2004/749/EC:Council Decision of 21 October 2004 outlining the general approach for the reallocation of resources under Regulation (EC) No 1267/1999 establishing an Instrument for Structural Policies for Pre-accession
Date: 2004-10-21
Institutions: Council of the European Union
Subjects: Bulgaria, EU financial instrument, Romania, accession to the European Union

L 332/14

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

6.11.2004

II

(Acts whose publication is not obligatory)

COUNCIL

COUNCIL DECISION

of 21 October 2004

outlining the general approach for the reallocation of resources under Regulation (EC) No
1267/1999 establishing an Instrument for Structural Policies for Pre-accession

(2004/749/EC)

Romania for absorbing assistance, as well as of
criteria laid down in Article 4 of that Regulation.

the

Since the 30/70 ratio applies to the three-year period
it is appropriate to permit
2004 to 2006 as a whole,
the total resources on an
an indicative allocation of
annual basis consistent with that ratio.

Consequently,
reallocation
the general approach for
between the remaining beneficiary countries, namely
Bulgaria and Romania, should be that the 30/70 ratio
is to apply to the three-year period from 2004 to 2006
as a whole, and an indicative allocation of
the total
resources is to be determined on an annual basis in
accordance with a bracket reflecting that overall ratio,

HAS DECIDED AS FOLLOWS:

Sole Article

By way of a general approach for the three-year period 2004 to
2006, the resources under Regulation (EC) No 1267/1999 shall
be reallocated between Bulgaria and Romania in accordance
with a ratio of 30/70, respectively, applicable to that period
as a whole.

During the three-year period referred to in the first subpar-
agraph, the annual allocation of resources under Regulation
(EC) No 1267/1999 shall be determined on the basis of an
indicative ratio of 65 % to 75 % of total resources in the case
of Romania and 25 % to 35 % of total resources in the case of
Bulgaria.

Done at Luxembourg, 21 October 2004.

For the Council
The President

G. ZALM

THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN UNION,

Having regard to the Treaty
Community,

establishing the European

Having regard to Council Regulation (EC) No 1267/1999 of 21
June 1999 establishing an Instrument for Structural Policies for
Pre-accession (1), and in particular the second subparagraph of
Article 15 thereof,

(4)

(5)

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 resulted in the accession to the Community in
2004 of eight countries at the time benefiting from the
provisions of Regulation (EC) No 1267/1999. Conse-
quently, during the period from 2004 to 2006, only
from
Bulgaria and Romania will continue to benefit
commitments under that Regulation.
By endorsing the ‘roadmaps’ for Bulgaria and Romania
proposed by the Commission, the Copenhagen European
Council agreed, by way of a general approach for reallo-
cation, that the ratio for reallocation should be fixed at
30/70, respectively, under the Phare programme set up
under 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 special
accession programme for agriculture and rural devel-
opment
set up under Regulation (EC) No
1268/1999 (3) and the Instrument for Structural Policies
for Pre-accession (ISPA), set up under Regulation (EC) No
1267/1999.

(Sapard)

(3)

In accordance with the first subparagraph of Article 15
of Regulation (EC) No 1267/1999,
the ratio takes
the need and capacity of Bulgaria and
account of

(1) OJ L 161, 26.6.1999, p. 73. 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-

lation (EC) No 769/2004.

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

lation (EC) No 769/2004.