Report from the Commission - Annual Report of the Instrument for Structural Policy for pre-accession (ISPA) 2003
Date: 2004-10-29
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: activity report, pre-accession aid

COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES 

Brussels, 29.10.2004 
COM(2004) 735 final 

REPORT FROM THE COMMISSION 

ANNUAL REPORT OF THE INSTRUMENT FOR STRUCTURAL POLICY FOR 
PRE-ACCESSION (ISPA) 
2003 

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TABLE OF CONTENTS 

ISPA budget ................................................................................................................. 5 

Project funding ............................................................................................................. 5 

New ISPA projects....................................................................................................... 5 

Projects funded during 2000-2003 ............................................................................... 6 

Payments ...................................................................................................................... 6 

Technical assistance ..................................................................................................... 7 

Forms and delivery of technical assistance.................................................................. 7 

Technical assistance at the initiative of the beneficiary country.................................. 7 

Technical assistance at the initiative of the Commission............................................. 8 

Management and implementation ................................................................................ 9 

Project monitoring........................................................................................................ 9 

Financial management and control .............................................................................. 9 

EDIS............................................................................................................................. 9 

Risk assessment............................................................................................................ 9 

European Court of Auditors findings......................................................................... 10 

Co-financing partners – EIB, EBRD and NIB ........................................................... 10 

Contribution to Community policies.......................................................................... 10 

Public procurement .................................................................................................... 10 

Environment policy.................................................................................................... 10 

Transport policy: from TINA towards new TEN-T guidelines ................................. 10 

Co-ordination among pre-accession instruments ....................................................... 11 

TECHNICAL ANNEXES 

New ISPA projects..................................................................................................... 18 

Commitments for environment .................................................................................. 18 

Commitments for transport ........................................................................................ 19 

Projects funded during 2000-2003 ............................................................................. 20 

Payments .................................................................................................................... 20 

Summary tables.......................................................................................................... 21 

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2.3. 

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3.1. 

3.2. 

3.3. 

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4.1. 

4.2. 

4.3. 

4.4. 

4.5. 

4.6. 

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5.2. 

5.3. 

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Forms and delivery of technical assistance................................................................ 24 

technical assistance at the initiative of the beneficiary country................................. 25 

Technical assistance at the initiative of the Commission........................................... 28 

Project monitoring...................................................................................................... 34 

EDIS........................................................................................................................... 35 

Risk assessment.......................................................................................................... 36 

European Court of Auditors findings......................................................................... 37 

Co-financing partners – EIB, EBRD and NIB ........................................................... 37 

Public procurement .................................................................................................... 39 

Competition policy..................................................................................................... 39 

Environment policy.................................................................................................... 40 

Transport policy: from TINA towards new TEN-T guidelines ................................. 41 

Bulgaria .................................................................................................................................... 47 

Czech Republic ........................................................................................................................ 49 

Estonia  .................................................................................................................................... 51 

Hungary .................................................................................................................................... 52 

Latvia 

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Lithuania................................................................................................................................... 54 

Poland 

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Romania ................................................................................................................................... 58 

Slovakia .................................................................................................................................... 60 

Slovenia .................................................................................................................................... 63 

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Foreword 

This  annual  report  on  the  activities  of  the  Instrument  for  structural  policy  for  pre-
accession (ISPA) covers the calendar year 2003. 

It provides information on the fourth year of implementing ISPA.  

For a number of beneficiary countries, the year 2003 has also been the last year of 
ISPA  implementation  before  becoming  eligible  for  Community  cohesion  policy 
instruments. In this respect, the report will demonstrate that ISPA has proved to be 
an  effective  and  important  tool  for  preparing  beneficiary  countries1  for  EU 
membership.  ISPA  will  continue  to  perform  its  mission  in  those  countries  which 
have not yet become a Member state of the European Union. 

The reporting format reflects the requirements of article 12 of the ISPA Regulation2. 
It  has  been  adapted  to  take  account  of  the  comments  made  by  the  European 
Parliament, the European Economic and Social Committee and the Committee of the 
Regions.  

It is hoped that the report will also serve as a useful reference document for everyone 
interested  in  the  promotion,  prior  to  accession,  of  economic  and  social  cohesion  in 
the Central European candidate countries including those which have joined the EU 
in May 2004. 

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Bulgaria,  Czech  Republic,  Estonia,  Hungary,  Latvia,  Lithuania,  Poland,  Romania,  Slovakia  and 
Slovenia. 
Council Regulation (EC) 1267/1999 of 21 June 1999. 

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Summary 

1. 

ISPA BUDGET 

The budget for the ISPA instrument is provided for by two budget lines, B7-020 and 
B7-020A. The first line contains the means for co-financing projects (measures)3 in 
the  beneficiary  countries  in  the  environment  and  transport  domains  as  well  as  for 
providing  technical  assistance  (TA)  to  identify  and  prepare  projects.  Measures  to 
assist the beneficiary countries in strengthening their institutional and administrative 
capacity  -including  the  move  towards  fully  decentralised  management  (EDIS)-  are 
funded  from  this  line  as  well.  Line  B7-020A  foresees  funding  for  actions  at  the 
Commission’s  initiative.  For  2003,  €1  129  million  was  allocated  from  the 
Commission  budget  to  the  ISPA  instrument  and  an  amount  of  €8.35  million  was 
transferred from line B7-020A to line B7-020. 

Table 1: ISPA budget in 2003 

Budget line 

Commitment 
appropriations 

Commitment 
appropriations 
incl. transfer from 
B7-020 to 020A 

Commitments 
implemented 

Payments 
implemented 

B7-020A 

11.500.000 

3.150.000 

3.150.000 

5.461.855 

B7-020 for projects 

1.117.500.000 

1.125.850.000 

1 125 804 651 

423 506 936 

Total 

1.129.000.000 

1.129.000.000 

1.128.954.651 

428.968.791 

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PROJECT FUNDING 

2.1. 

New ISPA projects 

In 2003, the Commission adopted 75 new ISPA measures concerning 60 investments 
in  environment  infrastructure  (mainly  in  the  water,  wastewater  and  waste  sub-
sectors)  and  15  in  transport  infrastructure  (rail  and  road  projects).  Among  these 
projects, the Commission approved 23 new technical assistance measures for project 
preparation, 17 of which were for preparing environment projects and 6 for preparing 
transport projects. As a result, the total ISPA contribution to projects funded in 2003 
amounted  to  nearly  €1.25  billion,  representing  an  average  grant  rate  of  68.5%  of  a 
total  eligible  project  cost  of  €1.82  billion.  The  remainder  was  financed  by  the 
applicant  countries  from  national  sources  at  central,  regional,  and/or  local  level,  as 
well  as  by  international  financial  institutions  (IFIs).  Almost  65%  of  the  ISPA 
contribution was awarded to the environment sector.  

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The  terms  ‘projects’  and  ‘measures’  both  designate  the  unit  of  ISPA  assistance  to  the  beneficiary 
countries and are used interchangeably in this report. Unless otherwise stated, they refer to assistance 
for capital investments as well as to technical assistance measures. 

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Table 2: New project decisions in 2003 

Project 
decisions 

Total eligible 
cost 

ISPA 
contribution 

Grant rate 

Commitments 

Environment 

Transport 

Total 

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€ 

1.186.315.685 

805.923.669 

630.908.020 

439.109.946 

1.817.223.705 

1.245.033.615 

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67.94 

69.60 

68.51 

€ 

404.132.994 

210.084.838 

614.217.832 

Note: The project decision amounts reflect the total ISPA contribution awarded to projects, while commitment amounts give 
the total of what is yearly committed from the budget (2003 in this case). 

2.2. 

Projects funded during 2000-2003 

Since the start of ISPA, the Commission has adopted 324 project grant decisions. Of 
the  projects  assisted,  212  related  to  the  environment  sector  (including  one  flooding 
relief  project),  102  to  the  transport  sector,  and  10  to  TA  measures  for  achieving 
decentralised  implementation  (EDIS)4.  In  total,  the  ISPA  contribution  amounted  to 
€7.03  billion,  representing  65.2%  of  a  total  eligible  investment  cost  of  € 10.78 
billion. It follows that, in the first four years of ISPA, the Commission has allocated 
more than 90% of the funds set aside for ISPA for the period 2000 to 2006. By the 
end of 2003, 61.7% of the decided ISPA contribution has been committed, with the 
commitments having been distributed in a balanced manner between the environment 
and transport sectors. 

Table 3: Project decisions in 2000-2003 

Project 
decisions 

Total eligible 
cost 

ISPA 
contribution 

Average grant 
rate 

Commitments 

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211 

102 

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10 

324 

€ 

€ 

5.175.000.000 

3 371.300.000 

5.566.500.000 

3 620.700.000 

35.294.118 

30.000.000 

8.015.537 

8.015.537 

10.784.900.000 

7.030.100.000 

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65.1 

65.0 

85.0 

100.0 

65.2 

€ 

2.171.400.000 

2.130.700 000 

30.000.000 

7.800.000 

4.339.900.000 

Environment 

Transport 

Flooding relief 

EDIS 

Total 

2.3. 

Payments 

Significant  progress  has  been  made  in  implementing  ISPA  measures.  Whereas, 
initially,  delays  in  tendering  and  contracting  hampered  the  payments  of  second 
advances and of requests for reimbursement, this situation has now improved. As a 
result,  in  2003,  ISPA  payments  totalled  nearly  €424  million,  which  represents  an 
increase with 14% over the payments made in 2002 (€388 million).  

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By  the  end  of  the  period  2000-2003,  more  than  €1  billion  has  been  paid  out, 
representing some 25% of the budgetary commitments over this period. 

Table 4: Payments in 2003 (€) 

For projects committed in 

2000 

2001 

2002 

2003 

Total 

Environment 

81.747.970 

12.285.431 

66.309.253 

3.597.170 

163.939.824 

Flooding relief 

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- 

11.745.361 

- 

11.745.361 

Transport 

111.491.265 

73.833.755 

74.358.144 

6.554.262 

266.237.426 

EDIS 

Total 

326.000 

711.103 

1.509.002 

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2.546.105 

193.565.235 

86.830.289 

154.921.760 

10.151.432 

423. 506. 936 

3. 

TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE 

3.1. 

Forms and delivery of technical assistance  

The recourse to technical assistance measures has proved to be an essential element 
for ensuring a successful programming and implementation of ISPA projects. These 
measures  have 
implementation, 
focussed  on  project  preparation,  project 
the  structural 
institutional  strengthening,  and,  more  recently, 
accompanying 
(re)organisation  of  utilities  in  the  domains  of  the  ISPA  intervention,  thereby 
enhancing sustainability of project implementation.  

3.2. 

Technical assistance at the initiative of the beneficiary country 

In  2003,  the  Commission  decided  on  23  TA  measures  for  project  preparation 
representing  a  total  eligible  cost  of  €  112  million  with  ISPA  contributing  €84.8 
million. Several of these measures included the restructuring of the local utility (final 
beneficiary)  up  to  modern  standards  in  terms  of  management  and  operation.  In 
addition,  most  of  the  ISPA  beneficiary  countries  that  joined  the  EU  in  2004  have 
used TA funds to finance preparatory studies for projects that will be submitted for 
future funding from the Cohesion Fund. The total number of TA measures for project 
preparation approved since 2000 now stands at 62, representing a total eligible cost 
of €198.2 million of which 80% has been financed from ISPA. 

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Table 5: Technical assistance measures at the initiative of the beneficiary countries 2000-
2003 (€) 

No of 
projects 

Total cost 

Total eligible 
cost 

Total ISPA 
contribution

Commitments 
2003 

Payments 
2003 

Commitments 
2000-3 

Payments 
2000-3 

Environment 

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122.418.837  121.424.827 94.438.270

47.086.015 

6.803.101 

75.305.476  12.385.350

Transport 

EDIS 

Total 

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85.719.924  84.759.924 64.485.219

17.376.319  10.839.126  52.469.037  14.185.705

8.098.575 

8.098.575 

8.098.575 

745.609 

2.661.893 

7.783.655 

4.549.222

216.237.336  206.283.326 167.022.064 65.207.943  20.339.331  132.557.168 31.120.277

3.3. 

Technical assistance at the initiative of the Commission 

Since  the  beginning  of  ISPA,  technical  assistance  activities  at  the  initiative  of  the 
Commission  have  been  concentrated  on  enhancing  the  beneficiary  countries’ 
capacity  to  prepare,  appraise  and  implement  ISPA  projects  in  accordance  with  the 
standards required for the management of Community funds. 

In 2003, the budgetary allocation for this strand of technical assistance amounted to 
€11.5  million.  Of  this  amount,  the  Commission  committed  €3.15 million  for 
activities launched in 2003 (essentially for reinforcing the EC Delegations). 

A.  Technical  Assistance  activities  financed  under  the  “TA  Action  Programme 
2001” 

This  programme  comprises  multi-annual  activities  covering  the  period  2001-2003, 
with  disbursements  foreseen  until  the  end  of  2004.  In  the  course  of  its 
implementation, a re-scheduling of the funds towards reinforcing the administrative 
capacity in the ISPA  beneficiary  countries in the  field of tendering and contracting 
has  been  undertaken.  Also,  as  it  became  clear  that  certain  activities  needed  to  be 
continued  in  2004,  the  Commission  has  extended  the  duration  of  the  programme, 
until 30 April 2004 for the new Member states, and until 30 June 2004 for Bulgaria 
and Romania.  

B. Activities undertaken outside the “TA Action Programme 2001” 

New  resources  have  been  made  available  to  cover  the  administrative  costs  of 
technical  staff  recruited  to  reinforce  the  EC  Delegations’  procurement  and 
supervision capacity. Task assignments for the appraisal of ISPA projects continued 
under  the  two  existing  framework  contracts  with  international  consulting  firms  as 
well as under the contract signed with the European Investment Bank (EIB).  

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MANAGEMENT AND IMPLEMENTATION  

4.1. 

Project monitoring 

The  key  finding  of  project  monitoring  during  2003  is  that,  on  average,  further 
improvements  have  taken  place  in  terms  of  hands-on  capacity  of  the  beneficiary 
countries as regards effective implementation. Further efforts are required though to 
overcome weaknesses, which are sometimes persistent. Most importantly, additional 
financial  and  human  resources  for  the  planning,  preparation  and  management  of 
ISPA measures, in particular in the environment sector, are required. 

4.2. 

Financial management and control 

Beneficiary countries are required to establish internal financial control systems and 
procedures  that  can  ensure  the  accuracy  of  declared  expenditure,  adequate  internal 
audit  capability,  sufficient  audit  trail  and  appropriate  treatment  of  irregularities. 
Between May 2003 and January 2004, the Commission has carried out a third cycle 
of  systems  audits  in  these  countries  to  assess  the  adequacy  of  these  systems  and 
procedures  and  their  compliance  with  the  Community  requirements.  The  targeted 
countries were those for which an EDIS application was not expected to be received 
before the indicated deadline of 1 November 2003, as well as Bulgaria and Romania. 
Preliminary conclusions of the audit cycle suggest that significant progress has been 
made  in  the  large  majority  of  beneficiary  countries  but  that  improvements  in 
essential  areas  such  as  internal  control  and  internal  audit  are  still  required.  A 
recurring problem in many countries is the lack of trained and experienced personnel. 

4.3. 

EDIS 

EDIS stands for the process envisaged for the beneficiary countries to move towards 
an “extended decentralised implementation system” for ISPA. By the end of 2003, 5 
countries  completed  the  stage  3  compliance  assessment,  of  which  3  fulfilled  the 
conditions  and  criteria  in  order  to  receive  the  (partial)  accreditation  from  the 
Commission  in  Spring  2004.  Two  countries  were  processing  stage  3,  whereas  2 
countries had completed the stage 1 gap assessment. One country failed to complete 
the first stage. 

4.4. 

Risk assessment 

Despite  that,  as  yet,  not  all  key  elements  of  the  financial  management  and  control 
systems  in  both  the  sectors  of  environment  and  transport  are  in  place  in  all 
beneficiary  countries,  the  Commission  is  reasonably  confident  that  this  will  be 
progressively  be  the  case.  All  beneficiary  countries  have  been  recommended  to 
complete the third stage of the EDIS roadmap which consists of obtaining a positive 
opinion from external auditors. A series of seminars were organised in 2003 and at 
the beginning of 2004 in order to explain and detail the requirements with respect to 
these systems. Finally, in the course of 2004, the Commission will verify whether the 
management  and  control  systems  in  the  new  Member  states  meet  the  standards 
required by the Cohesion Fund regulation.  

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4.5. 

European Court of Auditors findings 

In  Autumn  2003,  at  the  occasion  of  the  presentation  of its  2002 Annual  report,  the 
Court of auditors stated that auditing  pre-accession  assistance  to the candidate date 
countries  has  led  the  Court  to  a  generally  positive  assessment  of  the  conformity  of 
expenditure. Though it observed also a need to further improve the supervision and 
control  systems  for  EU  aid,  it  pointed  to  the  fact  that  most  of  the  beneficiary 
countries had worked hard in recent years to set up such systems.  

4.6. 

Co-financing partners – EIB, EBRD and NIB 

The  EIB  and  the  EBRD5  have  remained  the  privileged  partners  for  providing  loan 
financing for ISPA projects in 2003. As far as the Nordic Investment Bank (NIB) is 
concerned, this bank intervenes in priority in ISPA projects in the Baltic states. The 
expertise  of  these  banks  in  project  preparation  and  implementation  continued  to  be 
useful for improving the quality of projects funded from ISPA.  

5. 

CONTRIBUTION TO COMMUNITY POLICIES 

5.1. 

Public procurement 

From the start of ISPA, the fulfilment of the legal requirements for sound, fair and 
transparent public procurement as enshrined in the PRAG has proved to be a major 
challenge.  In  2003,  training  on  specific  procurement  issues  has  been  organised  as 
well as practical tools (guides) been published to carry out tendering and contracting 
in  accordance  with  national  law  harmonized  according  to  EU  standards.  The 
experience  suggests  that  the  strengthening  of  public  procurement  systems  and 
procedures in the new Member states should be continued under the Cohesion Fund. 

5.2. 

Environment policy 

ISPA contributes significantly to the implementation of environmental policy in the 
beneficiary  countries.  Experience  gained 
through  project  development  and 
implementation has reinforced administrative capacity and accelerated sector reform 
in 
the  environment  sector.  In  particular,  administrative  capacity  has  been 
strengthened  in  regard  to  environmental  investment  planning  and  prioritization. 
Steady progress has also been made in proper implementation of the EIA directive, 
including aspects related to public consultation. In addition, a pilot project promoted 
higher quality of public service in public utilities in the waste and water sub-sectors. 
In  these  various  ways,  the  ISPA  programme  has  contributed  towards  significant 
progress in environmental protection in all of the beneficiary countries.  

5.3. 

Transport policy: from TINA towards new TEN-T guidelines 

The transport networks in the beneficiary countries, agreed in accordance with TINA 
(Transport Infrastructure Needs Assessment), are constructed around the framework 
of pan-European transport corridors. These networks have been used as the planning 
basis for the national transport strategies for ISPA purposes and each ISPA transport 

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project needed to form part of the TINA network. Similarly, these networks are now 
being used for Cohesion Fund purposes in the new Member states’ and fulfil a core 
function  in  their  National  Development  Plans,  which  are  the  programming  tool  for 
the use of structural funds from 2004 onwards.  

In  April  2003,  the  Accession  Treaties  amended  the  TEN-T  (Trans-European 
transport  network)  guidelines  to  accommodate  the  extension  of  the  network  to  the 
acceding countries. As a consequence, as of May 2004, the new Member states are 
immediately eligible for Community funding, in particular for TEN-T funds and the 
Cohesion Fund. 

6. 

CO-ORDINATION AMONG PRE-ACCESSION INSTRUMENTS 

The  Commission  ensures  close  co-ordination  among  the  three  pre-accession 
instruments,  PHARE,  SAPARD  and  ISPA.  The  PHARE  Management  committee 
plays  a  special  role  in  the  general  co-ordination  of  the  three  pre-accession 
instruments. Further co-ordination is being implemented through the (PHARE) Joint 
monitoring  committee,  the  inter-services  Co-ordination  committee  and  the  periodic 
meetings with the EC delegations in the beneficiary countries.  

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TECHNICAL ANNEXES 

TO THE ANNUAL REPORT OF THE INSTRUMENT FOR STRUCTURAL POLICY 
FOR PRE-ACCESSION (ISPA) 
2003 

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Executive summary 

The  year 2003 was of  particular importance as it was the last year that the 8 ISPA 
countries that have become new Member states in May 2004 benefited of assistance 
from ISPA. Many efforts were therefore put into assisting these countries to prepare 
for  the  smooth  transition  to  EU  cohesion  policy  instruments,  in  particular  for  the 
Cohesion  Fund.  Pursuant  to  a  clause  in  the  Act  of  Accession,  all  ongoing  projects 
approved under ISPA become automatically Cohesion Fund projects after accession. 
Beyond  providing  financial  support  for  the  renewal  and  upgrading  of  the 
infrastructure base in the environment and transport sectors, much attention was paid 
to the preparation of a pipeline of quality projects as well as to further strengthening 
institutional  and  administrative  capacity  in  those  fields  where  weaknesses  subsist. 
The challenges regarding the effective management and implementation of EU funds 
can  be  demonstrated  by  the  fact  that,  under  the  Cohesion  Fund,  allocations  for  the 
new Member states will more than treble: from €0.75 billion per year under ISPA to 
€2.8 billion per year for the period 2004-2006. For their part, Bulgaria and Romania 
will remain eligible for ISPA and benefit from gradually increasing allocations until 
the  end  of  2006  as  well.  Similar  efforts  are  thus  required  for  the  latter countries in 
order warrant an adequate programming and implementation of the ISPA funds.  

Together  with  the  presentation  of  the  major  ISPA  findings  for  2003,  the  key 
messages below attempt to strike a balance of four years of implementation of ISPA. 

KEY MESSAGES 

ISPA:  an  instrument  to  assist  infrastructure  investments  in  the  EU  priority 
fields of environment and transport 

- Since its launch in 2000, ISPA has provided grants to 324 large-scale environment 
and  transport  infrastructure  investments1  in  the  applicant  countries  of  Central  and 
Eastern Europe. The grant total amounted to €7.0 billion for an total investment cost 
of over €11.6 billion, of which €10.8 billion was considered as eligible for support, 
implying an average grant rate of 65%. As a result, about 90% of the funds for the 
entire  period  2000-2006  were  already  allocated  to  projects  that  were  ready  for 
implementation.  For  the  new  Member  states,  this  means  that  part  of  the  Cohesion 
Fund allocations are already covered by eligible projects. 

- 212 projects concerned large-scale environment infrastructure, essentially in water 
supply,  sewerage  systems,  wastewater  treatment  and  waste  management,  and 
included one flood relief project as well. In the transport sector, priority was given to 
102  projects  along  the  pan-European  transport  corridors,  including  cross-border 
infrastructure  such  as  railways,  roads,  airports,  traffic  monitoring  systems,  etc.  In 
2003, the Commission decided on 75 new projects for a total ISPA contribution of 
€1.25 billion, representing more than 68% of a total eligible investment cost of €1.8 
billion. 

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-  Between  2000  and  2003,  €167  million  for  72  accompanying  technical  assistance 
measures was made available to assist in the preparation of projects and applications, 
and  to  enhance  the  administrative  capacity  of  implementing  bodies,  including  for 
decentralised implementation (EDIS2) for which 10 measures were adopted. Further 
assistance was provided in 2003 to strengthen the beneficiary countries’ capacity to 
prepare new projects, whether it be for funding under the Cohesion Fund, in the case 
of  the  new  Member  states,  or  for  funding  under  ISPA,  in  the  case  of  Bulgaria  and 
Romania. 

-  From  the  start,  the  Commission  observed  the  principle  of  distributing  the  ISPA 
funds  equally  over  the  environment  and  transport  sectors  and,  within  the  latter 
sectors,  of  favouring  rail  as  a  more  sustainable  transport  mode  against  roads.  As  a 
result,  of  the  €4.3  billion  committed  since  2000,  50%  has  been  allotted  to 
environment projects and 49.1% to transport projects. The remainder was committed 
to a flooding relief project and for TA measures for decentralisation. 

-  Payments  in  2003  totalled  €424  million,  bringing  the  total  of  the  payments  made 
since  2000  on  more  than  €1  billion,  which  represents  nearly  25%  of  the  total  of 
grants  committed.  By  the  end  of  2003,  almost  40%  of  the  funded  projects  had 
attained  a  payment  ratio  ranging  between  20  and  40%  of  the  ISPA  grant.  This 
demonstrates  that  implementation  on  the  ground  has  now  reached  cruising  speed, 
notably  as  a  result  of  the  improved  capacity  of  beneficiary  countries  to  deal  with 
tendering and contracting.  

ISPA: an instrument to accelerate sector and policy reforms 

- The preparation and implementation of ISPA projects has proved to be an important 
tool to help beneficiary countries understand and implement EU key legislation and 
requirements  in  the  fields  of  environment  and  transport.  Through  ISPA,  these 
countries  had  to  adhere  to  a  strategic  approach  for  priority  investments  in  these 
sectors.  In  addition,  the  Commission  obtained  respect,  at  project  level,  of  the 
Community  acquis  in  areas  like  EIA,  railway  inter-operability,  procurement  and 
sound financial management. To the beneficiary countries, these requirements made 
clear that more in depth policy and sector reforms were often necessary if EU quality 
standards  were  to  be  respected.  In  this  sense,  ISPA  contributed  to  increase  the 
awareness  that  the  mere  transposition  of  EU  law  is  not  sufficient  and  that,  instead, 
more  profound  structural  sector  changes  are  required  for  making  policy 
implementation and enforcement truly effective. As a result, a number of beneficiary 
countries introduced reforms of the political and/or functional organisation of one or 
both of the ISPA intervention sectors. The efforts of the Commission to address the 
knowledge gap regarding public-private partnerships (PPP) for the development and 
operation  of  infrastructure  projects  have  to  be  placed  in  this  context  as  well. 
Guidelines  for  successful  PPPs  and  a  Resource  book  on  PPP  case  studies  were 
disseminated  and  advisory  services  on  complex  PPP  issues  were  delivered  to 
interested project applicants/beneficiaries. 

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ISPA as a precursor of cohesion policy instruments 

-  The  set  up  and  operation  of  ISPA  have  been  closely  modelled  on  the  Cohesion 
Fund.  Pursuant  to  article  16.a  of  the  Cohesion  Fund  regulation,  all  ongoing  ISPA 
projects have automatically become Cohesion Fund projects after accession. For this 
reason,  the  hands-on  capacity  that  beneficiary  countries  have  acquired  through 
implementing ISPA are constituting a valuable experience to implement and respect 
the  standards  and  procedures  that  apply  to  the  traditional  cohesion  policy 
instruments,  and  in  particular  to  the  Cohesion  Fund.  However,  experience  in  this 
respect cannot be gained overnight and has to be built up progressively.  

- The qualifications of staff in the beneficiary countries are not always up to level of 
skills  required  to  manage  complex  infrastructure  projects,  in  particular,  as  far  as 
tendering  and  contracting  are  concerned.  Because  of  the  difficulties  encountered  in 
this area, the Commission has again in 2003 put many efforts in developing technical 
assistance  activities  which  focused  on  strengthening  recipients’  procurement  skills, 
systems  and  procedures.  Among  others,  it  continued  to  organise  various  seminars 
and training sessions, and disseminated manuals and practical guides.  

-  The  system  of  ex-ante  approval  by  the  Commission  that  governs  tendering  and 
contracting  under  ISPA  ceases  to  apply  once  the  beneficiary  country  becomes  a 
Member  state.  It  is  therefore  intended  to  continue  to  provide  technical  assistance 
under  the  Cohesion  Fund  so  as  to  ensure  that  procurement  rules  and  procedures  in 
the new Member states are implemented according to the required standards. 

ISPA: a benchmarking instrument 

- Progress and effectiveness of the management and implementation of ISPA projects 
by the beneficiary countries has improved importantly over the last years. Through 
the  approach  of  learning-by-doing,  they  have  progressively  succeeded  to  adhere  to 
the standards and procedures that apply to the traditional instruments of EU cohesion 
policy.  

-  Mention  has  to  be  made  of  the  EDIS  process  along  which  beneficiary  countries 
have  been  moving  in  order  to  prepare  for  the  decentralised  management  of 
procurement. In each country, this process comprises 3 stages before accreditation by 
the Commission: (1) the identification of existing gaps in the financial management 
and  control  systems,  (2)  the  subsequent  upgrading  of  the  systems  by  introducing 
organisational adjustments by means of staffing and training, and (3) an independent 
assessment of the functionality of the systems. As such, the EDIS process constitutes 
an essential element of the institutional preparation of the new Member states and the 
candidate countries. 

-  The  Commission  continued  to  promote  the  setting  up  by  beneficiary  countries  of 
sound  systems  and  procedures  regarding  financial  management  and  control  of  EU 
funds, the requirements of which are similar to those that apply to the Cohesion and 
Structural Funds. To this end, a third round of audit missions was undertaken in 2003 
to  assess  and  enhance  the  management  and  control  systems  in  place.  Though  these 
systems are sometimes very advanced in the concept of good control systems, there 
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also, in 2003, the Commission started a series of seminars and workshops to explain 
the EU requirements in this field. 

- Following the adoption by the Commission of a report on the progress in the fields 
of  regional  policy  and  co-ordination  of  the  structural  instruments  in  the  future 
Member states3, a ministerial conference held in Brussels in October 2003 with the 
ministers responsible for the management of the EU Structural and Cohesion Funds 
in  the  countries  acceding  the  EU  in  2004.  At  this  occasion,  Commissioner  Barnier 
underlined  the  necessity  for  further  efforts,  especially  concerning  the  quality  of 
programmes  and  of  the  implementing  structures.  The  new  Member  States  could 
benefit  from  eligibility  from  1  January  2004  only  in  case  of  full  alignment  with 
Community legislation before the end of 2003. 

