Council Regulation (EC) No 769/2004 of 21 April 2004 amending Regulations (EEC) No 3906/89, (EC) No 555/2000, (EC) No 2500/2001, (EC) No 1268/1999 and (EC) No 1267/1999 in order to allow the Stabilisation and Association Process countries to participate in tenders organised under the pre-accession Community assistance programmes

Council Regulation (EC) No 769/2004
of 21 April 2004
amending Regulations (EEC) No 3906/89, (EC) No 555/2000, (EC) No 2500/2001, (EC) No 1268/1999 and (EC) No 1267/1999 in order to allow the Stabilisation and Association Process countries to participate in tenders organised under the pre-accession Community assistance programmes
THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN UNION
,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community, and in particular the first sentence of Article 181a(2) thereof,
Having regard to the proposal from the Commission,
Having regard to the opinion of the European Parliament(1),
Whereas:
(1) On 20 June 2003 the European Council in Thessaloniki endorsed "The Thessaloniki agenda for the Western Balkans: Moving towards European Integration", and invited the Commission to consider taking appropriate measures to allow Stabilisation and Association Process countries to participate in tenders organised under the pre-accession (Phare, ISPA and Sapard) Community assistance programmes.
(2) Therefore, Council Regulations (EEC) No 3906/89 of 18 December 1989 on economic aid to certain countries of central and eastern Europe(2), (EC) No 555/2000 of 13 March 2000 on the implementation of operations in the framework of the pre-accession strategy for the Republic of Cyprus and the Republic of Malta(3), (EC) No 2500/2001 of 17 December 2001 concerning pre-accession financial assistance for Turkey(4), (EC) No 1268/1999 of 21 June 1999 on Community support for pre-accession measures for agriculture and rural development in the applicant countries of central and eastern Europe in the pre-accession period(5) and (EC) No 1267/1999 of 21 June 1999 establishing an instrument for structural policies for pre-accession(6) should be amended accordingly,