Decision No 3/2000 of the EU-Estonia Association Council of 1 December 2000 extending by five years the period within which any public aid granted by Estonia will be assessed taking into account the fact that Estonia is to be regarded as an area identical to those areas of the Community described in Article 87(3)(a) of the Treaty establishing the European Community
Date: 2000-12-01
Institutions: EC–Estonia Association Council
Subjects: Estonia, State aid, association agreement (EU), control of State aid, gross domestic product, regional aid

23.1.2001

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Official Journal of the European Communities

L 21/11

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(Acts whose publication is not obligatory)

COUNCIL

DECISION No 3/2000 OF THE EU-ESTONIA ASSOCIATION COUNCIL

of 1 December 2000

extending by five years the period within which any public aid granted by Estonia will be assessed
taking into account the fact that Estonia is to be regarded as an area identical to those areas of the
Community described in Article 87(3)(a) of the Treaty establishing the European Community

(2001/57/EC)

THE ASSOCIATION COUNCIL,

Having regard to the Europe Agreement establishing an asso-
ciation between the European Communities and their Member
States, of the one part, and the Republic of Estonia, of the
other part and in particular Article 63(4)(a) thereof,

Whereas:

(1)

(2)

Article 63(4)(a) of the Europe Agreement lays down that
the Association Council shall, taking into account the
economic situation of Estonia, decide whether the period
within which any public aid granted by Estonia shall be
assessed taking into account the fact that Estonia shall
be regarded as an area identical to those areas of the
Community described in Article 87(3)(a) of the Treaty
establishing
should be
the European Community
extended for a further period of five years.

The GDP/capita of Estonia measured in Purchasing
the Community
reached 37 % of
Power Standards
average in 1997,
it is appropriate to make such an
extension,

HAS DECIDED AS FOLLOWS:

Article 1

The period within which any public aid granted by Estonia
shall be assessed, taking into account the fact that Estonia shall
the
be regarded as an area identical

to those areas of

Community described in Article 87(3)(a) of the Treaty estab-
lishing the European Community, shall be extended for a
further period of five years.

Article 2

Within six months of the date of adoption of this Decision,
Estonia shall submit the GDP per capita figures which have
been harmonised at NUTS II level at the European Commis-
sion. The Estonian State aid monitoring authority and the
European Commission shall then jointly evaluate the eligibility
of the regions as well as the maximum aid intensities in rela-
tion thereto in order to draw up the regional aid map on the
basis of the Community guidelines on national regional aid (1).
Thereafter, the joint proposal shall be submitted to the Associa-
tion Committee, which shall take a decision to this effect.

Article 3

This Decision shall enter into force on the day of its adoption.

It shall apply as from 1 January 2000.

Done at Brussels, 1 December 2000.

For the Association Council

H. VÉDRINE

The President

(1) OJ C 74, 10.3.1998, p. 9.