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ISPA budget 

The budget for the ISPA instrument is provided for by two budget lines, B7-020 and 
B7-020A.  The  first  line  contains  the  means  for  co-financing  projects  (measures)  in 
the  beneficiary  countries  in  the  environment  and  transport  domains  as  well  as  for 
providing  technical  assistance  (TA)  to  identify  and  prepare  projects.  Measures  to 
assist the beneficiary countries in strengthening their institutional and administrative 
capacity –including the move towards fully decentralised management (EDIS) - are 
funded  from  this  line  as  well.  Line  B7-020A  foresees  funding  for  actions  at  the 
Commission’s initiative. 

For  2003,  €  1  129  million  was  allocated  from  the  Commission  budget  to  the  ISPA 
instrument.  Initially,  the  B7-020  (project)  budget  line  received  € 1  117.5  million. 
This amount was then increased by € 8.35 million, which was transferred from line 
B7-020A. As a result, € 1 125.85 million was available to assist projects presented at 
the  initiative  of  the  beneficiary  countries.  From  the  original  B7-020A  budget 
(€ 11.5 million),  € 3.15  million  was  committed  for  activities  at  the  Commission’s 
initiative. 

Table 1: ISPA budget in 2003 

Budget line 

Commitment 
appropriations 

Commitment 
appropriations 
incl. transfer from 
B7-020A to 020 

Commitments 
implemented 

Payments 
implemented 

B7-020A 

11.500.000 

3.150.000 

3.150.000 

5.461.855 

B7-020 for projects 

1.117.500.000 

1.125.850.000 

1 125 804 651 

423 506 936 

Total 

1.129.000.000 

1.129.000.000 

1.128.954.651 

428.968.791 

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Project funding 

1. 

NEW ISPA PROJECTS 

In 2003, the Commission adopted 75 new ISPA measures concerning 60 investments 
in  environment  infrastructure  and  15  in  transport  infrastructure.  Among  these 
projects,  the  Commission  approved  23  new  technical  assistance  (TA)  measures  for 
project  preparation,  6  of  which  were  for  preparing  transport  projects  and  17  for 
preparing  environment  projects.  As  a  result,  the  total  ISPA  contribution  to  projects 
funded  in  2003  amounted  to  €1.25  billion,  representing  an  average  grant  rate  of 
68.51% of the total eligible project cost of €1.82 billion. The remainder was financed 
by  the  applicant  countries  from  national  sources  at  central,  regional,  and/or  local 
level, as well as by international financial institutions (IFIs). Nearly 65% of the ISPA 
contribution was awarded to the environment sector.  

Table 2: New ISPA project decisions in 2003 

Project 
decisions 

Total eligible 
cost 

ISPA 
contribution 

Grant rate 

Commitments 

Environment 

Transport 

Total 

n° 

60 

15 

75 

€ 

€ 

1.186.315.685 

805.923.669 

630.908.020 

439.109.946 

1.817.223.705 

1.245.033.615 

% 

67.94 

69.60 

68.51 

€ 

404.132.994 

210.084.838 

614.217.832 

Note: Decision amounts reflect the total ISPA contribution awarded to projects, while commitment amounts give the total of 
what is yearly committed from the budget (2003 in this case). 

Commitments  in  2003  totalled  €1  125  million  and  were  used  for  the  new  projects 
decided  in  that  year  (€614  million)  as  well  as  for  ongoing  projects  adopted  in  the 
previous years. 

2. 

COMMITMENTS FOR ENVIRONMENT 

sewerage  networks 

About  31%  of  the  budgetary  commitments  in  the  environment  sector  for  the  year 
2003 was dedicated to projects combining the  provision of drinking water with the 
collection  of  sewage,  whereas  one  quarter  was  devoted  to  projects  for  sewage 
collection  and  treatment  systems,  focussing  essentially  on  the  renewal,  repair  or 
extension  of 
the 
and 
refurbishment/upgrading of existing wastewater treatment plants. Approximately 8% 
of  funding  was  assigned  to  projects  in  the  drinking  water  sector  (supply  and/or 
treatment),  whereas  some  25%  benefited  to  solid  waste  management  projects, 
consisting primarily of closing down old and creating new landfills, often associated 
with  the  introduction  of  selective  waste  collection  and  treatment/recycling  systems. 
Finally, one project related to combating air pollution and one to the monitoring and 
assessment of the hydrosphere.  

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Table 3: Commitments in 2003 – Environment by sub-sector1 

Sub-sector 

Drinking water pipes/plant 

Drinking water and sewage  

€ 

33.110.094 

124.525.873 

Drinking water, sewage and solid waste 

35.286.960 

Sewage network and treatment plant 

Solid waste collection systems 

Air pollution 

Hydrosphere Monitoring  

Total environment sector 

101.035.588 

101.253.254 

2.600.000 

6.321.225 

404.132.994 

3. 

COMMITMENTS FOR TRANSPORT 

% 

8.19 

30.81 

8.73 

25.00 

25.05 

0.64 

1.56 

100.0 

improvement  of 

As  in  the  previous  years,  ISPA  assistance  in  the  transport  sector  focussed  the 
extension  and 
the  TINA  (Transport  Infrastructure  Needs 
Assessment)  network  in  order  to  facilitate  the  connections  between  the  European 
Union and the candidate countries within the framework of the future trans-European 
transport  network  (TEN-T).  The  major  part  of  the  budgetary  commitments  for 
transport in 2003 (57%) were made in favour of rail projects, involving primarily the 
rehabilitation  and  upgrading  of  existing  infrastructure  to  EU  standards.  About  42% 
of  the  funding  was  assigned  to  road  projects  including  new  construction  and 
upgrading  to  meet  EU  capacity  and  safety  standards.  Combined  rail/road  projects 
represented 1.5%.  

Table 4: Commitments in 2003 – Transport by sub-sector2 

Sub-sector 

Rail 

Road 

Rail and road 

Total transport sector 

€ 

119.179.045 

87.652.893 

3.252.900 

210.084.838 

% 

56.73 

41.72 

1.55 

100.0 

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2 

This  includes  commitments  for  projects  decided  in  2003  as  well  as  tranches  committed  for  projects 
decided in previous years.  
This  includes  commitments  for  projects  decided  in  2003  as  well  as  tranches  committed  for  projects 
decided in previous years.  

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4. 

PROJECTS FUNDED DURING 2000-2003 

Between 2000 and 2003, the Commission adopted a total of 324 projects on the basis 
of proposals submitted by the beneficiary countries. Of these projects, 212 concerned 
the environment sector (including one flood relief project), 102 the transport sector, 
and  10  TA  measures  for  achieving  decentralised  implementation  (EDIS).  These 
interventions  correspond  to  a  total  eligible  investment  cost  of  € 10.78  billion,  of 
which  € 7.03  billion  or  65.2%  is  being  financed  by  ISPA  from  the  B7-020  budget 
line. As a result, the Commission has, in the first four years of ISPA, allocated more 
than 90% of the funds set aside for ISPA for the period 2000 to 2006. 

Table 5: Project decisions in 2000-2003 

Project 
decisions 

Total eligible 
cost 

ISPA 
contribution 

Average grant 
rate 

Commitments 

n° 

211 

102 

1 

10 

324 

€ 

€ 

5.175.000.000 

3.371.300.000 

5.566.500.000 

3.620.700.000 

35.294.118 

30.000.000 

8.015.537 

8.015.537 

10.784.900.000 

7.030.100.000 

% 

65.1 

65.0 

85.0 

100.0 

65.2 

€ 

2.171.400.000 

2.130.700.000 

30.000.000 

7.800.000 

4.339.900.000 

Environment 

Transport 

Combined 
flooding relief 

EDIS 

Total 

By  the  end  of  2003,  61.7%  of  the  decided  ISPA  contribution  had  been  committed, 
with  the  commitments  having  been  distributed  in  a  balanced  manner  over  the 
environment and transport sectors. 

5. 

PAYMENTS 

Payments for each project consist of two advance payments of 10% each of the ISPA 
contribution -one upon signature of the Financing Memorandum and the other after 
the signature of the first works contract- as well of intermediate payments up to 80% 
(90% in exceptional circumstances) of the contribution. The balance is released after 
approval of the final project report. Most of the first advance payments are made in 
the year following the year of the ISPA decision to grant assistance, because the bulk 
of the ISPA measures are decided in the autumn of each year and account has to be 
taken  of  a  time-lag  for  the  authorities  of  the  beneficiary  countries  to  countersign 
these  decisions.  This  is  illustrated  by  the  fact  that,  for  projects  decided  in  2003, 
payments  accounted  for  less  than  2%  of  the  corresponding  commitments,  whereas 
for projects decided in 2000 they accounted for more than 30% of the corresponding 
commitments. 

Significant  progress  has  been  made  in  implementing  ISPA  measures.  Whereas, 
initially,  delays  in  tendering  and  contracting  hampered  the  payments  of  second 
advances and of requests for reimbursement, this situation has now improved. This is 
reflected by the increasing number of requests received for second advance payments 
and  for  intermediate  payments.  As  per  1  January  2004,  there  were  76  projects  for 
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been paid, whereas at 1 January 2003, the number of projects concerned amounted to 
31  and  15  respectively.  As  a  result,  in  2003,  overall  ISPA  payments  (including  for 
decentralisation) totalled €424 million, which represents an increase with 14% over 
the payments made in 2002 (€388 million).  

Table 6: Payments in 2003 (€) 

For projects committed in 

2000 

2001 

2002 

2003 

Total 

Environment 

81.747.970 

12.285.431 

66.309.253 

3.597.170 

163.939.824 

Flooding relief 

0 

0 

11.745.361 

0 

11.745.361 

Transport 

111.491.265 

73.833.755 

74.358.144 

6.554.262 

266.237.426 

EDIS 

Total 

326.000 

711.103 

1.509.002 

0 

2.546.105 

193.565.235 

86.830.289 

154.921.760 

10.151.432 

423. 506. 936 

By  the  end  of  the  period  2000-2003,  more  than  €1  billion  had  been  paid  out, 
representing over 23% of the budgetary commitments. 

6. 

SUMMARY TABLES 

Tables 8 and 9 presented hereafter provide an overview of the ISPA interventions for the year 
2003 and for the period 2000-2003.

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Table 8: Projects decided in 2003 (€) 

Sub-sector 

N° of 
projects 

Total cost 

Total eligible 
cost 

Total ISPA 
contribution 

Commitments 

Payments 

Environment 

11 

238.798.892 

225.859.330 

152.417.251 

101.253.254 

3 

69.665.742 

65.080.256 

41.387.619 

33.110.094 

- 

- 

19 

421.506.164 

404.469.225 

286.309.779 

124.525.873 

1.354.670 

19 

431.588.949 

402.837.007 

259.749.120 

101.035.588 

- 

6 

1 

1 

59.607.277 

58.713.267 

44.417.450 

35.286.960 

2.242.500 

12.000.000 

12.000.000 

9.000.000 

2.600.000 

18.248.467 

16.856.600 

12.642.450 

6.321.225 

- 

- 

Solid waste 
collection system 

Drinking water 
pipes/ plant 

Drinking water 
and sewage 

Sewage network/ 
treatment plant 

Drinking water, 
sewage and solid 
waste 

Air pollution 

Monitoring of 
hydrosphere 

Sector total 

60 

1.251.415.491 1.817.223.705 1.245.033.615

404.132.994 

3.597.170 

Transport 

Rail 

Road 

Rail and road 

Sector total 

TOTAL 

5 

8 

2 

15 

75 

255.743.187 

235.893.100 

173.737.006 

119.179.045 

- 

408.489.677 

388.793.420 

260.706.815 

87.652.893 

6.207.650 

6.221.500 

6.221.500 

4.666.125 

3.252.900 

346.612 

670.454.364 

630.908.020 

439.109.946 

210.084.838 

6.554.262 

1.921.869.855 1.817.223.705 1.245.033.615

614.217.832 

10.151.432 

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Table 9: Projects decided during 2000-2003 (€) 

Sub-sector 

N° 
of 
pro-
jects 

Total cost 

Total 
eligible cost

Total ISPA 
contribution 

Commitments 
2003 

Payments 
2003 

Commit-
ments  
2000-3 

Payments 
2000-3 

Environment 

Drinking 
water 
pipes/ plant 

Drinking 
water and 
sewage 

Solid waste 
collection 
system 

Sewage 
network/ 
treatment 
plant 

Drinking 
water, sewage 
and solid 
waste 

9 

176.675.096  162.766.032

107.619.813 

40.110.094 

6.808.645 

67.453.238 

7.526.837 

63  2.257.713.426  2.127.706.840 1.382.966.551 

258.688.145 

65.005.870 

829.522.045 

131.799.658 

45 

892.514.758  815.500.577

539.432.964 

102.534.674  24.907.920 

383.041.270 

48.641.754 

81  2.115.721.963  1.952.174.540 1.255.900.488

148.540.141  43.752.395 

830.770.521 

138.224.871 

11 

94.438.377 

88.028.267 

63.773.700 

35.497.556 

4.249.757 

51.665.056 

7.962.870 

Air pollution 

Hydrosphere 
monitoring 

1 

1 

12.000.000 

12.000.000 

9.000.000 

2.600.000 

18.248.467 

16.856.600 

12.642.450 

6.321.225 

- 

- 

2.600.000 

6.321.225 

- 

- 

Sector total  211  5.567.312.087  5.175.032.856 3.371.335.966

594.291.835  144.724.587  2.171.373.355 

334.155.990 

Flooding 
relief 

Rail 

Road 

1 

35.294.118 

35.294.118 

30.000.000 

6.000.000 

11.745.360 

30.000.000 

23.745.361 

Transport 

46  3.181.927.150  2.978.090.906 1.834.678.205

302.732.313  113.966.732  1.070.415.620 

321.523.447 

48  2.657.329.723  2.426.790.775 1.715.539.537

218.720.195  140.388.356  1.004.346.525 

314.473.352 

Rail and road 

Airport 

Inland 
waterway 

6 

1 

1 

24.501.500 

24.501.500 

19.014.125 

3.252.900 

4.805.594 

14.771.300 

5.465.361 

148.756.000  135.135.135 

50.000.000 

2.000.000 

2.000.000 

1.500.000 

- 

- 

5.000.000 

40.000.000 

10.000.000 

- 

1.200.000 

300.000 

102  6.014.514.373  5.566.518.316 3.620.731.867 

1.606.028.037  264.460.682  2.130.733.445 

651.762.160 

EDIS 

EDIS 

10 

8.098.575 

8.098.575 

8.098.575 

745.609 

2.576.305 

7.783.655 

4.549.222 

TOTAL 

324  11.625.219.153  10.784.943.865

7.030.166.408 

1.125.742.852 

423.506.936 

4.339.890.455 

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Technical assistance 

7. 

FORMS AND DELIVERY OF TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE 

The recourse to technical assistance measures has proved to be an essential element 
for ensuring a successful programming and implementation of ISPA projects. These 
implementation, 
focussed  on  project  preparation,  project 
measures  have 
accompanying 
the  structural 
institutional  strengthening,  and,  more  recently, 
(re)organisation  of  certain  utilities,  thereby  enhancing  sustainability  of  project 
implementation. 

Accompanying  institutional  strengthening  and  the  enhancement  of  administrative 
capacity  gained  momentum  as  enlargement  of  the  EU  approached.  Indeed,  after 
enlargement,  the  EU  cohesion  policy  will  be  of  particular  importance,  given  that 
economic and social disparities in the Union will be greater than ever before. Hence, 
the  role  of  ISPA  in  contributing  to  prepare  the  beneficiary  countries  for 
implementing the instruments of cohesion policy. 

Two types of TA activities can be distinguished:  

- technical assistance which is carried out at the initiative of the beneficiary country 
and which is directly related to project funding, i.e. project identification/preparation 
and decentralisation. This type of TA is financed from budget line B 7-020, and  

- technical assistance which is carried out at the initiative of the Commission -mostly 
let via framework contracts- and which is funded from budget line B 7-020A. 

For the activities of the first strand, the ceilings of the ISPA contribution are usually 
those applicable to project funding, except for decentralisation which benefits from a 
100%  grant  rate.  The  cost  of  the  activities  of  the  second  strand  are  always  entirely 
borne by ISPA. Table 10 summarizes the different delivery mechanisms of technical 
assistance under ISPA.  

Note: these activities do not encompass  the  TA  and  works  supervision  components 
which  form  part  of  each  individual  ISPA  project  measure  and  which  contribute  to 
strengthening  the  implementing  and  operational  capacities  of  the  final  beneficiary. 
Additionally,  the  implementation  of  ISPA  measures  benefits  directly  and  indirectly 
from  TA  and  other  forms  of  assistance  that  are  provided  under  other  Community 
instruments  and  policies,  in  particular  through  PHARE  (Strands  ‘Institutional 
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Table 10: Delivery of technical assistance for capacity building 

TA measures at the 
initiative of the 
beneficiary country 
(Budget line B7-020) 
(strand 1) 

TA measures at the 
initiative of the 
Commission 
(Budget line B7-020A)
(strand 2) 

TA and works 
supervision which 
form part of project 
measures and do not 
fall under (1) or (2) 

Project preparation 

Project 
implementation 

Preparation of project 
pipeline and 
applications for ISPA 
and Cohesion Fund 

Assistance to 
implementing agencies 
on implementation 
issues (training, expert 
advise) 

Project monitoring 

Horizontal policy 

- 

- 

Framework contracts 
for technical, financial 
and legal advisory 
services, project 
appraisal and PPP set-
up 

Advice and training on 
tendering & 
contracting, PPP, other 
advisory services 

Assistance to EC 
Delegations (ISPA 
project and task 
managers)  

Assistance to ISPA 
Monitoring 
Committees and EC 
Delegations 

Joint training 
programmes on key 
policy issues  
(e.g. EIA, WFD,…) 

Policy studies  
(e.g. Via Baltica) 

- 

Elaboration of works 
tender documents 

Technical surveys 

Works supervision 

Capacity building at 
final beneficiary level  

Supervision engineer 
liaising with final 
beneficiary 

- 

Sector reform 

Strengthening of water 
companies (e.g. 
Slovakia, Romania) 

Sector studies  

PPP studies 

Strengthening of final 
beneficiary 

Decentralisation 

Adjustment of the 
financial management 
and control systems  

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- 

8. 

TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE AT THE INITIATIVE OF THE BENEFICIARY COUNTRY 

Project preparation 

TA  measures  for  project  preparation  have  to  ensure  that  beneficiary  countries  are 
presenting  quality  projects  -particularly  in  terms  of  preparation,  management  and 
operation-  to  the  Commission  for  ISPA  funding.  They  should  also  facilitate  the 
development of a pipeline of quality projects which is a warrant for the Commission 
to identify and receive a sufficient number of suitable projects in time. Disposing of a 
strong project pipeline is not only essential for ISPA, but also for the Cohesion Fund, 

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in particular  for  those ISPA beneficiary  countries  that have joined the EU in 2004. 
Most  of  these  countries  have  used  ISPA  TA  funds  in  2003  to  finance  preparatory 
studies for projects that will be submitted for future funding from the Cohesion Fund. 

In  2003,  the  Commission  decided  on  23  TA  measures  for  project  preparation 
representing  a  total  eligible  cost  of  €112  million  with  ISPA  contributing  €84.8 
million. Several of these measures included the restructuring of the local utility (final 
beneficiary) up to modern standards in terms of management and operation which is 
a  pre-condition  for  considering  possible  ISPA  funding.  The  total  number  of  TA 
measures for project preparation approved since 2000 now stands at 62, representing 
a total eligible cost of €198.2 million of which 80% (€158.9 million) was supported 
by ISPA. 

Decentralisation 

EDIS  (extended  decentralised  implementation  system)  is  a  process  which  aims  at 
establishing sound financial management and control systems and procedures in the 
beneficiary countries. As decisions to grant ISPA support to move along this process 
had been taken for all for beneficiary countries in 2001 and 2002, there were no new 
decisions taken in 2003. Details about the EDIS process are provided in the chapter 
“Management and implementation”. 

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Table 11: Technical assistance measures at the initiative of the beneficiary countries 2000-2003 (€) 

Sub-sector 

No of 
projects 

Total cost 

Total eligible 
cost 

Total ISPA 
contribution

Commitments 
2003 

Payments 
2003 

Commitments 
2000-3 

Payments 
2000-3 

Environment 

Drinking water, 
sewage and solid 
waste 

Drinking water 
pipes/plant 

Sewage network/ 
treatment plant 

Drinking water and 
sewage 

2 

87 752 277  86 858 267

65 526 200  33 211 135 

3 723 756 

3 350 000 

7 436 871 

1 

5 

380 000 

380 000 

285 000 

- 

- 

228 000 

28 500 

7 246 200 

7 146 200 

5 359 650 

900 000 

963 341 

4 287 720 

2 071 421 

12 

27 040 360  27 040 360

23 267 420  12 974 880 

2 116 004 

19 982 700 

2 848 558 

Sector total 

30 

122 418 837  121 424 827 94 438 270  47 086 015 

6 803 101 

72 305 476  12 385 350

Transport 

Rail 

Road 

Road and rail 

Inland waterway 

14 

11 

6 

1 

39 600 091  38 640 091

29 158 575  11 737 628 

4 341 703 

26 037 446 

5 634 896 

19 618 333  19 618 333

14 812 519 

2 385 791 

1 391 829 

10 459 291 

2 785 449 

24 501 500  24 501 500

19 014 125 

3 252 900 

4 805 594 

14 771 300 

5 465 360 

2 000 000 

2 000 000 

1 500 000 

- 

300 000 

1 200 000 

300 000 

Sector total 

32 

85 719 924  84 759 924

64 485 219  17 376 319 

10 839 126 

52 469 037  14 185 705

EDIS 

TOTAL 

10 

72 

8 098 575 

8 098 575 

8 098 575 

745 609 

2 661 893 

7 783 655 

4 549 222 

216 237 336  206 283 326 167 022 064 65 207 943 

20 339 331  132 557 168  31 120 277

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9. 

TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE AT THE INITIATIVE OF THE COMMISSION 

Since the beginning of ISPA, technical assistance (TA) activities at the initiative of 
the  Commission  have  been  concentrating  importantly  on  enhancing  the  beneficiary 
countries’ capacity to prepare, appraise and implement ISPA projects in accordance 
with the high standards required for the management of Community funds. 

For the year 2003, the allocation provided under budget line B7-020A for this strand 
of technical assistance amounted to €11.5 million. Of this amount, the Commission 
committed  €3.15 million  for  activities  launched  in  2003  (essentially  for  reinforcing 
the Commission Delegations, see below). 

As in previous years, funds that were not committed were transferred to budget line 
B7-020 and made available for ISPA investment projects. Accordingly, in the 2003 
budget, an amount of €8.35 million was transferred to budget line B7-020. 

Technical  assistance  (TA)  activities  at  the  initiative  of  the  Commission  are  carried 
out either in the framework of the “TA Action Programme 2001” (see below under 
A)  or  through  independent  ongoing  actions  launched  in  previous  years  (see  below 
under B). The financial details of these activities are presented in Tables 12 and 13. 

A.  Technical  Assistance  activities  financed  under  the  “TA  Action  Programme 
2001” 

Most of the TA activities launched and/or carried out in 2003 were undertaken in the 
framework of the “TA Action Programme 2001”. This Programme comprises multi-
annual  activities  covering  the  period  2001-2003,  with  disbursements  foreseen  until 
the end of 2004. In the course of its implementation, it has been adapted to changing 
conditions  and  experience  gained  since  its  launch.  As  a  result,  a  re-scheduling  of 
funds  towards  reinforcing  the  administrative  capacity  in  the  ISPA  beneficiary 
countries in the field of tendering and contracting was undertaken. 

In 2003, as it became clear that certain activities needed to be continued in 2004, the 
Commission  extended  the  duration  of  the  Programme.  Individual  contracts  and 
agreements  implementing  the  Programme  were  now  to  be  concluded  by  the 
Commission no later than 30 April 2004 for the new Member states and no later than 
30 June 2004 in the case of Bulgaria and Romania. Among the activities concerned, 
there  are  the  support  for  the  ISPA  Monitoring  Committees,  the  supplementary 
support  for  EC  Delegations  (SSTA),  the  framework  contract  for  public-private 
partnerships,  and  the  support  for  implementation  and  quality  improvement  (e.g. 
strategic  analysis  of  the  Via  Baltica,  pilot  study  on  enhancing  the  quality  of  public 
services, strengthening public procurement systems).  

The  modification  enables  the  beneficiary  countries  to  fully  benefit  from  the 
assistance  available  under  the  Programme  and  to  better  prepare  for  the  smooth 
transition  from  ISPA  to  the  Cohesion  Fund.  However,  the  experience  of  2003 
suggests that some of these activities need to be continued under the Cohesion Fund 
and  focus  on  strengthening  institutional  capacity  in  a  limited  number  of  priority 
areas, notably the strengthening of public procurement systems and procedures. 

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Ongoing activities in 2003 

Support for Monitoring Committees  

In December 2003, the Financing Memoranda providing financial assistance for the 
organisation of Monitoring Committee meetings were amended. They will now allow 
for the continuation of assistance into 2004, along the lines stipulated above. 

Supplementary technical expertise for EC Delegations  

Resources are made available for small-scale technical assistance (SSTA) and short-
term  expertise  managed  by  the  Heads  of  Delegations  for  the  period  of  2001-2003. 
They  relate  to  expertise  concerning  the  verification  of  tender  documents  as  well  as 
the supervision of the tenders and the evaluation committees. 

Framework contract for public-private partnerships (PPP)  

The public private partnership (PPP) advisory contract concluded by the Commission 
in 2001 enables to mobilise appropriate human resources on a case by case basis for 
assisting  beneficiary  countries  in  the  identification,  appraisal,  implementation  and 
monitoring of ISPA projects involving a PPP. During 2003, the following activities 
were carried out: 

– 

– 

– 

– 

guidelines on PPP were published in March 2003 

seminars  on  the  guidelines  were  held  in  Prague  (for  the  Czech  Republic  and 
Slovakia),  Warsaw  (for  the  Baltic  states  and  Poland),  Budapest  (for  Hungary 
and Slovenia), Sofia (for Bulgaria and Romania) as well as additional seminars 
in Bucharest (for Romania) and Vilnius (for Lithuania) 

advisory services were provided for project preparation 

the  elaboration  of  a  “Resource  Book”  on  selected  PPP  case  studies  was 
commissioned to the consultant and to be completed in 2004. 

Seminar and training sessions  

In April 2003, DG Regional Policy organised the Annual Meeting of ISPA Partners – 
From ISPA to Cohesion and Structural Funds. Representatives were invited from the 
national authorities of the ISPA beneficiary countries responsible for ISPA, as well 
as –for the first time– these countries’ representatives in charge of the preparation for 
the  Cohesion  and  Structural  Funds.  EIB  and  EBRD  representatives  participated  as 
well.  The  meeting  was  to  allow  for  an  exchange  of  experiences  and  to  discuss  the 
challenges ahead both for implementing ISPA as well as regarding the transition to 
the Cohesion Fund and the Structural Funds. 

Information/Communication  

ISPA  financed  those  activities  in  the  communication  activities  of  DG  Regional 
policy  which  related  to  ISPA.  This  included  the  preparation  of  printed  material, 
project summaries, topical papers as well as website updates and translation services. 

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IT Contracts  

ISPA  TA  funds  financed  DG  Regional  policy’s  expenditure  for  its  ISPA-related 
computer-based financial management and control. 

New activities initiated in 2003  

Quality Improvement 

(a) 

Support for implementation and quality improvement: Via Baltica  

A  service  contract  for  the  study  “Analysis  of  Pan-European  Transport  Corridor  I 
(TINA)  Helsinki,  Tallinn,  Riga,  Kaunas,  Bialystok  and  Warsaw”  was  signed  in 
December 2003 and will be executed in 2004.  

(b) 

Pilot study on enhancing the quality of public services  

A grant agreement for a “Pilot study for promoting higher quality of public service 
deliveries in relation to activities co-financed by EU grants with particular reference 
to public utilities (e.g. water and wastewater and solid waste sectors)” was signed in 
December 2003. The grant agreement will be executed in 2004. 

(c) 

Strengthening public procurement systems and procedures  

Since  the  beginning  of  ISPA,  TA  activities  have  been  focussing  on  enhancing  the 
capacity of  beneficiary countries to  prepare, appraise  and implement ISPA projects 
in line with the standards required for the management of Community funds. In line 
with this objective, three new contracts for training and strengthening the capacity of 
the  countries’  national  authorities  in  the  field  of  tendering  and  contracting  were 
signed in December 2003, with the contracts to be executed in 2004. 

B. Activities undertaken outside the “TA Action Programme 2001” 

Local technical assistance (de-concentrated activities with EC Delegations) 

Under the ISPA TA measures for reinforcing the Delegations and adopted in 2000, 
resources were made available to recruit additional technical staff and cover related 
administrative  costs.  In  the  3-year  period  2001-2003,  45  specialised  staff  were 
recruited to reinforce the Delegations’ procurement and supervision capacity. 

In  2003,  a  commitment  of  €3  150  000  was  made  for  the  payment  of  salaries  and 
overhead  for  ALATs  and  local  agents  working  in  the  Delegations  on  ISPA 
implementation. By the end of 2003, €2 338 911 of this commitment had been paid 
out.  

For 2004, €2.1 million has been earmarked under the budget line B-13.01.04.02 for 
covering ALAT/LA costs until April 2004 for the 8 acceding countries and until June 
2004 in Bulgaria and Romania. 

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Framework contracts for specific technical tasks 

Task  assignments  for  appraisal  of  ISPA  projects  continued  under  two  framework 
contracts  which  were  signed  in  2000  with  international  consulting  firms.  The  same 
applies to a contract signed in 2000 with the European Investment Bank (EIB) which 
secures access to the expert knowledge of the Bank's technical staff for a duration of 
six years. These contracts are ongoing but will be renewed in 2004.  

