Proposal for a Council Regulation amending Council Regulation (EC) No 2666/2000 on assistance for Albania, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Croatia, the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia and the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia, repealing Regulation (EC) No 1628/96 and amending Regulations (EEC) No 3906/89 and (EEC) No 1360/90 and Decisions 97/256/EEC and 1999/311/EC, and Council Regulation (EC) No 2667/2000 on the European Agency for Reconstruction
Date: 2001-09-27
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: Central and Eastern Europe, EU programme, aid system, cooperation policy, non-refundable aid

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Proposal for a Council Regulation amending Council Regulation (EC) No 2666/2000 on assistance
for Albania, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Croatia, the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia and the former
Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia, repealing Regulation (EC) No 1628/96 and amending Regulations
(EEC) No 3906/89 and (EEC) No 1360/90 and Decisions 97/256/EC and 1999/311/EC, and Council
Regulation (EC) No 2667/2000 on the European Agency for Reconstruction

(2001/C 332 E/20)

COM(2001) 551 final (cid:151) 2001/0223(CNS)

(Submitted by the Commission on 27 September 2001)

THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN UNION,

Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European
Community, and in particular Article 308 thereof,

1. In paragraph 1 (cid:145)Federal Republic of Yugoslavia(cid:146) is replaced
the former

by (cid:145)Federal Republic of Yugoslavia and for
Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia(cid:146).

Having regard to the proposal from the Commission,

Having regard to the opinion of the European Parliament,

2. In paragraph 2 (cid:145)Federal Republic of Yugoslavia(cid:146) is replaced
the former

by (cid:145)Federal Republic of Yugoslavia and for
Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia(cid:146).

Whereas:

(1) The European Community is committed to providing
financial assistance to the former Yugoslav Republic of
the implementation
including in support of
Macedonia,
of the Framework Agreement of 13 August 2001.

(2) The situation in the country requires the efficient and
speedy delivery of Community assistance which is best
facilitated through local implementation.

(3) The European Agency for Reconstruction, established
under Regulation (EC) No 2667/2000 of 5 December
2000 (1), has broad experience and is well placed to
deliver Community assistance.

(4) Council Regulation (EC) No 2666/2000 and Council Regu-
lation (EC) No 2667/2000 should therefore be amended to
extend the Agency’s activities to the former Yugoslav
Republic of Macedonia.

(5) Implementation of Community assistance in the Federal
Republic of Yugoslavia and the former Yugoslav Republic
of Macedonia decided upon under other instruments may
be delegated by the Commission to the Agency.

(6) The Treaty does not provide, for the adoption of this Regu-

lation, powers other than those under Article 308,

HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:

Article 1

Article 4 of Regulation (EC) No 2666/2000 is amended as
follows:

(1) OJ L 306, 7.12.2000, p. 7.

Article 2

Regulation (EC) No 2667/2000 is amended as follows:

1. Article 1 is replaced by the following:

(cid:145)1.

The Commission may delegate to an Agency:

(i) implementation of Community assistance provided for
in Article 1 of the Regulation (EC) No 2666/2000 to the
Federal Republic of Yugoslavia and the former Yugoslav
Republic of Macedonia;

(ii) implementation of Community assistance decided by the
Commission on the basis of other available instruments
for the countries concerned; in such cases this shall be
done in accordance with the provisions of the relevant
Regulations and Articles 2(1)(b) and (c), 2(2), 2(3), 2(4),
4 and 5(1)(a)-(c) and (h) of this Regulation shall not
apply.

The European Agency for Reconstruction, hereinafter
2.
referred to as the (cid:147)Agency(cid:148), shall be set up to that end with
the aim of implementing the Community assistance referred
to in paragraph 1.(cid:146)

2. In Article 2 paragraph 1 letter (b)

(cid:145)Federal Republic of
is replaced by (cid:145)Federal Republic of Yugoslavia

Yugoslavia(cid:146)
and of the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia(cid:146).

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3. In Article 4 paragraph 10 (cid:145)Federal Republic of Yugoslavia(cid:146) is
replaced by (cid:145)Federal Republic of Yugoslavia and to the
former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia(cid:146).

6. In Article 15 (cid:145)Federal Republic of Yugoslavia(cid:146) is replaced by
(cid:145)Federal Republic of Yugoslavia and for the former Yugoslav
Republic of Macedonia(cid:146).

4. In Article 7 paragraph 3 first

subparagraph (cid:145)Federal
Republic of Yugoslavia(cid:146) is replaced by (cid:145)Federal Republic of
Yugoslavia
former Yugoslav Republic of
Macedonia(cid:146).

and of

the

5. In Article 7 paragraph 3 second subparagraph (cid:145)Federal
Republic of Yugoslavia(cid:146) is replaced by (cid:145)Federal Republic of
Yugoslavia
former Yugoslav Republic of
Macedonia(cid:146).

and to the

Article 3

This Regulation shall enter into force on the day of its publi-
cation in the Official Journal of the European Communities.

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