Council Regulation (EC) No 173/2005 of 24 January 2005 amending Regulation (EC) No 1260/1999 laying down general provisions on the Structural Funds concerning the extension of the duration of the PEACE programme and the granting of new commitment appropriations
Date: 2005-01-24
Institutions: Council of the European Union
Subjects: Northern Ireland, Structural Funds, commitment of expenditure, peacekeeping, regional aid

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COUNCIL REGULATION (EC) No 173/2005

of 24 January 2005

amending Regulation (EC) No 1260/1999 laying down general provisions on the Structural Funds
concerning the extension of the duration of the PEACE programme and the granting of new
commitment appropriations

THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN UNION,

Having regard to the Treaty
Community, and in particular Article 161 thereof,

establishing the European

Having regard to the proposal from the Commission,

Having regard to the assent of the European Parliament (1),

Having regard to the opinion of the European Economic and
Social Committee (2),

After consulting the Committee of the Regions,

Whereas:

(1)

(2)

Article 7(4) of Council Regulation (EC) No 1260/1999 of
21 June 1999 laying down general provisions on the
Funds (3)
sets up a programme under
Structural
Objective 1 in support of
in
Northern Ireland (PEACE)
four years
from 2000 to 2004,
the benefit of Northern
Ireland and the border areas of Ireland.

the peace process

for a period of

for

The European Council held in Brussels on 17 and 18
June 2004 asked the Commission to study whether
measures under the PEACE programme and the Interna-
tional Fund for Ireland could be aligned with those under
the other Structural Funds programmes, which will end
in 2006, to include the financial consequences thereof.

(3)

Consolidation of the peace process in Northern Ireland,
to which the PEACE programme has made an original

and essential contribution thus far, requires continuing
financial support from the Community to the regions
concerned and the extension of the PEACE programme
for another two years.

(4)

Regulation (EC) No 1260/1999 should therefore be
amended accordingly so as to extend the implementation
of the PEACE programme by two years, coinciding with
the programming period for the Structural Funds,

HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:

Article 1

Regulation (EC) No 1260/1999 is hereby amended as follows:

1. the first subparagraph of Article 7(4) shall be replaced by the

following:

‘4.
Under Objective 1, a PEACE programme in support of
the peace process in Northern Ireland shall be established for
the years 2000 to 2006 for the benefit of Northern Ireland
and the border areas in Ireland.’;

2. Annex I shall be replaced by the text in the Annex to this

Regulation.

Article 2

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

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

Done at Brussels, 24 January 2005.

For the Council
The President

F. BODEN

(1) Assent given on 11 January 2005 (not yet published in the Official

Journal).

(2) Opinion delivered on 16 December 2004 (not yet published in the

Official Journal).

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

lation (EC) No 1105/2003 (OJ L 158, 27.6.2003, p. 3).

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ANNEX

‘ANNEX I

STRUCTURAL FUNDS

Annual breakdown of commitment appropriations for 2000 to 2006

(referred to in Article 7(1))

2000

2001

2002

2003

2004

2005

2006

29 430

28 840

28 250

27 670

27 080

27 120

26 660’

(EUR million, 1999 prices)