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Table 12 : Commitments and payments under the ‘TA Action Programme 2001’(€) 

Area n° 

Activity 

Commitments 
2003 

Payments 
2003 

Commitments 
2001-2003 

Payments 
2001-2003 

3.1 

Implementation 

3.1.2 

Monitoring committee 

- 

- 

1 000 000 

375 000 

3.1.1 

Supplementary support to 
EC Delegations (SSTA) 

3.2 

Quality Improvement 

980 000 

840 158 

4 499 000 

1 561 535 

- 

- 

- 

644 

- 

379 600 

52 700 

- 

- 

94 060 

94 060 

35 160 

34 160 

50 231 

50 231 

29 986 

42 486 

42 486 

- 

- 

- 

- 

250 000 

141 548 

250 000 

141 548 

1 730 820 

- 

1 730 820 

- 

Strategic analysis of the  
Via Baltica 

379 600 

Improvement of public 
services 

52 700 

3.2.1 

3.2.1 

3.2.3 

ISPA Partner meeting 
2002 

3.2.3 

Riga WFD1 seminar 

3.2.3 

Prague WFD seminar 

3.2.3 

3.2.3 

3.2.3 

3.3 

3.4 

Seminars on FIDIC2 
contract conditions  

ISPA Partner Meeting 
2003 

Training on public 
procurement 

Decentralisation (p.m.) 

Financial engineering 

3.4.1 

Public-private partnership 

3.5 

Information/communicati
on 

3.5.2 

Information activities 

- 

- 

723 189 

3 100 000 

938 801 

6 160 

181 017 

6 160 

3.5.2 

Translation services 

60 000 

17 001 

60 000 

17 001 

3.5.2 

IT system 

244 317 

151 052 

385 790 

151 052 

TOTAL 

3 697 437 

1 909 738 

11 860 864 

3 413 034 

1 
2 

Water framework directive 
International confederation of consulting engineers 

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Table 13: Commitments and payments for TA outside the ‘Action Programme 2001’ (€) 

Beneficiary 

Type of 
contract 

Area  

Commitments 
2003 

Commitments 
2000-2003 

Payments 
2003 

Payments 
2000-3 

10 EC 
Delegations 

Sub-
delegation 

Recruitment 
of personnel 

10 EC 
Delegations 

Sub-
delegation 

Recruitment 
of personnel 

10 EC 
Delegations 

Sub-
delegation 

Recruitment 
of personnel 

Kampsax 

Framework 

Tractebel 

Framework 

EIB 

Framework 

Transport 
expertise 

Environment 
expertise 

Project 
appraisal 

7 000 000 

412 634 

2 680 973 

1 550 000 

22 481 

1 086 863 

3 150 000 

3 150 000 

2 300 696 

2 300 696 

2 000 000 

319 498 

813 213 

2 000 000 

377 487 

929 560 

210 000 

6 000 

69 000 

TOTAL 

3 150 000 

15 910 000 

3 438 796 

7 880 305 

C.  Utilisation  beyond  2003  of  the  pre-commitment  of  the  “TA  Action 
Programme 2001”  

As  of  1  May  2004,  only  two  applicant  countries  -Bulgaria  and  Romania-  will 
continue to be eligible for assistance under ISPA, including for technical assistance. 
Based on an assessment of the needs for further technical assistance, the Commission 
has prepared a “TA Action Programme 2004-2006” which addresses the most critical 
issues  identified  in  these  countries.  Like  for  the  TA  Action  programme  2001,  this 
Programme will focus on improving project quality throughout the project cycle, in 
particular as regards tendering and contracting, the quality of ISPA management and 
implementation,  as  well  as  support  to  the  Delegations  (e.g.  ALAT,  LA,  SSTA∗).  It 
will  operate  according  to  a  rolling  programming,  implying  that  actions  launched  in 
one  year  will  be  integrated  and  complemented  throughout  the  following  years  in 
function  of  evolving  needs.  This  approach  proved  to  be  an  efficient  manner  for 
managing the TA Action programme 2001. 

The  Programme  has  been  allocated  €10  067  680,  of  which  €4  882  680  for  intra-
muros  assistance  (ALATs  and  local  agents)  and  €5  185  000  for  the  other  TA 
activities.  Budgetary  appropriations  will  be  made  yearly,  with  appropriations  for 
2004  amounting  to  €2  100  000  covering  administrative  expenses,  i.e.  mainly  the 
Delegations’ staffing costs and related expenditures (intra-muros resources, ALAT) 
and €1 930 000 for TA activities at the Commission’s initiative.  

∗ 

ALAT/LAs  salaries  and  their  overheads  will  be  covered  until  1st  of  May  2004  for  the  8  Acceding 
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Management and implementation  

10. 

PROJECT MONITORING 

Overall  monitoring  and  evaluation  of  the  progress  and  effectiveness  of  the 
implementation  is  supported  by  regular  meetings  in  the  EC  Delegation  offices, 
monitoring reports by the implementing bodies, site visits by Commission staff and 
formal monitoring through the twice yearly ISPA Monitoring committee meetings in 
each beneficiary country.  

Staff  of  the  EC  Delegations  in  the  beneficiary  countries  plays  an  important  role  in 
supervising  the  daily  management,  implementation  and  monitoring  of  ISPA 
measures. Apart from exerting the Commission powers for endorsing tendering and 
contracting, it is best placed to ensure progress on the ground and liaise with national 
authorities and final beneficiaries on any problem that may arise. 

The  key  finding  of  the  project  monitoring  during  2003  is  that,  on  average,  further 
improvements  have  taken  place  in  terms  of  hands-on  capacity  of  the  beneficiary 
countries  as  regards  effective  implementation.  This  demonstrates  that  the  various 
actions  –as  summarised  in  Table  10-  taken  by  the  Commission  in  support  of  the 
programming and implementing authorities and of the final beneficiaries  is bearing 
its fruits. 

Further  efforts  are  required  though  to  overcome  weaknesses,  which  are  sometimes 
persistent. For instance:  

– 

– 

– 

– 

– 

some applicant  countries  still  need  to allocate additional financial and human 
resources for the planning, preparation and management of ISPA measures, in 
particular in the environment sector,  

qualification  of  staff  is  not  always  in  proportion  to  the  skills  required  to 
manage  the  complexity  of  major  infrastructure  projects,  in  particular  as 
tendering and contracting is concerned,  

as  regards  tendering  and  contracting,  the  insufficient  quality  of  the  tender 
documents  is  often  a  major  reason  of  delaying  the  procurement  process, 
especially for works contracts,  

in a few cases, contracts were to be re-launched.  

Financial management and control 

Under  ISPA,  the  principal  requirements  for  both  the  financial  management  and 
control and the treatment of irregularities are governed by the provisions of the ISPA 
Regulation  and  of  Annex  III  of  the  Financing  Memoranda,  as  applicable  under  the 
regime of ex-ante control by the Commission. These requirements are close to those 
applicable to the Cohesion Fund and the Structural Funds. The key elements relate to 
the establishment of internal financial control systems and procedures that can ensure 
the  accuracy  of  declared  expenditure,  adequate  internal  audit  capability,  sufficient 
audit trail and appropriate treatment of irregularities.  

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Between May 2003 and January 2004, the Commission carried out a third cycle of 
systems  audits  in  beneficiary  countries  to  assess  the  adequacy  of  the  systems 
established  for  management  of  ISPA  funds  and  their  compliance  with  the 
Community  requirements.  In  particular,  the  effective  implementation  of  previous 
audit  findings  was  verified,  shortcomings  in  the  set  up  of  systems  were  remedied, 
project  expenditure  was  audited  whenever  possible  and,  to  a  limited  extent,  public 
procurement procedures were assessed. Advice was given in relation to the changes 
in  implementation  to  be  observed  by  the  acceding  beneficiary  countries  upon 
accession in May 2004 in order to comply with Commission regulation 1386/2002 of 
29  July  2002,  laying  down  detailed  rules  for  the  management  and  control  of 
assistance granted from the Cohesion Fund and for the procedure to make financial 
corrections to this assistance.  

The targeted countries were those for which an EDIS application was not expected to 
be received before the indicated deadline of 1 November 2003, as well as Bulgaria 
and Romania. Audits have been carried out in Slovakia, Latvia, Poland (twice), the 
Czech  Republic, Bulgaria,  Romania and Slovenia. They allowed for early remedial 
action to be taken when deficiencies were identified. In some countries, however, the 
testing  of  the  actual  functioning  of  the  systems  was  sometimes  limited  due  to  the 
delays in implementing ISPA projects. In some cases, public procurement procedures 
were only partly examined. 

Preliminary conclusions of this audit cycle suggest that significant progress has been 
made  in  the  large  majority  of  beneficiary  countries  but  that  improvements  in 
essential  areas  such  as  internal  control  and  internal  audit  are  still  required.  A 
recurring problem in many countries is the lack of trained and experienced personnel. 

For 2004, it is envisaged to audit a selected number of ISPA projects in the transport 
and  environment  sectors  in  all  acceding  beneficiary  countries  from  which  interim 
payment  declarations  have  been  received.  The  scope  of  the  audit  missions  will  be 
more  focused  than  in  the  past,  thus  allowing  some  audits  to  concentrate  solely  on 
projects, while others will involve a combination of both system and project audits. 
Special  attention  will  be  paid  to  examining  public  procurement  procedures  at  the 
level of national authorities. Concerning Bulgaria and Romania, 6 on the spot audits 
will  be  carried  out  to  verify  progress  made  at  systems  level  and,  in  particular,  as 
regards the implementation of the action plans which the Commission has formulated 
in 2003. Declared project expenditure will be audited wherever possible. 

11. 

EDIS 

The process of setting up satisfactory financial management and control systems for 
ISPA  has  been  a  significant  step  in  the  preparation  for  future  Cohesion  Fund  and 
Structural  Funds  management.  This  has  been  given  a  further  dimension  by  the 
procedure  envisaged  for  the  beneficiary  countries  to  move  towards  an  “extended 
decentralised  implementation  system”  (EDIS)  for  ISPA.  The  conferral  of  EDIS  is 
subject  to  a  benchmarking  exercise  whereby  the  Commission  verifies  compliance 
with  specific  conditions  and  criteria  which  relate  principally  to  sound  financial 
management  and  control,  encompassing  effective  internal  control,  an  independent 
audit  function,  an  effective  accounting  and  financial  reporting  system,  adequate 
staffing  arrangements  and  respect  of  the  principle  of  separation  of  functions.  The 

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conditions  under  which  the  Commission  can  waive  the  requirement  for  ex-ante 
approval  of  tendering  and  contracting  are  defined  by  Article  12  and  the  annex  to 
Council regulation 1266/1999.  

A “Roadmap to EDIS for ISPA and PHARE” drawn up in 2001 contains details of 
the  4  procedural  stages  leading  to  EDIS:  (1)  gap  assessment,  (2)  gap  filling,  (3) 
compliance  assessment  and  (4)  accreditation.  ISPA  technical  assistance  has  been 
made available for the first 3 stages of the Roadmap. Whilst the beneficiary countries 
have  been  strongly  encouraged  to  move  towards  EDIS  and  supported  by  the 
Commission  in  this  process,  it  should  be  recalled  that  they  remain  in  any  event 
responsible for the setting up of adequate management and financial control systems 
by virtue of article 9(1) of the ISPA Regulation. 

The  most  important  result  of  the  EDIS  process  is  the  adequate  adaptation  of  the 
financial  management  and  control  systems  in  the  beneficiary  countries.  This  is  a 
lengthy and complex exercise which provides a sustainable input to the systems’ set 
up, regardless the formal accreditation.  

By  the  end  of  2003,  5  countries  completed  the  stage  3  compliance  assessment,  of 
which  3  fulfilled  the  conditions  and  criteria  in  order  to  receive  the  (partial) 
accreditation from the Commission in Spring 2004. Two countries were processing 
stage 3, whereas 2 countries had completed the stage 1 gap assessment. One country 
failed to complete the first stage. 

12. 

RISK ASSESSMENT 

The audit strategy with respect to the beneficiary countries has been largely focussed 
on prevention. Under the system of ex-ante approval, priority was given to ensuring 
that  each  country  put  in  place  sufficient  control  procedures  regarding  project 
implementation and payments. These were required to be in place by 1 January 2002. 
The  first  round  of  on-the-spot  audits  undertaken  in  2001  was  aimed  at  establishing 
the  degree  to  which  this  objective  had  been  attained.  The  second  and  third  audit 
rounds aimed at verifying whether the recommendations were implemented and the 
shortcomings  in  the  set  up  of  the  system  resolved.  Though,  as  yet,  not  all  key 
elements of  the  management and control systems in both sectors are in place in all 
acceding beneficiary countries, the Commission is reasonably confident that this will 
be progressively be the case. However, in order to verify in an unambiguous manner 
that  the  capacity  of  the  new  Member  states  to  prepare  and  implement  projects 
adequately  is  entirely  in  place,  the  Commission  has  decided  to  screen  the 
management  and  control  systems  in  place  as  regards  their  compliance  with  the 
quality  standards  of  the  acquis.  This  is  why,  early  2004,  new  Member  states  were 
requested to provide the Commission, not later than 3 months after accession, with a 
description of the management and control systems applicable, at the one hand, to the 
Cohesion Fund and, at the other hand, to the Structural Funds. Meanwhile, a series of 
seminars were organised in 2003 and at the beginning of 2004 with a view to explain 
and detail the requirements with respect to these systems.  

For  the  same  reason,  all  beneficiary  countries  have  been  strongly  recommended  to 
complete the third stage of the EDIS roadmap which consists of obtaining a positive 
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and  control  procedures  put  in  place  for  ISPA  will  not  change  significantly  for  the 
Cohesion  Fund,  or  where  the  competences  acquired  under  ISPA  will  be  re-used 
under the Cohesion Fund, a positive opinion from the stage 3 external auditors will 
help  the  Commission  in  obtaining  the  assurance  that  the  management  and  control 
systems meet the standards required by the Cohesion Fund Regulation. As stipulated 
in Article 5 of Regulation 1386/02, the Commission must satisfy itself on this. Due 
to the risks of inadequate management of funds after accession, the actions relating 
to  the  new  Member  states  will  be  given  priority.  Adequate  assurance  on  the 
implementation  of  ISPA  in  Bulgaria  and  Romania  is  equally  important  and, 
accordingly,  progress  in  the  EDIS  process  in  these  countries  will  be  monitored 
closely. 

13. 

EUROPEAN COURT OF AUDITORS FINDINGS 

In  Autumn  2003,  at  the  occasion  of  the  presentation of  its 2002 Annual report, the 
Court of auditors stated that  auditing pre-accession assistance to the candidate date 
countries  has  led  the  Court  to  a  generally  positive  assessment  of  the  conformity  of 
expenditure. Though it observed also a need to further improve the supervision and 
control  systems  for  EU  aid,  it  pointed  to  the  fact  that  most  of  the  beneficiary 
countries had worked hard in recent years to set up such systems. According to the 
Court,  these  systems  are  sometimes  more  advanced  in  the  concept  of  good  control 
systems than those in some of the former EU-15 Member states. This demonstrates 
that the various actions taken by the Commission in support of the authorities in the 
beneficiary  countries  in  charge  of  programming,  implementation,  and  financial 
management and control of ISPA measures are bearing its fruits. 

Late 2003 also, the Court has started assessing the effectiveness of ISPA assistance 
in a selected number of beneficiary countries that have become a Member state. The 
assessments  focussed  in  particular  on  the  tendering  procedures  and  intermediate 
payment requests processed and checked in the implementing agencies and with the 
final  beneficiaries.  The  findings  of  these  audits  will  be  available  in  the  course  of 
2004.  

14. 

CO-FINANCING PARTNERS – EIB, EBRD AND NIB 

As  in  previous  years,  the  EIB  and  the  EBRD  remained  the  privileged  partners  for 
providing  loan  financing  to  ISPA  projects  in  2003.  As  far  as  the  NIB  (Nordic 
Investment Bank) is concerned, this bank intervenes in priority in ISPA projects in 
the Baltic states. Given their expertise in project preparation and implementation, the 
Commission regularly met these lending institutions, both at horizontal level to co-
ordinate  policy  and  methodological 
to  programming  and 
implementation,  and  at  country  level.  The  Banks’  specialist  skills  in  structuring 
grant/loan  combinations  of 
including  public-private  partnership 
arrangements,  continued  to  be  useful  for  improving  the  quality  of  projects  funded 
from ISPA. Where possible, joint project identification and appraisal missions were 
organised for projects for which loan financing was sought. Representatives from the 
Banks  have  participated  at  the  meetings  of  the  ISPA  Management  Committee  and, 
when  appropriate,  of  the  ISPA  Monitoring  Committees.  The  Commission  also 
collaborated with them for promoting the PPP Guidelines.  

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Within the framework contract concluded with EIB, the Bank has provided specific 
technical input to the appraisal of a number of ISPA projects. The projects decided in 
2003  that  benefited  from  co-financing  with  the  EIB  are  presented  in  the  following 
table: 

Table 15: Projects co-financed by the EIB in 2003 

Country 

Transport  

Environment  

Czech 
Republic 

Prague-Ustí  nad  Labem  Motorway: 
section  807  Trmice-  German  Border 
(Corridor IV) 

- 

Estonia 

Hungary 

Romania 

- 

- 

- 

Kohtla-Järve area sewage treatment system 

North-Balaton: regional municipal solid waste management 
system  

Kecskemét agglomeration: wastewater collection and 
treatment programme  

Debrecen and vicinity: wastewater collection and treatment  

Szombathely  County  town:  development  of  wastewater 
collection and treatment system 

Dambovita  County:  rehabilitation  of  solid  waste  collection 
and management system 

Pitesti:  rehabilitation  of  the  wastewater  treatment  plant, 
sewerage network and water supply 

Slovenia 

Pragersko-Ormoz 
line: 
upgrading  of  signalling,  safety  and 
telecommunications devices 

railway 

- 

As  regards  the  EBRD,  the  Bank  can  lend  directly  to  municipalities  and  utility 
companies without a sovereign guarantee which adds an element of flexibility to the 
co-operation  with  ISPA.  However,  the  number  of  jointly  funded  projects  with  the 
EBRD differs greatly from sector to sector, from country to country and from year to 
year. In 2003, the projects concerned were the following: 

Table 16: Projects co-financed by the EBRD in 2003 

Country 

Transport 

Environment 

Lithuania  Corridor IXB Rail - Structures and Sector 5 

- 

Romania 

- 

Bacau: drinking water and wastewater collection 
and treatment improvements 

The  NIB  has  provided  loan-financing  for  one  project  in  Estonia,  namely  for  the 
reconstruction of the Maardu-Valgejõe section of the E20 Tallinn-Narva motorway. 

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Contribution to Community policies 

15. 

PUBLIC PROCUREMENT 

From  the  start  of  ISPA,  the  fulfilment  of  legal  requirements  for  sound,  fair  and 
transparent public procurement as enshrined in the PRAG has proved to be a major 
challenge. In many cases, ensuring compliance with EU procurement principles has 
lead  to  delays  in  the  implementation  of  ISPA  projects.  Commission  services  –
especially  the  EC  Delegations-  had  to  intervene  frequently,  not  only  to  check  that 
procedures were correctly applied but also to rectify errors, to liaise with dissatisfied 
bidders,  and  to  explain  to  implementing  agencies  how  the  procedures  concerned 
were to be implemented. Regularly, the quality of the tender documents needed to be 
enhanced  and  the  evaluation  of  bids  to  be  repeated,  whereas  sometimes  –the  worst 
cases– tenders needed to be cancelled and re-launched. 

The  ex-ante  approval  by  the  Commission  which  governs  the  tendering  and 
contracting  of  ISPA  projects  is,  therefore,  entirely  justified.  Under  this  system  of 
approval,  local  recipients  and  final  beneficiaries  are  in  the  role  of  Contracting 
authority responsible for project implementation, whereas the Commission endorses 
each step of the procurement process. It follows that, although the Commission is not 
a contracting partner, it bears shared responsibility for the procedural correctness of 
the  procurement  process  (without  the  Commission’s  approval,  contracts  concluded 
between beneficiaries and contractors are not valid). This responsibility is entrusted 
to the EC Delegations in the beneficiary countries. 

Meanwhile,  training  on  specific  procurement  issues  has  been  launched  as  well  as 
practical  tools  (guides)  been  published  to  carry  out  tendering  and  contracting  in 
accordance  with  national  law  harmonized  according  to  EU  standards  (e.g.  standard 
clauses  for  contracts,  standardised  templates,  guidance  documents  for  national 
implementing  bodies  tailored  to  the  particular  conditions  in  each  country).  As  a 
result, in general, tender documents are better drafted, contracts more consistent, and 
the  management  and  supervision  of  works  during  the  implementation  phase  more 
professional.  However,  the  experience  of  2003  suggests  that  the  strengthening  of 
public  procurement  systems  and  procedures  in  the  new  Member  states  should  be 
continued under the Cohesion Fund. 

16. 

COMPETITION POLICY 

the  environment, 

The  ISPA  assistance  being  directed  primarily  to  covering  public  expenditure  -or 
equivalent-  concerning  utility  projects  relating  to  transport  infrastructure  or  the 
protection  of 
this  does  not  generally  raise  problems  of 
incompatibility with the Community rules on competition. Unless the rules on public 
procurement  are  infringed,  and  provided  free  access  to  such  infrastructure  is 
guaranteed  for  all  operators  meeting  the  necessary  technical  and  legal  conditions, 
such assistance does not provide specific firms with any special advantage. 

However,  since  it  cannot  automatically  be  assumed  that  certain  assistance  is  not 
including  state  aid,  Commission  services,  when  examining  the  applications,  assess 

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the compatibility of the measures part-financed by ISPA against Articles 87 and 88 
of the EU Treaty. 

17. 

ENVIRONMENT POLICY 

During the year 2003, 60 new ISPA projects for environment were approved, 17 of 
which  concerned  technical  assistance  measures  for  project  preparation  and  for 
strengthening  administrative  capacity.  These  projects  represented  a  total  grant 
amount of € 806 million, the corresponding assisted investment amounting to € 1.25 
billion.  As  in  previous  years,  with  a  share  of  more  than  75%  of  the  assistance,  the 
water and wastewater sectors benefited most from ISPA.  

By providing direct assistance to priority projects for environment, ISPA contributes 
also  to  the  implementation  of  environmental  policy  in  the  beneficiary  countries. 
Experience  gained  through  project  development  and  implementation  has  reinforced 
administrative  capacity  and  accelerated  sector  reform  in  the  environment  sector.  In 
particular, administrative capacity has been strengthened in regard to environmental 
investment planning and prioritization. Steady progress has also been made in proper 
implementation of the EIA directive, including aspects related to public consultation. 
In  addition,  a  pilot  project  promoted  higher  quality  of  public  service  in  public 
utilities  in  the  waste  and  water  sub-sectors.  In  these  various  ways,  ISPA  has 
contributed  towards  significant  progress  in  environmental  protection  in  all  of  the 
beneficiary countries. However, problems still exist in relation to the difficulties of 
environmental authorities in obtaining adequate funding and staffing as well as to a 
persistent lack of co-ordination between policy fields. 

Overall, during the last decade, the state of environment in the beneficiary countries 
has improved, in particular with regard to air and water pollution reduction: the main 
air  pollutants  have  declined  by  60-80%  and  toxic  metals  by  50%,  while  organic 
matter  pollution  of  water  has  decreased  by  as  much  as  80%.  The  percentage  of 
homes and other installations whose effluent is sent to waste water treatment plants 
doubled compared to the early years of 1990.  

The cost of compliance with the investment-heavy environmental acquis for the ten 
acceding  countries  was  estimated  to  amount  to  approximately  €50-80  billion.  The 
Urban Waste Water Treatment Directive alone requires major investments of around 
€15  billion.  To  achieve  full  implementation,  the  new  Member  states  will  have  to 
spend  on  average  between  2%  and  3%  of  GDP  on  the  environment  in  the  coming 
years. As current expenditure is generally well below this target, the Structural and 
Cohesion Funds can play a significant role in overcoming deficiencies in this respect 
given that, until the end of the current budgetary period in 2006, EU assistance in the 
environment field will almost treble compared to the period 2000-2003. i.e. some €8 
billion, which is more than 10% of the total investment requirements. 

It  is  important  also  to  ensure  sufficient  funding  at  national  level  as  new  Member 
states  should  find  their  own  financial  resources  in  order  to  meet  their  obligations. 
The  binding  nature  of  the  transition  period  targets  and  clear  final  deadlines  for 
directives  for  which  transition  periods  were  awarded  justify  reserving  adequate 
financial  and  human  resources  for  implementation  at  national  level,  including  for 
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therefore also secure loans from international financial institutions, national budgets 
and private sector investment. As far as the new Member states are concerned, these 
will have the opportunity to complete gaps in institution-building in the environment 
field, notably with twinning and exchange programmes. The EU 'Transition Facility' 
(€420 million for the period 2004-2006) provides such support to the new Member 
states in this policy area.  

18. 

TRANSPORT POLICY: FROM TINA TOWARDS NEW TEN-T GUIDELINES 

The transport networks in the beneficiary countries, agreed in accordance with TINA 
(Transport Infrastructure Needs Assessment), are constructed around the framework 
of  pan-European  corridors.  These  begin  or  end,  with  one  exception  (Corridor  VI), 
within the territory of the EU-15 and include branches running across the territory of 
all new Member states -except Cyprus and Malta, for which, as islands, the network 
focus  is  on  sea  routes,  ports  and  airports-  and  of  Bulgaria  and  Romania.  These 
networks have been used as the planning basis for the national transport strategies for 
ISPA purposes and, therefore, each ISPA transport project needed to form part of the 
TINA  networks.  Similarly,  these  networks  are  being  used  for  Cohesion  Fund 
purposes and fulfil a core function in the new Member states’ National Development 
Plans,  which  are  the  programming  tool  for  the  use  of  structural  funds  from  2004 
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Table 17: ISPA transport projects by pan-European transport corridor (2000-2003) 

Corridor 

Number of projects 

I 
- Tallinn-Riga-Kaunas-Warszawa 
I.a branch 
- Riga-Kaliningrad-Gdansk 
II 
- Berlin-Warszawa-Minsk-Moskva- Niznij Novgorod 
III 
- Dresden-Wroclaw-Lviv-Kiev 
IV 
- Dresden-Praha-Bratislava/Wien-Budapest-Arad 
V 
-Venezia-Trieste/Koper-Ljubljana-Budapest-Uzgorod-
Lviv 
V.a branch 
- Rijeka-Zagreb-Budapest 
VI 
- Gdansk-Grudziadz/Warszawa-Katowice-Zilina 
VII 
- Danube 
IX 
- Helsinki-St.Petersburg-Pskov/Moskva-Kiev-Ljubasevka-
Chisinau-Bucuresti-Alexandroupolis 
IX.b branch 
- Minsk-Vilnius-Kaunas-Klaipėda 
Various (including as well: 
- V.b branch: Ploce-Sarajevo-Budapest 
- V.c branch: Bratislava-Zilina-Uzgorod 
- VIII: Durres-Tirana-Skopje-Sofija-Varna/Burgas 
- IX.d branch: Kaliningrad-Kybartai-Marijampolė-Kaunas 
- X: Salzburg-Ljubljana-Zagreb-Beograd-Nis-Skopje-
Veles-Thessaloniki) 
Nodal point 
Not applicable 

Total 
(of which TA measures for project preparation) 

19 

1 

10 

9 

15 

3 

3 

4 

1 

2 

5 

23 

1 
1 
97 
(29) 

Note: Corridor details by project are given in the section Project list (first column) 

In  April  2003,  the  maps  containing  the  alignment  of  the  future  TEN-T  (Trans-
European  transport  network)  networks  were  integrated  in  the  Accession  Treaties 
which amended the TEN-T Guidelines1 to accommodate the extension of the TEN-T 
network  to  the  acceding  countries.  As  a  consequence,  as  of  May  2004,  the  new 
Member  states  are  immediately  eligible  for  Community  funding,  in  particular  for 
TEN-T funds and the Cohesion Fund. 

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Meanwhile,  as  new  Community  guidelines  for  the  development  of  the  trans-
European transport network (TEN-T guidelines) were approved by the Council and 
the  Parliament  in  April  2004,  the  Community  disposes  of  a  legal  framework 
governing  the  development  of  the  TEN-T  network  in  an  enlarged  Europe.  They 
include a list of 30 priority projects which are declared to be of European interest and 
are  to  be  realised  with  the  horizon  of  2020.  Of  these  projects,  9  concern  axes 
including  the  new  Member  states.  The  list  of  projects  aims  at  ensuring  modal  shift 
and  more  sustainable  mobility  patterns  by  focussing  investments  in  rail  and 
waterborne  transport.  Cross-border  projects  are  similarly  present  as  these  are 
typically the most difficult ones to implement. The estimated cost of carrying out the 
30 projects is approximately €225 billion. Some 20% of this amount could be raised 
from  the  private  sector  and  the  rest  will  have  to  come  from  the  national  and 
Community budgets, notably within the framework of the financial perspectives after 
2006.  The  total  cost  of  completion  of  the  trans-European  transport  network, 
including the projects of common interest not identified as priority projects, will be 
€600  billion.  Required  investment  in  transport  infrastructure  in  the  new  Member 
states would amount to € 90 billion by 2015. Implementation of the priority projects 
should produce time  savings  for international transport, help to reduce the growing 
pollution  due  to  transport  and  contribute  to  more  balanced  spatial  development. 
These  benefits  would  boost  the  growth  potential  of  the  enlarged  Union  between 
0.14%  and  0.3%  of  GDP  and  create  up  between  half  a  million  to  one  million  new 
jobs according to recent research. 

