Commission Regulation (EC) No 775/2003 of 5 May 2003 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: 2003-05-05
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: Central and Eastern Europe, EU aid, accession to the European Union, aid to agriculture, rural development

6.5.2003

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

L 112/9

COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 775/2003

of 5 May 2003

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,

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 countries
of central and eastern Europe in the pre-accession period (1), as
last amended by Regulation (EC) No 696/2003 (2), and in parti-
cular Article 12(1) thereof,

Whereas:

(1)

(2)

concerns

Article 3 of Commission Regulation (EC) No 2759/
1999 (3), as last amended by Regulation (EC) No 2251/
2002 (4),
and marketing
measure and its paragraph 2 lists certain expenditure
that may be eligible. In order to avoid misinterpretation,
it should be clearly indicated that the list of expenditure
is not exhaustive.

the processing

Financing Agreements referred to in Article 1(2) of
Commission Regulation (EC) 2222/2000 (5), as
last
amended by Regulation (EC) No 188/2003 (6), applicable
between the Community and each applicant country set
already out the parameters determining eligible expendi-
ture. It is therefore appropriate to take into account the
relevant provisions of those Agreements.

(3)

Regulation (EC) No 2759/1999 should therefore be
amended accordingly.

(4)

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

HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:

Article 1

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

1.

in Article 3(2) the introductory phrase is replaced by the
following:
‘Eligible expenditure may include in particular:’;

2. the following Article 8a is inserted:

‘Article 8a

Financing Agreements

For each Programme eligible expenditure shall respect the
provisions of the Financing Agreement referred to in Article
1(2) of Commission Regulation (EC) No 2222/2000 (*)
applicable between the Community and the applicant
country concerned.

(*) OJ L 253, 7.10.2000, p. 5.’

Article 2

This Regulation shall enter
into force on the third day
following that of its publication in the Official Journal of the
European Union.

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

Done at Brussels, 5 May 2003.

For the Commission

Franz FISCHLER

Member of the Commission

(1) OJ L 161, 26.6.1999, p. 87.
(2) OJ L 99, 17.4.2003, p. 24.
(3) OJ L 331, 23.12.1999, p. 51.
(4) OJ L 343, 18.12.2002, p. 8.
(5) OJ L 253, 7.10.2000, p. 5.
(6) OJ L 27, 1.2.2003, p. 4.