19.600.000 10,48  7.000.000 1.960.000 10.920.000 1.960.000 
Drinking Water and Sewage  5 36.491.760 27.263.320 14,58  11.422.764 2.670.650 20.005.420 3.433.706 
Drinking Water, Sewage and 
Solid Waste 2 11.340.000 5.875.000 3,14  245.000 526.000 4.453.000 526.000 
Sewage Network/ Treatment 
Plant 14 230.390.978 125.218.219 66,98  11.399.466 1.992.236 58.365.760 7.936.237 
Sector Total 23 318.222.738 186.956.539 100,00 51,62 32.667.230 7.148.886 96.344.180 13.855.943 
Transport  
Rail 3 261.769.000 143.740.000 82,73  14.432.880 14.615.404 73.924.210 33.817.394 
Road 1 52.210.000 27.149.200 15,63  2.714.920 7.229.017 21.719.360 9.943.937 
Rail and Road 2 3.800.000 2.850.000 1,64  480.000 330.000 1.800.000 330.000 
Sector Total 6 317.779.000 173.739.200 100,00 47,97 17.627.800 22.174.421 97.443.570 44.091.330 
EDIS  
EDIS 1 1.450.000 1.450.000 100,00 0,41 290.000 580.000 1.450.000 1.160.000 
TOTAL 30 637.451.738 362.145.739  100,00 50.585.030 29.903.307 195.237.750 59.107.273 
 
EN 91   EN Technical Assistance Measu res 2000-2003 Slovakia - €  
          
Technical 
Assistance Sub-
Sector N° of Projects Total Cost Total 
Eligible 
Cost Total ISPA 
Contribution Commitments 
2003 Payments 
2003 Commitments
2000-3 Payments 
2000-3 
Environment  
Drinking Water and 
Sewage  5 12.881.760 12.881.760 10.736.320 5.830.000 1.017.950 6.783.820 1.781.006 
Drinking Water, Sewage 
and Solid Waste 1 820.000 820.000 615.000 245.000 - 245.000 - 
Sector Total 6 13.701.760 13.701.760 11.351.320 6.075.000 1.017.950  7.028.820 1.781.006 
Transport  
Rail and Road 2 3.800.000 3.800.000 2.850.000 480.000 330.000 1.800.000 330.000 
Sector Total 2 3.800.000 3.800.000 2.850.000 480.000 330.000 1.800.000 330.000 
EDIS  
EDIS 1 1.450.000 1.450.000 1.450.000 290.000 580.000 1.450.000 1.160.000 
TOTAL 8 18.951.760 18.951.760 15.651.320 6.845.000 19.279.500 10.278.820 3.271.006 
 
EN 92   EN 
Projects Decided 2003 Slovenia - €  
       
Sector N° of 
Projects Total Cost Total 
Eligible CostTotal ISPA 
ContributionCommitments Payments  
Environment  
Drinking Water 
and Sewage  1 1.100.000 1.100.000 825.000 660.000 165.000 
Sewage Network/ 
Treatment Plant 1 5.997.469 4.564.254 2.282.127 1.825.702 - 
Solid Waste 
Collection System 1 10.138.480 6.601.768 3.300.884 2.640.707 - 
Sector Total 3 17.235.949 12.266.022 6.408.011 5.126.409 165.000 
Transport  
Rail 1 22.038.787 17.682.330 10.078.928 5.282.292 - 
Sector Total 1 22.038.787 17.682.330 10.078.928 5.282.292 - 
TOTAL 4 39.274.736 29.948.352 16.486.939 10.408.701 165.000 
 
EN 93   EN Projects Decided 2000-2003 Slovenia - €  
           
Sub-Sector N° of 
Projects Total Cost Total Eligible 
Cost Total ISPA 
Contribution % of 
Sector % of 
Country Commitments 
2003 Payments 2003 Commitments
2000-3 Payments 
2000-3 
Environment  
Drinking Water 
Pipes/ Plant 1 6.543.464 5.122.168 2.561.084 5,46  - 470.034 2.048.867 726.142 
Drinking Water 
and Sewage  2 12.306.893 10.114.272 5.332.136 11,36  660.000 165.000 4.265.709 615.714 
Solid Waste 
Collection System2 28.011.543 16.544.768 8.272.384 17,62  2.640.707 - 6.617.907 497.150 
Sewage Network/ 
Treatment Plant 6 76.793.802 59.989.341 30.775.540 65,56  5.908.333 5.872.867 24.953.445 10.395.564 
Sector Total 11 123.655.202 91.770.549 46.941.144 100,00 54,24 9.209.040 6507901 37.885.928 12.234.570 
Transport  
Rail 5 94.195.519 75.608.967 38.907.593 100,00  5.477.292 2.931.513 28.540.224 9.499.626 
Sector Total 5  94.195.519 75.608.967 38.907.593 100,00 44,95 5.477.292 2.931.513 28.540.224 9.499.626 
EDIS  
EDIS 1 699.900 699.900 699.900 100,00 0,81 139.980 139.980 699.900 279.960 
TOTAL 17 218.551.121 168.079.416 86.548.637  100,00 14.826.312 9.579.394 67.126.052 22.014.156 
 
EN 94  
 EN Technical Assistance Measu res 2000-2003 Slovenia - €  
          
Technical 
Assistance Sub-
Sector N° of Projects Total Cost Total 
Eligible CostTotal ISPA 
ContributionCommitments 
2003 Payments 
2003 Commitments 
2000-3 Payments 
2000-3 
Environment  
Drinking Water and 
Sewage  1 1.100.000 1.100.000 825.000 660.000 165.000 660.000 165.000 
Sewage 
network/treatment plant 1 300.000 300.000 225.000 - 157.470 180.000 179.970 
Sector Total 2 1.400.000 1.400.000 1.050.000 660.000 322.470 840.000 344.970 
Transport  
Rail  1 1.300.000 1.300.000 975.000 195.000 652.500 975.000 750.000 
Sector Total 1 1.300.000 1.300.000 975.000 195.000 652.500 975.000 750.000 
EDIS  
EDIS 1 699.900 699.900 699.900 139.980 139.980 699.900 279.960 
TOTAL 4 3.399.900 3.399.900 2.724.900 994.980 1.114.950 2.514.900 1.374.930 
 
EN 95   EN List of abbreviations 
ALAT Local agent for technical assistance 
EBRD European Bank for Reconstruction and Development EC European Commission EDIS Extended Decentralised Implementation System EIA Environmental Impact Assessment EIB European Investment Bank EU European Union FIDIC International Confederat ion of Consulting Engineers 
IFI International Financial Institution ISPA Instrument for Structural Policy for Pre-Accession LA Local Agent NIB Nordic Investment Bank NGO Non-Governmental Organisation OECD Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development OLAF European anti-fraud office PHARE Community programme for assistance for economic 
restructuring in the countries of Central and Eastern Europe
PPP Public Private Partnership PRAG Practical Guide to PHARE, ISPA and SAPARD contract 
procedures 
SAPARD Special Accession Progra mme for Agriculture and Rural 
Development 
SSTA Small-scale Technical Assistance TEN-T Trans-European Transport Network TINA Transport Infrastructure Needs Assessment WFD Water Framework Directive 
 
EN 96   EN Useful Information Sources 
ISPA on-line: 
http://www.europa.eu.int/comm/regi onal_policy/funds/ispa/ispa_en.htm  
DG Regional Policy on-line: http://www.europa.eu.int/com m/regional_policy/index_en.htm
 
Documentation Centre: Th e European Commission 
DG Regional Policy  B-1049 Brussels Tel: + 32.2.2960634 Fax: + 32.2.2966003 E-mail: regio-info@cec.eu.int
 
European Union website: www.europa.eu.int  
DG Enlargement website: http://europa .eu.int/comm/enlargement/index.htm  
DG Environment website: http://europa .eu.int/comm/environment/index_en.htm  
DG Transport and Energy website http: //europa.eu.int/comm/transport/index_en.html  
The EBRD website: www.ebrd.com  
The EIB website: www.eib.org  
 