Table 18: ISPA projects relating to the new TEN-T priority projects (2000-2003) 

Priority project (n°) 

ISPA project 

Beneficiary country 

axis 
Railway 
Divaca/Koper-Divaca-Ljubljana-
Budapest-Ukrainian border (6) 

Lyon-Trieste-

Renewal of cut Krizni vrh 

Slovenia 

Divaca-Koper signalling and safety 
devices 

Upgrading 
most-Maribor 

of  Ljubljana-Zidani 

Pragersko-Ormoz  signalling,  and 
safety and telecom devices 

Rehabilitation  of 
Zalaegerszeg-Boba line 

the  Zalalövö-

Hungary 

Motorway  axis  Igoumenitsa/Patra-
Athina-Sofia-Budapest (7) 

Ljulin motorway (Sofia ring road to 
Daskalovo junction) 

Bulgaria 

Construction  and  rehabilitation  of 
sections 4 and 5 of the Bucharest – 
Cernavoda motorway  

Romania 

Construction of the Sibiu motorway 
by-pass  

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Railway 
Stuttgart-Wien-Bratislava (17) 

axis  Paris-Strasbourg-

- 

Rhine/Meuse-Main-Danube  inland 
waterway axis (18) 

TA  (project  preparation)  for  the 
improvement  of 
the  navigation 
conditions on the Danube 

Romania 

Motorways of the sea (21) 

- 

- 

- 

axis 

Railway 
Budapest-Wien-Praha-
Nürnberg/Dresden (22) 

Athina-Sofia-

Modernisation  of  section  Zabori-
Prelouc 

Czech Republic 

Optimalisation of section Zabreh na 
Morave-Krasikov 

Rehabilitation  of 
Györ-Heygeshalom line 

the  Budapest-

Hungary 

Railway  axis  Gdansk-Warszawa-
Brno/Bratislava-Wien (23) 

Modernisation of section Bratislava 
–Senkvice 

Slovakia 

Modernisation  of  Senkvice-Cifer 
section and stations Raca-Trnava 

Modernisation  of  section  Trnava-
Nové Mesto nad Vahom 

Motorway 
Brno/Bratislava-Wien (25) 

axis 

Gdansk-

Upgrading  of  expressway  R48 
sections:  

Czech Republic 

Frydek-Mistek to Dobra  

Belotin by-pass 

Dobra to Tosanovice 

"Rail  Baltica" 
axis  Warsaw-
Kaunas-Riga-Tallinn-Helsinki (27) 

TA  (project  preparation)  for  the  E 
75  line,  section  Warsaw–Bialystok 
– State border 

Poland 

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Co-ordination among pre-accession instruments 

As  required  by  the  Coordination  Regulation1,  the  Commission  ensures  close  co-
ordination among the three pre-accession instruments, PHARE, SAPARD and ISPA. 
In line with the provisions of this Regulation, the PHARE Management Committee 
plays a special role in general co-ordination of the three pre-accession instruments. 

Co-ordination with the (PHARE) Joint Monitoring Committee 

The Joint Monitoring  Committee  is responsible for co-ordinating the monitoring of 
each  pre-accession  instrument  and  for  assessing  the  overall  progress  of  EU–funded 
assistance  in  the  beneficiary  countries.  The  Committee  issues  recommendations  to 
the ISPA Committee or to the Commission when relevant. 

Co-ordination within the Commission 

Within  the  Commission,  an  inter-services  Co-ordination  Committee,  including 
representatives  from  all  relevant  Commission  services  (DGs  Enlargement, 
Agriculture,  Regional  Policy,  Budget,  Health  and  Consumer  Protection,  Legal 
Service)  has  met  regularly  during  2003.  The  agenda  for  the  meetings  in  2003  and 
early  2004  included  financial  control  and  management,  stock-taking  on  moves 
towards  EDIS,  issues  related  to  the  transition  towards  the  Cohesion  and  Structural 
Funds, procurement issues implications of the new Financial Regulation which came 
into force in January  2003,  and  allocations of  pre-accession funds for Bulgaria and 
Romania post-2003.  

Co-ordination with EC Delegations 

Periodic  meetings  were  organised  by  the  Commission  services  (DGs  Enlargement, 
External  Relations  and  Regional  Policy)  with  the  experts  in  the  Delegations 
responsible  for  PHARE  and  ISPA  to  discuss  programming  and  implementation 
issues, in particular those related to tendering and contracting. 

1 

Council Regulation (EC)N° 1266/1999 of 21 June 1999 on co-ordinating aid to the applicant countries 
in the framework of the pre-accession strategy. 

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Communication activities 

Early  in  2003,  a  brochure  was  published  containing  key  information  on  ISPA 
projects  and  events  in  2002.  The  brochure  constituted  a  complement  to  the  ISPA 
Annual Report of 2002. 

In April 2003, DG Regional policy organised the Annual Meeting of ISPA Partners – 
From  ISPA  to  Cohesion  and  Structural  Funds,  details  of  which  were  provided  in 
section 8 of the report. 

On  6  October  2003,  Commissioner  Barnier  met  the  ministers  responsible  for  the 
management of the Structural and Cohesion Funds in the countries acceding the EU 
in  2004.  The  Commissioner  acknowledged  the  significant  progress  made  regarding 
the programming and the creation of administrative capacities. At the same time he 
underlined  the  necessity  for  further  efforts,  especially  concerning  the  quality  of 
programmes and of the implementing structures. The new Member States can benefit 
from  eligibility  from  the  1  January  2004  only  in  case  of  full  alignment  with 
Community legislation before the end of 2003. The ministerial conference was held 
following the adoption by the Commission in July 2003 of a report on the progress in 
the  fields  of  regional  policy  and  co-ordination  of  the  structural  instruments  in  the 
future Member states1. 

In  February  2004,  a  press  conference  was  held  to  brief  journalists  on  the  progress 
achieved after four years of programming and implementing ISPA. The conference 
was broadcasted by Europe by Satellite (EbS) and a brochure was published. 

The  Commission  services  continued  to  participate  in  the  NGOs2  Dialogue  project 
which consists of meetings between Commission officials (predominantly from DG 
Environment) and representatives of environmental NGOs from Member States and 
(former)  candidate  countries.  Its  objectives  were  to  inform  the  NGOs  of  the 
enlargement process and to enable them to present their opinions on this process to 
the Commission. The meetings held in 2003 focussed on the implementation of ISPA 
with particular attention to the transition to the Cohesion Fund and to post-accession.  

The ISPA-website was updated regularly with information sheets on projects signed 
by  the  Commission,  new  versions  of  the  Financing  Memoranda’s  annexes,  new 
brochures on ISPA progress, and documentation on the ISPA Partners meeting. 

1 

2 

from 

the  Commission 

Communication 
the  Council  
on  the  implementation  of  commitments  undertaken  by  the  acceding  countries  in  the  context  of 
accession negotiations on chapter 21 - Regional Policy and coordination of structural instruments  
(COM(2003) 433 final of 16.7.2003) 
Non-governmental organisations 

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Country profiles 

BULGARIA 

In  2003,  Bulgaria  received  a  total  ISPA  commitment  allocation  of  €112.6  million. 
This was divided between the transport and environment sectors - €39.3 million and 
€73.3 million respectively. Technical assistance measures accounted for €0.9 million 
of these commitments. The allocation for Bulgaria represented 10.0% of the overall 
ISPA  budget  in  2003.  Considering  the  years  2000–2003,  the  total  amount  of 
decisions  in  Bulgaria  correspond  to  €615  million,  from  which  the  amount  of 
commitments up to date represents €428 million. 

Programming 

As in 2002 the Minister of Finance took over the role of National ISPA Co-ordinator 
from  the  Minister  for  Regional  Development  and  Public  Works,  the  Ministry  of 
Finance now manages all three pre-accession instruments through the “Management 
of  EU  Funds”  directorate.  An  ISPA  co-ordination  unit  has  been  set  up  within  this 
directorate. 

A  total  of  5  environmental  investment  projects  (4  in  the  water  and  1  in  the  waste 
sector)  and  1  technical  assistance  project  were  approved  for  funding  by  ISPA  in 
2003.  The  share  of  ISPA  funds  for  the  environment  sector  has  been  substantially 
increased.  Therefore  the  ratio  between  the  transport  and  environment  currently 
represents 48% and 52% for period 2000–2003. 

The infrastructure projects approved were as follows: 

Smoljan Integrated Water project 

Varna Integrated Water project 

Balchik Integrated Water project 

Shoumen Integrated Water project 

Kardjali Regional Waste Management Centre 

TA for the preparation of a Water Sector Investment Project in Sofia 

Up to the end of 2003, total payments of ISPA grants in favour of projects amounted 
to  €61.4  million  representing  mainly  the  first  instalments  of  the  advances  on 
approved projects. In 2003, payments amounted to €26.4 million. 

Implementation 

Progress  continued  to  be  made  during  2003  in  preparing  for  the  tendering  and 
contracting  of  ISPA  projects.  In  the  transport  sector,  tenders  were  successfully 
concluded  on  the Transit Roads Rehabilitation  III project. In addition, a number of 
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the tendering process and in the general project preparation. Preparation of the design 
and  tender  documents  continued  on  the  Plovdiv-Svilengrad  rail  project.  In  the 
environment sector, works tenders were launched in 2003 for all three 2001 projects. 
Also,  all  7  works  contracts  for  the  measure  “Set  up  of  6  regional  landfills  in 
Bulgaria” were signed. 

Monitoring and Evaluation 

The  ISPA  Monitoring  Committee  met  in  Borovetz  in  May  and  in  Plovdiv  in 
November  2003.  Attention  was  drawn  to  the  need  to  speed  up  contracting  and 
payments. The Commission stressed the importance of EIA legislation and the role 
of  IFIs  in  co-financing  infrastructure  projects.  Administrative  capacity  should  be 
enhanced  at  all  levels  of  authorities  involved  and  final  beneficiaries  must  be  more 
implicated in project preparation and implementation. 

EDIS 

ISPA  technical  assistance  finances  the  first  3  stages  of  EDIS.  The  grant  was 
approved in 2002 and amounted to €892.000. In 2003, a total of €357.022 has been 
paid out. 

At  its  meeting  of  September  2003,  the  EDIS  working  group  adopted  a  revised 
implementation plan for EDIS which aims at completing the 3 stages by the end of 
2005 and at sending the official request for EDIS approval to the Commission by the 
end of January 2006. 

Financial Management and Control 

Further  audits  were  carried  out  by  DG  Regional  Policy  into  the  financial 
management  and  control  systems  of  the  ISPA  implementing  agencies.  The  main 
findings were sent to the Bulgarian authorities together with recommendations on the 
improvements needed to meet the requirements of Article 9 of the ISPA Regulation. 
In April 2003 and in January 2004, the Bulgarian authorities reported on the actions 
taken to meet the recommendations of the 2002 and 2003 audits.  

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CZECH REPUBLIC  

In 2003, commitments amounting to €75.5 million were made to the Czech Republic, 
which represented 6.71 % of the annual ISPA budget. Approximately €45.6 million 
was committed to environment projects, €23.8 million to transport projects and €6.0 
million to flooding relief. Technical assistance measures accounted for €1.5 million 
of these commitments.  

Programming  

2003  being  the  last  year  of  ISPA  programming  in  the  Czech  Republic,  particular 
emphasis  was  put  on  the  environment  sector.  The  objective  was  to  ensure  that  the 
commitments  from  the  budget  years  2000-2003  had  been  shared  on  an  equal  basis 
between the transport and environment sectors. This target was achieved by the end 
of the year. 

Five new projects  were  adopted in the environment sector, four in  the  water  sector 
and  one  in  the  solid  waste  sector.  The  latter  project,  involving  the  upgrading  of  an 
existing incinerator in the city of Brno in order to respect the standards required by 
European legislation, was the first application received from the Czech Republic in 
the  solid  waste  sector.  Following  the  adoption  of  the  National  Waste  Plan  in  July 
2003, it is anticipated that a number of other projects in the solid waste area will be 
submitted under the Cohesion Fund. 

In  the  transport  sector,  an  important  road  project  was  adopted,  covering  the 
completion  of  the  Prague-Dresden  motorway  by  means  of  support  to  the  final 
construction  stage  in  the  Czech  Republic,  linking  the  motorway  to  the  German 
border. This project is an important part of Trans-European Corridor IV and is also 
co-financed by ERDF on the German side of the border. In the railway sector, a pilot 
project for the introduction of ERTMS1 on the main corridors was approved. 

All of the above-mentioned projects will continue to be financed from the Cohesion 
Fund  allocation  for  the  years  2004-2006.  Preparations  for  the  Cohesion  Fund  were 
also  a  significant  part  of  2003  programming  activities.  Discussions  with  the  Czech 
authorities  on  the  content  of  the  sector  strategy  papers,  which  constitute  the 
Reference  Framework  for  the  Cohesion  Fund,  were  substantially  completed  by  the 
end  of  2003.  These  papers  identified  the  main  likely  areas  of  intervention  in  each 
sector. 

Implementation 

In  2003,  four  service  contracts  and  one  works  contract  were  signed  in  the 
environment  sector.  Furthermore,  two  service  contracts  were  contracted  for  stage  2 
of EDIS.  

As the Flooding relief project was handled as a priority, the implementation of all 34 
of its sub-projects was finished in 2003. The indicative 50/50 split for the transport 

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and the environment sectors was observed. Within the transport sector, a breakdown 
of  50%  for  railway  and  50%  for  road  projects  was  achieved.  The  measure  was 
considered as being very successful. 

Monitoring and Evaluation 

Two  Monitoring  committees  were  held  in  2003,  one  in  Brno  and  one  in  Ceske 
Budejovice. In conjunction with the first committee meeting, a monitoring visit was 
made to the sewerage improvement project for the city of Brno which was financed 
from ISPA in 2001 and for which works had started early 2003. 

Particular attention was paid during the latter meeting to the need for calls for tender 
to  be  published  prior  to  enlargement  if  they  were  to  follow  the  PRAG  external 
assistance  rules.  With  the  help  of  the  EC  Delegation,  a  detailed  timetable  was 
established to help achieve this for all projects. 

Co-financing with IFIs 

The co-operation with EIB for co-financing of major investments was intensified in 
2003.  The  above-mentioned  Prague-Dresden  motorway  completion  is  co-financed 
with an EIB loan and the project was subject to a joint appraisal by the Commission 
and bank. 

In December 2003, the Commission participated in an appraisal mission with the EIB 
for a major investment in the water sector in the city of Pilsen. The project is part of 
the 2004 project pipeline for the Cohesion Fund. 

EDIS 

By  the  end  of  2003,  the  Czech  authorities  completed  stages  2  and  3  of  the  EDIS 
roadmap.  The  request  for  EDIS  accreditation  was  however  submitted  after  the 
November  deadline  issued  by  the  Commission.  Although,  as  a  result,  it  was  not 
possible to grant EDIS status to the Czech Republic prior to enlargement, the work 
performed by the Czech authorities should allow the Czech Republic to comply with 
the management and control requirements of the Cohesion Fund. 

Financial Management and Control 

An  audit  of  ISPA  project  expenditure  as  well  as  of  the  management  and  control 
systems  in  place  was  performed  by  the  audit  services  of  DG  Regional  policy  in 
October 2003. The audit concluded that the Czech  authorities had made  significant 
progress  on  the  establishment  of  sound  management  and  control  systems  since  the 
previous  audit  of  2002.  In  addition  to  minor  material  findings,  the  audit  report 
pointed  to  the  problematic  nature  of  the  Czech  procurement  system,  which  was 
identified as a risk factor for 2004 when, upon enlargement, ex-ante controls by the 
EC Delegation are removed. 

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ESTONIA 

In 2003, Estonia received a total ISPA commitment allocation of € 30.8 million. This 
was  divided  between  the  transport  and  environment  sectors  -  € 18.6  million  and 
€ 12.2 million  respectively.  TA  measures  for  transport  and  environment  accounted 
for € 2.7 million. The allocation for Estonia represented 2.74% of the overall ISPA 
budget in 2003. 

Programming  

In the environment sector,  1 investment project and  2  TA measures were approved 
whereas  the  transport  sector  accounted  for  one  investment  project  and  one  TA 
measure.  Throughout  the  period  2000-2003,  16  environment  projects  -including  4 
TA measures- and 9 transport projects -including 5 TA measures- were approved, as 
well as one TA measure for EDIS. 

Implementation 

As  regards  tendering  and  contracting,  a  total  of  5  services  contracts  for  design, 
supervision and technical assistance were signed in 2003 (1 in the transport sector, 4 
in the environment sector), as well as 3 works contracts (2 in the environment sector, 
1 in the transport sector). 

Two projects in the environment sector and one project in the transport sector were 
finalised in 2003. 

Monitoring and Evaluation 

The Monitoring Committee met in April 2003 and January 2004. 

Co-financing with IFIs (Please provide name of projects concerned) 

Of  the  measures  approved  in  2003,  one  transport  project  (E20  Tallinn-Narva  road, 
reconstruction Maardu-Valgejõe) involves co-financing from the Nordic Investment 
Bank  and  one  environment  project  (Kohtla-Järve  area  sewage  treatment  system) 
involves EIB co-financing. Besides enhancing the leverage of ISPA grants, the EIB, 
the Nordic Banks (NIB, NEFCO) and Nordic environmental protection agencies also 
play a substantial role in the provision of technical expertise to help prepare quality 
ISPA applications. 

EDIS 

Estonia  is  well  advanced  in  the  EDIS  process.  In  December  2002,  the  National 
Authorising  Officer  has  submitted  a  request  for  extended  decentralisation  under 
Article 12 of the ISPA Regulation. DG REGIO Unit for the  Control and audit of the 
Cohesion fund and ISPA made in 2003 two audit missions on the spot in relation to this 
request for conferral of EDIS to ISPA projects.  

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HUNGARY  

In 2003, Hungary received a total commitment allocation of € 96.0 million. Of this, 
€ 45.4 million was assigned to transport projects and € 50.5 million to environment 
projects.  Commitments  for  technical  assistance  measures  in  both  sectors  accounted 
for  € 7.5  million.  The  allocation  for  Hungary  represented  8.52%  of  the  total  ISPA 
budget for the year. 

Programming and Implementation 

In 2003, 6 environment projects including 2 TA measures and 1 TA measure for the 
transport  sector  were  approved.  During  the  period  2000-2003,  25  environment 
projects of which 6 TA measures were approved and 11 transport projects of which 5 
again for technical assistance were approved.  

As regards tendering and contracting, all the main contracts were signed for the 2000 
environment  projects  and  the  majority  of  the  tenders  for  the  2001  environment 
projects  were  launched  in  2003.  In  the  transport  sector  7  works  contracts  were 
signed. 

By end 2003, payments made amounted to € 114 million. 

Monitoring and Evaluation 

The Monitoring Committee met in May and October 2003. 

Co-financing with IFIs  

All projects are co-financed by the European Investment Bank. 

EDIS 

The stage II -Gap plugging was completed mid-March 2003. The submission to the 
Commission  of  the  results  of  the  stage  III  -’Compliance  assessment’  was  done  in 
October 2003. The Commission decision granting EDIS for the road sector only was 
taken in March 2004. 

Financial Management and Control 

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LATVIA  

In  2003,  Latvia  received  a  total  commitment  allocation  of  € 53.9 million  in  ISPA 
assistance.  Of  this,  € 24.6  million  was  assigned  to  transport  projects,  while  € 29.3 
million  went  to  environment  projects.  Technical  assistance  measures  accounted  for 
€ 12.4 million of these commitments. The overall allocation for Latvia consisted of 
4.76% of the total ISPA budget for the year. 

Programming 

In 2003, 3 environment projects and 1 transport projects were approved. Throughout 
the period 2000-2003, a total of 25 projects were approved: 13 for environment, 11 
for transport and one for EDIS. 

In  2003  almost  the  whole  of  the  available  ISPA  allocation  was  committed.  The 
amount  of  €  0.4  million  could  not  be  committed  due  to  the  late  submission  of  the 
project  application.  The  payments  made  by  the  end  of  2003  amounted  to  €  21,5 
million, representing the first and second advances as well as interim payments. 

Implementation 

As  regards  tendering  and  contracting,  a  total  of  16  services  contracts  (6  in  the 
transport and 6 in the environment sector and 4 in EDIS), 11 work contracts (3 in the 
transport and 8 in the environment sector) and 4 supply contracts (1 in the transport 
and 3 in the environment sector) were signed in 2003  

Monitoring and Evaluation 

Two ISPA Monitoring Committee meetings were held, one in April 2003 and one in 
February 2004. Is should be noted that progress in implementing of the projects was 
improved, especially as regards tendering and contracting. 

Co-financing with IFIs  

So far, all approved environmental infrastructure measures are co-financed with IFIs: 
5 measures with the EIB, 4 measures with the NIB, 5 measures with the NEFCO, one 
measure  with  the  EBRD  and  one  measure  with  the  World  Bank.  In  the  transport 
sector, the EIB, the EBRD and the World Bank provide parallel co-financing for the 
ISPA projects. 

EDIS 

The second stage ‘gap plugging’ of EDIS was completed in the 3rd quarter of 2003. 
The  third  stage  ‘compliance  assessment  report’  started  in  October  2003  and  was 
completed in 2004.  

Financial Management and Control 

The main findings of the audit of the financial management and control systems were 
sent in April 2002 to the Latvian authorities with recommendations on improvements 
necessary  to  fulfil  the  criteria  set  out  in  Article  9  of  the  ISPA  Regulation.

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LITHUANIA  

In  2003,  Lithuania  received  a  total  commitment  allocation  of  € 53.1 million.  This 
was divided between the transport and environment sectors as follows: € 31.4 million 
and  € 21.7 million  respectively.  Technical  assistance  measures  accounted  for  € 4.9 
million of these commitments. The allocation for Lithuania represented 4.72% of the 
overall ISPA budget in 2003. 

Programming  

In the environment sector, one water project and one technical assistance project was 
approved  through  the  written  procedure  and  two  waste  management  projects  were 
approved by the ISPA Management Committee. 

In 2003, a total of 6 projects were approved. As a result, a total of 17 environment 
projects,  8  transport  projects  and  6  TA  measures  including  TA  for  EDIS  were 
approved  for  funding  by  ISPA  between  2000  and  2003.  Two  measures  in  the 
transport sector are nearing completion. 

The ISPA contribution to projects in 2003 was fully committed and payments made 
up to the end of the year amounted to € 71,2 million (since the beginning of ISPA). 
The  total  value  of  payment  requests  made from  the  beginning  of  ISPA  is  currently 
approximately 29% of the total allocated ISPA assistance. 

Implementation 

As  regards  tendering  and  contracting,  a  total  of  23  services  contracts  for  design, 
supervision  and  technical  assistance  were  signed  in  2003  (6  in  the  transport  sector 
(out of which 5 from local funds) and 17 in the environment sector (8 of them are for 
project  preparation  under  a  TA  measure)  as  well  as  6  works  contracts  (3  in  the 
transport sector and 3 in the environment sector). Implementation is speedier in the 
transport  sector  than  in  the  environmental  sector  where  tendering  procedures  are 
lengthy and market response problematic. 

Monitoring and Evaluation 

ISPA Monitoring Committee meetings were held in April 2003 and November 2003. 

Co-financing with IFIs  

The major rail project Corridor IXB Rail – Structures and Sector 5 – is co-financed 
with  the  EBRD.  For  other  projects,  Lithuania  is  moving  towards  self-financing  or 
market  loans  since  the  sovereign  guarantee  often  required  by  IFIs  is  considered 
incompatible with the policy on overall indebtedness of the country. 

EDIS 

Preparation for EDIS continued steadily. Compliance assessment allowed Lithuania 
to  submit  EDIS  file  for  the  implementing  agency  in  the  transport  sector  to  the 
European Commission on 11 November 2003.  

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Financial Management and Control 

Stage  4  verification  audit  on  whether  the  management  and  control  system  put  in 
place  for  ISPA  meets  the  criteria  included  in  Council  Regulation  (EC)  NO. 
1267/1999 dated 21 June 1999 was carried out on 28-30 January and 9-13 February 
2004  and  the  report  was  submitted  to  the  Commission  on  1  April  2004.

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POLAND  

In  2003,  Poland  received  a  commitment 
this, 
€ 179.312.210  was  assigned  to  environment  projects,  while  € 189.124.250went  to 
transport projects. .Technical assistance measures accounted for € 19.505.750of these 
commitments. The overall allocation for Poland consisted of 33.5% of the total ISPA 
budget for the year. 

total  of  € 387.942.210.  Of 

Programming 

A total of 11 environment projects and 4 transport projects were approved for ISPA 
funding in 2003, including 2 transport and 1 environment project TA measures. 

For  transport,  the  focus  remained  on  large  scale  projects  on  the  major  routes.  Two 
road projects were approved: construction of the 2nd carriageway of National Road 
N°  18,  section  Olszyna-Golnice  and  construction  of  A2  motorway  section  Konin-
Strykow;  subsection:Emilia-Strykow  II  as  well  as  two  Technical  Assistance 
measures,  one  for  the  modernisation  of  E  30/CE  30  railway  line  on  section  Opole-
Katowice-Krakow and one for the preparation of projects in the road sector financed 
within the Cohesion Fund. 

In  the  environment  sector,  ISPA  funding  in  2003  was  allocated  exclusively  to 
drinking water and waste water treatment projects. As in previous years, assistance 
continued  to  be  targeted  on  the  largest  population  centres  but  there  is  a  tendency 
towards  also  including  smaller  centres  and  rural  areas.  The  projects  approved 
included  combined  drinking  water  and  waste  water  projects  in  Warsaw,  Wroclaw 
and Olsztyn (all by major modification of an existing first phase), Gdynia, Stalowa 
Wola,  Chorzów,  Kędzierzyn-Koźle,  Tarnow,  a  drinking  water  supply  project  in 
Rzeszów,  waste  water  projects  in  Sosnowiec,  Grudziądz,  Podhale,  Zywiec  and 
Walbrzych. 

Implementation 

Level  of  implementation  in  both  sectors  had  increased  compared  with  situation  in 
2002. However, There were strong signs of acceleration in implementation in only in 
the latter part of 2003 with an increasing number of works contracts approved. The 
main reason for the slow progress of implementation has been the lack of experience 
of the Polish contracting authorities with tendering and contracting procedures. 

Monitoring and Evaluation 

ISPA Monitoring Committee meetings were held in April and December 2003. 

Co-financing with IFIs  

Active  co-operation  with  the  IFIs  concerning  the  environment  sector  continued  in 
2003. The Commission has noticed that the beneficiaries engage in negotiations with 
the  IFIs  but  do  not  finalise  lending  agreements  until  a  grant  from  ISPA  has  been 
approved. 

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EDIS 

Preparation  for  EDIS  is  progressing  and  Poland  will  endeavour  to  reach  stage  3 
‘compliance assessment’ of the EDIS road map before accession. 

Financial Management and Control 

No further audit missions were carried out in 2003 on the management and control 
system of the ISPA implementing agencies. 

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ROMANIA 

In  2003,  Romania  received  a  total  commitment  of  € 260.8 million  of  ISPA 
assistance. Of the 2003 allocation, € 129.4 million was assigned to transport projects 
and  € 131.4  million  to  environment  projects.  Of  these  commitments,  technical 
assistance measures accounted for € 13.6 million in the environment sector, of which 
€  5.6  million  was  made  with  respect  to  a  measure  for  institutional  capacity 
strengthening  of  ISPA  final  beneficiaries  in  the  water  and  wastewater  sector.  The 
allocation for Romania represented 23.16% of the overall ISPA budget in 2003. 

Programming 

A  total  of  7  new  projects  were  approved  in  2003  for  both  sectors.  In  the  transport 
sector,  one  project  was  approved  for  the  Rehabilitation  of  the  Campina-Predeal 
Railway Section. In the environment sector, 6 projects were approved, including two 
technical assistance measures. Two projects concern the combined investment in the 
drinking  and  wastewater  sectors  in  the  cities  of  Bacau  and  Pitesti.  Two  projects 
relates to the management of the solid waste system in the counties of Teleorman and 
Dambovita,  respectively.  The  technical  assistance  measures  provide  support  for 
institutional strengthening and project preparation, respectively. 

Implementation 

As  regards  tendering  and  contracting,  a  total  of  21  services  contracts  for  design, 
supervision  and  technical  assistance  were  signed  in  2003  (4  in  the  transport  sector 
and 17 in the environment sector), as well as 26 works contracts (17 in the transport 
sector and 9 in the environment sector). One supply contract under the Institutional 
Building 2001/RO/16/P/PA/009/04 budget was also signed. 

While  the  whole  of  the  available  ISPA  allocations  were  fully  committed  during 
2000-2003,  payments  made  till  end  2003  amounted  to  €  136.4  million,  of  which 
€24.02 million were made in 2003. The majority of measures have had one payment, 
i.e. the first instalment of the advance; only 3 of the investment measures have had 
the  second  instalment  of  the  advance  payment;  and  3  TA  measures  have  had  the 
second instalment of the advance payment, of which 2 in addition interim payment. 

In 2003, second advance payments were paid with respect to 1 investment measure 
only,  reflecting  slow  progress  in  contracting  of  works  tenders  and  difficulties  in 
complying with Art. 8 conditions of the Financing memoranda. The outcome of audit 
missions in Romania resulted in interruption  of payment procedures until  shortfalls 
in the financial management system are adequately addressed. 

Monitoring and Evaluation 

In  2003,  the  ISPA  Monitoring  Committee  met  twice,  respectively  in  April  and 
October. 

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Co-financing with IFIs  

Co-operation  with  the  IFIs  is  very  important  in  Romania,  in  particular  in  the 
environment  sector  where  most  ISPA  measures  are  co-financed  with  IFIs.  These 
include 8 measures with the EIB (2 in 2000, i.e. Craiova and Braila, 3 in 2001, i.e. 
Cluj, Focsani and Pascani, 3 in 2002, i.e. Satu Mare, Buzau and Piatra Neamt, and 2 
are foreseen for Dimbovita, Pitesti respectively, ISPA projects approved in 2003). A 
further  9  measures  are  co-financed  with  the  EBRD  (2  in  2000,  i.e.  Constanta  and 
Iasi, 4 in 2001, i.e. Arad, Oradea, Timisoara and Targu Mures, 2 in 2002, i.e. Brasov 
and Sibiu, and 1 in 2003, i.e.Bacau).  

It  is  anticipated  that  this  co-operation  will  continue  throughout  the  whole  ISPA 
programming  period  given  that  the  level  of  investment  needs  stand  well  above  the 
ISPA allocation. 

EDIS 

In 2003 the technical assistance measure (approved by the Commission in November 
2002)  to  strengthen  the  capacity  of  Implementing  agencies  to  implement  ISPA 
measure  under  the  Stage  II  ‘gap  plugging’  of  the  Road  map  was  under 
implementation.  Manual  of  procedures  were  elaborated  and  seminars,  respectively 
trainings  took  place  on  project  management,  tendering  procedures  and  use  of 
procedure  manuals.  At  the  end  of  2003  the  Commission  approved  a  technical 
assistance  for  institutional  capacity  strengthening  of  ISPA  final  beneficiaries  in  the 
water and wastewater sector. 

