2000/229/EC: Commission Decision of 7 March 2000 fixing an indicative allocation between beneficiary countries of the total amount of Community assistance under the Instrument for Structural Policies for Pre-accession (notified under document number C(2000) 552)
Date: 2000-03-07
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: EU financial instrument, Structural Funds, accession to the European Union, enlargement of the Union, third country

21.3.2000

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Official Journal of the European Communities

L 72/21

COMMISSION

COMMISSION DECISION

of 7 March 2000

fixing an indicative allocation between beneficiary countries of the total amount of Community
assistance under the Instrument for Structural Policies for Pre-accession

(notified under document number C(2000) 552)

(2000/229/EC)

THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,

(4)

Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European
Community,

Having regard to Council Regulation (EC) No 1267/1999 of 21
June 1999 establishing an Instrument for Structural Policies for
Pre-accession (1), hereinafter referred to as ‘ISPA’, and in par-
ticular the first subparagraph of Article 4 thereof,

Whereas:

The second subparagraph of Article 1(1) of Regulation
(EC) No 1267/1999 lists the countries qualifying for
ISPA.

The first subparagraph of Article 4 of Regulation (EC)
No 1267/1999 lays down that an indicative allocation
between beneficiary countries of the total amount of
Community assistance under ISPA is to be made by the
Commission on the basis of the criteria of population,
gross domestic product
in
purchasing power parities and surface area. This alloca-
tion may be adjusted according to the second subpara-
graph of the same Article.

(GDP) per

inhabitant

(1)

(2)

(3)

The measure provided for in this Decision are in accord-
ance with the opinion of the Management Committee
for the Insrument for Structural Policies for Pre-acces-
sion,

HAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION:

Article 1

The indicative allocation between beneficiary countries of the
total amount of Community assistance under ISPA is set out in
the Annex hereto.

The indicative allocation shall be adjusted if a beneficiary
country, by virtue of acceding to the European Union, loses its
entitlement to ISPA assistance.

This Decision is addressed to the Member States.

Article 2

Done at Brussels, 7 March 2000.

Article 15 of Regulation (EC) No 1267/1999 stipulates
that, on accession to the European Union, a country will
lose its entitlement to assistance from ISPA and that the
funding thus released will be reallocated among other
beneficiary countries.

For the Commission

Michel BARNIER

Member of the Commission

(1) OJ L 161, 26.6.1999, p. 73.

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Indicative allocation between beneficiary countries of the total amount of Community assistance under the
Instrument for Structural Policies for Pre-accession

ANNEX

— Bulgaria:
— Czech Republic:
— Estonia:
— Hungary:
— Lithuania:
— Latvia:
— Poland:
— Romania:
— Slovenia:
— Slovakia:

between 8,0 % and 12,0 % of the total
between 5,5 % and 8,0 % of the total
between 2,0 % and 3,5 % of the total
between 7,0 % and 10,0 % of the total
between 4,0 % and 6,0 % of the total
between 3,5 % and 5,5 % of the total
between 30,0 % and 37,0 % of the total
between 20,0 % and 26,0 % of the total
between 1,0 % and 2,0 % of the total
between 3,5 % and 5,5 % of the total