EN 97   EN Project List 
Country Project Number Commission 
Decision 
Signature Total 
Eligible 
Cost €  % 
Grant ISPA 
Grant 
€ Commitments 
2000-2002 
€ Commitments 
2003 
€ Payments 
2000-2003 
€ 
Bulgaria       
  2002/BG/16/P/PA/003 TA for the preparation of EDIS 18/12/2002 892,555 100.00% 892,555 714,044 0 357,022 
  2000/BG/16/P/PE/003 Stara Zagora - Dimitrovgrad: co nstruction of new wastewater treatment plants 18/12/2000 43,399,688 75.00% 32,549,766 29,294,789 0 3,254,977 
  2001/BG/16/P/PE/005 Gorna: wastewater collection and treatment 17/12/2001 16,633,945 75.00% 12,475,459 9,775,027 1,452,886 1,247,546 
  2001/BG/16/P/PE/006 Pazardjik wastewater collection and treatment 06/12/2001 19,110,968 65.00% 12,422,129 9,937,703 1,242,213 1,242,213 
  2001/BG/16/P/PE/008 Blagoevgrad wastewater treatment plant 20/11/2001 12,580,465 70.00% 8,806,326 7,045,060 880,633 880,633 
  2002/BG/16/P/PE/009 Bourgas-Meden Rudnik wastewater collection and treatment 10/12/2002 10,206,220 75.00% 7,654,665 6,123,732 0 765,467 
  2002/BG/16/P/PE/010 Targovishte wast ewater collection and treatment 10/12/2002 15,235,915 75.00% 11,426,936 9,141,549 0 1,142,694 
  2002/BG/16/P/PE/011 Lovech wastewater collection and treatment 10/12/2002 18,396,575 75.00% 13,797,431 11,037,945 0 1,379,743 
  2002/BG/16/P/PE/012 Montana wastew ater collection and treatment 10/12/2002 16,741,237 75.00% 12,555,928 10,044,742 0 1,255,593 
  2002/BG/16/P/PE/014 Sevlievo wastewater collection and treatment 13/12/2002 13,987,623 75.00% 10,490,717 8,392,574 0 1,049,072 
  2002/BG/16/P/PE/015 Popovo wastewater collection and treatment 13/12/2002 11,860,433 75.00% 8,895,326 7,116,261 0 889,533 
  2000/BG/16/P/PE/002 Regional landfills (group) - waste management:Sozopol, Rousse, Montana, 
Pernik, Sevlievo, Silistra 18/12/2000 60,577,513 75.00% 45,433,135 40,889,821 0 4,543,314 
Nodal point 2000/BG/16/P/PT/002 Sofia airport: reconstruction, development and extension 12/10/2000 135,135,13
537.00% 50,000,000 40,000,000 0 10,000,000 
IV & IX  2001/BG/16/P/PT/003 Plovdiv-Svilengrad: rail electrification and upgrading 20/11/2001 340,000,00
045.00% 153,000,00
045,900,000 26,887,500 15,300,000 
IV & VIII  2001/BG/16/P/PA/001 Technical assistance Danube bridge 09/08/2001 5,880,000 85.00% 4,998,000 3,998,400 0 3,878,782 
IV, VIII & IX 2000/BG/16/P/PT/001 Trans it Roads Rehabilitation project III 12/10/2000 40,000,000 75.00% 30,000,000 24,000,000 0 3,000,000 
IV & VIII 2001/BG/16/P/PT/004 Ljulin motorway (Sofia ring road to Daskalovo road junction) 10/12/2002 148,450,00
075.00% 111,337,50
052,000,000 12,356,666 11,133,750 
 
EN 98   EN  
  Commission
Decision 
Signature Total 
Eligible 
Cost €  % 
Grant ISPA 
Grant 
€ Commitments 
2000-2002 
€ Commitments 
2003 
€ Payments 
2000-2003 
€ 
Czech Republic          
  2001/CZ/16/P/PA/004 Technical assistance: assessment of capacity to implement Ispa 
projects under EDIS 14/12/2001 763,940 100.00% 763,940 680,902 83,038 544,001 
  2000/CZ/16/P/PA/002 Technical assistance in the field of environment 29/12/2000 380,000 75.00% 285,000 228,000 0 28,500 
  2002/CZ/16/P/PE/012 Clean river Becva 13/12/2002 46,218,949 70.00% 32,353,264 12,000,000 0 3,235,326 
  2001/CZ/16/P/PE/004 Podkrusnohori: Reconstruction drinking water supply system, 
construction sewerage system, re construction water treatment 23/10/2001 19,800,500 65.00% 12,870,325 10,296,260 0 1,287,033 
  2002/CZ/16/P/PE/010 Jesenik: waste water disposal management and drinking water 
suppl y 16/09/2002 15,242,000 60.00% 9,145,200 7,316,160 0 914,520 
  2000/CZ/16/P/PE/001 Ostrava City - sewage system upgr ading in the Ostrava city-main 
sewers 21/12/2000 24,842,809 67.00% 16,644,682 13,315,746 0 3,631,118 
  2000/CZ/16/P/PE/002 Brno City, Reconstruction of sewerage and sewers 29/12/2000 28,319,640 63.00% 17,841,373 14,273,098 0 7,743,201 
  2001/CZ/16/P/PE/005 Jihlava waste water treatment plant and sewer upgrading system 17/12/2001 14,800,000 65.00% 9,620,000 7,696,000 0 962,000 
  2001/CZ/16/P/PE/008 Olomouc sewer system upgrading 18/12/2001 14,462,000 70.00% 10,123,400 8,098,720 0 1,012,340 
  2001/CZ/16/P/PE/009 Water protection of Dyje river basin 10/12/2002 49,099,000 68.00% 33,387,320 12,000,000 0 3,338,732 
  2002/CZ/16/P/PM/001 Floods 2002 relief: reconstruction of transport and environment 
infrastructure damaged in August 2002 18/10/2002 35,294,118 85.00% 30,000,000 24,000,000 6,000,000 23,745,361 
IV  2000/CZ/16/P/PT/002 Ústí nad Orlicí - Ceská Trebová: M odernisation of the line section 29/12/2000 28,600,160 50.00% 14,300,080 12,870,072 0 5,543,000 
IV  2000/CZ/16/P/PT/006 Modernisation of the line section Zabori-Prelouc 22/12/2000 61,814,839 50.00% 30,907,420 24,725,936 3,090,742 9,559,284 
Link IV-VI 2002/CZ/16/P/PT/013 Zabreh na Morave-Krasikov: optimalisation of railway section 17/10/2002 121,299,69
060.00% 72,779,814 23,321,188 0 7,277,981 
Various  2001/CZ/16/P/PA/003 Technical assistance in transport project management and 
implementation 08/05/2001 200,000 100.00% 200,000 200,000 0 159,966 
Various 2000/CZ/16/P/PA/001 Technical assistance for the project preparation in field of transport 29/12/2000 833,333 75.00% 625,000 562,500 62,500 340,348 
VI  2000/CZ/16/P/PT/001 Road 1/48 Belotín By-pass 26/10/2001 28,528,535 60.00% 17,117,121 13,693,697 0 1,711,712 
VI  2000/CZ/16/P/PT/003 Road I/48 Frýdek-Místek-Dobrá 22/12/2000 33,986,128 60.00% 20,391,677 16,313,342 4,078,335 10,848,315 
IV  2001/CZ/16/P/PT/009 Prague-Ustí nad Laben Motorway: section 807 Trmice- German 
Border 21/10/2003 123,553,00
050.00% 61,776,500 0 12,355,300 6,177,650 
VI  2001/CZ/16/P/PT/012 Dobra-Tosanovice-Zukov R48 expressway: stage 1 Dobra-
Tosanovice 17/12/2001 32,996,127 60.00% 19,797,676 15,838,140 0 1,979,768 
 
