Commission Regulation (EC) No 1822/2003 of 16 October 2003 amending Regulation (EC) No 2760/98 concerning the implementation of a programme for cross-border cooperation in the framework of the Phare programme
Date: 2003-10-16
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: EU programme, accession to the European Union, cross-border cooperation, economic development

17.10.2003

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

L 267/9

COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 1822/2003

of 16 October 2003

amending Regulation (EC) No 2760/98 concerning the implementation of a programme for cross-
border cooperation in the framework of the Phare programme

THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,

Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European
Community,

Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 3906/89 of 18
December 1989 on economic aid to certain countries of central
and eastern Europe (1), as last amended by Regulation (EC) No
807/2003 (2), and in particular Article 8 thereof,

Whereas:

(1)

(2)

(3)

The Copenhagen European Council of 12 and 13
December 2002 concluded the accession negotiation
with Cyprus,
the Czech Republic, Estonia, Hungary,
Latvia, Lithuania, Malta, Poland, Slovakia and Slovenia
and set the accession date as 1 May 2004. Therefore
those acceding countries should be removed from the
list of borders eligible for the Phare cross-border co-
operation programme.

The Copenhagen European Council adopted roadmaps
for Bulgaria and Romania to support the efforts of those
two applicant countries to achieve their objective of
joining the European Union in 2007.

Commission Communication of 1 July 2003 on paving
the way for a new Neighbourhood Instrument (3)
proposes, for the period 2004 to 2006, the introduction
of neighbourhood programmes covering the external
borders of the enlarged Union. Consequently Romanian
and Bulgarian borders with the neighbouring non-appli-
cant countries should be included in the list of eligible
borders.

(4)

(5)

(6)

(EC) No 2760/98 (4),

Commission Regulation
as
amended by Regulation (EC) No 1596/2002 (5), envi-
sages the extension of the Phare cross-border coopera-
tion programme to borders with other neighbouring
countries benefiting from other Community assistance
programmes; it is appropriate to extend the Phare cross-
to cover also the
border
Bulgarian border with Turkey.

cooperation programme

Regulation (EC) No 2760/98 should,
amended accordingly.

therefore, be

The measures provided for in this Regulation are in
accordance with the opinion of
the Committee for
Economic Restructuring in certain countries of central
and eastern Europe,

HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:

Article 1

Article 2(1) of Regulation (EC) No 2760/98 is replaced by the
following:

‘1.

The eligible borders are those between

(a) Romania

and Hungary, Romania

and Bulgaria,
Romania and Ukraine, Romania and Moldova, Romania
and Serbia and Montenegro;

(b) Bulgaria and Greece, Bulgaria and Romania, Bulgaria
and Turkey, Bulgaria and the former Yugoslav Republic
of Macedonia, Bulgaria and Serbia and Montenegro.’

This Regulation shall enter into force on 1 January 2004.

Article 2

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

Done at Brussels, 16 October 2003.

For the Commission

Günter VERHEUGEN

Member of the Commission

(1) OJ L 375, 23.12.1989, p. 11.
(2) OJ L 122, 16.5.2003, p. 36.
(3) COM(2003) 393 final.

(4) OJ L 345, 19.12.1998, p. 49.
(5) OJ L 240, 7.9.2002, p. 33.