Financial Management and Control 

Two  audits  of  the  financial  management  and  control  systems  for  ISPA  were 
undertaken by the DG Regional policy. These have identified still existing shortfalls, 
mainly  in  relation  to  the  validity  of  expense  declarations.  As  a  consequence  the 
Commission  requested  a  confirmation  on  the  viability  of  ISPA  expenditures 
according  to  the  Financing  Memoranda  before  proceeding  any  further  payments. 
Recommendations were made for actions which need to be addressed by September 
2004.  The  Romanian  Ministry  of  Finance  decided  to  complete  the  requirements 
before  submitting  the  confirmation  on  expenditure  validity  and  invited  the 
Commission to check this completion by an audit mission in February 2004. 

Irregularities  

One  irregularity  was  reported  regarding  use  of  waste  bins,  financed  under  Phare 
program,  in  contradiction  with  the  terms  of  the  funding  contract.  The  results  of 
OLAF  investigation  carried  out  in  cooperation  of  the  Commission  Delegation  to 
Romania  showed  that  the  waste  bins  have  been  bought  using  national  funds.  The 
investigation has been closed and the complainer has been consequently informed. 

Procurement  ratio:  25.49%  (calculated  as  the  total  contracted  amount  against  the 
total eligible cost for the period 2000-2003). 

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SLOVAKIA  

In 2003, Slovakia received a total commitment allocation of € 50.6 million. This was 
divided  between  the  transport  and  environment  sectors  with  €  17.6  million  and  € 
32.7 million respectively. Of this allocation, technical assistance accounted for € 0.3 
million. The allocation for Slovakia represented 4.50% of the overall ISPA budget in 
2003. 

Programming  

Both in the environment and in the transport sector a number of TA measures were 
taken  to  provide  for  a  sufficient  number  of  projects  for  the  Cohesion  Fund 
programming period 2004 – 2006. 

Regarding the preparation of projects for the 2003 budget, the preparation of 7 new 
environment projects allowed to take up all available commitments for the year 2003 
and to make all allocations foreseen within the Financial Framework until 2006, thus 
allocating some 30% of the available Cohesion Fund budget. 

Environment sector: 

The  following  seven  environment  projects  of  a  total  value  of  €  115.4  million  were 
adopted in 2003, involving an ISPA contribution of € 70.9 million and a total 2003 
commitment of € 13,99 million :  

-Upgrade of heating plant in Žilina: total cost: € 12 mio, ISPA grant: € 9 mio; 

- Košice City Sewerage and Waste Water Treatment : total cost: € 19.4 mio, ISPA 
grant: € 9.7 mio; 

- Waste water disposal system of the Šaľa region: total cost: € 21.3 mio, ISPA grant: 
€ 14.4 mio; 

- Sewerage system and Wastewater Treatment Plant located in Humenné: total cost: 
€ 12.3 mio, ISPA grant: € 7.97 mio; 

- Waste water treatment plant and sewerage in the Trnava region: total cost: € 19.2 
mio, ISPA grant: € 10.19 mio; 

-  Piešťany  Sewerage  Reconstruction  and  Waste  Water  Treatment  Plant  Upgrade: 
total cost: € 11.7 mio, ISPA grant: € 6.4 mio; 

- Completion of Poprad-Matejovce Waste Water Treatment Plant: total cost: € 19.5 
mio, ISPA grant: € 13.16 mio. 

All  these  projects  were  prepared  with  regional  water  companies  as  Final 
Beneficiaries  in  respect  of  the  Memorandum  of  Understanding  signed  between  the 
Slovak  authorities  and  the  Commission  services  in  August  2002.  In  most  cases 
project  preparation  included  the  elaboration  of  tender  documents,  which  will 
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Transport sector 

Since  all  funds  available  had  already  been  allocated  in  previous  years,  no  further 
transport projects were decided. 

Implementation  

The  three  Implementing  Agencies  responsible  for  rail,  road  and  environment  made 
good  progress  in  the  implementation  of  ISPA  measures.  The  preparation  of  EDIS 
accreditation  helped  to  strengthen  the  implementation  procedures  and  provided 
relevant training to key staff. 

In the transport sector work progressed according to schedule on the modernisation 
of the rail track between Rača and Šenkvice and the motorway project in Bratislava 
(D 61). The  cancelled  tender  for the  second railway project,  Senkvice – Cífer,  was 
successfully  relaunched  and  the  preparation  of  the  third  railway  tender,  Trnava  – 
Piest’any,  was  finalised.In  the  environment  field,  where  the  preparation  of  tenders 
had been behind schedule, good progress was achieveds. In Trencin implementation 
was well under way and, whereasmajor works contracts were signed for the project 
in  Banska  Bystrica.  Tender  procedures  for  works  were  almost  finalised  for  the 
projects in Zvolen and Komarno and were well under way for the projects in Nitra, 
South  East  Zemplin,  Zilina,  Liptovsky  Mikulas,  Martin  and  Sala.  For  the  drinking 
water project in Velky Krtis the tender for detailed design was launched. 

The payments made in 2003 amounted to € 58,55 million (€ 30,82 million in the year 
2003)  and  related  to  advance  and  intermediate  payments  of  projects  and  technical 
assistance measures. 

Monitoring and evaluation 

Two  ISPA  Monitoring  Committees  were  held,  respectively  on  13  March  and  25 
the  monitoring 
November  2003.  The  meetings  were  well  organised,  and 
documentation is now of good quality.  

Co-financing with IFIs  

In  the  environment  sector  the  co-operation with  the  EIB  has  continued.  The  global 
framework loan through a the Slovak Guarantee and Development Bank was put in 
place. At this stage the facility has been used for the projects in Banska Bystrica and 
Velky Krtis. 

In  the  transport  sector  the  final  agreement  was  signed  on  the  co-financing  with  the 
EIB of the motorway project in Bratislava, the EIB loan amounting to 40 million €. 
Though  EIB  loans  are  in  principle  also  available  for  railway  projects,  for  the  time 
being, the Slovak Government has not decided to use this facility. 

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EDIS 

Provisions for internal  control and  audit have been made within  the Slovak 
Central  Administration.  In  summer  2002,  the  National  Fund  initiated  the 
preparation  for  EDIS  accreditation  of  the  entire  administration  involved  in 
ISPA  implementation.  For  this  purpose,  a  technical  assistance  measure  was 
launched  under  ISPA  (€  1.3  million  grant).  The  preparation  of  EDIS 
accreditation  has  been  hampered  by  the  lack  of  adequate  and  sufficient 
human  resources  in  the  National  Fund  and  in  the  Implementing  Agencies, 
and substantial delays may be expected. 

The third stage of the EDIS accreditation procedure (compliance assessment) 
was finished in September 2003 and all documents for the Verification Audit 
were  sent  to  EC  services  by  the  end  of  October  2003.  All  relevant  bodies 
have  been  actively  involved  in  resolving  the  problems  detected  during  the 
EDIS  gap  assessment  stage.  In  view  of  the  late  date  of  submission  and  the 
not  all  favourable  assessment  by  the  compliance  assessor,  DG  REGIO 
decided not to carry out any verification audit. 

The  EDIS  exercise  allowed  to  substantially  improve  the  ISPA  management 
system. And remaining TA funds for EDIS will be used for relevant training 
needs. 

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SLOVENIA  

In 2003, Slovenia received a total ISPA of € 14.8 million. This was divided 
between € 5.5 million for the transport sector and € 9.2 million for the 
environment sector. Technical assistance for EDIS accounted for € 0.1 
million. The allocation for Slovenia represented 1.32 % of the overall ISPA 
budget in 2003. 

Programming  

The environment strategy was up-dated at the end of 2002 to extend the list 
of  projects  to  be  presented  for  ISPA  and  Cohesion  Fund  funding  in  the 
future. A similar exercise took place early 2003 for the transport strategy. 

A total of 13 projects were approved in the period 2000-2002. In 2003, one 
transport  project,  two  environment  projects  and  one  TA  measure  were 
approved, bringing the total of projects approved since 2000 to 17. 

Preparation  of  tendering  and  contracting  was  satisfactory  as  7  works 
contracts and 8 service contracts were signed since 2000. 

All  of  the  available  ISPA  allocations  were  committed  in  2000  –  2003, 
whereas  by  the  end  of  2003  a  total  of  €22.0  million  was  paid,  representing 
32.8% of the €67.1 million committed in this period. 

Implementation 

As  regards  tendering  and  contracting,  a  total  of  5  services  contracts  for 
technical assistance were signed in 2003, as well as 2 works contracts in the 
environment sector. 

Monitoring and Evaluation 

Two  ISPA  Monitoring  committee  meetings  were  held  in  April  and 
November 2003. 

Co-financing with IFIs  

In 2003 Slovenia signed  a  framework  loan  of  €35  million  with  the  EIB  for 
current and future ISPA projects in the railway sector. A similar framework 
loan  for  ISPA  projects  in  the  environment  sector  is  under  discussion.  This 
will  contribute  to  the  leverage  of  ISPA  funds  and  enable  a  closer  co-
operation between the Bank and the Commission services in the appraisal of 
project proposals. 

EDIS 

Following  the  Stage  I  (‘gap  assessment’)  activities  carried  out  by  the 
Slovenian authorities by their own means in 2002 Stage II (‘gap plugging’) 
and Stage  III  (‘compliance  assessment’) were carried out in 2003 using the 

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technical  assistance  for  EDIS.  The  EDIS  was  not  accredited  in  Slovenia  in 
2003 for the lack of time but the results of the technical assistance were used 
in the set up of the management and control system for the Cohesion Fund. 

Financial management and control 

In 2003, DG Regional policy carried out a third audit to assess the adequacy 
to  provide 
of 
recommendations on their improvement. 

the  financial  management  and  control  systems  and 

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Country tables 

Projects Decided 2003 Bulgaria - € 

Sector 

N° of 
Projects 

Total 
Cost 

Total Eligible
Cost 

Total ISPA 
Contribution 

Commitments  Payments

Environment 

Drinking Water 
Pipes/ Plant 

Drinking Water and 
Sewage  

Sewage Network/ 
Treatment Plant 

Solid Waste  
Collection System 

Sector Total 

1 

2 

2 

1 

6 

24.621.021 

24.471.021 

18.353.266 

14.682.612 

52.204.225 

51.719.225 

38.789.419 

30.194.992 

27.116.814 

26.932.000 

20.199.000 

16.159.200 

14.547.189 

14.547.162 

10.910.372 

8.728.297 

118.489.249 

117.669.408 

88.252.057 

69.765.101 

TOTAL 

6 

118.489.249 

117.669.408 

88.252.057 

69.765.101 

- 

- 

- 

- 

- 

- 

EN 

65 

   EN 

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Projects Decided 2000-2003 Bulgaria - € 

Sub-Sector 

No of 
Projects 

Total 
Cost 

Total Eligible 
Cost 

Total ISPA 
Contribution 

% of 
Sector 

% of 
Country 

Commitments
2003 

Payments
2003 

Commitments
2000-3 

Payments 

2000-3 

Environment 

Drinking Water 
Pipes/Plant 

Drinking Water 
and Sewage  

Solid Waste 
Collection System

Sewage Network/
Treatment Plant 

Sector Total 

Rail 

Road 

Airport 

Rail and Road 

Sector Total 

EDIS 

1 

2 

2 

12 

17 

1 

2 

1 

1 

5 

1 

24.471.021 

24.471.021 

18.353.266 

6.93 

14.682.612 

51.719.225 

51.719.225 

38.789.419 

14.65 

30.194.992 

75.124.675 

75.124.675 

56.343.507 

21.28 

8.728.297 

- 

- 

- 

14.682.612 

30.194.992 

- 

- 

49.618.118 

4.543.314 

205.085.069 

205.085.069 

151.273.683 

57.14 

19.734.932 

6.482.102 

127.644.314 

13.107.470 

356.399.990 

356.399.990 

264.759.875 

100.00 

43.05 

73.340.833 

6.482.102 

222.140.036 

17.650.784 

Transport 

340.000.000 

340.000.000 

153.000.000 

43,80 

26.887.500 

- 

72.787.500 

15.300.000 

188.450.000 

188.450.000 

141.337.500 

40,46 

12.356.666 

11.133.750 

88.356.666 

17.133.750 

135.135.135 

135.135.135 

50.000.000 

14.31 

5.880.000 

5.880.000 

4.998.000 

1,43 

- 

- 

5.000.000 

40.000.000 

10.000.000 

3.378.982 

3.998.400 

3.878.782 

669.465.135 

669.465.135 

349.335.500 

100,00 

56.80 

39.244.167 

19.512.732 

205.142.566 

46.312.532 

892.555 

892.555 

892.555 

100,00 

0,15 

714.044 

357.022 

714.044 

357.022 

EDIS 

TOTAL 

23 

1.026.757.680 1.026.757.680

614.987.930 

100,00 

112.585.000 26.351.856 427.996.646

64.320.339 

EN 

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Technical Assistance Measures 2000-2003 Bulgaria - € 

Technical Assistance 
Sub-Sector 

N° of 
Projects 

Total Cost 

Total Eligible 
Cost 

Total ISPA 
Contribution 

Commitments 
2003 

Payments 2003 

Commitments 
2000-3 

Payments 
2000-3 

Sewage 
Network/Treatment 
Plant 

Sector Total 

Road and Rail 

Sector Total 

EDIS 

TOTAL 

1 

1 

1 

1 

1 

3 

Environment 

1.500.000 

1.500.000 

1.125.000 

900.000 

1.500.000 

1.500.000 

1.125.000 

900.000 

Transport 

5.880.000 

5.880.000 

4.998.000 

5.880.000 

5.880.000 

4.998.000 

EDIS 

892.555 

892.555 

892.555 

- 

- 

- 

- 

- 

900.000 

900.000 

- 

- 

3.378.982 

3.998.400 

3.878.782 

3.378.982 

3.998.400 

3.878.782 

357.022 

714.044 

357.022 

8.272.555 

8.272.555

7.015.555 

900.000 

3.736.004 

5.612.444 

3.878.782 

EN 

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Projects Decided 2003 Czech Republic - € 

Sector 

N° of 
Projects 

Total 
Cost 

Total Eligible
Cost 

Total ISPA 
Contribution 

Commitments 

Payments 

Drinking Water 
Pipes/ Plant 

Drinking Water 
and Sewage  

Sewage 
Network/ 
Treatment Plant 

Solid Waste 
Collection 
System 

Other 

Sector Total 

Rail 

Road 

Sector Total 

1 

1 

2 

1 

1 

6 

1 

1 

2 

Environment 

6.992.735 

6.992.735 

4.545.278 

3.636.222 

2.250.000 

2.250.000 

1.687.500 

1.350.000 

31.234.200 

31.234.200 

21.863.940 

17.491.152 

69.625.000 

69.625.000 

47.345.000 

16.832.454 

16.856.600 

16.856.600 

12.642.450 

6.321.225 

126.958.535 

126.958.535 

88.084.168 

45.631.053 

Transport 

9.800.000 

9.800.000 

7.350.000 

4.218.596 

- 

- 

- 

- 

- 

- 

- 

123.553.000 

123.553.000 

61.776.500 

12.355.300 

6.177.650 

133.353.000 

133.353.000 

69.126.500 

16.573.896 

6.177.650 

TOTAL 

8 

260.311.535 260.311.535 157.210.668 62.204.949  6.177.650 

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Projects Decided 2000-2003 Czech Republic - € 

Sub-Sector 

No of 
Projects 

Total 
Cost 

Total Eligible
Costs 

Total ISPA 
Contribution 

% of
Sector 

% of 
Country

Commitments
2003 

Payments 
2003 

Commitments
2000-3 

Payments 
2000-3 

Environment 

Drinking Water 
Pipes/ Plant 

Drinking and 
Sewage Water 

Drinking and 
Sewage Water, air and solid waste 

Environment -Other 

Sewage Network/ 
Treatment Plant 

Solid waste collection system 

3 

2 

1 

1 

7 

1 

53.591.684 

53.591.684 

37.183.542 

16.14 

3.636.222 

3.235.326 

15.864.222 

3.263.826 

35.042.500 

35.042.500 

22.015.525 

9.56 

- 

914.520 

17.612.420 

2.201.553 

2.250.000 

2.250.000 

1.687.500 

0.73 

1.350.000 

16.856.600 

16.856.600 

12.642.450 

5.49 

6.321.225 

- 

- 

1.350.000 

6.321.225 

- 

- 

162.757.649 

162.757.649 

109.480.715 

47.53 

17.491.152 

11.264.446 

72.874.716 

16.687.391 

69.625.000 

69.625.000 

47.345.000 

20.55 

16.832.454 

- 

16.832.454 

- 

Sector Total 

15 

340.123.433 

340.123.433 

230.354.732 

100.00 

45,49 

45.631.053 

15.414.292 

130.855.037 

22.152.770 

Flooding Relief 

Rail 

Road 

Road and Rail 

1 

4 

5 

1 

35.294.118 

35.294.118 

30.000.000 

100,00 

5,93 

6.000.000 

11.745.361 

30.000.000 

23.999.708 

Flood Relief 

Transport 

221.514.689 

221.514.689 

125.337.314 

51.11 

7.309.338 

14.038.731 

68.226.534 

24.825.433 

219.897.123 

219.897.123 

119.707.974 

48.81 

16.496.135 

10.764.830 

62.903.814 

22.282.772 

200.000 

200.000 

200.000 

0,08 

- 

- 

200.000 

191.990 

Sector Total 

10 

441.611.812 

441.611.812 

245.245.288 

100.00 

48,43 

23.805.473 

24.803.562 

131.330.348 

47.300.194 

EDIS 

TOTAL 

1 

763.940 

763.940 

763.940 

100,00 

0,15 

83.038 

203.550 

763.940 

544.001 

27  817.793.303 817.793.303 506.363.960

100,00 217.429.761 52.166.765 292.949.325 93.996.674 

EDIS 

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Technical Assistance Measures 2000-2003 Czech Republic - € 

Technical 
Assistance 
Sub-Sector 

Drinking Water 
Pipes/ Plant 

Drinking water, 
sewage water, and 
solid waste 

Sector Total 

Road and Rail 

Road 

Sector Total 

EDIS 

TOTAL 

N° of 
Projects 

Total 
Cost 

Total Eligible
Cost 

Total ISPA 
Contribution 

Commitments 
2003 

Payments 
2003 

Commitments 
2000-3 

Payments 
2000-3 

Environment 

380.000 

380.000 

285.000 

- 

2.250.000 

2.250.000 

1.687.500 

1.350.000 

2.630.000 

2.630.000 

1.972.500 

1.350.000 

Transport 

200.000 

200.000 

200.000 

- 

833.333 

833.333 

625.000 

62.500 

1.033.333 

1.033.333 

825.000 

62.500 

EDIS 

- 

- 

- 

- 

- 

- 

228.000 

28.500 

1.350.000 

- 

1.578.000 

28.500 

200.000 

159.966 

625.000 

340.348 

825.000 

500.314 

763.940 

763.940 

763.940 

83.038 

203.550 

763.940 

544.001 

4.427.273 4.427.273 

3.561.440 

1.495.538 

203.550 

3.166.9940 

1.072.815 

1 

1 

2 

1 

1 

2 

1 

5 

EN 

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Projects Decided 2003 Estonia - € 

Sector 

N° of 
Projects 

Total Cost 

Total Eligible 
Cost 

Total ISPA 
Contribution 

Commitments  

Payments  

Drinking Water 
and Sewage  

Drinking Water, 
Sewage Water, 
air and solid 
waste 

Sewage 
Network/ 
Treatment plant 

Sector Total 

Road 

Sector Total 

TOTAL 

1 

1 

1 

3 

2 

2 

5 

Environment 

560.000 

560.000 

420.000 

336.000 

42.000 

7.100.000 

7.100.000 

5.325.000 

2.000.000 

38.200.000 

38.200.000 

32.470.000 

7.345.269 

- 

- 

45.860.000 

45.860.000 

38.215.000 

9.681.269 

42.000 

Transport 

25.700.000 

25.700.000 

19.275.000 

12.563.170 

30.000 

25.700.000 

25.700.000 

19.275.000 

12.563.170 

30.000 

71.560.000 71.560.000 57.490.000 22.244.439 

72.000 

EN 

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Projects Decided 2000-2003 Estonia - € 

Sub-Sector 

N° of 
Projects 

Total Cost 

Total Eligible 
Cost 

Total ISPA 
Contribution 

% of Sector

% of 
Country 

Commitments 
2003 

Payments 2003 

Commitments 
2000-3 

Payments 2000-3 

Drinking and 
Sewage Water 

Drinking and 
Sewage Water, air 
and solid waste 

Solid Waste 
Collection System

Sewage Network/
Treatment Plant 

7 

1 

4 

4 

36.870.000 

36.870.000 

26.971.700 

25,86 

2.866.000 

1.416.730 

19.495.360 

2.712.170 

Environment 

7.100.000 

7.100.000 

5.325.000 

5,11 

2.000.000 

- 

2.000.000 

- 

32.989.489 

32.989.489 

24.335.998 

23,34 

- 

2.562.217 

18.693.598 

4.398.917 

61.196.150 

61.196.150 

47.647.851 

45,69 

7.345.269 

3.324.417 

19.487.550 

6.261.208 

Sector Total 

16 

138.155.639 

138.155.639 

104.280.549 

100,00 

57,82 

12.211.269 

7.303.384 

59.676.508 

13.372.295 

Rail 

Road 

Road and Rail 

Sector Total 

EDIS 

1 

7 

1 

9 

1 

1.800.000 

1.800.000 

1.350.000 

88.925.771 

88.925.771 

66.794.328 

10.000.000 

10.000.000 

7.500.000 

Transport 

1,78 

88,30 

9,91 

- 

810.000 

1.350.000 

1.080.000 

18.638.170 

7.397.107 

51.890.748 

19.294.457 

- 

750.000 

6.000.000 

750.000 

100.725.771 

100.725.771 

75.644.328 

100,00 

41.94 

18.638.170 

8.957.107 

59.240.748 

21.124.457 

435.760 

435.760 

435.760 

100,00 

0,24 

- 

37.946 

435.760 

196.588 

EDIS 

TOTAL 

26 

239.317.170 239.317.170 180.360.637

100,00 

30.849.439 

16.298.436  119.353.016

34.693.340 

EN 

72 

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Technical Assistance Measures 2000-2003 Estonia - € 

Technical Assistance 
Sub-Sector 

N° of Projects 

Total Cost 

Total Eligible Cost

Total ISPA 
Contribution 

Commitments 
2003 

Payments 2003

Commitments 
2000-3 

Payments 
2000-3 

Drinking and Sewage 
Water 

Drinking and Sewage 
Water, air and solid 
water 

Sector Total 

Rail 

Road and Rail 

Road 

Sector Total 

EDIS 

3 

1 

4 

1 

1 

3 

5 

1 

Environment 

1.720.000 

1.720.000 

1.290.000 

366.000 

57.000 

1.206.000 

144.000 

7.100.000 

7.100.000 

5.325.000 

2.000.000 

- 

2.000.000 

- 

8.820.000 

8.820.000 

6.615.000 

2.366.000 

57.000 

3.206.000 

144.000 

Transport 

1.800.000 

1.800.000 

1.350.000 

10.000.000 

10.000.000 

7.500.000 

- 

- 

810.000 

1.350.000 

1.080.000 

750.000 

6.000.000 

750.000 

2.900.000 

2.900.000 

2.275.000 

315.000 

237.469 

1.895.000 

574.969 

14.700.000 

14.700.000 

11.125.000 

315.000 

1.797.469 

9.245.000 

2.404.969 

EDIS 

435.760 

435.760 

435.760 

- 

37.946 

435.760 

196.588 

TOTAL 

10 

23.955.760 

23.955.760 

18.175.760  2.631.000 

1.892.415  12.886.760

2.745.557 

EN 

73 

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Projects Decided 2003 Hungary - € 

Sector 

N° of 
Projects 

Total Cost 

Total Eligible 
Cost 

Total ISP A 
Contribution 

Commitments  

Payments  

Drinking water and 
sewage  

Drinking water, 
sewage and solid 
waste 

Sewage network/ 
treatment plant 

Solid waste 
collection system 

Sector Total 

Road and Road 

Sector Total 

1 

1 

3 

1 

6 

1 

1 

Environment 

648.600 

648.600 

648.600 

518.880 

129.720 

7.000.000 

7.000.000 

5.250.000 

4.200.000 

1.050.000 

156.935.000 

146.851.000 

86.341.000 

35.426.255 

25.914.000 

25.914.000 

12.957.000 

10.365.600 

- 

- 

190.497.600 

180.413.600 

105.196.600 

50.510.735 

1.179.720 

Transport 

4.621.500 

4.621.500 

3.466.125 

2.772.900 

346.612 

4.621.500 

4.621.500 

3.466.125 

2.772.900 

346.612 

TOTAL 

7 

195.119.100 185.035.100 108.662.725 53.283.635  1.526.332 

EN 

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Projects Decided 2000-2003 Hungary - € 

Sub-Sector 

N° of 
Projects 

Total Cost 

Total Eligible 
Costs 

Total ISPA 
Contribution 

% of 
Sector 

% of 
Country 

Commitments 
2003 

Payments 2003 

Commitments
2000-3 

Payments 
2000-3 

 Environment  

Drinking Water, 
Sewage and 
SolidWaste 

Drinking Water 
and Sewage  

Solid Waste 
Collection System

Sewage Network/ 
Treatment Plant 

2 

3 

7.405.000 

7.405.000 

5.553.750 

1,67 

4.210.596 

1.060.596 

4.453.596 

1.303.596 

22.545.600 

22.545.600 

11.644.600 

3,50 

518.880 

205.052 

9.315.680 

1.318.902 

12 

278.204.601 

278.204.601 

176.537.054 

53,07 

10.365.600 

11.257.600 

108.854.931 

17.429.215 

8 

250.219.200 

250.219.200 

138.909.150 

41,76 

35.426.255 

4.727.621 

63.449.028 

10.669.051 

Sector Total 

25 

558.374.401 

558.374.401 

332.644.554 

100,00 

50,70 

50.521.331 

17.250.869 

186.073.235 

30.720.764 

 Transport  

Rail 

Road 

Rail and Road 

7 

3 

1 

487.337.796 

481.176.100 

245.150.975 

75,92 

35.100.000 

30.555.837 

145.038.675 

73.351.498 

169.262.969 

148.476.002 

74.288.001 

23,,1 

7.524.850 

7.413.800 

34.488.946 

9.550.526 

4.621.500 

4.621.500 

3.466.125 

1.07 

2.772.900 

346.612 

2.772.900 

346.612 

Sector Total 

11 

661.222.265 

634.273.602 

322.905.101 

100,00 

49,22 

45.397.750 

38.306.249 

182.300.521 

83.248.637 

EDIS 

1 

540.000 

540.000 

540.000 

100,00 

0,08 

55.760 

324.000 

487.760 

432.000 

TOTAL 

37 

1.220.136.666 1.193.188.003 656.089.655

100,00 

95.974.841 

55.881.117  368.861.516 114.401.401 

EDIS 

EN 

75 

   EN 

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Technical Assistance Measures 2000-2003 Hungary - € 

Technical Assistance 
Sub-Sector 

N° of 
Projects 

Total Cost 

Total Eligible Cost

Total ISPA 
Contribution 

Commitments 
2003 

Payments 2003

Commitments 
2000-3 

Payments 
2000-3 

Environment 

2 

2 

2 

6 

3 

1 

1 

5 

1 

9 

Drinking Water , 
Sewage and Solid 
Waste 

Drinking Water and 
Sewage  

Sewage Network/ 
Treatment Plant 

Sector Total 

Rail 

Road 

Rail and Road 

Sector Total 

EDIS 

TOTAL 

EN 

7.405.000 

7.405.000 

5.553.750 

4.210.596 

1.060.596 

4.453.596 

1.303.596 

838.600 

838.600 

791.100 

518.880 

205.052 

632.880 

233.552 

3.536.200 

3.536.200 

2.652.150 

- 

670.121 

2.121.720 

1.619.951 

11.779.800 

11.779.800 

8.997.000 

4.729.476 

1.935.769 

7.208.196 

3.157.099 

Transport 

2.338.100 

2.338.100 

1.753.575 

200.000 

200.000 

150.000 

- 

- 

554.879 

1.456.575 

884.123 

- 

136.772 

136.772 

4.621.500 

4.621.500 

3.466.125 

2.772.900 

346.612 

2.772.900 

346.612 

7.159.600 

7.159.600 

5.369.700 

2.772.900 

901.491 

4.366.247 

1.367.507 

EDIS 

540.000 

540.000 

540.000 

55.760 

324.000 

487.760 

432.000 

19.479.400 

19.479.400 

14.906.700 

7.558.136 

3.161.260  12.062.203

4.956.606 

76 

   EN 

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Projects Decided 2003 Latvia - € 

Sector 

N° of 
Projects 

Total Cost 

Total Eligible 
Cost 

Total ISPA 
Contribution 

Commitments 

Payments 

Environment 

Drinking, 
watersewage and 
solid waste 

Solid waste 
collection system 

Sector Total 

Road 

Sector Total 

1 

2 

3 

1 

1 

20.760.902 

19.866.892 

14.900.169 

11.920.135 

12.083.500 

11.451.400 

7.939.500 

6.351.600 

32.844.402 

31.318.292 

22.839.669 

18.271.735 

Transport 

12.621.727 

11.744.420 

8.808.315 

6.994.527 

12.621.727 

11.744.420 

8.808.315 

6.994.527 

TOTAL 

45.466.129 43.062.712 31.647.984 25.266.262 

- 

- 

- 

- 

- 

- 

EN 

77 

   EN

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Projects Decided 2000-2003 Latvia - € 