EN 99   EN  
Estonia      Commission
Decision 
Signature Total 
Eligible 
Cost €  % 
Grant ISPA 
Grant 
€ Commitments 
2000-2002 
€ Commitments 
2003 
€ Payments 
2000-2003 
€ 
  2001/EE/16/P/PA/002 Technical assistance decentralisation 14/05/2001 435,760 100.00% 435,760 435,760 0 196,588 
  2001/EE/16/P/PA/003 Pärnu River Basin: technical assistance for water infrastructure 
plan for compliance with EC water legislation 17/12/2001 200,000 75.00% 150,000 120,000 30,000 30,000 
  2001/EE/16/P/PA/005 (5-6)Technical assistance for East-Harju and Keila - Vasalemma 
water protection project 14/12/2001 960,000 75.00% 720,000 720,000 0 72,000 
  2001/EE/16/P/PE/007 Tartu: expansion and rehabilitatio n of water and sewage network 13/12/2001 17,020,000 71.00% 12,084,200 9,667,360 0 1,208,420 
  2001/EE/16/P/PE/008 Narva water and wastewater network 04/12/2002 6,870,000 75.00% 5,152,500 4,122,000 0 515,250 
  2002/EE/16/P/PE/011 Valga waste & drinking water 13/12/2002 7,000,000 75.00% 5,250,000 1,000,000 1,500,000 525,000 
  2002/EE/16/P/PE/012 Rapla water management 04/12/2002 4,260,000 75.00% 3,195,000 1,000,000 1,000,000 319,500 
  2003/EE/16/P/PA/011 Harju sub river basin: technical assistance for district water 
management plan 01/07/2003 560,000 75.00% 420,000 0 336,000 42,000 
  2000/EE/16/P/PE/001 Tartu Tunnel Collector project, K2 01/12/2000 7,700,000 71.00% 5,467,000 4,373,600 0 1,780,282 
  2000/EE/16/P/PE/002 Viljandi: Establishment of a centra l municipal wastewater treatment 
plant 29/12/2000 6,361,150 74.00% 4,707,251 3,765,801 0 1,623,974 
  2000/EE/16/P/PE/003 Narva City Sewage Treatment Plant Rehabilitation 01/12/2000 8,935,000 56.00% 5,003,600 4,002,880 0 1,437,946 
  2000/EE/16/P/PE/004 Tallinn waste management: phase 1-  establishment of new landfill 
and waste treatment plant 29/12/2000 6,110,000 75.00% 4,582,500 3,666,000 0 2,423,567 
  2001/EE/16/P/PE/005 Tallinn waste management Phase II: closing down Pääskula landfill 
(County of Harju) 08/06/2001 11,060,000 75.00% 8,295,000 6,636,000 0 829,500 
  2001/EE/16/P/PE/006 Parnu waste management: establishment of sanitary landfill and 
closure of existing landfill 14/12/2001 8,713,489 63.00% 5,489,498 4,391,598 0 548,950 
  2002/EE/16/P/PE/010 Narva: closure of ash field n°2 18/12/2002 7,106,000 84.00% 5,969,000 4,000,000 0 596,900 
 I 2000/EE/16/P/PA/001 Technical assistance for the rail sector (design, tender documents, 
detailed environmental impact assessment for South-East Railway 28/12/2000 1,800,000 75.00% 1,350,000 1,350,000 0 1,080,000 
 I + Link to I 2002/EE/16/P/PA/009 Technical assistance for transport sector: project preparation and 
management 27/11/2002 10,000,000 75.00% 7,500,000 6,000,000 0 750,000 
 I + Link to I 2000/EE/16/P/PT/001 Via Baltica: rehabilitation of Ikla-Tallinn-Narva road 01/12/2000 16,961,073 75.00% 12,720,805 12,720,805 0 10,176,644 
 I 2001/EE/16/P/PA/004 Technical assistance for reconstruction of Väo-Maardu of E20 
Tallinn-Narva road 29/11/2001 500,000 75.00% 375,000 300,000 75,000 244,969 
 I + Link to I 2001/EE/16/P/PT/002 Via Baltica Phase II: rehabilitation of Ikla-Tallinn-Narva Road 14/08/2001 30,244,698 75.00% 22,683,523 16,861,773 2,000,000 7,528,845 
 I  2002/EE/16/P/PA/008 Tallinn: technical assistance for mainland connections of Corridor I 17/09/2002 2,000,000 80.00% 1,600,000 1,280,000 0 300,000 
 Not appl.  2002/EE/16/P/PA/010 Saarmaa fixed link: technical assistance for financial and 
environmental analysis 01/07/2003 400,000 75.00% 300,000 0 240,000 30,000 
 Link to I  2002/EE/16/P/PT/003 Kukruse-Johvi: reconstruction part of E20 Tallinn-Narva road (Via 
Baltica phase III) 13/12/2002 13,520,000 75.00% 10,140,000 2,090,000 4,000,000 1,014,000 
 
EN 100   EN Hungary     Commission
Decision 
Signature Total 
Eligible 
Cost €  % 
Grant ISPA 
Grant 
€ Commitments 
2000-2002 
€ Commitments 
2003 
€ Payments 
2000-2003 
€ 
  2001/HU/16/P/PA/010 Technical assistance for EDIS 07/10/2002 540,000 100.00% 540,000 432,000 55,760 324,000 
  2001/HU/16/P/PA/008 Technical assistance for implementation of urban waste water 
directives in major cities 14/12/2001 190,000 75.00% 142,500 114,000 0 103,832 
  2001/HU/16/P/PE/009 Pécs: extension of city's sewe r system; protection of water 
resources of region 13/12/2001 21,707,000 50.00% 10,853,500 8,682,800 0 1,085,350 
  2003/HU/16/P/PA/011 Zagyva-Tarna river basin: technical assistance for elaboration of 
management plan 08/08/2003 648,600 100.00% 648,600 0 518,880 129,720 
  2000/HU/16/P/PA/005 Technical assistance improv ement 2001 project documents - 
preparation tenders 09/03/2001 405,000 75.00% 303,750 243,000 10,596 253,596 
  2003/HU/16/P/PA/012 Technical assistance for the rpreparation of Cohesion Fund 
financed environment projects 03/07/2003 7,000,000 75.00% 5,250,000 0 4,200,000 1,050,000 
  2000/HU/16/P/PA/001 Budapest: technical assist ance for waste water treatment plant 22/12/2000 2,096,200 75.00% 1,572,150 1,257,720 0 984,551 
  2000/HU/16/P/PE/001 Györ: upgrading of Sewage Treatment Plant 21/12/2000 14,500,000 50.00% 7,250,000 4,350,000 0 1,450,000 
  2000/HU/16/P/PE/003 Szeged: waste water collection and treatment plant 22/12/2000 66,650,000 50.00% 33,325,000 14,568,600 0 6,665,000 
  2001/HU/16/P/PA/009 Technical assistance for preparation Ispa projects 13/12/2001 1,440,000 75.00% 1,080,000 864,000 0 635,400 
  2001/HU/16/P/PE/011 Sopron: sewerage and sewage treatment programme 14/12/2001 18,682,000 50.00% 9,341,000 6,982,453 0 934,100 
  2000/HU/16/P/PE/002 Hajdú-Bihar: selective waste collection and solid waste 
management system 10/11/2000 18,738,000 75.00% 14,053,500 11,242,800 0 2,810,700 
  2000/HU/16/P/PE/004 Miskolc: regional waste management project 15/03/2001 12,900,000 70.00% 9,030,000 7,224,000 0 1,806,000 
  2000/HU/16/P/PE/005 Szeged: regional  waste management programme 22/12/2000 12,797,930 65.00% 8,318,654 6,654,923 0 831,865 
  2000/HU/16/P/PE/006 Tisza Lake: muni cipal waste management system 17/12/2001 8,140,000 60.00% 4,884,000 3,907,200 0 488,400 
  2000/HU/16/P/PE/007 Szolnok: so lid waste managem ent system 22/12/2000 10,280,000 70.00% 7,196,000 5,756,800 0 719,600 
  2001/HU/16/P/PE/008 Mid-Danube-Tisza Plain Regional solid waste management project 13/12/2001 23,739,000 50.00% 11,869,500 9,495,600 0 1,186,950 
  2001/HU/16/P/PE/010 Sajó-Bodva: regional solid waste management system 17/12/2001 12,729,000 50.00% 6,364,500 5,091,600 0 636,450 
  2002/HU/16/P/PE/014 North-East of Pest c ounty: municipal solid waste management 10/12/2002 24,742,800 50.00% 12,371,400 9,897,120 0   
  2002/HU/16/P/PE/015 Homokhátság: regional communal solid waste management 10/12/2002 44,177,333 75.00% 33,133,000 11,039,538 0 3,313,300 
  2002/HU/16/P/PE/016 West-Balaton and Zala valley: regional solid waste management 
system 04/12/2002 34,585,000 70.00% 24,209,500 12,104,750 0 2,420,950 
  2002/HU/16/P/PE/018 South-Balaton and Sió valley: regional municipal solid waste 
management system 04/12/2002 49,461,538 65.00% 32,150,000 16,075,000 0 3,215,000 
 
