Commission Regulation (EC) No 2356/2000 of 24 October 2000 amending Regulation (EC) No 2759/1999 laying down rules for the application of Council Regulation (EC) No 1268/1999 on Community support for pre-accession measures for agriculture and rural development in the applicant countries of central and eastern Europe in the pre-accession period (Text with EEA relevance)
Date: 2000-10-24
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: Central and Eastern Europe, EU aid, accession to the European Union, aid to agriculture, rural development

25.10.2000

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Official Journal of the European Communities

L 272/13

COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 2356/2000

of 24 October 2000

amending Regulation (EC) No 2759/1999 laying down rules for the application of Council Regula-
tion (EC) No 1268/1999 on Community support for pre-accession measures for agriculture and
rural development in the applicant countries of central and eastern Europe in the pre-accession
period

(Text with EEA relevance)

THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,

HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:

Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European
Community,

Article 1

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 8 thereof,

Whereas:

to better

Article 8 of Regulation (EC) No 1268/1999 set para-
meters and limits which need further clarification in
order
reflect Community structural policy
applied in the framework of Council Regulation (EC) No
1260/1999 of 21 June 1999 laying down general provi-
sions on the Structural Funds (2).

‘public aid’
it should be clarified that
In particular,
referred to in Article 8(2) of Regulation (EC) No 1268/
1999 relates to all public aid not only that granted
under the programmes referred to in Article 9 of that
Regulation.

Regulation (EC) No 2759/1999 is amended as follows:

1. Article 3(1) is replaced by the following:

Support may be granted for investments provided for
‘1.
in Articles 25 and 26 of Regulation (EC) No 1257/1999
relating to improving the processing and marketing of the
agricultural including fishery products included in Annex I
to the Treaty. Agricultural products, excluding fishery prod-
the
ucts, must originate
Community. Investments at the retail level shall be excluded
from support.’

countries or

in applicant

2. Article 3(2)(b) is replaced by the following:

‘(b) new machinery and equipment

including computer
software; however on a case-by-case basis the Commis-
sion may agree on eligibility of second-hand equipment
subject to specific safeguards in particular concerning
provenance and technical specification;’.

3. The title of Article 8 is replaced by the following:

‘Eligibility and aid intensity’.

Commission Regulation (EC) No 2759/1999 (3) permits
only new machinery and equipment to be eligible for
support in the processing and marketing sector; a poss-
ibility of having recourse to second-hand equipment
under certain circumstances is warranted.

4. The following paragraph is added at the end of Article 8:

For the application of Article 8(2) of Regulation (EC)

‘4.
No 1268/1999:

Regulation (EC) No 2759/1999 limits support for invest-
ment in processing and marketing of fishery products to
products originating in the applicant countries or the
Community;
required under
limitation is not
Council legislation nor is it a desirable limitation in the
fisheries sector within Regulation (EC) No 2759/1999.

that

(a) “revenue generating investments”

invest-
those in infrastructure which do not

include all

ments, except
generate substantial net revenue;

(b) “public aid” means all such aid whether or not granted

under the programme.’

(1)

(2)

(3)

(4)

(5)

The measures provided for in this Regulation are in
accordance with the opinion of the Agricultural Struc-
tures and Rural Development Committee,

Article 2

(1) OJ L 161, 26.6.1999, p. 87.
(2) OJ L 161, 26.6.1999, p. 1.
(3) OJ L 331, 23.12.1999, p. 51.

This Regulation shall enter
into force on the third day
following its publication in the Official Journal of the European
Communities.

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25.10.2000

This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States.

Done at Brussels, 24 October 2000.

For the Commission

Franz FISCHLER

Member of the Commission