Sub-Sector 

N° of 
Projects 

Total Cost 

Total Eligible 
Cost 

Total ISPA 
Contribution 

% of 
Sector 

% of 
Country 

Commitments 
2003 

Payments 2003 

Commitments
2000-3 

Payments 
2000-2 

Environment 

Drinking Water 
Pipes/ Plant 

Drinking Water 
and Sewage  

Solid Waste 
Collection System

Drinking Water, 
Sewage and Solid 
Waste 

1 

5 

5 

2 

11.495.000 

9.463.000 

7.097.000 

5,24 

- 

709.700 

5.677.600 

709.700 

156.704.448 

138.015.548 

90.590.261 

74,04 

9.044.000 

3.363.014 

59.208.609 

13.546.515 

30.551.400 

30.551.400 

19.443.300 

14,36 

7.633.020 

2.646.451 

16.836.060 

3.796.832 

24.376.892 

24.376.892 

18.282.669 

13,50 

12.120.135 

1.020.532 

14.826.135 

1.358.782 

Sector Total 

13 

223.127.740 

202.406.840 

135.413.230 

100,00 

43,65 

28.797.155 

7.739.697 

96.548.404 

19.411.828 

Rail 

Road 

5 

6 

159.646.549 

150.915.181 

113.214.893 

65,02 

10.496.193 

5.304.230 

53.300.848 

16.872.293 

81.219.155 

81.219.155 

60.913.135 

34,98 

14.111.743 

8.200.331 

44.351.620 

13.854.835 

Sector Total 

11 

240.865.704 

232.134.336 

174.128.028 

100,00 

56,13 

24.607.936 

13.504.561 

97.652.468 

30.727.128 

Transport 

EDIS 

1 

700.000 

700.000 

700.000 

100,00 

0,22 

140.000 

288.395 

700.000 

518.215 

TOTAL 

25 

464.693.444 435.241.176 310.241.258

100,00 

53.545.091 

21.532.653  194.900.872 50.657.171 

EDIS 

EN 

78 

   EN 

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Technical Assistance Measures 2000-2003 Latvia - € 

Technical 
Assistance 
Sub-Sector 

Drinking Water, 
Sewage and 
Solid Waste 

Sector Total 

Rail 

Road 

Sector Total 

EDIS 

TOTAL 

N° of Projects 

Total Cost 

Total Eligible Cost 

Total ISPA 
Contribution 

Commitments 
2003 

Payments 2003

Commitments
2000-3 

Payments 
2000-3 

Environment 

2 

2 

1 

1 

2 

1 

5 

24.376.892 

24.376.892 

18.282.669 

12.120.135 

1.020.532 

14.826.135 

1.358.782 

24.376.892 

24.376.892 

18.282.669 

12.120.135 

1.020.532 

14.826.135 

1.358.782 

Transport 

386.991 

860.000 

386.991 

318.750 

- 

- 

290.243 

278.449 

860.000 

643.769 

127.769 

101.015 

643.769 

230.015 

1.246.991 

1.246.991 

962.519 

127.769 

101.015 

934.012 

508.464 

EDIS 

700.000 

700.000 

700.000 

140.000 

288.395 

700.000 

518.215 

26.323.883 

26.323.883 

19.945.188  12.387.904

1.409.942  16.460.147

2.385.461 

EN 

79 

   EN 

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Projects Decided 2003 Lithuania - € 

Sector 

N° of 
Projects 

Total Cost 

Total 
Eligible 
Cost 

Total ISPA 
Contribution

Environment 

Commitments  Payments 

Drinking and 
sewage water and 
solid waste 

Sewage Network/ 
Treatment Plant 

Solid Waste 
Collection System 

Sector Total 

Road 

Rail 

Sector Total 

1 

1 

2 

4 

1 

1 

2 

2.376.375 

2.376.375 

1.782.281 

1.425.825 

7.887.000 

7.887.000 

5.915.250 

4.732.200 

27.660.000 

27.660.000 

18.587.745 

14.870.196 

37.923.375 

37.923.375 

26.285.276 

21.028.221 

Transport 

800.000 

800.000 

600.000 

480.000 

5.300.000 

5.300.000 

3.975.000 

2.773.128 

6.100.000 

6.100.000 

4.575.000 

3.253.128 

- 

- 

- 

- 

- 

- 

- 

TOTAL 

6 

44.023.375 44.023.375 30.860.276

24.281.349 

- 

EN 

80 

   EN

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Projects Decided 2000-2003 Lithuania - € 

Sub-Sector 

N° of 
Projects 

Total Cost 

Total Eligible 
Cost 

Total ISPA 
Contribution 

% of 
Sector 

% of 
Country 

Commitments 
2003 

Payments 2003 

Commitments
2000-3 

Payments 2000-3 

Environment 

Drinking, Sewage 
Water and Solid 
Waste 

Drinking and 
Sewage Water 

Solid Waste 
Collection System

Sewage Network/ 
Treatment Plant 

2 

3 

8 

6 

11.706.375 

11.706.375 

8.779.781 

6.47 

1.425.825 

60.075.400 

56.412.900 

28.527.850 

21,01 

- 

- 

- 

7.023.825 

2.098.603 

22.822.280 

4.453.172 

97.206.594 

97.206.594 

58.113.099 

42,80 

14.870.196 

2.570.648 

45.991.105 

3.952.535 

60.046.000 

60.046.000 

40.355.140 

29,72 

5.392.200 

1.774.000 

32.284.112 

3.636.489 

Sector Total 

19 

229.034.369 

225.371.869 

135.775.870 

100,00 

47,95 

21.688.221 

4.344.648 

108.121.322 

14.140.799 

Rail 

Road 

5 

6 

192.007.067 

192.007.067 

73.852.484 

50,25 

15.188.026 

9.356.752 

48.042.415 

13.023.217 

103.422.487 

103.422.487 

73.129.625 

49,75 

16.241.794 

17.462.897 

60.460.327 

43.774.424 

Sector Total 

11 

295.429.554 

295.429.554 

146.982.109 

100,.00 

51,91 

31.429.820 

26.819.650 

108.502.742 

56.797.641 

Transport 

EDIS 

1 

381.420 

381.420 

381.420 

100,00 

0,14 

- 

181.212 

381.420 

257.496 

TOTAL 

31 

524.845.343 521.182.843 283.139.399

100,00 

53.118.041 

31.345.510  217.005.484

71.195.935 

EDIS 

EN 

81 

   EN 

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Technical Assistance Measures 2000-2003 Lithuania - € 

Technical Assistance 
Sub-Sector 

N° of Projects 

Total Cost 

Total Eligible Cost 

Total ISPA 
Contribution 

Commitments 
2003 

Payments 2003

Commitments
2000-3 

Payments 
2000-3 

Environment 

Drinking, Sewage Water 
and Solid Waste 

Sector Total 

Rail 

Road 

Sector Total 

EDIS 

TOTAL 

2 

2 

2 

1 

3 

1 

4 

11.706.375 

11.706.375 

8.779.781 

1.425.825 

11.706.375 

11.706.375 

8.779.781 

1.425.825 

- 

- 

7.023.825 

2.098.603 

7.023.825 

2.098.603 

Transport 

6.550.000 

6.550.000 

4.912.500 

2.960.628 

319.734 

3.710.628 

507.234 

800.000 

800.000 

600.000 

480.000 

- 

480.000 

- 

7.350.000 

7.350.000 

5.512.500 

3.440.628 

319.734 

4.190.628 

507.234 

EDIS 

381.420 

381.420 

381.420 

- 

181.212 

381.420 

257.496 

19.437.795 

19.437.795 

14.673.701  4.866.453 

500.946 

11.595.873

2.863.333 

EN 

82 

   EN 

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Projects Decided 2003 Poland - € 

Sub-Sector 

N° of 
Projects 

Total Cost 

Total Eligible 
Cost 

Total ISPA 
Contribution 

Commitments 
2003 

Payments 
2003 

Drinking water 
pipes/plant 

Drinking and 
Sewage 
Water 

Drinking and 
Sewage 
Water and 
solid waste 

Sewage 
Network/ 
Treatment 
Plant 

Solid Waste 
Collection 
System 

Sector Total 

Road 

Rail 

Sector Total 

Environment 

- 

- 

- 

- 

- 

232.774.872 

220.613.900 

140.943.535 

39.246.646 

0 

7 

1 

15.900.000 

15.900.000 

11.925.000 

9.540.000 

1.192.500 

- 

- 

4 

119.844.503 

109.344.600 

74.239.440 

22.988.984 

0 

12 

3 

1 

4 

- 

- 

- 

- 

368.519.375 

345.858.500 

227.107.975 

71.775.630 

1.192.500 

Transport 

236.276.000 

226.996.000 

170.247.000 

55.259.896 

3.625.000 

3.625.000 

2.718.750 

2.175.000 

239.901.000 

230.621.000 

172.965.750 

57.434.896 

- 

- 

- 

TOTAL 

16 

608.420.375  576.479.500  400.073.725 

129.210.526 

1.192.500 

EN 

83 

   EN

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
  
 
Projects Decided 2000-2003 Poland - € 

Sub-Sector 

N° of 
Projects

Total Cost 

Total Eligible Cost

Total ISPA 
Contribution 

% of 
Sector

% of 
Country 

Commitments 
2003 

Payments 2003

Commitments 
2000-3 

Payments 2000-3 

Environment 

Drinking Water 
Pipes/ Plant 

Drinking and 
Sewage Water 

Solid Waste 
Collection 
System 

Drinking, 
Sewage Water 
and Solid Waste

Sewage 
Network/ 
Treatment Plant 

3 

88.496.960 

86.422.659 

54.205.296 

4% 

0 

433.584 

41.338.284 

5.854.114 

18 

1.267.069.188 

 1.200.371.616 

736.561.862 

58% 

135.364.396 

49.675.144 

362.047.305 

73.218.512 

6 

2 

16 

131.297.442 

116.674.950 

76.276.547 

6% 

0 

6.329.254 

61.021.237 

11.884.859 

20.450.000 

20.450.000 

15.337.500 

1% 

9.540.000 

1.642.628 

12.952.500 

2.675.890 

687.044.677 

643.918.600 

402.809.840 

31% 

43.947.814 

2.478.520 

249.958.544 

38.455.160 

Sector Total 

43 

2.194.358.267 

2.067.837.825 

1.285.191.045 

100,00 

49.36 

188.852.210 

60.559.130 

727.317.870 

132.088.535 

Rail 

Road 

Sector Total 

12 

12 

24 

744.041.544 

744.041.544 

558.181.177 

42,95 

64.488.334 

46.780.327 

311.593.023 

112.966.210 

989.725.000 

989.725.000 

742.293.750 

57,05 

124.635.916 

64.757.012 

413.745.347 

130.536.063 

1.733.766.544 

1.733.766.544 

1.300.474.927 

100,00 

50.58 

189.124.250 

111.834.339 

725.338.370 

243.502.273 

Transport 

EDIS 

1 

1.630.000 

1.630.000 

1.630.000 

100,00 

0,06 

- 

326.000 

1.630.000 

623.000 

TOTAL 

70 

3.929.752.811 3.803.234.369 2.587.295.972

100,00  377.976.460 172.719.469 1.454.286.240 376.213.808 

EDIS 

EN 

84 

   EN 

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Technical Assistance Measures 2000-2003 Poland - € 

Technical Assistance 
Sub-Sector 

N° of Projects 

Total Cost 

Total Eligible 
Cost 

Total ISPA 
Contribution 

Commitments 
2003 

Payments 2003

Commitments
2000-3 

Payments 
2000-3 

Environment 

Drinking, Sewage Water 
and Solid Waste 

Sector Total 

Rail 

Road 

Sector Total 

EDIS 

2 

2 

5 

3 

8 

1 

20.450.000 

20.450.000 

15.337.500 

9.540.000 

1.642.628 

12.952.500 

2.675.890 

20.450.000 

20.450.000 

15.337.500 

9.540.000 

1.642.628 

12.952.500 

2.675.890 

Transport 

26.515.000 

26.515.000 

20.051.250 

8.582.000 

943.590 

17.775.000 

2.075.090 

12.525.000 

12.525.000 

9.393.750 

1.383.750 

916.875 

5.778.750 

916.875 

39.040.000 

39.040.000 

29.445.000 

9.965.750 

1.860.465 

23.553.750 

2.991.965 

EDIS 

1.630.000 

1.630.000 

1.630.000 

- 

623.000 

1.630.000 

623.000 

TOTAL 

11 

61.120.000 

61.120.000 

46.412.500 

19.505.750 

4.126.093 

38.136.250 

6.290.855 

EN 

85 

   EN 

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Projects Decided 2003 Romania - € 

Sector 

N° of 
Projects 

Total Cost 

Total 
Eligible Cost

Total ISPA 
Contribution

Commitments  Payments 

Drinking Water 
and Sewage  

Drinking Water, 
Sewage and solid 
waste 

Solid Waste 
Collection System 

Sector Total 

Rail 

TOTAL 

3 

1 

2 

6 

1 

7 

Environment 

100.756.000 

100.756.000 

77.317.000 

55.932.375 

12.750.000 

12.750.000 

9.945.000 

7.956.000 

46.695.000 

46.695.000 

35.021.250 

28.380.000 

160.904.000 

160.201.000 

122.283.250 

92.268.375 

Transport 

214.979.400 

199.485.770 

149.614.328 

104.730.029 

375.883.400 359.686.770 271.897.578 196.998.404 

- 

- 

- 

- 

- 

- 

EN 

86 

   EN

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Projects Decided 2000-2003 Romania - € 

Sub-Sector 

N° of 
Projects 

Total Cost 

Total Eligible Cost

Total ISPA 
Contribution 

% of 
Sector 

% of 
Country

Commitments 
2003 

Payments 
2003 

Commitments 
2000-3 

Payments 2000-3 

Environment 

Drinking Water and 
Sewage  

Drinking Water, 
Sewage and solid 
waste 

Sewage Network/ 
Treatment Plant 

Solid waste 
collection 

13 

444.240.919 

444.240.919 

327.816.703 

50,51 

76.810.133 

254.877.683 

25.312.469 

1 

9 

4 

12.750.000 

12.750.000 

9.945.000 

1,53 

7.956.000 

7.956.000 

- 

344.164.553 

344.164.553 

254.846.150 

39,27 

18.227.360 

198.085.692 

32.862.114 

75.214.100 

75.214.100 

56.410.575 

8.69 

28.380.000 

45.491.460 

2.138.932 

Sector Total 

27 

876.369.572 

876.369.572 

649.018.428 

100,00 

44,98 

131.373.493 

506.410.835 

60.313.515 

Rail 

Road 

Inland Waterway 

3 

6 

1 

509.258.358 

509.258.358 

381.943.769 

554.465.237 

554.465.237 

409.926.024 

2.000.000 

2.000.000 

1.500.000 

48,14 

51,67 

0,19 

123.352.750 

6.000.000 

- 

267.612.191 

23.232.944 

226.429.696 

52.327.567 

1.500.000 

300.000 

Sector Total 

10 

1.065.723.595 

1.065.723.595 

793.369.793 

100,00 

54,98 

129.352.750 

495.241.887 

75.860.511 

Transport 

EDIS 

EDIS 

1 

605.000 

605.000 

605.000 

100,00 

0,04 

36.831 

- 

520.831 

180.940 

TOTAL 

31 

1.722.733.610 1.583.011.417 1.171.095.643

100,00 260.763.074 51.239.933 1.002.173.553 136.354.966 

EN 

87 

   EN 

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Technical Assistance Measures 2000-2003 Romania - € 

Technical Assistance 
Sub-Sector 

N° of Projects 

Total Cost 

Total Eligible 
Cost 

Total ISPA 
Contribution 

Commitments 
2003 

Payments 2003

Commitments 
2000-3 

Payments 
2000-3 

Drinking Water and 
Sewage  

Drinking Water, 
Sewage and Solid 
Waste 

Sewage Network/ 
Treatment Plant 

Sector Total 

Rail 

Road 

Inland Waterway 

Sector Total 

EDIS 

TOTAL 

EN 

Environment 

10.500.000 

10.500.000 

9.625.000 

5.600.000 

525.000 

7.700.000 

525.000 

12.750.000 

12.750.000 

9.945.000 

7.956.000 

- 

7.956.000 

- 

1.810.000 

1.810.000 

1.357.500 

- 

135.750 

1.086.000 

271.500 

25.060.000 

25.060.000 

20.927.500 

13.556.000 

660.750 

16.742.000 

796.500 

Transport 

850.000 

800.000 

600.000 

1.500.000 

1.500.000 

1.125.000 

2.000.000 

2.000.000 

1.500.000 

4.350.000 

4.300.000 

3.225.000 

- 

- 

- 

- 

- 

- 

480.000 

60.000 

900.000 

450.000 

300.000 

1.200.000 

300.000 

300.000 

2.580.000 

810.000 

EDIS 

605.000 

605.000 

605.000 

36.831 

- 

520.831 

180.940 

30.015.000 

30.015.000 24.757.500  13.592.831

960.750 

19.842.831

1.787.440 

2 

1 

1 

4 

1 

1 

1 

3 

1 

8 

88 

   EN 

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Projects Decided 2003 Slovakia - €  

Sector 

N° of 
Projects 

Total Cost 

Total 
Eligible Cost

Total ISPA 
Contribution

Commitments  Payments  

Air Pollution 

Drinking Water 
and Sewage  

Drinking Water, 
Sewage and Solid 
Waste 

Sewage Network 
/Treatment Plant 

Sector Total 

Rail and Road 

Sector Total 

1 

1 

1 

6 

9 

1 

1 

Environment 

12.000.000 

12.000.000 

9.000.000 

2.600.000 

- 

6.660.000 

6.660.000 

9.782.500 

5.830.000 

1.017.950 

820.000 

820.000 

615.000 

245.000 

119.217.462 

103.416.953 

61.854.163 

11.399.466 

- 

- 

138.697.462 

127.846.953 

81.251.663 

20.074.466 

1.017.950 

Transport 

1.600.000 

1.600.000 

1.200.000 

480.000 

1.600.000 

1.600.000 

1.200.000 

480.000 

- 

- 

TOTAL 

10 

140.297.462 129.446.953 82.451.663

20.554.466 

1.017.950 

EN 

89 

   EN

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Projects Decided 2000 - 2003 Slovakia - € 

Sub-Sector 

N° of 
Projects 

Total Eligible 
Cost 

Total ISPA 
Contribution 

% of
Sector

% of 
Country 

Commitments 
2003 

Payments 2003

Commitments 
2000-3 

Payments 
2000-3 

Air Pollution 

Drinking Water Pipes/ Plant 

Drinking Water and Sewage  

Drinking Water, Sewage and 
Solid Waste 

Sewage Network/ Treatment 
Plant 

Sector Total 

Rail 

Road 

Rail and Road 

Sector Total 

EDIS 

1 

1 

5 

2 

14 

23 

3 

1 

2 

6 

1 

Environment 

12.000.000 

9.000.000 

4,81 

2.600.000 

- 

2.600.000 

- 

28.000.000 

19.600.000 

10,48 

7.000.000 

1.960.000 

10.920.000 

1.960.000 

36.491.760 

27.263.320 

14,58 

11.422.764 

2.670.650 

20.005.420 

3.433.706 

11.340.000 

5.875.000 

3,14 

245.000 

526.000 

4.453.000 

526.000 

230.390.978 

125.218.219 

66,98 

11.399.466 

1.992.236 

58.365.760 

7.936.237 

318.222.738 

186.956.539 

100,00

51,62 

32.667.230 

7.148.886 

96.344.180 

13.855.943 

Transport 

261.769.000 

143.740.000 

82,73 

14.432.880 

14.615.404 

73.924.210 

33.817.394 

52.210.000 

27.149.200 

15,63 

2.714.920 

7.229.017 

21.719.360 

9.943.937 

3.800.000 

2.850.000 

1,64 

480.000 

330.000 

1.800.000 

330.000 

317.779.000 

173.739.200 

100,00

47,97 

17.627.800 

22.174.421 

97.443.570 

44.091.330 

1.450.000 

1.450.000 

100,00

0,41 

290.000 

580.000 

1.450.000 

1.160.000 

EDIS 

TOTAL 

30 

637.451.738

362.145.739 

100,00  50.585.030 29.903.307 195.237.750 59.107.273 

EN 

90 

   EN 

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Technical Assistance Measures 2000-2003 Slovakia - € 

Technical 
Assistance Sub-
Sector 

Drinking Water and 
Sewage  

Drinking Water, Sewage 
and Solid Waste 

Sector Total 

Rail and Road 

Sector Total 

EDIS 

TOTAL 

N° of Projects 

Total Cost 

Total 
Eligible 
Cost 

Total ISPA 
Contribution 

Commitments 
2003 

Payments 
2003 

Commitments
2000-3 

Payments 
2000-3 

Environment 

5 

1 

6 

2 

2 

1 

8 

12.881.760 

12.881.760 

10.736.320 

5.830.000 

1.017.950 

6.783.820 

1.781.006 

820.000 

820.000 

615.000 

245.000 

- 

245.000 

- 

13.701.760 

13.701.760 

11.351.320 

6.075.000 

1.017.950 

7.028.820 

1.781.006 

Transport 

3.800.000 

3.800.000 

2.850.000 

480.000 

330.000 

1.800.000 

330.000 

3.800.000 

3.800.000 

2.850.000 

480.000 

330.000 

1.800.000 

330.000 

EDIS 

1.450.000 

1.450.000 

1.450.000 

290.000 

580.000 

1.450.000 

1.160.000 

18.951.760 

18.951.760 15.651.320 

6.845.000 

19.279.500

10.278.820 

3.271.006 

EN 

91 

   EN 

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Projects Decided 2003 Slovenia - € 

Sector 

N° of 
Projects 

Total Cost 

Total 
Eligible Cost

Total ISPA 
Contribution

Commitments  Payments  

Environment 

Drinking Water 
and Sewage  

Sewage Network/ 
Treatment Plant 

Solid Waste 
Collection System 

Sector Total 

Rail 

Sector Total 

TOTAL 

1 

1 

1 

3 

1 

1 

4 

1.100.000 

1.100.000 

825.000 

660.000 

165.000 

5.997.469 

4.564.254 

2.282.127 

1.825.702 

10.138.480 

6.601.768 

3.300.884 

2.640.707 

- 

- 

17.235.949 

12.266.022 

6.408.011 

5.126.409 

165.000 

Transport 

22.038.787 

17.682.330 

10.078.928 

5.282.292 

22.038.787 

17.682.330 

10.078.928 

5.282.292 

- 

- 

39.274.736 29.948.352 16.486.939

10.408.701 

165.000 

EN 

92 

   EN

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Projects Decided 2000-2003 Slovenia - € 

Sub-Sector 

N° of 
Projects 

Total Cost 

Total Eligible 
Cost 

Total ISPA 
Contribution 

% of 
Sector 

% of 
Country 

Commitments 
2003 

Payments 2003 

Commitments
2000-3 

Payments 
2000-3 

Environment 

Drinking Water 
Pipes/ Plant 

Drinking Water 
and Sewage  

Solid Waste 
Collection System

Sewage Network/ 
Treatment Plant 

1 

2 

2 

6 

6.543.464 

5.122.168 

2.561.084 

5,46 

- 

470.034 

2.048.867 

726.142 

12.306.893 

10.114.272 

5.332.136 

11,36 

660.000 

165.000 

4.265.709 

615.714 

28.011.543 

16.544.768 

8.272.384 

17,62 

2.640.707 

- 

6.617.907 

497.150 

76.793.802 

59.989.341 

30.775.540 

65,56 

5.908.333 

5.872.867 

24.953.445 

10.395.564 

Sector Total 

11 

123.655.202 

91.770.549 

46.941.144 

100,00 

54,24 

9.209.040 

6507901 

37.885.928 

12.234.570 

Rail 

Sector Total 

EDIS 

5 

5 

1 

94.195.519 

75.608.967 

38.907.593 

100,00 

5.477.292 

2.931.513 

28.540.224 

9.499.626 

 94.195.519 

75.608.967 

38.907.593 

100,00 

44,95 

5.477.292 

2.931.513 

28.540.224 

9.499.626 

Transport 

699.900 

699.900 

699.900 

100,00 

0,81 

139.980 

139.980 

699.900 

279.960 

EDIS 

TOTAL 

17 

218.551.121 168.079.416

86.548.637 

100,00 

14.826.312 

9.579.394 

67.126.052 

22.014.156 

EN 

93 

   EN 

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Technical 
Assistance Sub-
Sector 

Drinking Water and 
Sewage  

Sewage 
network/treatment plant 

Sector Total 

Rail  

Sector Total 

EDIS 

TOTAL 

EN 

Technical Assistance Measures 2000-2003 Slovenia - € 

N° of Projects 

Total Cost 

Total 
Eligible Cost

Total ISPA 
Contribution

Commitments 
2003 

Payments 
2003 

Commitments 
2000-3 

Payments 
2000-3 

Environment 

1 

1 

2 

1 

1 

1 

4 

1.100.000 

1.100.000 

825.000 

660.000 

165.000 

660.000 

165.000 

300.000 

300.000 

225.000 

- 

157.470 

180.000 

179.970 

1.400.000 

1.400.000 

1.050.000 

660.000 

322.470 

840.000 

344.970 

Transport 

1.300.000 

1.300.000 

975.000 

195.000 

652.500 

975.000 

750.000 

1.300.000 

1.300.000 

975.000 

195.000 

652.500 

975.000 

750.000 

EDIS 

699.900 

699.900 

699.900 

139.980 

139.980 

699.900 

279.960 

3.399.900 

3.399.900 

2.724.900 

994.980 

1.114.950 

2.514.900 

1.374.930 

94 
EN 

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
ALAT 

EBRD 

EC 

EDIS 

EIA 

EIB 

EU 

FIDIC 

IFI 

ISPA 

LA 

NIB 

NGO 

OECD 

OLAF 

PHARE 

PPP 

PRAG 

SAPARD 

SSTA 

TEN-T 

TINA 

WFD 

List of abbreviations 

Local agent for technical assistance 

European Bank for Reconstruction and Development 

European Commission 

Extended Decentralised Implementation System 

Environmental Impact Assessment 

European Investment Bank 

European Union 

International Confederation of Consulting Engineers 

International Financial Institution 

Instrument for Structural Policy for Pre-Accession 

Local Agent 

Nordic Investment Bank 

Non-Governmental Organisation 

Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development 

European anti-fraud office 

Community  programme  for  assistance  for  economic 
restructuring in the countries of Central and Eastern Europe

Public Private Partnership 

Practical  Guide  to  PHARE,  ISPA  and  SAPARD  contract 
procedures 

Special  Accession  Programme  for  Agriculture  and  Rural 
Development 

Small-scale Technical Assistance 

Trans-European Transport Network 

Transport Infrastructure Needs Assessment 

Water Framework Directive 

EN 

95 

   EN 

 
Useful Information Sources 

ISPA on-line: 

http://www.europa.eu.int/comm/regional_policy/funds/ispa/ispa_en.htm 

DG Regional Policy on-line: 

http://www.europa.eu.int/comm/regional_policy/index_en.htm 

Documentation Centre: 

The European Commission 
DG Regional Policy  
B-1049 Brussels 
Tel: + 32.2.2960634 
Fax: + 32.2.2966003 
E-mail: regio-info@cec.eu.int 

European Union website: 

www.europa.eu.int 

DG Enlargement website: 

http://europa.eu.int/comm/enlargement/index.htm 

DG Environment website: 

http://europa.eu.int/comm/environment/index_en.htm 

DG Transport and Energy website 

http://europa.eu.int/comm/transport/index_en.html 

The EBRD website: 

The EIB website: 

www.ebrd.com 

www.eib.org 

EN 

96 

   EN 

 
Country 

Project Number 

Bulgaria 

Project List 

Commission 
Decision 
Signature 

Total 
Eligible 
Cost € 

% 
Grant 

ISPA 
Grant 
€ 

Commitments 
2000-2002 
€ 

Commitments 
2003 
€ 

Payments 
2000-2003 
€ 

2002/BG/16/P/PA/003 

TA for the preparation of EDIS 

18/12/2002 

892,555 

100.00% 

892,555 

714,044 

2000/BG/16/P/PE/003 

Stara Zagora - Dimitrovgrad: construction of new wastewater treatment plants 

18/12/2000 

43,399,688 

75.00% 

32,549,766 

29,294,789 

0 

0 

357,022 

3,254,977 

2001/BG/16/P/PE/005 

Gorna: wastewater collection and treatment 

17/12/2001 

16,633,945 

75.00% 

12,475,459 

9,775,027 

1,452,886 

1,247,546 

2001/BG/16/P/PE/006 

Pazardjik wastewater collection and treatment 

06/12/2001 

19,110,968 

65.00% 

12,422,129 

9,937,703 

1,242,213 

1,242,213 

2001/BG/16/P/PE/008 

Blagoevgrad wastewater treatment plant 

20/11/2001 

12,580,465 

70.00% 

8,806,326 

7,045,060 

880,633 

880,633 

2002/BG/16/P/PE/009 

Bourgas-Meden Rudnik wastewater collection and treatment 

10/12/2002 

10,206,220 

75.00% 

7,654,665 

6,123,732 

2002/BG/16/P/PE/010 

Targovishte wastewater collection and treatment 

10/12/2002 

15,235,915 

75.00% 

11,426,936 

9,141,549 

2002/BG/16/P/PE/011 

Lovech wastewater collection and treatment 

10/12/2002 

18,396,575 

75.00% 

13,797,431 

11,037,945 

2002/BG/16/P/PE/012 

Montana wastewater collection and treatment 

10/12/2002 

16,741,237 

75.00% 

12,555,928 

10,044,742 

2002/BG/16/P/PE/014 

Sevlievo wastewater collection and treatment 

13/12/2002 

13,987,623 

75.00% 

10,490,717 

8,392,574 

2002/BG/16/P/PE/015 

Popovo wastewater collection and treatment 

13/12/2002 

11,860,433 

75.00% 

8,895,326 

7,116,261 

2000/BG/16/P/PE/002 

Regional landfills (group) - waste management:Sozopol, Rousse, Montana, 
Pernik, Sevlievo, Silistra 

18/12/2000 

60,577,513 

75.00% 

45,433,135 

40,889,821 

Nodal point 

2000/BG/16/P/PT/002 

Sofia airport: reconstruction, development and extension 

IV & IX  

2001/BG/16/P/PT/003 

Plovdiv-Svilengrad: rail electrification and upgrading 

IV & VIII  

2001/BG/16/P/PA/001 

Technical assistance Danube bridge 

12/10/2000 

20/11/2001 

09/08/2001 

135,135,13
5
340,000,00
0
5,880,000 

37.00% 

50,000,000 

40,000,000 

45.00% 

85.00% 

153,000,00
0
4,998,000 

3,998,400 

45,900,000 

26,887,500 

15,300,000 

IV, VIII & IX 

2000/BG/16/P/PT/001 

Transit Roads Rehabilitation project III 

12/10/2000 

40,000,000 

75.00% 

30,000,000 

24,000,000 

IV & VIII 

2001/BG/16/P/PT/004 

Ljulin motorway (Sofia ring road to Daskalovo road junction) 