EN 101   EN Various  2000/HU/16/P/PA/002 Assistance in the tendering proced ure for railway projects Pest, 
Szolnok, Komãron-Eszterjom, Gyo r-Supran and Zala 22/12/2000 158,100 75.00% 118,575 118,575 0 87,996 
IV  2000/HU/16/P/PA/003 Rehabilitation of Szolnok-Lökösjaza railway line 21/12/2000 200,000 75.00% 150,000 150,000 0 92,748 
IV  2000/HU/16/P/PT/001 Budapest-Szolnok-Romania: rail upgrading (stage 1: Vecsés-
Szolnok) 21/12/2000 126,000,00
050.00% 63,000,000 32,400,000 5,000,000 30,896,487 
IV  2000/HU/16/P/PT/002 Hegyeshalom-G yör-Budapest rail rehabilitation 21/12/2000 85,988,000 50.00% 42,994,000 27,094,000 4,000,000 16,004,671 
V  2000/HU/16/P/PT/003 Boba-Zalaegerszeg-Zalalövö rail upgrading 21/12/2000 167,390,00
050.00% 83,695,000 35,561,000 10,800,000 20,195,377 
Various  2001/HU/16/P/PA/006 Technical assistance 6 and 7: for the tendering and supervision of 
railway pro jects II 11/12/2001 1,980,000 75.00% 1,485,000 1,188,000 0 703,379 
IV  2001/HU/16/P/PT/007 Rehabilitation of Budapest-Lököshaza railway: stage 2: Budapest-
Vecsés and Szolnok-Lököshaza - phase 1: Szolnok-Mezotur and 25/11/2002 99,460,000 54.00% 53,708,400 13,427,100 15,300,000 5,370,840 
Various 2003/HU/16/P/PA/013 Technical assistance: preparation of Cohesion Fund financed 
transport projects 08/08/2003 4,621,500 75.00% 3,466,125 0 2,772,900 346,612 
Various  2000/HU/16/P/PA/004 Technical assistance for "Road rehabilitation programme for 
achieving 11,5 ton load bearing capacity" 22/12/2000 200,000 75.00% 150,000 136,772 0 136,772 
V  2001/HU/16/P/PT/006 Road rehabilitation programme for 11,5tons bearing capacity: 
phase I trunk roads 3 and 35 14/12/2001 39,999,080 50.00% 19,999,540 15,999,632 0 3,999,908 
IV,Vb,Vc+links 2002/HU/16/P/PT/008 Road rehabilitation programme - phase 2: trunk roads 2,6,42,47 
and 56 04/12/2002 108,276,92
250.00% 54,138,461 10,827,692 7,524,850 5,413,846 
 
EN 102   EN  
Latvia  Commission
Decision 
Signature Total 
Eligible 
Cost €  % 
Grant ISPA 
Grant 
€ Commitments 
2000-2002 
€ Commitments 
2003 
€ Payments 
2000-2003 
€ 
  2001/LV/16/P/PA/006 Technical assistance introduction of EDIS 11/12/2001 700,000 100.00% 700,000 560,000 140,000 518,215 
  2002/LV/16/P/PE/009 Rezekne development of water services 23/12/2002 9,463,000 75.00% 7,097,000 5,677,600 0 709,700 
  2000/LV/16/P/PE/001 Riga water & environment project, phase II 22/12/2000 24,300,000 70.00% 17,010,000 13,608,000 3,402,000 3,402,000 
  2000/LV/16/P/PE/002 Jelgava development of water services 22/12/2000 14,993,000 75.00% 11,244,750 8,995,800 0 2,248,950 
  2000/LV/16/P/PE/003 Ventspils improvement of water supply, waste water collection and 
treatment22/12/2000 20,080,000 47.00% 9,437,600 7,550,080 0 2,605,774 
  2001/LV/16/P/PE/007 Development of water services in river basins of Eastern Latvia 13/12/2001 67,600,000 66.00% 44,616,000 13,385,200 5,642,000 4,461,600 
  2001/LV/16/P/PE/008 Jurmala water services development 05/03/2002 11,042,548 75.00% 8,281,911 6,625,529 0 828,191 
  2000/LV/16/P/PA/001 Technical assistance for environmental projects 12/09/2001 4,510,000 75.00% 3,382,500 2,706,000 200,000 1,358,782 
  2003/LV/16/P/PA/008 Technical assistance for environment sector 01/12/2003 19,866,892 75.00% 14,900,169 0 11,920,135   
  2000/LV/16/P/PE/004 Sustainable waste management in Ventspils region 15/06/2001 6,190,000 49.00% 3,033,100 2,426,480 606,620 1,608,664 
  2001/LV/16/P/PE/005 Liepaja region solid waste management project 05/09/2001 8,090,000 63.00% 5,096,700 4,077,360 0 1,019,340 
  2001/LV/16/P/PE/006 North Vidzeme region solid waste management 14/09/2001 4,820,000 70.00% 3,374,000 2,699,200 674,800 1,168,827 
  2002/LV/16/P/PE/011 South Latgale regional solid waste management 17/11/2003 6,490,500 65.00% 4,218,825 0 3,375,060   
Various 2000/LV/16/P/PA/005 Technical assistance in the rail sector: signalling and safety control 
systems 22/12/2000 386,991 82.37% 318,750 290,243 0 278,449 
I 2000/LV/16/P/PT/003 Replacements of trac k turnouts on the W-E railway corridor 28/12/2000 35,240,000 75.00% 26,430,000 13,215,000 4,405,000 7,947,230 
I + IX  2000/LV/16/P/PT/004 Rezekne rail marshalling yard: rail upgrading 28/12/2000 10,213,346 75.00% 7,660,010 6,128,000 1,532,010 766,001 
I  2001/LV/16/P/PT/006 Modernisation of signa lling systems on East-West rail corridor 27/12/2001 89,950,964 75.00% 67,463,223 14,097,084 4,559,183 6,746,322 
I  2001/LV/16/P/PT/007 Modernisation of hot-box detection system on the East-West rail 
corrido r 12/03/2002 15,123,880 75.00% 11,342,910 9,074,328 0 1,134,291 
I  2000/LV/16/P/PT/001 Via Baltica road: Gauja-Lilaste - km 13 to km 21,2 23/10/2000 5,762,300 75.00% 4,321,725 4,321,725 0 3,889,553 
I  2000/LV/16/P/PT/002 Access road to Riga airport (P133) and a related section of Riga-
Ventspils highway (A10) near interchange 28/12/2000 7,600,000 75.00% 5,700,000 4,175,000 1,300,000 1,550,050 
I 2001/LV/16/P/PA/007 Technical assistance transport 18/10/2001 860,000 74.86% 643,769 516,000 127,769 366,485 
I  2001/LV/16/P/PT/005 Via Baltica: improvem ents of part Riga-Adazi (km 0 to 6,3) 17/12/2001 14,200,588 75.00% 10,650,441 8,520,352 2,130,089 4,969,860 
I  2002/LV/16/P/PT/008 Constructi on of Saulkrasti bypass - Improvement of Via Baltica 20/12/2002 41,051,847 75.00% 30,788,885 12,706,800 3,559,358 3,078,888 
I  2003/LV/16/P/PT/009 E67 Via Baltica section Kekava-Lecava 30/11/2003 11,744,420 75.00% 8,808,315 0 6,994,527   
 
