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IPA II: the EU’s Instrument for Pre-accession Assistance 2014-2020
IPA II: the EU’s Instrument for Pre-accession Assistance 2014-2020
IPA II: the EU’s Instrument for Pre-accession Assistance 2014-2020
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IPA II: the EU’s Instrument for Pre-accession Assistance 2014-2020
SUMMARY OF:
Regulation (EU) No 231/2014 establishing an Instrument for Pre-accession Assistance
WHAT IS THE AIM OF THE REGULATION?
This second phase of the Instrument for Pre-accession Assistance (IPA II) aims to help countries wishing to join the EU to implement comprehensive reforms to prepare for their membership. This is mainly achieved by aligning their rules and policies with EU standards and practices.
KEY POINTS
The main objective of IPA II is to support beneficiaries in adopting and implementing political, institutional, legal, administrative, social and economic reforms, with a view to EU membership.
Support
Assistance mainly focuses on a selected number of policy areas that will help the beneficiaries to progressively meet EU accession criteria.
Support helps countries to:
Beneficiaries
IPA II will allow for continued support to candidate countries and potential candidates, namely Albania, Bosnia and Herzegovina, the North Macedonia, Kosovo*, Montenegro, Serbia and Turkey.
Efficient and flexible approach
Budget and implementation
Regulation (EU) No 231/2014 sets the IPA II budget for 2014-2020 at €11.699 billion. Many of the rules and procedures for implementing this programme may be found in Regulation (EU) No 236/2014 (see summary), a cross-cutting regulation which aligns and simplifies the implementation of all EU external instruments.
The European Commission adopted an implementing act, Implementing Regulation (EU) No 447/2014. It sets out uniform conditions to implement Regulation (EU) No 231/2014 and detailed rules which implement Regulation (EU) No 236/2014 with regard to:
Regulation (EU) No 447/2014 was amended by Implementing Regulation (EU) 2020/891 to align the rules for implementing cross-border cooperation programmes financed under IPA II with specific measures in response to the COVID-19 pandemic. It allows:
FROM WHEN DOES THE REGULATION APPLY?
It has applied since 1 January 2014.
BACKGROUND
For more information, see:
MAIN DOCUMENT
Regulation (EU) No 231/2014 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 11 March 2014 establishing an Instrument for Pre-accession Assistance (IPA II) (OJ L 77, 15.3.2014, pp. 11-26)
RELATED DOCUMENTS
Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) No 447/2014 of 2 May 2014 on the specific rules for implementing Regulation (EU) No 231/2014 of the European Parliament and of the Council establishing an Instrument for Pre-accession assistance (IPA II) (OJ L 132, 3.5.2014, pp. 32-52)
Successive amendments to Regulation (EU) No 447/2014 have been incorporated into the original text. This consolidated version is of documentary value only.
Regulation (EU) No 236/2014 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 11 March 2014 laying down common rules and procedures for the implementation of the Union’s instruments for financing external action (OJ L 77, 15.3.2014, pp. 95-108)
See consolidated version.
last update 20.08.2020