Council Regulation (EC) No 1463/2006 of 19 June 2006 adapting Regulation (EC) No 1698/2005 on support for rural development by the European Agricultural Fund for Rural Development (EAFRD) by reason of the accession of Bulgaria and Romania to the European Union
Date: 2006-06-19
Institutions: Council of the European Union
Subjects: Bulgaria, EU aid, Romania, accession to the European Union, aid to agriculture, financial aid, fund (EU), rural development, transitional period (EU)

9.10.2006

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

L 277/1

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(Acts whose publication is obligatory)

COUNCIL REGULATION (EC) No 1463/2006

of 19 June 2006

adapting Regulation (EC) No 1698/2005 on support for rural development by the European
Agricultural Fund for Rural Development (EAFRD) by reason of the accession of Bulgaria and Romania
to the European Union

THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN UNION,

Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European
Community,

Having regard to the Treaty of Accession of Bulgaria and Roma-
nia signed in 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 56 thereof,

Having regard to the proposal from the Commission,

Whereas:

(1)

(2)

(3)

Council Regulation (EC) No 1698/2005 (1) introduced
general rules governing Community support for rural
development policy
the programming period
2007 to 2013 and established priorities and measures for
rural development.

for

Those general rules and measures should be adapted to
allow their implementation in Bulgaria and Romania as
from the date of accession of those countries to the
European Union.

Regulation (EC) No 1698/2005 establishes a compulsory
Leader axis within the rural development programme,
which must account for a minimum percentage of EAFRD
contribution to the programme. Given the lack of experi-
ence of Bulgaria and Romania in implementing the Leader
approach and in order to build sufficient local capacity to
apply Leader, the average financial contribution of 2,5 %
for the Leader axis should be applied for the period 2010
to 2013 for those countries.

(4) With a view to allowing Bulgaria and Romania to benefit
until 2013 from the transitional measures concerning the

support to semi-subsistence agricultural holdings and the
setting-up of producer groups, Bulgaria and Romania
should be added to the list of countries benefiting from
these measures.

(5)

Regulation (EC) No 1698/2005 should therefore be
amended accordingly,

HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:

Article 1

Regulation (EC) No 1698/2005 shall be amended as follows:

1.

the following subparagraph shall be added to Article 17(2):

‘For Bulgaria and Romania, an average of at least 2,5 % of
the EAFRD total contribution for axis 4 shall be respected
during the period 2010 to 2013. Any contribution from the
EAFRD for that axis during the period 2007 to 2009 shall
be taken into account for the calculation of that percentage.’;

2.

the introductory words in Article 20(d) shall be replaced by
the following:

‘transitional measures for Bulgaria, the Czech Republic, Esto-
nia, Cyprus, Latvia, Lithuania, Hungary, Malta, Poland,
Romania, Slovenia and Slovakia concerning:’.

Article 2

This Regulation shall enter into force on 1 January 2007 subject
to the entry into force of the Treaty of Accession of Bulgaria and
Romania.

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

Done at Luxembourg, 19 June 2006.

For the Council
The President
J. PRÖLL

(1) OJ L 277, 21.10.2005, p. 1.