Pre Accession Assistance
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In line with the conclusions of the Berlin European Council (24-25 March 1999), pre-accession assistance to the candidate countries of central Europe will be more than doubled from the year 2000 onwards: € 3,120 million will be made available annually between 2000 and 2006 through the Phare Programme and two new pre-accession instruments, i.e. ISPA and SAPARD as proposed by the European Commission in Agenda 2000.
Programming under these three pre-accession instruments will follow the principles, priorities and conditions set out in the Accession Partnerships. The pre-accession funds made available after the accession of the first new Member States will be reallocated to the other candidate countries, so that the same global pre-accession resources will help a smaller number of countries.
Pre-Accession Assistance for the countries of central Europe (Bulgaria, Czech Republic, Estonia, Hungary, Latvia, Lithuania, Poland, Romania, Slovakia and Slovenia) from the year 2000 on:
The Phare Programme
*Finances Institution Building measures across all sectors and investment in fields not covered by the other two instruments, included integrated regional development programmes;
*has an annual budget of € 1,560 million;
*Comes under the responsibility of the Enlargement Directorate General, which also assumes the overall coordination between the three instruments, supported by the Phare Management Committee
Environment and transport investment support (ISPA)
*Finances major environmental and transport infrastructure;
*Has an annual budget of € 1,040 million;
*Comes under the responsibility of the Regional Policy Directorate General
Agricultural and rural development support (SAPARD)
*Finances agricultural and rural development;
*Has an annual budget of € 520 million;
*Comes under the responsibility of the Agriculture Directorate General
See also the Phare - Ispa - Sapard brochure, September 2001 (PDF, 76kb).
Pre-Accession Assistance for Cyprus and Malta from the year 2000 on:
Such assistance is provided under a specific Council Regulation with an allocation of €95 million for 2000-2004.
Assistance is to focus on the harmonisation process (based on the priority areas specified in the Accession Partnerships), and, in the case of Cyprus, on bi-communal measures that might help to bring about a political settlement.
Pre-Accession Assistance for Turkey from the year 2000 on:
Such assistance is provided under the two 'European Strategy' regulations for Turkey (€ 150 million for 2000-2002), as well as under the MEDA II programme (€ 127 million per year).
This implies that, as from the year 2000, the annual financial allocation to Turkey will nearly double (€ 177 million compared with € 93 million for 1996-1999).
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