Regulation (EC) No 788/2004 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 21 April 2004 amending Council Regulation (EC) No 2236/95 and Regulations (EC) No 1655/2000, (EC) No 1382/2003 and (EC) No 2152/2003 with a view to adapting the reference amounts to take account of the enlargement of the European Union
Date: 2004-04-21
Institutions: Council of the European Union, European Parliament
Subjects: EU financing, EU programme, action programme, enlargement of the Union, environmental protection

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REGULATION (EC) No 788/2004 OF THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT AND OF THE COUNCIL

of 21 April 2004

(EC)
amending Council Regulation (EC) No 2236/95 and Regulations (EC) No 1655/2000,
No 1382/2003 and (EC) No 2152/2003 with a view to adapting the reference amounts to take
account of the enlargement of the European Union

THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT AND THE COUNCIL OF THE
EUROPEAN UNION,

Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European
Community, and in particular Article 71(1), Article 80(2),
Article 156, first paragraph, and Article 175 thereof,

Having regard to the proposal from the Commission,

— (EC) No 2152/2003 of the European Parliament and of the
Council of 17 November 2003 concerning monitoring of
forests and environmental interactions in the Community
(Forest Focus) (5),

HAVE ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:

Article 1

Having regard to the opinion of the European Economic and
Social Committee,

Article 18 of Regulation (EC) No 2236/95 shall be amended as
follows:

After consulting the Committee of the Regions,

1.

the heading ‘Budgetary Resources' shall be replaced by the
heading ‘Funding';

Acting in accordance with the procedure laid down in Article
251 of the Treaty (1),

2.

the first paragraph shall be replaced by the following:

Whereas:

‘The financial framework for the implementation of this
Regulation for the period 2000 to 2006 shall be EUR
4 874,88 million.'

In order to take account of the enlargement of the European
Union,
should be adapted in the
following Regulations:

the reference amounts

Article 2

— (EC) No 2236/95 of the Council of 18 September 1995
laying down general rules for the granting of Community
financial aid in the field of trans-European networks (2),

— (EC) No 1655/2000 of the European Parliament and of the
Financial

Council of 17 July 2000 concerning the
Instrument for the Environment (LIFE) (3),

Article 8 of Regulation (EC) No 1655/2000 shall be amended
as follows:

1.

the heading ‘Duration of the third phase and budgetary
resources' shall be replaced by the heading ‘Duration of the
third phase and funding';

2. Paragraphs 1 and 2 shall be replaced by the following:

— (EC) No 1382/2003 of the European Parliament and of the
Council of 22 July 2003 on the granting of Community
financial
environmental
performance of the freight transport system (Marco Polo
Programme) (4), and

assistance

improve

the

to

(1) Opinion of the European Parliament of 9 March 2004 (not yet
published in the Official Journal) and Council Decision of 5 April
2004.

(2) OJ L 228, 23.9.1995, p. 1. Regulation as amended by Regulation
(EC) No 1655/1999 of the European Parliament and of the Council
(OJ L 197, 29.7.1999, p. 1).
(3) OJ L 192, 28.7.2000, p. 1.
(4) OJ L 196, 2.8.2003, p. 1.

LIFE shall be implemented in phases. The third phase
‘1.
shall start on 1 January 2000 and shall end on 31
December 2004. The
the
implementation of the third phase for the period 2000 to
2004 is hereby set at EUR 649,9 million.

framework

financial

for

The funding allocated to the actions provided for in
2.
annual
this Regulation
the European
appropriations of
Union. The
shall be
authorised by the budgetary authority within the limits of
the financial perspective.'

shall
in
the general budget of

appropriations

available

entered

annual

the

be

(5) OJ L 324, 11.12.2003, p. 1.

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Article 3

‘Article 13

Article 13 of Regulation (EC) No 1382/2003 shall be amended
as follows:

1.

the heading ‘Budget' shall be replaced by the heading
‘Funding';

2.

the first paragraph shall be replaced by the following:

‘The financial framework for the implementation of the
Marco Polo Programme, for the period 1 January 2003 to
31 December 2006, shall be EUR 100 million.'

1.
The financial framework for the implementation of the
scheme for the period 2003 to 2006 shall be EUR 65 million,
of which EUR 9 million can be used for fire prevention
measures.

The annual appropriations shall be authorised by the
the annual
financial

2.
budgetary authority within the framework of
budgetary procedure
perspective.'

limits

and

the

the

of

Article 4

Article 13 of Regulation (EC) No 2152/2003 shall be replaced
by the following:

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

Article 5

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

Done at Strasbourg, 21 April 2004.

For the European Parliament

The President

P. COX

For the Council

The President

D. ROCHE