EN 103   EN  
Lithuania     Commission
Decision 
Signature Total Eligible 
Cost €  % 
Grant ISPA 
Grant 
€ Commitments 
2000-2002 
€ Commitments 
2003 
€ Payments 
2000-2003 
€ 
  2001/LT/16/P/PA/003 Technical assistance for EDIS 20/12/2001 381,420 100.00% 381,420 381,420 0 257,496 
  2000/LT/16/P/PE/001 Vilnius Rehabilitation and extension of water supply and sewage 
collection systems 10/11/2000 40,000,000 50.00% 20,000,000 16,000,000 0 4,077,578 
  2001/LT/16/P/PE/005 Jonava: wastewater treatment plan t, sewer network extension and 
potable water network rehabilitation 13/12/2001 6,259,900 60.00% 3,755,940 3,004,752 0 375,594 
  2001/LT/16/P/PE/006 Neringa: drinking water and waste water treatment systems 
development 18/12/2001 10,153,000 47.00% 4,771,910 3,817,528 0 
  2001/LT/16/P/PA/002 TA project preparation in environment sector 26/10/2001 9,330,000 75.00% 6,997,500 5,598,000 0 2,098,603 
  2003/LT/16/P/PA/004 Technical assistance for institutional strenghtening in the 
environment secto r 05/12/2003 2,376,375 75.00% 1,782,281 0 1,425,825 
  2000/LT/16/P/PE/002 Druskinninkai: wastewater treatment, upgrading and extension 22/12/2000 5,500,000 65.00% 3,575,000 2,200,000 660,000 550,000 
  2001/LT/16/P/PE/007 Kaunas: extension of wastewater treatment plant for biological 
treatment and network extensions 13/12/2001 22,359,000 71.00% 15,874,890 12,699,912 0 1,587,489 
  2002/LT/16/P/PE/009 Kedainiai: Reconstruction of Wastewater Tr eatment Plant, 
Rehabilitation and Extension of Sewer and Water Supply Networks 17/12/2002 10,400,000 65.00% 6,760,000 5,408,000 0 676,000 
  2002/LT/16/P/PE/013 Radviliskis: Reconstruction of Wastewater Treatment Plant, 
Rehabilitation and Extention of Sewer and Water Supply Networks 13/12/2002 6,400,000 70.00% 4,480,000 3,584,000 0 448,000 
  2002/LT/16/P/PE/014 Mazeikiai wastewat er treatment plant construction 18/12/2002 7,500,000 50.00% 3,750,000 3,000,000 0 375,000 
  2001/LT/16/P/PE/003 Alytus: development of regional waste management system 13/12/2001 7,825,808 50.00% 3,912,904 3,130,323 0 391,290 
  2001/LT/16/P/PE/004 Taurage: regi onal waste management system 13/12/2001 6,629,786 70.00% 4,640,850 3,712,680 0 464,085 
  2001/LT/16/P/PE/008 Siauliai: regional waste management system development 21/12/2001 9,402,000 56.00% 5,265,120 3,712,722 0 526,512 
  2002/LT/16/P/PE/010 Klaipeda waste management system development 17/12/2002 11,750,000 50.00% 5,875,000 4,700,000 0 587,500 
  2002/LT/16/P/PE/011 Mariampole: Development of Regional Solid Waste Management 
System 17/12/2002 13,009,000 72.00% 9,366,480 7,493,184 0 936,648 
  2002/LT/16/P/PE/012 Vilnius regional waste management 17/12/2002 20,930,000 50.00% 10,465,000 8,372,000 0 1,046,500 
  2003/LT/16/P/PE/017 Hazardous waste management 15/12/2003 18,758,000 65.40% 12,267,325 0 9,813,860 
I, IXb & IXd 2000/LT/16/P/PA/001 Technical assistance for project preparation on development of 
railway Crete Corridors IXB, IXD and I 22/06/2001 1,250,000 75.00% 937,500 750,000 187,500 507,234 
IXb  2000/LT/16/P/PT/004 Modernisation of telecommunicati ons, signalling and power supply 
on Crete Corridor IXB 22/12/2000 31,701,000 36.00% 11,412,360 9,129,888 0 5,566,728 
IXb  2001/LT/16/P/PT/006 Power supply sector 3 - Modernisation on Crete Corridor IXB 20/11/2001 27,193,000 44.00% 11,964,920 9,571,936 2,392,984 2,392,984 
IX  2002/LT/16/P/PT/008 Siauliai-Klaipeda: upgrading railway corridor IX: modernisation 
power supply and signalling, rehabilitation railway structures, track 18/12/2002 126,563,067 36.00% 45,562,704 13,402,565 9,834,414 4,556,270 
Various  2003/LT/16/P/PA/005 Technical assistance for project preparation for the rail sector 30/11/2003 5,300,000 75.00% 3,975,000 0 2,773,128 
 
EN 104   EN IXb  2000/LT/16/P/PT/001 Upgrading of IXB Transport Corridor (Vilnius-Klaipeda) 10/11/2000 26,082,400 75.00% 19,561,800 15,649,440 3,912,360 15,649,440 
I  2000/LT/16/P/PT/002 Development of Via Baltica road in 2000-2006 (Pan European 
Corridor 1) 10/11/2000 15,439,000 75.00% 11,579,000 9,263,200 2,315,800 9,262,873 
Ia  2000/LT/16/P/PT/003 Development of Corridor 1A (2001-2004) 10/10/2001 26,422,387 75.00% 19,816,800 12,286,416 3,567,024 12,622,984 
IXb  2000/LT/16/P/PT/005 Klai peda northern access road 18/12/2002 14,790,000 45.00% 6,655,500 5,324,400 0 665,550 
IXb  2002/LT/16/P/PT/007 Upgrading of IXB transport corridor in 2003-2004 18/12/2002 19,888,700 75.00% 14,916,525 1,695,077 5,966,610 5,573,578 
 
EN 105   EN  
Poland     Commission
Decision 
Signature Total Eligible 
Cost €  % 
Grant ISPA 
Grant 
€ Commitments 
2000-2002 
€ Commitments 
2003 
€ Payments 
2000-2003 
€ 
  2000/PL/16/P/PA/001 Technical assistance for training EDIS 29/12/2000 1,630,000 100.00% 1,630,000 1,630,000 0 623,000 
  2000/PL/16/P/PE/008 Pila: drinking water supply 28/12/2000 8,501,659 51.00% 4,335,846 3,468,677 0 867,169 
  2003/PL/16/P/PE/040 Rzeszow agglomeration: drinking water improvement programme 03/12/2003 33,616,500 55.00% 18,489,075 0 14,791,260 
  2000/PL/16/P/PE/001 Bydgoszcz: Water supply and sewerage (project) 19/09/2000 66,240,000 49.00% 32,457,600 25,966,080 0 6,491,520 
  2000/PL/16/P/PE/010 Torun: water and sewage management 18/12/2000 79,111,000 60.00% 47,466,600 21,100,000 7,500,000 4,746,660 
  2000/PL/16/P/PE/014 Olsztyn: drinking water and wastewater treatment 15/03/2001 38,142,100 57.00% 21,740,997 5,493,485 11,899,313 1,373,371 
  2000/PL/16/P/PE/015 Poznan: wastew ater treatment and water supply 07/09/2001 104,400,000 57.00% 59,508,000 45,000,000 0 5,950,800 
  2000/PL/16/P/PE/016 Szczecin water quality improvement (phase 1) (PE 16 and 17) 28/12/2000 288,000,000 66.00% 190,080,000 27,702,724 35,513,276 38,016,000 
  2000/PL/16/P/PE/019 Wroclaw water quality improvement 15/03/2001 121,070,000 56.00% 67,799,200 29,232,000 0 7,308,000 
  2000/PL/16/P/PE/020 Warsaw water supply and waste water treatment 05/09/2001 178,551,000 62.00% 110,701,620 21,965,840 41,205,161 2,745,730 
  2000/PL/16/P/PE/021 Suwalki: water quality improvement 07/09/2001 12,468,000 50.00% 6,234,000 4,987,200 0 623,400 
  2001/PL/16/P/PE/024 Bialystok water quality improvement 13/12/2001 18,316,000 56.00% 10,256,960 8,205,568 0 1,025,696 
  2001/PL/16/P/PE/028 Opole water quality improvement 27/09/2002 62,337,000 65.00% 40,519,050 30,389,287 0 4,051,905 
  2002/PL/16/P/PE/031 Elblag drinking water treatment 20/09/2002 15,584,000 60.00% 9,350,400 7,480,320 0 935,040 
  2002/PL/16/P/PE/033 Jelenia Gora water supply and waste water treatment 23/09/2002 40,615,000 69.00% 28,024,350 21,018,262 0 2,802,435 
  2002/PL/16/P/PE/035 Czestochowa waste water and drinking water treatment 17/12/2002 32,844,616 65.00% 21,349,000 16,011,750 0 2,134,900 
  2003/PL/16/P/PE/038 Dolina Redy i Chylonky:  water supply and wastewater treatment 15/12/2003 49,948,000 55.00% 27,471,400 0 1,977,120 
  2003/PL/16/P/PE/041 Walbrzych wastewater treatment 03/11/2003 49,930,000 69.00% 34,451,700 0 7,561,360 
  2003/PL/16/P/PE/042 Stalowa Wola: drinking water and wastewater treatment 03/11/2003 19,060,000 69.00% 13,151,400 0 10,521,120 
  2003/PL/16/P/PE/044 Chorzow-Swietochlowice: water supply and wastewater treatment 17/12/2003 31,811,400 70.00% 22,267,980 0 2,226,798 
  2003/PL/16/P/PE/045 Tarnow: water supply and wastewater treatment 03/11/2003 38,046,000 68.00% 25,871,280 0 2,587,128 
  2003/PL/16/P/PE/046 Kedzierzyn-Kozle: wa ter supply and wastewater treatment 17/12/2003 40,430,000 70.00% 28,301,000 0 2,830,100 
  2000/PL/16/P/PA/003 Technical assistance fo r the preparation of environment projects 27/12/2000 4,550,000 75.00% 3,412,500 3,412,500 0 1,483,390 
 