10/12/2002 

148,450,00
0

75.00% 

111,337,50
0

52,000,000 

12,356,666 

11,133,750 

EN 

97 

   EN 

0 

0 

0 

0 

0 

0 

0 

0 

765,467 

1,142,694 

1,379,743 

1,255,593 

1,049,072 

889,533 

4,543,314 

10,000,000 

0 

0 

3,878,782 

3,000,000 

 
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
Czech Republic 

2001/CZ/16/P/PA/004 

Technical  assistance:  assessment  of  capacity  to  implement  Ispa 
projects under EDIS 

14/12/2001 

763,940 

100.00% 

2000/CZ/16/P/PA/002 

Technical assistance in the field of environment 

29/12/2000 

380,000 

75.00% 

763,940 

285,000 

680,902 

83,038 

544,001 

228,000 

Commission
Decision 
Signature 

Total 
Eligible 
Cost € 

% 
Grant 

ISPA 
Grant 
€ 

Commitments 
2000-2002 
€ 

Commitments 
2003 
€ 

Payments 
2000-2003 
€ 

2002/CZ/16/P/PE/012 

2001/CZ/16/P/PE/004 

2002/CZ/16/P/PE/010 

2000/CZ/16/P/PE/001 

Clean river Becva 
Podkrusnohori:  Reconstruction  drinking  water  supply  system, 
construction  sewerage  system,  reconstruction  water  treatment 
Jesenik:  waste  water  disposal  management  and  drinking  water 
supply 
Ostrava  City  -  sewage  system  upgrading  in  the  Ostrava  city-main 
sewers 

13/12/2002 

46,218,949 

70.00% 

32,353,264 

12,000,000 

23/10/2001 

19,800,500 

65.00% 

12,870,325 

10,296,260 

16/09/2002 

15,242,000 

60.00% 

9,145,200 

7,316,160 

21/12/2000 

24,842,809 

67.00% 

16,644,682 

13,315,746 

2000/CZ/16/P/PE/002 

Brno City, Reconstruction of sewerage and sewers 

29/12/2000 

28,319,640 

63.00% 

17,841,373 

14,273,098 

2001/CZ/16/P/PE/005 

Jihlava waste water treatment plant and sewer upgrading system 

17/12/2001 

14,800,000 

65.00% 

9,620,000 

7,696,000 

2001/CZ/16/P/PE/008 

Olomouc sewer system upgrading 

18/12/2001 

14,462,000 

70.00% 

10,123,400 

8,098,720 

2001/CZ/16/P/PE/009  Water protection of Dyje river basin 

10/12/2002 

49,099,000 

68.00% 

33,387,320 

12,000,000 

0 

0 

0 

0 

0 

0 

0 

0 

0 

28,500 

3,235,326 

1,287,033 

914,520 

3,631,118 

7,743,201 

962,000 

1,012,340 

3,338,732 

2002/CZ/16/P/PM/001 

Floods  2002  relief:  reconstruction  of  transport  and  environment 
infrastructure damaged in August 2002

18/10/2002 

35,294,118 

85.00% 

30,000,000 

24,000,000 

6,000,000 

23,745,361 

2000/CZ/16/P/PT/002 

Ústí nad Orlicí - Ceská Trebová: Modernisation of the line section 

29/12/2000 

28,600,160 

50.00% 

14,300,080 

12,870,072 

0 

5,543,000 

2000/CZ/16/P/PT/006  Modernisation of the line section Zabori-Prelouc 

22/12/2000 

61,814,839 

50.00% 

30,907,420 

24,725,936 

3,090,742 

9,559,284 

IV  

IV  

Link IV-VI 

2002/CZ/16/P/PT/013 

Various  

2001/CZ/16/P/PA/003 

Zabreh na Morave-Krasikov: optimalisation of railway section 
Technical  assistance 
implementation 

transport  project  management  and 

in 

17/10/2002 

08/05/2001 

121,299,69
0
200,000 

60.00% 

72,779,814 

23,321,188 

100.00% 

200,000 

0 

0 

7,277,981 

159,966 

Various 

2000/CZ/16/P/PA/001 

Technical assistance for the project preparation in field of transport 

29/12/2000 

833,333 

75.00% 

562,500 

62,500 

340,348 

200,000 

625,000 

VI  

VI  

IV  

VI  

EN 

2000/CZ/16/P/PT/001 

Road 1/48 Belotín By-pass 

26/10/2001 

28,528,535 

60.00% 

17,117,121 

13,693,697 

0 

1,711,712 

2000/CZ/16/P/PT/003 

2001/CZ/16/P/PT/009 

2001/CZ/16/P/PT/012 

Road I/48 Frýdek-Místek-Dobrá 
Prague-Ustí  nad  Laben  Motorway:  section  807  Trmice-  German 
Border 
Dobra-Tosanovice-Zukov  R48  expressway:  stage  1  Dobra-
Tosanovice 

22/12/2000 

33,986,128 

60.00% 

20,391,677 

16,313,342 

4,078,335 

10,848,315 

21/10/2003 

17/12/2001 

123,553,00
0
32,996,127 

50.00% 

61,776,500 

0 

12,355,300 

6,177,650 

60.00% 

19,797,676 

15,838,140 

0 

1,979,768 

98 

   EN 

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
Estonia 

Commission
Decision 
Signature 

Total 
Eligible 
Cost € 

% 
Grant 

ISPA 
Grant 
€ 

Commitments 
2000-2002 
€ 

Commitments 
2003 
€ 

Payments 
2000-2003 
€ 

2001/EE/16/P/PA/002 

2001/EE/16/P/PA/003 

2001/EE/16/P/PA/005 

Technical assistance decentralisation 
Pärnu  River  Basin:  technical  assistance  for  water  infrastructure 
plan for compliance with EC water legislation
(5-6)Technical  assistance  for  East-Harju  and  Keila  -  Vasalemma 
water protection project 

14/05/2001 

435,760 

100.00% 

17/12/2001 

200,000 

75.00% 

14/12/2001 

960,000 

75.00% 

435,760 

150,000 

720,000 

435,760 

0 

196,588 

120,000 

30,000 

30,000 

720,000 

2001/EE/16/P/PE/007 

Tartu: expansion and rehabilitation of water and sewage network 

13/12/2001 

17,020,000 

71.00% 

12,084,200 

9,667,360 

2001/EE/16/P/PE/008 

Narva water and wastewater network 

04/12/2002 

6,870,000 

75.00% 

5,152,500 

4,122,000 

0 

0 

0 

72,000 

1,208,420 

515,250 

2002/EE/16/P/PE/011 

Valga waste & drinking water 

13/12/2002 

7,000,000 

75.00% 

5,250,000 

1,000,000 

1,500,000 

525,000 

2002/EE/16/P/PE/012 

2003/EE/16/P/PA/011 

2000/EE/16/P/PE/001 

2000/EE/16/P/PE/002 

2000/EE/16/P/PE/003 

2000/EE/16/P/PE/004 

2001/EE/16/P/PE/005 

2001/EE/16/P/PE/006 

2002/EE/16/P/PE/010 

 I 

2000/EE/16/P/PA/001 

 I + Link to I 

2002/EE/16/P/PA/009 

 I + Link to I 

2000/EE/16/P/PT/001 

 I 

2001/EE/16/P/PA/004 

Rapla water management 
Harju  sub  river  basin:  technical  assistance  for  district  water 
management plan 

Tartu Tunnel Collector project, K2 
Viljandi: Establishment of a central municipal wastewater treatment 
plant 

Narva City Sewage Treatment Plant Rehabilitation 
Tallinn waste management: phase 1- establishment of new landfill 
and waste treatment plant 
Tallinn waste management Phase II: closing down Pääskula landfill 
(County of Harju) 
Parnu  waste  management:  establishment  of  sanitary  landfill  and 
closure of existing landfill 

Narva: closure of ash field n°2 
Technical assistance for the rail sector (design, tender documents, 
detailed environmental impact assessment for South-East Railway 
Technical  assistance  for  transport  sector:  project  preparation  and 
management 

Via Baltica: rehabilitation of Ikla-Tallinn-Narva road 
Technical  assistance  for  reconstruction  of  Väo-Maardu  of  E20 
Tallinn-Narva road 

04/12/2002 

4,260,000 

75.00% 

3,195,000 

1,000,000 

1,000,000 

319,500 

01/07/2003 

560,000 

75.00% 

420,000 

0 

336,000 

42,000 

01/12/2000 

7,700,000 

71.00% 

5,467,000 

4,373,600 

29/12/2000 

6,361,150 

74.00% 

4,707,251 

3,765,801 

01/12/2000 

8,935,000 

56.00% 

5,003,600 

4,002,880 

29/12/2000 

6,110,000 

75.00% 

4,582,500 

3,666,000 

08/06/2001 

11,060,000 

75.00% 

8,295,000 

6,636,000 

14/12/2001 

8,713,489 

63.00% 

5,489,498 

4,391,598 

18/12/2002 

7,106,000 

84.00% 

5,969,000 

4,000,000 

28/12/2000 

1,800,000 

75.00% 

1,350,000 

1,350,000 

27/11/2002 

10,000,000 

75.00% 

7,500,000 

6,000,000 

01/12/2000 

16,961,073 

75.00% 

12,720,805 

12,720,805 

0 

0 

0 

0 

0 

0 

0 

0 

0 

0 

1,780,282 

1,623,974 

1,437,946 

2,423,567 

829,500 

548,950 

596,900 

1,080,000 

750,000 

10,176,644 

29/11/2001 

500,000 

75.00% 

375,000 

300,000 

75,000 

244,969 

 I + Link to I 

2001/EE/16/P/PT/002 

Via Baltica Phase II: rehabilitation of Ikla-Tallinn-Narva Road 

14/08/2001 

30,244,698 

75.00% 

22,683,523 

16,861,773 

2,000,000 

7,528,845 

 I  

2002/EE/16/P/PA/008 

 Not appl.  

2002/EE/16/P/PA/010 

 Link to I  

2002/EE/16/P/PT/003 

EN 

fixed 

Tallinn: technical assistance for mainland connections of Corridor I 
Saarmaa 
financial  and 
link: 
environmental analysis 
Kukruse-Johvi:  reconstruction  part  of  E20  Tallinn-Narva  road  (Via 
Baltica phase III) 

technical  assistance 

for 

17/09/2002 

2,000,000 

80.00% 

1,600,000 

1,280,000 

0 

300,000 

01/07/2003 

400,000 

75.00% 

300,000 

0 

240,000 

30,000 

13/12/2002 

13,520,000 

75.00% 

10,140,000 

2,090,000 

4,000,000 

1,014,000 

99 

   EN 

 
 
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
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Commission
Decision 
Signature 

Total 
Eligible 
Cost € 

% 
Grant 

ISPA 
Grant 
€ 

Commitments 
2000-2002 
€ 

Commitments 
2003 
€ 

Payments 
2000-2003 
€ 

2001/HU/16/P/PA/010 

Technical assistance for EDIS 

07/10/2002 

540,000 

100.00% 

432,000 

55,760 

324,000 

2001/HU/16/P/PA/008 

2001/HU/16/P/PE/009 

2003/HU/16/P/PA/011 

2000/HU/16/P/PA/005 

2003/HU/16/P/PA/012 

Technical  assistance  for  implementation  of  urban  waste  water 
directives in major cities 
Pécs:  extension  of  city's  sewer  system;  protection  of  water 
resources of region 
Zagyva-Tarna  river  basin:  technical  assistance  for  elaboration  of 
management plan 
Technical  assistance  improvement  2001  project  documents  - 
preparation tenders 
Technical  assistance  for  the  rpreparation  of  Cohesion  Fund 
financed environment projects

14/12/2001 

190,000 

75.00% 

114,000 

13/12/2001 

21,707,000 

50.00% 

10,853,500 

8,682,800 

0 

0 

103,832 

1,085,350 

08/08/2003 

648,600 

100.00% 

09/03/2001 

405,000 

75.00% 

648,600 

303,750 

0 

518,880 

129,720 

243,000 

10,596 

253,596 

03/07/2003 

7,000,000 

75.00% 

5,250,000 

0 

4,200,000 

1,050,000 

540,000 

142,500 

2000/HU/16/P/PA/001 

Budapest: technical assistance for waste water treatment plant 

22/12/2000 

2,096,200 

75.00% 

1,572,150 

1,257,720 

2000/HU/16/P/PE/001  Györ: upgrading of Sewage Treatment Plant 

21/12/2000 

14,500,000 

50.00% 

7,250,000 

4,350,000 

2000/HU/16/P/PE/003 

Szeged: waste water collection and treatment plant 

22/12/2000 

66,650,000 

50.00% 

33,325,000 

14,568,600 

2001/HU/16/P/PA/009 

Technical assistance for preparation Ispa projects 

13/12/2001 

1,440,000 

75.00% 

1,080,000 

864,000 

2001/HU/16/P/PE/011 

Sopron: sewerage and sewage treatment programme 

14/12/2001 

18,682,000 

50.00% 

9,341,000 

6,982,453 

2000/HU/16/P/PE/002 

Hajdú-Bihar:  selective  waste  collection  and  solid  waste 
management system 

10/11/2000 

18,738,000 

75.00% 

14,053,500 

11,242,800 

2000/HU/16/P/PE/004  Miskolc: regional waste management project 

15/03/2001 

12,900,000 

70.00% 

9,030,000 

7,224,000 

2000/HU/16/P/PE/005 

Szeged: regional waste management programme 

22/12/2000 

12,797,930 

65.00% 

8,318,654 

6,654,923 

2000/HU/16/P/PE/006 

Tisza Lake: municipal waste management system 

17/12/2001 

8,140,000 

60.00% 

4,884,000 

3,907,200 

2000/HU/16/P/PE/007 

Szolnok: solid waste management system 

22/12/2000 

10,280,000 

70.00% 

7,196,000 

5,756,800 

2001/HU/16/P/PE/008  Mid-Danube-Tisza Plain Regional solid waste management project 

13/12/2001 

23,739,000 

50.00% 

11,869,500 

9,495,600 

2001/HU/16/P/PE/010 

Sajó-Bodva: regional solid waste management system 

17/12/2001 

12,729,000 

50.00% 

6,364,500 

5,091,600 

2002/HU/16/P/PE/014 

North-East of Pest county: municipal solid waste management 

10/12/2002 

24,742,800 

50.00% 

12,371,400 

9,897,120 

2002/HU/16/P/PE/015 

Homokhátság: regional communal solid waste management 

10/12/2002 

44,177,333 

75.00% 

33,133,000 

11,039,538 

2002/HU/16/P/PE/016 

2002/HU/16/P/PE/018 

West-Balaton  and  Zala  valley:  regional  solid  waste  management 
system 
South-Balaton  and  Sió  valley:  regional  municipal  solid  waste 
management system 

04/12/2002 

34,585,000 

70.00% 

24,209,500 

12,104,750 

04/12/2002 

49,461,538 

65.00% 

32,150,000 

16,075,000 

EN 

100 

0 

0 

0 

0 

0 

0 

0 

0 

0 

0 

0 

0 

0 

0 

0 

0 

984,551 

1,450,000 

6,665,000 

635,400 

934,100 

2,810,700 

1,806,000 

831,865 

488,400 

719,600 

1,186,950 

636,450 

3,313,300 

2,420,950 

3,215,000 

   EN 

 
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
Various  

2000/HU/16/P/PA/002 

Assistance  in  the  tendering  procedure  for  railway  projects  Pest, 
Szolnok, Komãron-Eszterjom, Gyor-Supran and Zala

22/12/2000 

158,100 

75.00% 

2000/HU/16/P/PA/003 

Rehabilitation of Szolnok-Lökösjaza railway line 

21/12/2000 

200,000 

75.00% 

118,575 

150,000 

118,575 

150,000 

0 

0 

87,996 

92,748 

IV  

IV  

IV  

V  

2000/HU/16/P/PT/001 

Budapest-Szolnok-Romania:  rail  upgrading  (stage  1:  Vecsés-
Szolnok) 

2000/HU/16/P/PT/002 

Hegyeshalom-Györ-Budapest rail rehabilitation 

2000/HU/16/P/PT/003 

Boba-Zalaegerszeg-Zalalövö rail upgrading 

Various  

2001/HU/16/P/PA/006 

IV  

2001/HU/16/P/PT/007 

Various 

2003/HU/16/P/PA/013 

Various  

2000/HU/16/P/PA/004 

V  

2001/HU/16/P/PT/006 

IV,Vb,Vc+links 

2002/HU/16/P/PT/008 

Technical assistance 6 and 7: for the tendering and supervision of 
railway projects II 
Rehabilitation  of  Budapest-Lököshaza  railway:  stage  2:  Budapest-
Vecsés  and  Szolnok-Lököshaza  - phase  1:  Szolnok-Mezotur  and 
Technical  assistance:  preparation  of  Cohesion  Fund  financed 
transport projects 
Technical  assistance  for  "Road  rehabilitation  programme  for 
achieving 11,5 ton load bearing capacity"
Road  rehabilitation  programme  for  11,5tons  bearing  capacity: 
phase I trunk roads 3 and 35
Road  rehabilitation  programme  -  phase  2:  trunk  roads  2,6,42,47 
and 56 

21/12/2000 

21/12/2000 

21/12/2000 

11/12/2001 

126,000,00
0
85,988,000 

167,390,00
0
1,980,000 

50.00% 

63,000,000 

32,400,000 

5,000,000 

30,896,487 

50.00% 

42,994,000 

27,094,000 

4,000,000 

16,004,671 

50.00% 

83,695,000 

35,561,000 

10,800,000 

20,195,377 

75.00% 

1,485,000 

1,188,000 

0 

703,379 

25/11/2002 

99,460,000 

54.00% 

53,708,400 

13,427,100 

15,300,000 

5,370,840 

08/08/2003 

4,621,500 

75.00% 

3,466,125 

0 

2,772,900 

346,612 

22/12/2000 

200,000 

75.00% 

150,000 

136,772 

14/12/2001 

39,999,080 

50.00% 

19,999,540 

15,999,632 

0 

0 

136,772 

3,999,908 

04/12/2002 

108,276,92
2

50.00% 

54,138,461 

10,827,692 

7,524,850 

5,413,846 

EN 

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Latvia 

Commission
Decision 
Signature 

Total 
Eligible 
Cost € 

% 
Grant 

ISPA 
Grant 
€ 

Commitments 
2000-2002 
€ 

Commitments 
2003 
€ 

Payments 
2000-2003 
€ 

2001/LV/16/P/PA/006 

Technical assistance introduction of EDIS 

11/12/2001 

700,000 

100.00% 

700,000 

560,000 

140,000 

518,215 

2002/LV/16/P/PE/009 

Rezekne development of water services 

23/12/2002 

9,463,000 

75.00% 

7,097,000 

5,677,600 

0 

709,700 

2000/LV/16/P/PE/001 

Riga water & environment project, phase II 

22/12/2000 

24,300,000 

70.00% 

17,010,000 

13,608,000 

3,402,000 

3,402,000 

2000/LV/16/P/PE/002 

Jelgava development of water services 

22/12/2000 

14,993,000 

75.00% 

11,244,750 

8,995,800 

2000/LV/16/P/PE/003 

Ventspils improvement of water supply, waste water collection and 
treatment

22/12/2000 

20,080,000 

47.00% 

9,437,600 

7,550,080 

0 

0 

2,248,950 

2,605,774 

2001/LV/16/P/PE/007 

Development of water services in river basins of Eastern Latvia 

13/12/2001 

67,600,000 

66.00% 

44,616,000 

13,385,200 

5,642,000 

4,461,600 

2001/LV/16/P/PE/008 

Jurmala water services development 

05/03/2002 

11,042,548 

75.00% 

8,281,911 

6,625,529 

0 

828,191 

2000/LV/16/P/PA/001 

Technical assistance for environmental projects 

12/09/2001 

4,510,000 

75.00% 

3,382,500 

2,706,000 

200,000 

1,358,782 

2003/LV/16/P/PA/008 

Technical assistance for environment sector 

01/12/2003 

19,866,892 

75.00% 

14,900,169 

0 

11,920,135 

2000/LV/16/P/PE/004 

Sustainable waste management in Ventspils region 

15/06/2001 

6,190,000 

49.00% 

3,033,100 

2,426,480 

606,620 

1,608,664 

2001/LV/16/P/PE/005 

Liepaja region solid waste management project 

05/09/2001 

8,090,000 

63.00% 

5,096,700 

4,077,360 

0 

1,019,340 

2001/LV/16/P/PE/006 

North Vidzeme region solid waste management 

14/09/2001 

4,820,000 

70.00% 

3,374,000 

2,699,200 

674,800 

1,168,827 

2002/LV/16/P/PE/011 

South Latgale regional solid waste management 

17/11/2003 

6,490,500 

65.00% 

4,218,825 

0 

3,375,060 

Various 

2000/LV/16/P/PA/005 

Technical assistance in the rail sector: signalling and safety control 
systems 

22/12/2000 

386,991 

82.37% 

318,750 

290,243 

0 

278,449 

I 

2000/LV/16/P/PT/003 

Replacements of track turnouts on the W-E railway corridor 

28/12/2000 

35,240,000 

75.00% 

26,430,000 

13,215,000 

4,405,000 

7,947,230 

I + IX  

2000/LV/16/P/PT/004 

Rezekne rail marshalling yard: rail upgrading 

28/12/2000 

10,213,346 

75.00% 

7,660,010 

6,128,000 

1,532,010 

766,001 

I  

I  

I  

I  

I 

I  

I  

I  

EN 

2001/LV/16/P/PT/006 

Modernisation of signalling systems on East-West rail corridor 

27/12/2001 

89,950,964 

75.00% 

67,463,223 

14,097,084 

4,559,183 

6,746,322 

2001/LV/16/P/PT/007 

Modernisation  of  hot-box  detection  system  on  the  East-West  rail 
corridor 

12/03/2002 

15,123,880 

75.00% 

11,342,910 

9,074,328 

2000/LV/16/P/PT/001 

Via Baltica road: Gauja-Lilaste - km 13 to km 21,2 

23/10/2000 

5,762,300 

75.00% 

4,321,725 

4,321,725 

0 

0 

1,134,291 

3,889,553 

2000/LV/16/P/PT/002 

Access  road to  Riga  airport  (P133)  and  a  related section  of  Riga-
Ventspils highway (A10) near interchange

28/12/2000 

7,600,000 

75.00% 

5,700,000 

4,175,000 

1,300,000 

1,550,050 

2001/LV/16/P/PA/007 

Technical assistance transport 

18/10/2001 

860,000 

74.86% 

643,769 

516,000 

127,769 

366,485 

2001/LV/16/P/PT/005 

Via Baltica: improvements of part Riga-Adazi (km 0 to 6,3) 

17/12/2001 

14,200,588 

75.00% 

10,650,441 

8,520,352 

2,130,089 

4,969,860 

2002/LV/16/P/PT/008 

Construction of Saulkrasti bypass - Improvement of Via Baltica 

20/12/2002 

41,051,847 

75.00% 

30,788,885 

12,706,800 

3,559,358 

3,078,888 

2003/LV/16/P/PT/009 

E67 Via Baltica section Kekava-Lecava 

30/11/2003 

11,744,420 

75.00% 

8,808,315 

0 

6,994,527 

102 

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Lithuania 

2001/LT/16/P/PA/003 

2000/LT/16/P/PE/001 

2001/LT/16/P/PE/005 

2001/LT/16/P/PE/006 

2001/LT/16/P/PA/002 

2003/LT/16/P/PA/004 

2000/LT/16/P/PE/002 

2001/LT/16/P/PE/007 

2002/LT/16/P/PE/009 

2002/LT/16/P/PE/013 

Technical assistance for EDIS 
Vilnius  Rehabilitation  and  extension  of  water  supply  and  sewage 
collection systems 
Jonava: wastewater treatment plant, sewer network extension and 
potable water network rehabilitation
Neringa:  drinking  water  and  waste  water  treatment  systems 
development 

TA project preparation in environment sector 
Technical  assistance 
environment sector 

for 

institutional  strenghtening 

Druskinninkai: wastewater treatment, upgrading and extension 
Kaunas:  extension  of  wastewater  treatment  plant  for  biological 
treatment and network extensions
Kedainiai:  Reconstruction  of  Wastewater  Treatment  Plant, 
Rehabilitation and Extension of Sewer and Water Supply Networks
Radviliskis:  Reconstruction  of  Wastewater  Treatment  Plant, 
Rehabilitation and Extention of Sewer and Water Supply Networks 

Commission
Decision 
Signature 

Total Eligible 
Cost € 

% 
Grant 

ISPA 
Grant 
€ 

Commitments 
2000-2002 
€ 

Commitments 
2003 
€ 

20/12/2001 

381,420 

100.00% 

381,420 

381,420 

10/11/2000 

40,000,000 

50.00% 

20,000,000 

16,000,000 

13/12/2001 

6,259,900 

60.00% 

3,755,940 

3,004,752 

18/12/2001 

10,153,000 

47.00% 

4,771,910 

3,817,528 

26/10/2001 

9,330,000 

75.00% 

6,997,500 

5,598,000 

0 

0 

0 

0 

0 

Payments 
2000-2003 
€ 

257,496 

4,077,578 

375,594 

2,098,603 

in 

the 

05/12/2003 

2,376,375 

75.00% 

1,782,281 

0 

1,425,825 

22/12/2000 

5,500,000 

65.00% 

3,575,000 

2,200,000 

660,000 

550,000 

13/12/2001 

22,359,000 

71.00% 

15,874,890 

12,699,912 

17/12/2002 

10,400,000 

65.00% 

6,760,000 

5,408,000 

13/12/2002 

6,400,000 

70.00% 

4,480,000 

3,584,000 

2002/LT/16/P/PE/014 

Mazeikiai wastewater treatment plant construction 

18/12/2002 

7,500,000 

50.00% 

3,750,000 

3,000,000 

2001/LT/16/P/PE/003 

Alytus: development of regional waste management system 

13/12/2001 

7,825,808 

50.00% 

3,912,904 

3,130,323 

2001/LT/16/P/PE/004 

Taurage: regional waste management system 

13/12/2001 

6,629,786 

70.00% 

4,640,850 

3,712,680 

2001/LT/16/P/PE/008 

Siauliai: regional waste management system development 

21/12/2001 

9,402,000 

56.00% 

5,265,120 

3,712,722 

2002/LT/16/P/PE/010 

Klaipeda waste management system development 

17/12/2002 

11,750,000 

50.00% 

5,875,000 

4,700,000 

2002/LT/16/P/PE/011 

Mariampole:  Development  of  Regional  Solid  Waste  Management 
System 

17/12/2002 

13,009,000 

72.00% 

9,366,480 

7,493,184 

2002/LT/16/P/PE/012 

Vilnius regional waste management 

17/12/2002 

20,930,000 

50.00% 

10,465,000 

8,372,000 

0 

0 

0 

0 

0 

0 

0 

0 

0 

0 

1,587,489 

676,000 

448,000 

375,000 

391,290 

464,085 

526,512 

587,500 

936,648 

1,046,500 

2003/LT/16/P/PE/017 

I, IXb & IXd 

2000/LT/16/P/PA/001 

IXb  

IXb  

IX  

2000/LT/16/P/PT/004 

2001/LT/16/P/PT/006 

2002/LT/16/P/PT/008 

Hazardous waste management 
Technical  assistance  for  project  preparation  on  development  of 
railway Crete Corridors IXB, IXD and I 
Modernisation of telecommunications, signalling and power supply 
on Crete Corridor IXB 

Power supply sector 3 - Modernisation on Crete Corridor IXB 
Siauliai-Klaipeda:  upgrading  railway  corridor  IX:  modernisation 
power supply and signalling, rehabilitation railway structures, track 

15/12/2003 

18,758,000 

65.40% 

12,267,325 

0 

9,813,860 

22/06/2001 

1,250,000 

75.00% 

937,500 

750,000 

187,500 

507,234 

22/12/2000 

31,701,000 

36.00% 

11,412,360 

9,129,888 

0 

5,566,728 

20/11/2001 

27,193,000 

44.00% 

11,964,920 

9,571,936 

2,392,984 

2,392,984 

18/12/2002 

126,563,067 

36.00% 

45,562,704 

13,402,565 

9,834,414 

4,556,270 

Various  

2003/LT/16/P/PA/005 

Technical assistance for project preparation for the rail sector 

30/11/2003 

5,300,000 

75.00% 

3,975,000 

0 

2,773,128 

EN 

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I  

Ia  

IXb  

IXb  

2000/LT/16/P/PT/001 

2000/LT/16/P/PT/002 

Upgrading of IXB Transport Corridor (Vilnius-Klaipeda) 
Development  of  Via  Baltica  road  in  2000-2006  (Pan  European 
Corridor 1) 

10/11/2000 

26,082,400 

75.00% 

19,561,800 

15,649,440 

3,912,360 

15,649,440 

10/11/2000 

15,439,000 

75.00% 

11,579,000 

9,263,200 

2,315,800 

9,262,873 

2000/LT/16/P/PT/003 

Development of Corridor 1A (2001-2004) 

10/10/2001 

26,422,387 

75.00% 

19,816,800 

12,286,416 

3,567,024 

12,622,984 

2000/LT/16/P/PT/005 

Klaipeda northern access road 

18/12/2002 

14,790,000 

45.00% 

6,655,500 

5,324,400 

0 

665,550 

2002/LT/16/P/PT/007 

Upgrading of IXB transport corridor in 2003-2004 

18/12/2002 

19,888,700 

75.00% 

14,916,525 

1,695,077 

5,966,610 

5,573,578 

EN 

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Poland 

Commission
Decision 
Signature 

Total Eligible 
Cost € 

% 
Grant 

ISPA 
Grant 
€ 

Commitments 
2000-2002 
€ 

Commitments 
2003 
€ 

Payments 
2000-2003 
€ 

2000/PL/16/P/PA/001  Technical assistance for training EDIS 

29/12/2000 

1,630,000 

100.00% 

1,630,000 

1,630,000 

2000/PL/16/P/PE/008  Pila: drinking water supply 

28/12/2000 

8,501,659 

51.00% 

4,335,846 

3,468,677 

0 

0 

623,000 

867,169 

2003/PL/16/P/PE/040  Rzeszow agglomeration: drinking water improvement programme 

03/12/2003 

33,616,500 

55.00% 

18,489,075 

0 

14,791,260 

2000/PL/16/P/PE/001  Bydgoszcz: Water supply and sewerage (project) 

