Commission Regulation (EC) No 2251/2001 of 20 November 2001 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: 2001-11-20
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: Central and Eastern Europe, EU aid, accession to the European Union, aid to agriculture, rural development

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COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 2251/2001

of 20 November 2001

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,

Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European
Community,

(4)

lish the origin of inputs into works or service contracts
financed under the present instrument, using any admis-
sible means of evidence.

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

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 12(1) thereof,

Whereas:

(1)

(2)

(3)

Commission Regulation (EC) No 2759/1999 (2), as
amended by Regulation (EC) No 2356/2000 (3), laying
down rules for the application of Regulation (EC) No
1268/1999, fixes the grant to producer groups as a
percentage of marketed production. It is appropriate to
allow these percentages to constitute a ceiling within
which the actual amount may be set, in order to increase
the flexibility in determining the assistance granted to
producer organisations.

Article 8(2) of Regulation (EC) No 2759/1999 set the
date on which the
rural development plan was
submitted to the Commission as the starting point of
eligibility of expenditure. In order to ensure coherence
with the agreements concluded with applicant countries,
which foresee that only expenditure paid by the Agency
from the date of the Commission conferring financial
management on that Agency is eligible, this provision
should be changed accordingly.

supplies

‘Contracts

for works,

According to external aid rules in the manual of instruc-
and services
tions
concluded for the purposes of Community cooperation
with third countries’ (4), support for investment requires
all services, works, machinery and supplies to originate
only in the Community or in applicant countries; if so
requested, the final beneficiary should be able to estab-

HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:

Article 1

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

1. In Article 6(4),

the first

sentence is

replaced by the

following:

‘4.
The aid referred to in paragraph 3 shall be determined
for each producer organisation on the basis of its annual
marketed production and shall not exceed:’

2. In Article 8(2), the first subparagraph is replaced by the

following:

Only expenditure paid by the Agency from the date
‘2.
of the Commission decision conferring financial manage-
ment on that Agency, or the date(s) specified therein, shall
be eligible for Community support. For a project to be
eligible for Community support, all services, works, machi-
nery and supplies shall originate in the Community or in
the applicant countries; if so requested, the final beneficiary
shall be able to establish the origin of the inputs into works
or
service contracts, using any admissible means of
evidence.’

Article 2

(1) OJ L 161, 26.6.1999, p. 87.
(2) OJ L 331, 23.12.1999, p. 51.
(3) OJ L 272, 25.10.2000, p. 13.
(4) SEC (1999) 1801/2.

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

Done at Brussels, 20 November 2001.

For the Commission

Franz FISCHLER

Member of the Commission