2006/663/EC: Council Decision of 19 June 2006 adapting the Act of Accession of Bulgaria and Romania as regards rural development
Date: 2006-06-19
Institutions: Council of the European Union
Subjects: Bulgaria, Romania, accession to the European Union, aid to agriculture, rural development

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COUNCIL

COUNCIL DECISION

of 19 June 2006

adapting the Act of Accession of Bulgaria and Romania as regards rural development

(2006/663/EC)

THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN UNION,

Having regard to the Treaty of Accession of Bulgaria and Roma-
nia, signed at Luxembourg on 25 April 2005, and in particular
Article 4(3) thereof,

Having regard to the Act of Accession of Bulgaria and Romania,
and in particular Article 22 thereof,

Having regard to the proposal from the Commission,

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

No 1698/2005. The references in the procedural provi-
sions provided for in the Act of Accession of Bulgaria and
Romania should be adapted accordingly.

(4) When reaching political agreement on Regulation (EC)
No 1698/2005, the Council and the Commission agreed
in a joint declaration regarding Bulgaria and Romania to
extend the measure on advisory services provided for in
Annex VIII to the Act of Accession of Bulgaria and Roma-
nia until 2013 as regards the provision of advisory ser-
vices to farmers receiving semi-subsistence support. The
Act of Accession should be adapted to take this agree-
ment into account,

Whereas:

HAS DECIDED AS FOLLOWS:

(1)

(2)

(3)

Council Regulation (EC) No 1698/2005 of 20 Septem-
ber 2005 on support for rural development by the Euro-
pean Agricultural
for Rural Development
(EAFRD) (2) introduces changes to the acquis on which the
accession negotiations with Bulgaria and Romania were
based.

Fund

There is therefore a need to adapt the Act of Accession of
Bulgaria and Romania so that it is compatible with Regu-
lation (EC) No 1698/2005.

Transitional and implementing rules concerning the rural
development programming period starting on 1 Janu-
ary 2007 should be adopted in accordance with the pro-
cedure referred to in Article 90(2) of Regulation (EC)

Article 1

The Act of Accession of Bulgaria and Romania shall be amended
as follows:

1.

the second sentence of Article 29 shall be replaced by the
following:

‘Should specific transitional measures be necessary in this
regard, they shall be adopted in accordance with the proce-
dure referred to in Article 90(2) of Council Regulation (EC)
No 1698/2005 of 20 September 2005 on support for rural
development by the European Agricultural Fund for Rural
Development (EAFRD) (*).

(1) Not yet published in the Official Journal.
(2) OJ L 277, 21.10.2005, p. 1. Regulation as amended by Regulation

(EC) No 1463/2006 (See page 1 of this Official Journal).

(*) OJ L 277, 21.10.2005, p. 1. Regulation as amended by
Regulation (EC) No 1463/2006 (OJ L 277, 9.10.2006,
p. 1).’;

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2. Article 34 shall be amended as follows:

Article 2

(a) paragraph 1 shall be replaced by the following:

In addition to the regulations concerning rural
‘1.
development in force on the date of accession, the pro-
visions laid down in Sections I, II and III of Annex VIII
shall apply to Bulgaria and Romania for the period 2007
to 2009, with the exception of Section I, point D, of
that Annex which shall also apply for the period 2010
to 2013 as regards the provision of advisory services to
farmers receiving semi-subsistence support. The specific
financial provisions
laid down in Section IV of
Annex VIII shall apply to Bulgaria and Romania
throughout the programming period 2007 to 2013.’;

This Decision shall be drawn up in the Czech, Danish, Dutch,
English, Estonian, Finnish, French, German, Greek, Hungarian,
Irish, Italian, Latvian, Lithuanian, Maltese, Polish, Portuguese,
Slovak, Slovenian, Spanish, Swedish, Bulgarian and Romanian
languages, all 23 texts being equally authentic.

Article 3

This Decision shall take effect on 1 January 2007 subject to the
entry into force of the Treaty of Accession of Bulgaria and
Romania.

(b) paragraph 3 shall be replaced by the following:

Done at Luxembourg, 19 June 2006.

Implementing rules, where necessary,

for the
‘3.
application of the provisions of Annex VIII shall be
adopted in accordance with the procedure referred to in
Article 90(2) of Regulation (EC) No 1698/2005.’.

For the Council

The President

J. PRÖLL