EN 106   EN   2002/PL/16/P/PA/013 Technical assistance for the environment sector 17/06/2003 15,900,000 75.00% 11,925,000 0 9,540,000 1,192,500 
  2000/PL/16/P/PE/003 Gliwice: waste water treatment 07/09/2001 66,395,000 53.00% 35,189,350 27,000,000 0 3,518,935 
  2000/PL/16/P/PE/004 Katowice: waste water treatment 07/09/2001 50,520,000 60.00% 30,312,000 23,000,000 0 3,031,200 
  2000/PL/16/P/PE/007 Podhale wastewater treatment 11/12/2003 19,393,000 65.00% 12,605,450 0 1,260,545 
  2000/PL/16/P/PE/009 Przemysl: waste water treatment 07/09/2001 17,444,000 50.00% 8,722,000 6,977,600 0 872,000 
  2000/PL/16/P/PE/012 Krakow Plaszow sewage treatment plant 28/12/2000 79,976,000 70.00% 55,983,200 44,786,560 0 11,196,640 
  2000/PL/16/P/PE/013 Lodz waste water treatment plant 07/09/2001 45,799,000 50.00% 22,899,500 18,319,600 0 2,289,950 
  2000/PL/16/P/PE/022 Brzeg waste water treatment 16/08/2002 28,605,000 60.00% 17,163,000 13,730,400 0 1,716,300 
  2000/PL/16/P/PE/023 Zywiec waste water treatment 05/12/2003 16,656,600 65.00% 10,826,790 0 1,082,679 
  2001/PL/16/P/PE/025 Rybnik waste water collection system 13/12/2001 111,440,000 64.00% 71,321,600 20,512,600 18,059,000 7,132,160 
  2001/PL/16/P/PE/026 Boleslawiec waste water treatment 16/08/2002 18,250,000 60.00% 10,950,000 8,760,000 0 1,095,000 
  2001/PL/16/P/PE/027 Ruda Slaska waste water treatment 27/02/2002 45,897,000 65.00% 29,833,050 5,966,610 2,899,830 2,983,305 
  2002/PL/16/P/PE/029 Lublin wastewater treatment 20/09/2002 16,150,000 60.00% 9,690,000 7,752,000 0 969,000 
  2002/PL/16/P/PE/032 Wloclawek waste water treatment 20/09/2002 27,238,000 65.00% 17,704,700 14,163,760 0 1,770,470 
  2002/PL/16/P/PE/036 Mielec wastewater treatment 13/12/2002 26,860,000 70.00% 18,802,000 15,041,600 0 1,880,200 
  2003/PL/16/P/PE/037 Grudziadz: wastewater tratment 15/12/2003 7,702,000 70.00% 5,391,400 0 4,313,120 
  2000/PL/16/P/PE/002 "Dolina Redy I Ch ylonki solid waste treatment plant 12/03/2001 20,852,950 72.00% 15,014,127 12,011,301 0 3,002,825 
  2000/PL/16/P/PE/005 Kraków: Municipal solid waste treatment (phase 1) 18/12/2000 22,730,000 62.00% 14,092,600 11,274,080 0 2,818,520 
  2000/PL/16/P/PE/006 Lodz: solid waste treatment 07/09/2001 21,640,000 60.00% 12,984,000 10,387,200 0 1,298,400 
  2000/PL/16/P/PE/018 Wroclaw solid waste treatment (phase 1) 18/12/2000 20,402,000 66.00% 13,465,320 10,772,256 0 2,693,064 
  2002/PL/16/P/PE/030 Kalisz waste treatment plant 27/11/2002 13,450,000 69.00% 9,280,500 7,424,400 0 928,050 
  2002/PL/16/P/PE/034 Radom solid waste treatment 18/12/2002 17,600,000 65.00% 11,440,000 9,152,000 0 1,144,000 
  2003/PL/16/P/PE/039 Sosnowiec: wastewater treatment 15/12/2003 23,365,000 70.00% 16,355,500 0 13,084,400 
II  2000/PL/16/P/PA/002 Technical assistance for pre-feasibility study for the sustainable 
development of the Warsaw Transport node 29/12/2000 940,000 75.00% 705,000 705,000 0 418,090 
II  2000/PL/16/P/PT/002 Minsk-Siedlce (E20): rail upgrading 19/09/2000 124,595,600 75.00% 93,446,719 91,226,719 2,220,000 44,558,185 
II  2000/PL/16/P/PT/003 Rzepin-Kunowice (E20): rail upgrading 12/12/2000 23,033,384 75.00% 17,275,038 14,175,888 3,099,150 9,170,176 
 
EN 107   EN VI  2001/PL/16/P/PA/005 Technical assistance for preparation of the project Modernisation of 
E65 railway line on section Warsaw-Dzialdowo-Gdynia 12/09/2001 14,900,000 75.00% 11,175,000 4,768,000 6,407,000 1,192,000 
II  2001/PL/16/P/PT/012 Siedlce-Terespol E20: modernisation of rail section (Phase 1) 30/09/2002 185,274,000 75.00% 138,955,500 27,791,100 0 13,895,550 
III  2001/PL/16/P/PT/013 Wegliniec-Legnica Modernisation of E30 rail section 17/12/2001 123,783,000 75.00% 92,837,250 33,582,314 13,567,450 18,567,450 
II  2001/PL/16/P/PT/014 Poznan modernisation rail node E20 22/11/2001 67,439,560 75.00% 50,579,670 20,231,868 10,115,934 10,115,934 
II, III & VI  2001/PL/16/P/PT/015 Improvement of railway infrastructure and liquidation of operational 
bottlenecks 28/11/2001 111,000,000 75.00% 83,250,000 38,386,150 14,386,150 8,325,000 
I  2002/PL/16/P/PA/008 Technical assistance for modernisation of E75 railway line section 
Warsaw-Bialystok-Sokòlka-Suwalki-Trkiszki (rail Baltica) 05/07/2002 3,000,000 80.00% 2,400,000 1,920,000 0 240,000 
II  2002/PL/16/P/PA/009 Technical assistance for preparation of 'modernisation railway corridor 
II (E20&CE20) - remaining works 23/09/2002 3,000,000 75.00% 2,250,000 1,800,000 0 225,000 
III  2002/PL/16/P/PA/012 Technical assistance for modernisation of E30/CE30 railway section 
Opole-Katowice-Krakow 17/11/2003 3,625,000 75.00% 2,718,750 0 2,175,000 
III  2002/PL/16/P/PT/016 Modernisation of E30 railway line section Wegliniec-Zgorzelec-
German borde r 23/09/2002 83,451,000 75.00% 62,588,250 12,517,650 12,517,650 6,258,825 
III  2000/PL/16/P/PT/001 Kleszczow-Sosnica A4: construction motorway section KA4E 19/09/2000 112,282,000 75.00% 84,211,500 75,375,000 0 8,421,150 
II  2000/PL/16/P/PT/004 Sochaczew-Grojec: reinforcement of surface pavement (NR 717) 01/12/2000 32,761,000 75.00% 24,570,750 19,656,600 2,457,075 13,865,621 
III  2000/PL/16/P/PT/005 Bielsko-Biala-Cieszyn: construction of expressway 12/06/2001 138,185,000 75.00% 103,638,750 55,511,000 16,300,000 24,485,978 
I  2000/PL/16/P/PT/007 Gdansk-Jazowa: Pavement  strengthening on the Corridor 1 section 29/12/2000 82,832,000 75.00% 62,124,000 49,699,000 0 19,108,820 
III  2000/PL/16/P/PT/008 Krakow-Tarnow: road rehabilitation on Corridor III 29/12/2000 62,233,000 75.00% 46,674,750 11,456,376 0 9,334,950 
III  2001/PL/16/P/PT/009 Wrocla w-Krzyzowa Rehabilitation A4 20/08/2001 252,700,000 75.00% 189,525,000 71,340,000 40,140,000 52,726,214 
III  2002/PL/16/P/PA/007 Technical assist ance Krzyzowa-Zgorzelec A4 motorway 10/07/2002 6,625,000 75.00% 4,968,750 3,975,000 993,750 496,875 
II  2002/PL/16/P/PA/010 Technical assistance for A2 motorway section Strykow-Konotopa 04/12/2002 700,000 75.00% 525,000 420,000 0 420,000 
II  2002/PL/16/P/PT/018 Upgrading of National Road 50, section Grojec-Minsk Mazowiecki 18/12/2002 74,411,000 75.00% 55,808,250 1,676,455 9,485,195 1,676,455 
III  2002/PL/16/P/PT/019 Olszyna-Golnice: construc tion of 2nd carriageway of National Road 18 17/11/2003 118,000,000 75.00% 88,500,000 0 26,300,522   
Various  2003/PL/16/P/PA/014 Technical assistance: support of preparation and implementation of 
road projects financed within the Cohesion Fund 28/11/2003 5,200,000 75.00% 3,900,000 0 390,000 
II  2003/PL/16/P/PT/020 A2 motorway construction, section Konin-Strykow, subsection Emilia-
Strykow II 15/12/2003 103,796,000 75.00% 77,847,000 0 28,569,374 
 
