Council Regulation (EC) No 2415/2001 of 10 December 2001 amending 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 and Regulation (EC) No 2667/2000 on the European Agency for Reconstruction
Date: 2001-12-10
Institutions: Council of the European Union
Subjects: North Macedonia, Serbia and Montenegro, cooperation policy, non-refundable aid

12.12.2001

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COUNCIL REGULATION (EC) No 2415/2001

of 10 December 2001

amending 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 and
Regulation (EC) No 2667/2000 on the European Agency for Reconstruction

THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN UNION,

replaced by ‘Federal Republic of Yugoslavia and for the Former
Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia’.

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

Having regard to the proposal from the Commission (1),

Article 2

Having regard to the opinion of the European Parliament (2),

Whereas:

(1)

(2)

(3)

(4)

(5)

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

The situation in the country requires the efficient and
speedy delivery of Community assistance which is best
facilitated through local

implementation.

The European Agency for Reconstruction, hereinafter
called the ‘Agency’, established under Regulation (EC) No
2667/2000 (3), has broad experience and is well placed
to deliver Community assistance.

Regulation (EC) No 2666/2000 (4) and Regulation (EC)
No 2667/2000 should therefore be amended to extend
the Agency's activities to the Former Yugoslav Republic
of Macedonia.

Implementation of Community assistance in the Federal
Republic of Yugoslavia and the Former Yugoslav
Republic of Macedonia decided upon under other instru-
ments may be delegated by the Commission to the
Agency.

(6)

The Treaty does not provide, for the adoption of this
Regulation, powers other than those under Article 308,

HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:

Article 1

Regulation (EC) No 2666/2000 is hereby amended as follows:
in Article 4(1) and (2) ‘Federal Republic of Yugoslavia’ shall be

(1) OJ C 332 E, 27.11.2001, p. 338.
(2) Opinion delivered on 29 November 2001 (not yet published in the

Official Journal).

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

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

1. Article 1 is replaced by the following:

‘Article 1

The Commission may delegate the following tasks to

1.
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 instru-
ments for the countries concerned. In such cases this
shall be done in accordance with the provisions of the
relevant Regulations and Article 2(1)(b) and (c), Article
2(2), (3) and (4), Article 4 and Article 5(1)(a) to (c) and
(h) of this Regulation shall not apply.

2.
The European Agency for Reconstruction, hereinafter
referred to as the “Agency”, shall be set up to that end with
the aim of implementing the Community assistance referred
to in paragraph 1.’

2. In Article 2(1)(b) ‘Federal Republic of Yugoslavia’ shall be
the
replaced by ‘Federal Republic of Yugoslavia and of
Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia’.

3. In Article 4(10) ‘Federal Republic of Yugoslavia’ shall be
replaced by ‘Federal Republic of Yugoslavia and to the
Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia’.

4. In the first subparagraph of Article 7(3) ‘Federal Republic of
Yugoslavia’ shall be replaced by ‘Federal Republic of Yugo-
slavia and of the Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia’.

5. In the second subparagraph of Article 7(3) ‘Federal Republic
of Yugoslavia’ shall be replaced by ‘Federal Republic of
Yugoslavia and to the Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedo-
nia’.

6. In Article 15 ‘Federal Republic of Yugoslavia’ shall be
replaced by ‘Federal Republic of Yugoslavia and for the
Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia’.

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

Article 3

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

Done at Brussels, 10 December 2001.

For the Council

The President

L. MICHEL