2001/452/EC: Decision No 3/2001 of the EU-Latvia Association Council of 20 March 2001 extending by five years the period within which any public aid granted by Latvia will be assessed taking into account the fact that Latvia 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: 2001-03-20
Institutions: EC–Latvia Association Council
Subjects: Latvia, State aid, association agreement (EU), eligible region, gross domestic product, regional aid

13.6.2001

EN

Official Journal of the European Communities

L 156/31

II

(Acts whose publication is not obligatory)

COUNCIL

DECISION No 3/2001 OF THE EU-LATVIA ASSOCIATION COUNCIL

of 20 March 2001

extending by five years the period within which any public aid granted by Latvia will be assessed
taking into account the fact that Latvia 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

(2001/452/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 Latvia, of the other
part and in particular Article 64(4)(a) thereof,

Whereas:

(1)

Article 64(4)(a) of the Europe Agreement lays down that
the Association Council shall, taking into account the
economic situation of Latvia, decide whether the period
within which any public aid granted by Latvia shall be
assessed taking into account the fact that Latvia shall be
regarded as an area identical
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.

to those areas of

(2)

The GDP/capita of Latvia measured in Purchasing Power
Standards reached 27 % of the Community 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 Latvia shall
be assessed, taking into account the fact that Latvia shall be
regarded as an area identical to those areas of the Community
the Treaty establishing the
described in Article 87(3)(a) of

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, the
Republic of Latvia shall submit the GDP per capita figures
which have been harmonised at NUTS II level at the European
Commission. The Latvian Republic State aid monitoring
then jointly
authority and the European Commission shall
evaluate the eligibility of the regions as well as the maximum
aid intensities in relation 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 Association 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, 20 March 2001.

For the Association Council

The President

I. BĒRZIŅŠ

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