EN 108   EN Romania    Commission
Decision 
Signature Total Eligible 
Cost €  % 
Grant ISPA 
Grant 
€ Commitments 
2000-2002 
€ Commitments 
2003 
€ Payments 
2000-2003 
€ 
  2001/RO/16/P/PA/009Technical assistance to strengthen capacity of implementing agencies 
-stage 1 17/06/2002 605,000 100.00% 605,000 484,000 36,831 180,940 
  2000/RO/16/P/PE/005 Pascani: Upgrading of wate r & waste water system 18/12/2001 16,262,000 75.00% 12,196,500 10,976,850 0 1,219,650 
  2000/RO/16/P/PE/006 Iasi: Upgrading of water & waste water system 22/12/2000 51,378,000 75.00% 38,533,500 34,680,150 0 3,853,350 
  2000/RO/16/P/PE/007Brasov: Treatment of drinking water and wastewater of Brasov City 
and neighbouring localities 07/06/2002 58,708,624 71.00% 41,683,123 20,841,561 12,504,938 4,168,312 
  2000/RO/16/P/PE/008Cluj: Rehabilitation and modernisation of the water supply and 
sewerage systems 31/05/2001 46,755,800 75.00% 35,066,850 31,560,165 0 3,506,685 
  2001/RO/16/P/PA/003Baia Mare, Botosani, Drobeta, Galati, Deva and Hunedoara: TA for 
preparation of environment projects 17/09/2002 3,500,000 75.00% 2,625,000 2,100,000 0 525,000 
  2001/RO/16/P/PE/015Targu Mures: rehabilitation of drinking water supply and waste water 
collection and treatment 20/11/2001 27,909,400 75.00% 20,932,050 10,466,025 8,372,820 2,093,205 
  2002/RO/16/P/PE/018Bacau:drinking water and wastewater collection and treatment 
improvements 01/09/2003 52,006,000 75.00% 39,004,500 0 27,303,150  
  2002/RO/16/P/PE/019Satu Mare: improvements to water supply and wastewater collection 
and treatment systems 13/12/2002 37,355,000 71.00% 26,522,050 16,384,358 0 2,652,205 
  2002/RO/16/P/PE/021Buzau: rehabilitation of wastewater treatment plant, sewerage system 
and distribution network 13/12/2002 35,433,550 74.00% 26,220,827 18,354,579 0 2,622,082 
  2002/RO/16/P/PE/022 Sibiu: modernisation of water supply and sewerage system 18/12/2002 37,588,000 68.00% 25,559,840 17,891,888 0 2,555,984 
  2002/RO/16/P/PE/023Pietra Neamt: improvement of water supply, sewerage system and 
wastewater treatment 10/12/2002 28,594,545 74.00% 21,159,963 14,811,974 0 2,115,996 
  2003/RO/16/P/PA/012Technical assistance for instit utional capacity strengthening - 
beneficiaries in water and wastewater sector 01/12/2003 7,000,000 100.00% 7,000,000 0 5,600,000  
  2003/RO/16/P/PE/026Pitesti: rehabilitation of the wast ewater treatment plant, sewerage 
network and water supply system 01/12/2003 41,750,000 75.00% 31,312,500 0 23,029,225  
  2003/RO/16/P/PA/013 Technical assistance for pr oject preparation in the environment sector 01/12/2003 12,750,000 78.00% 9,945,000 0 7,956,000  
  2000/RO/16/P/PA/001Technical assistance for completion and upgrading of Bucharest 
wastewater treatment plant 22/02/2001 1,810,000 75.00% 1,357,500 1,086,000 0 271,500 
  2000/RO/16/P/PE/002Craiova: Rehabilitation of sewe rage network and wastewater 
treatment facilities to protect the river Danube 22/12/2000 70,378,000 75.00% 52,783,500 47,505,150 0 5,278,350 
  2000/RO/16/P/PE/003 Constanta: sewerage and wastewater treatment rehabilitation 16/11/2000 96,556,653 75.00% 72,417,490 56,984,854 0 14,483,498 
  2000/RO/16/P/PE/004Timisoara: rehabilitation of wa stewater treatment technology and 
sewerage improvements 04/12/2001 48,080,000 71.00% 34,136,800 20,482,080 6,827,360 3,413,680 
  2000/RO/16/P/PE/009 Valea Jiului: Danutoni waste wa ter treatment plant extension 22/12/2000 9,680,000 75.00% 7,260,000 6,534,000 0 726,000 
  2000/RO/16/P/PE/010 Braila: Integrated sewerage development and wastewater treatment 15/02/2001 59,877,400 75.00% 44,908,050 13,680,000 11,400,000 4,490,805 
  2000/RO/16/P/PE/011Arad: Rehabilitation and modification of sewerage network and 
provision of wastewater treatment facitlities to protect river Mures 15/02/2001 18,000,000 75.00% 13,500,000 10,800,000 0 1,350,000 
  2001/RO/16/P/PE/012Focsani: Rehabilitation of the se werage network and wastewater 
treatment plant 14/08/2001 15,876,500 74.00% 11,748,610 9,398,888 0 1,174,861 
  2001/RO/16/P/PE/013Oradea: Rehabilitation of the se werage network and wastewater 
treatment plant 14/08/2001 23,906,000 70.00% 16,734,200 13,387,360 0 1,673,420 
 
EN 109   EN   2000/RO/16/P/PE/001 Piatra Neamt: waste management programme 23/10/2000 13,846,000 75.00% 10,384,500 8,307,600 0 1,038,450 
  2001/RO/16/P/PE/014 Ramnicu Valcea: integrated  municipal waste management 11/04/2002 14,673,100 75.00% 11,004,825 8,803,860 0 1,100,482 
  2001/RO/16/P/PE/017Dambovita County: rehabilitation of solid waste collection, 
transportation, treatment and landfill 01/12/2003 25,894,000 75.00% 19,420,500 0 15,536,400  
  2002/RO/16/P/PE/024 Teleorman: integrated waste management system 01/12/2003 20,801,000 75.00% 15,600,750 0 12,843,600  
VII  2002/RO/16/P/PA/011Technical assistance: improvement  of navigation conditions on the 
Danube 13/12/2002 2,000,000 75.00% 1,500,000 1,200,000 0 300,000 
IV  2000/RO/16/P/PT/001Bucharest-Fetesti: Rehabilitation and upgrading of four railway 
sections (Bucharest-Constanza railway line) 23/10/2000 308,972,588 75.00% 231,729,441 143,779,441 18,622,721 23,172,944 
IV  2001/RO/16/P/PA/008Technical assistance for rehabilit ation of the railway line HU border 
(Curtici) to Simeria (Arad) and accompanying studies 20/12/2001 800,000 75.00% 600,000 480,000 0 60,000 
IV  2003/RO/16/P/PT/007Campina-Predeal: rehabilitation of railway section on line Bucharest-
Braso v 30/11/2003 199,485,770 75.00% 149,614,328 0 104,730,029  
IV  2000/RO/16/P/PA/002 Technical Assistance preparation Drobeta-Lugoj project 01/03/2001 1,500,000 75.00% 1,125,000 900,000 0 450,000 
IX  2000/RO/16/P/PT/002 Bucharest-Giurgiu: Widening to four lanes of the National Road N°5, 23/10/2000 65,810,032 66.00% 43,434,621 34,747,696 0 8,686,924 
IV  2000/RO/16/P/PT/003Bucharest-Cernavoda - Rehabilitation and construction of sections 4 
and 5 (phase 1 of Bucharest - Constanta motorway) 23/10/2000 95,616,000 75.00% 71,712,000 49,372,000 0 5,050,000 
IV  2000/RO/16/P/PT/004 Turnu Severin-Craiova: Rehabilitation road Craiova-Lugoj: phase 1 22/02/2001 117,002,705 75.00% 87,752,028 67,270,000 0 17,550,406 
IV  2001/RO/16/P/PT/005 Construction of motorway bypasses Corridor IV 14/08/2001 90,521,000 75.00% 67,890,750 35,730,000 6,000,000 6,789,075 
IV  2001/RO/16/P/PT/006Lugoj-Drobeta Turnu Severin: Rehabilit ation route - phase 2: Craiova-
Lugoj 13/12/2001 184,015,500 75.00% 138,011,625 32,410,000 0 13,801,162 
 
