2004/586/EC: Council Decision of 19 July 2004 outlining the general approach for the reallocation of resources under Regulation (EC) No 1268/1999 on Community support for preaccession measures for agriculture and rural development in the applicant countries of central and eastern Europe in the preaccession period
Date: 2004-07-19
Institutions: Council of the European Union
Subjects: Bulgaria, EU aid, Romania, accession to the European Union, aid to agriculture, rural development

L 257/6

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

4.8.2004

II

(Acts whose publication is not obligatory)

COUNCIL

COUNCIL DECISION

of 19 July 2004

outlining the general approach for the reallocation of resources under Regulation (EC) No
1268/1999 on Community support for preaccession measures for agriculture and rural development
in the applicant countries of central and eastern Europe in the preaccession period

(2004/586/EC)

THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN UNION,

Having regard to the Treaty
Community,

establishing the European

Having regard to Council Regulation (EC) No 1268/1999 of 21
June 1999 on Community support for preaccession measures
for agriculture and rural development in the applicant countries
of central and eastern Europe in the preaccession period (1), and
in particular the second subparagraph of Article 15 thereof,

Having regard to the proposal from the Commission,

Whereas:

(1)

(2)

The Copenhagen European Council of 12 and 13
December 2002 endorsed the results of the negotiations,
which have since then resulted in the accession to the
time
Community of eight countries which at
benefited from the provisions of Regulation (EC) No
1268/1999. Following their accession to the European
Union on 1 May 2004, those countries lost the benefit
of the aid provided by that Regulation. Consequently, in
the period from 2004 to 2006 only Bulgaria and
Romania will continue to benefit
from commitments
under that Regulation.

that

By endorsing the roadmaps for Bulgaria and Romania, as
proposed by the Commission, the Copenhagen European
Council agreed to fix the ratio for the division (30 % and
70 % respectively) of the aid under the Phare programme
set up pursuant to Council Regulation (EEC) No 3906/89
of 18 December 1989 on economic aid to the Republic
of Hungary and the Polish People’s Republic (2),
the

(3)

(4)

special accession programme for agriculture and rural
development (Sapard) set up under Regulation (EC) No
1268/1999 and the Instrument for Structural Policies for
Preaccession (ISPA), set up pursuant to Council Regu-
lation (EC) No 1267/1999 (3).

That ratio takes account of the need and capacity for
absorbing assistance referred to in the first subparagraph
of Article 15 of Regulation (EC) No 1268/1999 as well
the financial allocation to each
as
applicant country as stipulated in Article 7(3) of that
Regulation.

the criteria for

15

of Article

The Council,
in accordance with the second subpar-
(EC) No
agraph
of Regulation
1268/1999, is to adopt the general approach for reallo-
cation of the available financial resources for the Sapard
instrument between the remaining beneficiary countries,
namely Romania and Bulgaria,

HAS DECIDED AS FOLLOWS:

Sole Article

For the period 2004 to 2006, the division between Romania
and Bulgaria of
the
commitments entered into pursuant
to Regulation (EC) No
1268/1999 shall be established at a rate of 70 % for Romania
and 30 % for Bulgaria.

available by

virtue of

resources

Done at Brussels, 19 July 2004.

For the Council
The President

C. VEERMAN

(1) OJ L 161, 26.6.1999, p. 87. Regulation as last amended by Regu-

lation (EC) No 769/2004 (OJ L 123, 27.4.2004, p. 1).

(2) OJ L 375, 23.12.1989, p. 11. Regulation as last amended by Regu-

(3) OJ L 161, 26.6.1999, p. 73. Regulation as last amended by Regu-

lation (EC) No 769/2004.

lation (EC) No 769/2004.