19/09/2000 

66,240,000 

49.00% 

32,457,600 

25,966,080 

0 

6,491,520 

2000/PL/16/P/PE/010  Torun: water and sewage management 

18/12/2000 

79,111,000 

60.00% 

47,466,600 

21,100,000 

7,500,000 

4,746,660 

2000/PL/16/P/PE/014  Olsztyn: drinking water and wastewater treatment 

15/03/2001 

38,142,100 

57.00% 

21,740,997 

5,493,485 

11,899,313 

1,373,371 

2000/PL/16/P/PE/015  Poznan: wastewater treatment and water supply 

07/09/2001 

104,400,000 

57.00% 

59,508,000 

45,000,000 

0 

5,950,800 

2000/PL/16/P/PE/016  Szczecin water quality improvement (phase 1) (PE 16 and 17) 

28/12/2000 

288,000,000 

66.00% 

190,080,000 

27,702,724 

35,513,276 

38,016,000 

2000/PL/16/P/PE/019  Wroclaw water quality improvement 

15/03/2001 

121,070,000 

56.00% 

67,799,200 

29,232,000 

0 

7,308,000 

2000/PL/16/P/PE/020  Warsaw water supply and waste water treatment 

05/09/2001 

178,551,000 

62.00% 

110,701,620 

21,965,840 

41,205,161 

2,745,730 

2000/PL/16/P/PE/021  Suwalki: water quality improvement 

07/09/2001 

12,468,000 

50.00% 

6,234,000 

4,987,200 

2001/PL/16/P/PE/024  Bialystok water quality improvement 

13/12/2001 

18,316,000 

56.00% 

10,256,960 

8,205,568 

2001/PL/16/P/PE/028  Opole water quality improvement 

27/09/2002 

62,337,000 

65.00% 

40,519,050 

30,389,287 

2002/PL/16/P/PE/031  Elblag drinking water treatment 

20/09/2002 

15,584,000 

60.00% 

9,350,400 

7,480,320 

2002/PL/16/P/PE/033 

Jelenia Gora water supply and waste water treatment 

23/09/2002 

40,615,000 

69.00% 

28,024,350 

21,018,262 

2002/PL/16/P/PE/035  Czestochowa waste water and drinking water treatment 

17/12/2002 

32,844,616 

65.00% 

21,349,000 

16,011,750 

0 

0 

0 

0 

0 

0 

623,400 

1,025,696 

4,051,905 

935,040 

2,802,435 

2,134,900 

2003/PL/16/P/PE/038  Dolina Redy i Chylonky: water supply and wastewater treatment 

15/12/2003 

49,948,000 

55.00% 

27,471,400 

2003/PL/16/P/PE/041  Walbrzych wastewater treatment 

03/11/2003 

49,930,000 

69.00% 

34,451,700 

2003/PL/16/P/PE/042  Stalowa Wola: drinking water and wastewater treatment 

03/11/2003 

19,060,000 

69.00% 

13,151,400 

2003/PL/16/P/PE/044  Chorzow-Swietochlowice: water supply and wastewater treatment 

17/12/2003 

31,811,400 

70.00% 

22,267,980 

2003/PL/16/P/PE/045  Tarnow: water supply and wastewater treatment 

03/11/2003 

38,046,000 

68.00% 

25,871,280 

2003/PL/16/P/PE/046  Kedzierzyn-Kozle: water supply and wastewater treatment 

17/12/2003 

40,430,000 

70.00% 

28,301,000 

0 

0 

0 

0 

0 

0 

1,977,120 

7,561,360 

10,521,120 

2,226,798 

2,587,128 

2,830,100 

2000/PL/16/P/PA/003  Technical assistance for the preparation of environment projects 

27/12/2000 

4,550,000 

75.00% 

3,412,500 

3,412,500 

0 

1,483,390 

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17/06/2003 

15,900,000 

75.00% 

11,925,000 

0 

9,540,000 

1,192,500 

2000/PL/16/P/PE/003  Gliwice: waste water treatment 

07/09/2001 

66,395,000 

53.00% 

35,189,350 

27,000,000 

2000/PL/16/P/PE/004  Katowice: waste water treatment 

07/09/2001 

50,520,000 

60.00% 

30,312,000 

23,000,000 

0 

0 

3,518,935 

3,031,200 

2000/PL/16/P/PE/007  Podhale wastewater treatment 

11/12/2003 

19,393,000 

65.00% 

12,605,450 

0 

1,260,545 

2000/PL/16/P/PE/009  Przemysl: waste water treatment 

07/09/2001 

17,444,000 

50.00% 

8,722,000 

6,977,600 

2000/PL/16/P/PE/012  Krakow Plaszow sewage treatment plant 

28/12/2000 

79,976,000 

70.00% 

55,983,200 

44,786,560 

2000/PL/16/P/PE/013 

Lodz waste water treatment plant 

07/09/2001 

45,799,000 

50.00% 

22,899,500 

18,319,600 

2000/PL/16/P/PE/022  Brzeg waste water treatment 

16/08/2002 

28,605,000 

60.00% 

17,163,000 

13,730,400 

0 

0 

0 

0 

872,000 

11,196,640 

2,289,950 

1,716,300 

2000/PL/16/P/PE/023  Zywiec waste water treatment 

05/12/2003 

16,656,600 

65.00% 

10,826,790 

0 

1,082,679 

2001/PL/16/P/PE/025  Rybnik waste water collection system 

13/12/2001 

111,440,000 

64.00% 

71,321,600 

20,512,600 

18,059,000 

7,132,160 

2001/PL/16/P/PE/026  Boleslawiec waste water treatment 

16/08/2002 

18,250,000 

60.00% 

10,950,000 

8,760,000 

0 

1,095,000 

2001/PL/16/P/PE/027  Ruda Slaska waste water treatment 

27/02/2002 

45,897,000 

65.00% 

29,833,050 

5,966,610 

2,899,830 

2,983,305 

2002/PL/16/P/PE/029 

Lublin wastewater treatment 

20/09/2002 

16,150,000 

60.00% 

9,690,000 

7,752,000 

2002/PL/16/P/PE/032  Wloclawek waste water treatment 

20/09/2002 

27,238,000 

65.00% 

17,704,700 

14,163,760 

2002/PL/16/P/PE/036  Mielec wastewater treatment 

13/12/2002 

26,860,000 

70.00% 

18,802,000 

15,041,600 

0 

0 

0 

969,000 

1,770,470 

1,880,200 

2003/PL/16/P/PE/037  Grudziadz: wastewater tratment 

15/12/2003 

7,702,000 

70.00% 

5,391,400 

0 

4,313,120 

2000/PL/16/P/PE/002 

"Dolina Redy I Chylonki solid waste treatment plant 

12/03/2001 

20,852,950 

72.00% 

15,014,127 

12,011,301 

2000/PL/16/P/PE/005  Kraków: Municipal solid waste treatment (phase 1) 

18/12/2000 

22,730,000 

62.00% 

14,092,600 

11,274,080 

2000/PL/16/P/PE/006 

Lodz: solid waste treatment 

07/09/2001 

21,640,000 

60.00% 

12,984,000 

10,387,200 

2000/PL/16/P/PE/018  Wroclaw solid waste treatment (phase 1) 

18/12/2000 

20,402,000 

66.00% 

13,465,320 

10,772,256 

2002/PL/16/P/PE/030  Kalisz waste treatment plant 

27/11/2002 

13,450,000 

69.00% 

9,280,500 

7,424,400 

2002/PL/16/P/PE/034  Radom solid waste treatment 

18/12/2002 

17,600,000 

65.00% 

11,440,000 

9,152,000 

0 

0 

0 

0 

0 

0 

3,002,825 

2,818,520 

1,298,400 

2,693,064 

928,050 

1,144,000 

2003/PL/16/P/PE/039  Sosnowiec: wastewater treatment 

15/12/2003 

23,365,000 

70.00% 

16,355,500 

0 

13,084,400 

2000/PL/16/P/PA/002 

Technical  assistance  for  pre-feasibility  study  for  the  sustainable 
development of the Warsaw Transport node

29/12/2000 

940,000 

75.00% 

705,000 

705,000 

0 

418,090 

2000/PL/16/P/PT/002  Minsk-Siedlce (E20): rail upgrading 

19/09/2000 

124,595,600 

75.00% 

93,446,719 

91,226,719 

2,220,000 

44,558,185 

2000/PL/16/P/PT/003  Rzepin-Kunowice (E20): rail upgrading 

12/12/2000 

23,033,384 

75.00% 

17,275,038 

14,175,888 

3,099,150 

9,170,176 

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2001/PL/16/P/PA/005 

Technical  assistance  for  preparation  of  the  project  Modernisation  of 
E65 railway line on section Warsaw-Dzialdowo-Gdynia

12/09/2001 

14,900,000 

75.00% 

11,175,000 

4,768,000 

6,407,000 

1,192,000 

2001/PL/16/P/PT/012  Siedlce-Terespol E20: modernisation of rail section (Phase 1) 

30/09/2002 

185,274,000 

75.00% 

138,955,500 

27,791,100 

0 

13,895,550 

2001/PL/16/P/PT/013  Wegliniec-Legnica Modernisation of E30 rail section 

17/12/2001 

123,783,000 

75.00% 

92,837,250 

33,582,314 

13,567,450 

18,567,450 

2001/PL/16/P/PT/014  Poznan modernisation rail node E20 

22/11/2001 

67,439,560 

75.00% 

50,579,670 

20,231,868 

10,115,934 

10,115,934 

II, III & VI  

2001/PL/16/P/PT/015 

2002/PL/16/P/PA/008 

2002/PL/16/P/PA/009 

2002/PL/16/P/PA/012 

2002/PL/16/P/PT/016 

Improvement  of  railway  infrastructure  and  liquidation  of  operational 
bottlenecks 
Technical  assistance  for  modernisation  of  E75  railway  line  section 
Warsaw-Bialystok-Sokòlka-Suwalki-Trkiszki (rail Baltica)
Technical assistance for preparation of 'modernisation railway corridor 
II (E20&CE20) - remaining works
Technical  assistance  for  modernisation  of  E30/CE30  railway  section 
Opole-Katowice-Krakow 
Modernisation  of  E30  railway 
German border 

line  section  Wegliniec-Zgorzelec-

28/11/2001 

111,000,000 

75.00% 

83,250,000 

38,386,150 

14,386,150 

8,325,000 

05/07/2002 

3,000,000 

80.00% 

2,400,000 

1,920,000 

23/09/2002 

3,000,000 

75.00% 

2,250,000 

1,800,000 

0 

0 

240,000 

225,000 

17/11/2003 

3,625,000 

75.00% 

2,718,750 

0 

2,175,000 

23/09/2002 

83,451,000 

75.00% 

62,588,250 

12,517,650 

12,517,650 

6,258,825 

2000/PL/16/P/PT/001  Kleszczow-Sosnica A4: construction motorway section KA4E 

19/09/2000 

112,282,000 

75.00% 

84,211,500 

75,375,000 

0 

8,421,150 

2000/PL/16/P/PT/004  Sochaczew-Grojec: reinforcement of surface pavement (NR 717) 

01/12/2000 

32,761,000 

75.00% 

24,570,750 

19,656,600 

2,457,075 

13,865,621 

2000/PL/16/P/PT/005  Bielsko-Biala-Cieszyn: construction of expressway 

12/06/2001 

138,185,000 

75.00% 

103,638,750 

55,511,000 

16,300,000 

24,485,978 

2000/PL/16/P/PT/007  Gdansk-Jazowa: Pavement strengthening on the Corridor 1 section 

29/12/2000 

82,832,000 

75.00% 

62,124,000 

49,699,000 

2000/PL/16/P/PT/008  Krakow-Tarnow: road rehabilitation on Corridor III 

29/12/2000 

62,233,000 

75.00% 

46,674,750 

11,456,376 

0 

0 

19,108,820 

9,334,950 

2001/PL/16/P/PT/009  Wroclaw-Krzyzowa Rehabilitation A4 

20/08/2001 

252,700,000 

75.00% 

189,525,000 

71,340,000 

40,140,000 

52,726,214 

2002/PL/16/P/PA/007  Technical assistance Krzyzowa-Zgorzelec A4 motorway 

10/07/2002 

6,625,000 

75.00% 

4,968,750 

3,975,000 

993,750 

496,875 

2002/PL/16/P/PA/010  Technical assistance for A2 motorway section Strykow-Konotopa 

04/12/2002 

700,000 

75.00% 

525,000 

420,000 

0 

420,000 

2002/PL/16/P/PT/018  Upgrading of National Road 50, section Grojec-Minsk Mazowiecki 

18/12/2002 

74,411,000 

75.00% 

55,808,250 

1,676,455 

9,485,195 

1,676,455 

2002/PL/16/P/PT/019  Olszyna-Golnice: construction of 2nd carriageway of National Road 18 

17/11/2003 

118,000,000 

75.00% 

88,500,000 

Various  

2003/PL/16/P/PA/014 

II  

2003/PL/16/P/PT/020 

Technical  assistance:  support  of  preparation  and  implementation  of 
road projects financed within the Cohesion Fund
A2 motorway construction, section Konin-Strykow, subsection Emilia-
Strykow II 

28/11/2003 

5,200,000 

75.00% 

3,900,000 

15/12/2003 

103,796,000 

75.00% 

77,847,000 

0 

0 

0 

26,300,522 

390,000 

28,569,374 

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Commission
Decision 
Signature 

Total Eligible 
Cost € 

% 
Grant 

ISPA 
Grant 
€ 

Commitments 
2000-2002 
€ 

Commitments 
2003 
€ 

Payments 
2000-2003 
€ 

2001/RO/16/P/PA/009

Technical assistance to strengthen capacity of implementing agencies 
-stage 1 

17/06/2002 

605,000 

100.00% 

605,000 

484,000 

36,831 

180,940 

2000/RO/16/P/PE/005 Pascani: Upgrading of water & waste water system 

18/12/2001 

16,262,000 

75.00% 

12,196,500 

10,976,850 

2000/RO/16/P/PE/006

2000/RO/16/P/PE/007

2000/RO/16/P/PE/008

2001/RO/16/P/PA/003

2001/RO/16/P/PE/015

2002/RO/16/P/PE/018

2002/RO/16/P/PE/019

2002/RO/16/P/PE/021

Iasi: Upgrading of water & waste water system 
Brasov:  Treatment  of  drinking  water  and  wastewater  of  Brasov  City 
and neighbouring localities 
Cluj:  Rehabilitation  and  modernisation  of  the  water  supply  and 
sewerage systems 
Baia  Mare,  Botosani,  Drobeta,  Galati,  Deva  and  Hunedoara:  TA  for 
preparation of environment projects
Targu Mures: rehabilitation of drinking water supply and waste water 
collection and treatment 
Bacau:drinking  water  and  wastewater  collection  and 
improvements 
Satu  Mare:  improvements  to  water  supply  and  wastewater  collection 
and treatment systems 
Buzau: rehabilitation of wastewater treatment plant, sewerage system 
and distribution network 

treatment 

22/12/2000 

51,378,000 

75.00% 

38,533,500 

34,680,150 

07/06/2002 

58,708,624 

71.00% 

41,683,123 

20,841,561 

12,504,938 

4,168,312 

31/05/2001 

46,755,800 

75.00% 

35,066,850 

31,560,165 

17/09/2002 

3,500,000 

75.00% 

2,625,000 

2,100,000 

0 

0 

3,506,685 

525,000 

20/11/2001 

27,909,400 

75.00% 

20,932,050 

10,466,025 

8,372,820 

2,093,205 

01/09/2003 

52,006,000 

75.00% 

39,004,500 

0 

27,303,150 

0 

0 

1,219,650 

3,853,350 

13/12/2002 

37,355,000 

71.00% 

26,522,050 

16,384,358 

13/12/2002 

35,433,550 

74.00% 

26,220,827 

18,354,579 

2002/RO/16/P/PE/022 Sibiu: modernisation of water supply and sewerage system 

18/12/2002 

37,588,000 

68.00% 

25,559,840 

17,891,888 

2002/RO/16/P/PE/023

2003/RO/16/P/PA/012

2003/RO/16/P/PE/026

Pietra  Neamt:  improvement  of  water  supply,  sewerage  system  and 
wastewater treatment 
Technical  assistance 
beneficiaries in water and wastewater sector 
Pitesti:  rehabilitation  of  the  wastewater  treatment  plant,  sewerage 
network and water supply system

institutional  capacity  strengthening 

for 

- 

10/12/2002 

28,594,545 

74.00% 

21,159,963 

14,811,974 

01/12/2003 

7,000,000 

100.00% 

7,000,000 

01/12/2003 

41,750,000 

75.00% 

31,312,500 

2003/RO/16/P/PA/013 Technical assistance for project preparation in the environment sector 

01/12/2003 

12,750,000 

78.00% 

9,945,000 

0 

0 

0 

5,600,000 

23,029,225 

7,956,000 

2000/RO/16/P/PA/001

2000/RO/16/P/PE/002

Technical  assistance  for  completion  and  upgrading  of  Bucharest 
wastewater treatment plant 
Craiova:  Rehabilitation  of  sewerage  network  and  wastewater 
treatment facilities to protect the river Danube

22/02/2001 

1,810,000 

75.00% 

1,357,500 

1,086,000 

22/12/2000 

70,378,000 

75.00% 

52,783,500 

47,505,150 

2000/RO/16/P/PE/003 Constanta: sewerage and wastewater treatment rehabilitation 

16/11/2000 

96,556,653 

75.00% 

72,417,490 

56,984,854 

0 

0 

0 

271,500 

5,278,350 

14,483,498 

2000/RO/16/P/PE/004

Timisoara:  rehabilitation  of  wastewater  treatment  technology  and 
sewerage improvements 

04/12/2001 

48,080,000 

71.00% 

34,136,800 

20,482,080 

6,827,360 

3,413,680 

2000/RO/16/P/PE/009 Valea Jiului: Danutoni waste water treatment plant extension 

22/12/2000 

9,680,000 

75.00% 

7,260,000 

6,534,000 

0 

726,000 

2000/RO/16/P/PE/010 Braila: Integrated sewerage development and wastewater treatment 

15/02/2001 

59,877,400 

75.00% 

44,908,050 

13,680,000 

11,400,000 

4,490,805 

2000/RO/16/P/PE/011

2001/RO/16/P/PE/012

2001/RO/16/P/PE/013

Arad:  Rehabilitation  and  modification  of  sewerage  network  and 
provision of wastewater treatment facitlities to protect river Mures 
Focsani:  Rehabilitation  of  the  sewerage  network  and  wastewater 
treatment plant 
Oradea:  Rehabilitation  of  the  sewerage  network  and  wastewater 
treatment plant 

15/02/2001 

18,000,000 

75.00% 

13,500,000 

10,800,000 

14/08/2001 

15,876,500 

74.00% 

11,748,610 

9,398,888 

14/08/2001 

23,906,000 

70.00% 

16,734,200 

13,387,360 

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0 

1,350,000 

1,174,861 

1,673,420 

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0 

0 

2,652,205 

2,622,082 

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2002/RO/16/P/PA/011

2000/RO/16/P/PE/001 Piatra Neamt: waste management programme 

23/10/2000 

13,846,000 

75.00% 

10,384,500 

8,307,600 

2001/RO/16/P/PE/014 Ramnicu Valcea: integrated municipal waste management 

11/04/2002 

14,673,100 

75.00% 

11,004,825 

8,803,860 

0 

0 

1,038,450 

1,100,482 

2001/RO/16/P/PE/017

Dambovita  County: 
transportation, treatment and landfill

rehabilitation  of  solid  waste  collection, 

01/12/2003 

25,894,000 

75.00% 

19,420,500 

2002/RO/16/P/PE/024 Teleorman: integrated waste management system 

01/12/2003 

20,801,000 

75.00% 

15,600,750 

0 

0 

15,536,400 

12,843,600 

2000/RO/16/P/PT/001

2001/RO/16/P/PA/008

2003/RO/16/P/PT/007

Technical  assistance:  improvement  of  navigation  conditions  on  the 
Danube
Bucharest-Fetesti:  Rehabilitation  and  upgrading  of 
sections (Bucharest-Constanza railway line)
Technical  assistance  for  rehabilitation  of  the  railway  line  HU  border 
(Curtici) to Simeria (Arad) and accompanying studies
Campina-Predeal: rehabilitation  of  railway  section  on  line  Bucharest-
Brasov

four  railway 

13/12/2002 

2,000,000 

75.00% 

1,500,000 

1,200,000 

0 

300,000 

23/10/2000 

308,972,588 

75.00% 

231,729,441 

143,779,441 

18,622,721 

23,172,944 

20/12/2001 

800,000 

75.00% 

600,000 

480,000 

0 

60,000 

30/11/2003 

199,485,770 

75.00% 

149,614,328 

0 

104,730,029 

2000/RO/16/P/PA/002 Technical Assistance preparation Drobeta-Lugoj project 

01/03/2001 

1,500,000 

75.00% 

1,125,000 

900,000 

2000/RO/16/P/PT/002 Bucharest-Giurgiu: Widening to four lanes of the National Road N°5, 

23/10/2000 

65,810,032 

66.00% 

43,434,621 

34,747,696 

2000/RO/16/P/PT/003

Bucharest-Cernavoda  -  Rehabilitation  and  construction  of  sections  4 
and 5 (phase 1 of Bucharest - Constanta motorway)

23/10/2000 

95,616,000 

75.00% 

71,712,000 

49,372,000 

2000/RO/16/P/PT/004 Turnu Severin-Craiova: Rehabilitation road Craiova-Lugoj: phase 1 

22/02/2001 

117,002,705 

75.00% 

87,752,028 

67,270,000 

0 

0 

0 

0 

450,000 

8,686,924 

5,050,000 

17,550,406 

2001/RO/16/P/PT/005 Construction of motorway bypasses Corridor IV 

14/08/2001 

90,521,000 

75.00% 

67,890,750 

35,730,000 

6,000,000 

6,789,075 

2001/RO/16/P/PT/006

Lugoj-Drobeta Turnu Severin: Rehabilitation route - phase 2: Craiova-
Lugoj

13/12/2001 

184,015,500 

75.00% 

138,011,625 

32,410,000 

0 

13,801,162 

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Decision 
Signature

Total Eligible 
Cost € 

% 
Grant 

ISPA 
Grant 
€

Commitments 
2000-2002 
€

Commitments 
2003 
€

Payments 
2000-2003 
€ 

2002/SK/16/P/PA/003  Technical assistance to implement EDIS 

02/08/2002 

1,450,000 

100.00% 

1,450,000 

1,160,000 

290,000 

1,160,000 

2002/SK/16/P/PE/012 

Velky Krtis: supplying the Southern part of the district with drinking 
water

13/12/2002 

28,000,000 

70.00% 

19,600,000 

3,920,000 

7,000,000 

1,960,000 

2000/SK/16/P/PA/001  Technical assistance: preparation environment projects 

26/04/2001 

1,271,760 

75.00% 

953,820 

953,820 

0 

763,056 

2002/SK/16/P/PA/007 

Technical  assistance:  preparation  of  high  priority  preventive  flood 
protection measures 

09/07/2003 

650,000 

75.00% 

487,500 

2002/SK/16/P/PA/008  Technical assistance to Regional Water companies 

16/04/2003 

4,300,000 

100.00% 

4,300,000 

0 

0 

390,000 

157,950 

3,440,000 

860,000 

2002/SK/16/P/PE/008  S-E Zemplin: drinking water and sewerage 

13/12/2002 

23,610,000 

70.00% 

16,527,000 

7,628,836 

5,592,764 

1,652,700 

2003/SK/16/P/PA/009 

Technical assistance for the preparation of Cohesion Fund projects 
in the water sector 

05/12/2003 

6,660,000 

75.00% 

4,995,000 

0 

2,000,000 

2002/SK/16/P/PE/009 

Liptov region: environmental improvement 

13/12/2002 

10,520,000 

50.00% 

5,260,000 

4,208,000 

2000/SK/16/P/PE/001  Trencin: sewerage and waste water treatment plant - right riverside 

05/12/2000 

7,936,732 

50.00% 

3,968,366 

3,174,692 

2000/SK/16/P/PE/002  Nitra: waste water treatment plant - sewerage system 

18/12/2000 

10,354,200 

50.00% 

5,177,100 

4,141,680 

2000/SK/16/P/PE/003  Banska Bystrica: waste water disposal system 

28/12/2000 

45,468,667 

50.00% 

22,734,334 

14,462,517 

2000/SK/16/P/PE/004 

2001/SK/16/P/PE/005 

2001/SK/16/P/PE/007 

2002/SK/16/P/PE/010 

Komarno  I:  upgrade  and  extension  of  public  sewerage  collection 
and treatment 
Zvolen:  reconstruction  and  extension  of  the  wastewater  treatment 
plant
Dolny  Turiec  region  and  Martin:  sewerage  and  wastewater 
treatment 
Povazska  Bystrica:  wastewater  treatment  plant  and  sewerage 
system 

14/05/2001 

8,043,700 

50.00% 

4,021,850 

3,217,480 

06/12/2001 

10,967,050 

50.00% 

5,483,525 

4,386,820 

17/12/2001 

12,295,676 

49.00% 

6,024,881 

4,819,905 

13/12/2002 

12,300,000 

50.00% 

6,150,000 

4,920,000 

2002/SK/16/P/PE/011  Zilina wastewater treatment intensification and sewerage upgrade 

13/12/2002 

19,608,000 

50.00% 

9,804,000 

7,843,200 

0 

0 

0 

0 

0 

0 

0 

0 

0 

0 

526,000 

1,227,675 

517,710 

2,273,433 

804,370 

548,353 

602,488 

615,000 

980,400 

23,449,364 

Va  

Va  

Va  

2000/SK/16/P/PT/001 

2001/SK/16/P/PT/003 

2002/SK/16/P/PT/005 

Bratislava-Trnava:section  Bratislava-Senkvice  Modernisation  of  rail 
track
Bratislava-Trnava: Modernisation of rail Senkvice-Cifer and stations 
Raca-Trnava 
Trnava-Piestany  section:  modernisation  rail  track  Trnava-Nové 
Mesto nad Vahom 

12/10/2000 

51,422,000 

75.00% 

38,566,500 

30,853,200 

13/12/2001 

116,859,000 

50.00% 

58,429,500 

23,371,800 

11,685,900 

5,693,630 

16/09/2002 

93,488,000 

50.00% 

46,744,000 

5,266,330 

2,746,980 

4,674,400 

Various  

2002/SK/16/P/PA/006  TA for the preparation of transport projects 

18/12/2002 

2,200,000 

75.00% 

1,650,000 

1,320,000 

0 

330,000 

Link Va-VI 

2001/SK/16/P/PT/002  Bratislava: motorway D61, section Vienna Road-Riverport Bridge 

06/12/2001 

52,210,000 

52.00% 

27,149,200 

19,004,440 

2,714,920 

9,943,937 

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Commission 
Decision 
Signature 

Total Eligible
Cost € 

% 
Grant 

ISPA 
Grant 
€

Commitments 
2000-2002 
€

Commitments 
2003 
€ 

Payments 
2000-2003 
€ 

2002/SI/16/P/PA/003  Technical assistance: EDIS 

07/10/2002 

699,900 

100.00% 

699,900 

559,920 

139,980 

279,960 

2000/SI/16/P/PE/004  Gora Area: sustainable water supply of Trnovsko-Banjiski Plateau 

26/11/2001 

5,122,168 

50.00% 

2,561,084 

2,048,867 

2000/SI/16/P/PE/003 

2003/SI/16/P/PA/004 

Paka  basin  (Velenje):  wastewater  treatment  and  upgrading  of  water 
supply system
Krka river basin: technical assistance for preparation of management 
plan 

30/04/2002 

9,014,272 

50.00% 

4,507,136 

3,605,709 

23/09/2003 

1,100,000 

75.00% 

0 

660,000 

165,000 

2000/SI/16/P/PA/001  Sava: request for technical assistance 

10/11/2000 

300,000 

75.00% 

180,000 

2000/SI/16/P/PE/001  Celje: waste water treatment plant 

18/12/2000 

14,046,901 

60.00% 

8,428,141 

7,075,526 

2000/SI/16/P/PE/002  Lendava: sewerage system and central waste water treatment plant 

18/12/2000 

11,647,014 

44.00% 

5,124,686 

4,099,749 

2000/SI/16/P/PE/005  Slovenj Gradec: wastewater treatment in the Mislinja River Basin 

07/12/2001 

9,018,016 

50.00% 

4,509,008 

3,607,206 

825,000 

225,000 

2002/SI/16/P/PE/008 

Sava River Basin (Brežice, Krško and Sevnica): wastewater treatment 
of down stream

18/12/2002 

20,413,156 

50.00% 

10,206,578 

4,082,631 

4,082,631 

1,020,658 

2000/SI/16/P/PE/006  Dolensjka region: waste management centre (Novo Mesto) 

13/12/2001 

9,943,000 

50.00% 

4,971,500 

3,977,200 

0 

497,150 

Various  

2000/SI/16/P/PA/002 

V + X  

2000/SI/16/P/PT/001 

2001/SI/16/P/PT/002 

Implementation  of  GSM-R  and  ERTLS/ETCS  system  on  railway 
network 
Renewal  of  cut  Križni  vrh  with  renewal  of  line  section  from  km 
563+346 to km 564+860 on railway line Zidani Most - Maribor
Divaca-Koper:  Modernisation  of  signalling  and  safety  devices  on  the 
railway line 

18/12/2000 

1,300,000 

75.00% 

975,000 

780,000 

195,000 

750,000 

10/11/2000 

13,992,537 

67.00% 

9,375,000 

7,500,000 

20/11/2001 

16,830,600 

50.00% 

8,415,300 

6,732,240 

0 

0 

726,142 

450,714 

0 

0 

0 

0 

179,970 

5,557,805 

2,019,593 

1,617,539 

0 

0 

0 

6,901,760 

841,530 

1,006,336 

V  

V + X  

EN 

2002/SI/16/P/PT/003  Upgrading Ljubljana-Zidani most-Maribor railway 

16/09/2002 

25,803,500 

39.00% 

10,063,365 

8,050,692 

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