EN 110   EN Slovakia     Commission
Decision 
SignatureTotal Eligible 
Cost €  % 
Grant ISPA 
Grant 
€Commitments 
2000-2002 
€Commitments 
2003 
€Payments 
2000-2003 
€ 
  2002/SK/16/P/PA/003 Technical assistance to implement EDIS 02/08/2002 1,450,000 100.00% 1,450,000 1,160,000 290,000 1,160,000 
  2002/SK/16/P/PE/012 Velky Krtis: supplying the Southern pa rt of the district with drinking 
wate r 13/12/2002 28,000,000 70.00% 19,600,000 3,920,000 7,000,000 1,960,000 
  2000/SK/16/P/PA/001 Technical assistance: preparation environment projects 26/04/2001 1,271,760 75.00% 953,820 953,820 0 763,056 
  2002/SK/16/P/PA/007 Technical assistance: preparation of high priority preventive flood 
protection measures 09/07/2003 650,000 75.00% 487,500 0 390,000 157,950 
  2002/SK/16/P/PA/008 Technical assistance to Regional Water companies 16/04/2003 4,300,000 100.00% 4,300,000 0 3,440,000 860,000 
  2002/SK/16/P/PE/008 S-E Zemplin: drinking water and sewerage 13/12/2002 23,610,000 70.00% 16,527,000 7,628,836 5,592,764 1,652,700 
  2003/SK/16/P/PA/009 Technical assistance for the preparation of Cohesion Fund projects 
in the water secto r 05/12/2003 6,660,000 75.00% 4,995,000 0 2,000,000 
  2002/SK/16/P/PE/009 Liptov region: environmental improvement 13/12/2002 10,520,000 50.00% 5,260,000 4,208,000 0 526,000 
  2000/SK/16/P/PE/001 Trencin: sewerage and waste water treatment plant - right riverside 05/12/2000 7,936,732 50.00% 3,968,366 3,174,692 0 1,227,675 
  2000/SK/16/P/PE/002 Nitra: waste water treatment plant - sewerage system 18/12/2000 10,354,200 50.00% 5,177,100 4,141,680 0 517,710 
  2000/SK/16/P/PE/003 Banska Bystrica: waste water disposal system 28/12/2000 45,468,667 50.00% 22,734,334 14,462,517 0 2,273,433 
  2000/SK/16/P/PE/004 Komarno I: upgrade and extension of public sewerage collection 
and treatment 14/05/2001 8,043,700 50.00% 4,021,850 3,217,480 0 804,370 
  2001/SK/16/P/PE/005 Zvolen: reconstruction and extensio n of the wastewater treatment 
plant 06/12/2001 10,967,050 50.00% 5,483,525 4,386,820 0 548,353 
  2001/SK/16/P/PE/007 Dolny Turiec region and Martin: sewerage and wastewater 
treatment 17/12/2001 12,295,676 49.00% 6,024,881 4,819,905 0 602,488 
  2002/SK/16/P/PE/010 Povazska Bystrica: wastewater treatment plant and sewerage 
system 13/12/2002 12,300,000 50.00% 6,150,000 4,920,000 0 615,000 
  2002/SK/16/P/PE/011 Zilina wastewater treatment intensification and sewerage upgrade 13/12/2002 19,608,000 50.00% 9,804,000 7,843,200 0 980,400 
Va  2000/SK/16/P/PT/001 Bratislava-Trnava:section Bratisla va-Senkvice Modernisation of rail 
track 12/10/2000 51,422,000 75.00% 38,566,500 30,853,200 0 23,449,364 
Va  2001/SK/16/P/PT/003 Bratislava-Trnava: Modernisation of rail Senkvice-Cifer and stations 
Raca-Trnava 13/12/2001 116,859,000 50.00% 58,429,500 23,371,800 11,685,900 5,693,630 
Va  2002/SK/16/P/PT/005 Trnava-Piestany section: modernisation rail track Trnava-Nové 
Mesto nad Vahom 16/09/2002 93,488,000 50.00% 46,744,000 5,266,330 2,746,980 4,674,400 
Various  2002/SK/16/P/PA/006 TA for the preparation of transport projects 18/12/2002 2,200,000 75.00% 1,650,000 1,320,000 0 330,000 
Link Va-VI 2001/SK/16/P/PT/002 Bratislava: motorway D61, section Vienna Road-Riverport Bridge 06/12/2001 52,210,000 52.00% 27,149,200 19,004,440 2,714,920 9,943,937 
 
EN 111  
 EN Slovenia     Commission 
Decision 
Signature Total Eligible
Cost €  % 
Grant ISPA 
Grant 
€Commitments 
2000-2002 
€Commitments 
2003 
€ Payments 
2000-2003 
€ 
  2002/SI/16/P/PA/003 Technical assistance: EDIS 07/10/2002 699,900 100.00% 699,900 559,920 139,980 279,960 
  2000/SI/16/P/PE/004 Gora Area: sustainable water supply of Trnovsko-Banjiski Plateau 26/11/2001 5,122,168 50.00% 2,561,084 2,048,867 0 726,142 
  2000/SI/16/P/PE/003 Paka basin (Velenje): wastewater treatment and upgrading of water 
supply system 30/04/2002 9,014,272 50.00% 4,507,136 3,605,709 0 450,714 
  2003/SI/16/P/PA/004 Krka river basin: technical assistance for preparation of management 
plan 23/09/2003 1,100,000 75.00% 825,000 0 660,000 165,000 
  2000/SI/16/P/PA/001 Sava: request for technical assistance 10/11/2000 300,000 75.00% 225,000 180,000 0 179,970 
  2000/SI/16/P/PE/001 Celje: waste water treatment plant 18/12/2000 14,046,901 60.00% 8,428,141 7,075,526 0 5,557,805 
  2000/SI/16/P/PE/002 Lendava: sewerage system and cent ral waste water treatment plant 18/12/2000 11,647,014 44.00% 5,124,686 4,099,749 0 2,019,593 
  2000/SI/16/P/PE/005 Slovenj Gradec: wastewater treatment in the Mislinja River Basin 07/12/2001 9,018,016 50.00% 4,509,008 3,607,206 0 1,617,539 
  2002/SI/16/P/PE/008 Sava River Basin (Brežice, Krško and Sevnica): wastewater treatment 
of down stream 18/12/2002 20,413,156 50.00% 10,206,578 4,082,631 4,082,631 1,020,658 
  2000/SI/16/P/PE/006 Dolensjka region: waste management centre (Novo Mesto) 13/12/2001 9,943,000 50.00% 4,971,500 3,977,200 0 497,150 
Various  2000/SI/16/P/PA/002 Implementation of GSM-R and ERTLS/ETCS system on railway 
network 18/12/2000 1,300,000 75.00% 975,000 780,000 195,000 750,000 
V + X  2000/SI/16/P/PT/001 Renewal of cut Križni vrh with renewal of line section from km 
563+346 to km 564+860 on railway line Zidani Most - Maribo r 10/11/2000 13,992,537 67.00% 9,375,000 7,500,000 0 6,901,760 
V  2001/SI/16/P/PT/002 Divaca-Koper: Modernisation of signalling and safety devices on the 
railway line 20/11/2001 16,830,600 50.00% 8,415,300 6,732,240 0 841,530 
V + X  2002/SI/16/P/PT/003 Upgrading Ljubljana-Zidani most-Maribor railway 16/09/2002 25,803,500 39.00% 10,063,365 8,050,692 0 1,006,336