1999/595/EC: Commission Decision of 20 July 1999 on the indicative allocation of the annual Community financial contribution to pre-accession measures for agriculture and rural development (notified under document number C(1999) 2431)
Date: 1999-07-20
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: Central and Eastern Europe, accession to the European Union, aid to agriculture, distribution of aid, financial aid, rural development

27. 8. 1999

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(Acts whose publication is not obligatory)

COMMISSION

COMMISSION DECISION

of 20 July 1999

on the indicative allocation of the annual Community financial contribution to pre-accession
measures for agriculture and rural development

(notified under document number C(1999) 2431)

(1999/595/EC)

THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,

capita in purchasing power parity and specific territorial
situation;

Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European
Community,

Having regard to Council Regulation (EC) No 1268/1999 of 21
June 1999 on Community support for pre-accession measures
for agriculture and rural development in the applicant coun-
tries of central and eastern Europe in the pre-accession
period (1), and in particular Article 11 thereof,

(1) Whereas in the financial perspective for the period 2000
to 2006, as agreed by the European Council at the Berlin
session of 24 and 25 March 1999 and included in the
Interinstitutional Agreement of 6 May 1999 on budg-
etary discipline and on improvement of the budgetary
procedure, the ceiling for the three pre-accession instru-
ments has been fixed; whereas the amount indicated
according to the said Regulation is a constant annual
amount of EUR 520 million at the 1999 prices; whereas
the Community's financial allocations are in any case
limited by the appropriations adopted by the budgetary
authority;

(2) Whereas the Commission is to communicate its deci-
sions to each applicant country on the indicative finan-
cial allocation of the available resources;

(3) Whereas Article 7(3) of that Regulation stipulates that
the financial allocation must be based on farming popu-
lation, agricultural area, gross domestic product per

(1) OJ L 161, 26.6.1999, p. 87.

(4) Whereas the applicant countries are to prepare the plan
referred to in Article 4(1) of that Regulation and submit
it to the Commission; whereas knowledge of the amount
the financial allocation by the Commission is a
of
prerequisite for the preparation of the plan;

(5) Whereas

should be noted that

it
the grant of
the pre-accession agricultural
Community aid under
instrument is conditional upon compliance by the ap-
plicant country with the financial provisions agreed in
financial protocols established between the Community
and the beneficiary countries,

HAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION:

Article 1

The indicative financial allocation by beneficiary country of the
maximum amount of the annual Community financial contri-
bution pursuant to Regulation (EC) No 1268/1999 shall be as
fixed in conformity with the Annex to this Decision. The
amounts are expressed as constant 1999 prices.

The allocation shall be fixed for the period 2000 to 2006. It
shall be reviewed, if the need arises, in accordance with Article
15 of Regulation (EC) No 1268/1999.

The contributions shall be adjusted if necessary on the basis of
the appropriations adopted by the budgetary authority.

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This Decision is addressed to the Member States.

Article 2

Done at Brussels, 20 July 1999.

For the Commission

Franz FISCHLER

Member of the Commission

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Indicative allocation by beneficiary country of the maximum annual amount in euro, at 1999 prices, of the
Community financial contribution

ANNEX

Beneficiary countries

Annual allocation in euro
(1999 prices)

Bulgaria

Czech Republic

Estonia

Hungary

Lithuania

Latvia

Poland

Romania

Slovenia

Slovakia

52 124 000

22 063 000

12 137 000

38 054 000

29 829 000

21 848 000

168 683 000

150 636 000

6 337 000

18 289 000

Total

520 000 000