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Document 32001B0603

Final adoption of supplementary and amending budget No 1 of the European Union for the financial year 2001

OJ L 218, 13.8.2001, p. 1–28 (ES, DA, DE, EL, EN, FR, IT, NL, PT, FI, SV)

Legal status of the document No longer in force, Date of end of validity: 31/12/2001

32001B0603

Final adoption of supplementary and amending budget No 1 of the European Union for the financial year 2001

Official Journal L 218 , 13/08/2001 P. 0001 - 0028


II

(Acts whose publication is not obligatory)

PARLIAMENT

FINAL ADOPTION

of supplementary and amendment budget No 1 of the European Union

for the financial year 2001

(2001/.../EC, ECSC, Euratom)

THE PRESIDENT OF THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT,

Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community, and in particular Article 272(4), third subparagraph, thereof,

Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Atomic Energy Community, and in particular Article 234 thereof,

Having regard to the Financial Regulation of 21 December 1997 applicable to the general budget of the European Communities, as last amended by Regulation (EC, ECSC, Euratom) No 762/2001(1), and in particular Article 15 thereof,

Having regard to the Interinstitutional Agreement of 6 May 1999 between the European Parliament, the Council and the Commission on budgetary discipline and improvement of the budgetary procedure(2),

Having regard to the general budget of the European Union for the financial year 2001(3),

Having regard to preliminary draft supplementary and amending budget No 1 of the European Union for the financial year 2001 submitted by the Commission,

Having regard to draft supplementary and amending budget No 1 of the European Union for the financial year 2001 established by the Council on 12 February 2001,

Having regard to the debates and deliberations of the European Parliament of 28 February and 1 March 2001, at the conclusion of which it approved supplementary and amending budget No 1 of the European Union for the financial year 2001, as adopted by the Council,

Having regard to the resolution adopted by the European Parliament on 1 March 2001,

The procedure laid down in Article 272 of the Treaty establishing the European Community and Article 234 of the Treaty establishing the European Atomic Energy Community having thus been completed,

DECLARES:

Sole Article

Supplementary and amending budget No 1 of the European Union for the financial year 2001 has been finally adopted.

Done at Strasbourg, 1 March 2001.

The President

Nicole FONTAINE

(1) OJ L 111, 20.4.2001, p. 1.

(2) OJ C 172, 18.6.1999, p. 1.

(3) OJ L 56, 26.2.2001, p. 1.

CONTENTS

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A. TOTAL REVENUE

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TITLE 3

SURPLUSES AVAILABLE

CHAPTER 3 0 - SURPLUS AVAILABLE FROM THE PRECEDING FINANCIAL YEAR

3 0 0 Surplus available from the preceding financial year

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Financial Regulation of 21 December 1977 applicable to the general budget of the European Communities (OJ L 356, 31.12.1977, p. 1), as last amended by Regulation (EC, ECSC, Euratom) No 2673/1999 (OJ L 326, 18.12.1999, p. 1).

Council Regulation (EC, Euratom) No 1150/2000 of 22 May 2000 implementing Decision 94/728/EC, Euratom on the system of the Communities' own resources (OJ L 130, 31.5.2000, p. 1).

Article 32 of the Financial Regulation states that the balance from each financial year, whether surplus or deficit, is entered as revenue expenditure in the budget of the subsequent financial year.

The relevant estimates of such revenue or expenditure are entered in the budget during the budget procedure and, where appropriate, in a letter of amendment submitted pursuant to Article 14 of the Financial Regulation. They are drawn up in accordance with the principles set out in Article 15 of Regulation (EC, Euratom) No 1150/2000.

After the closure of the accounts for each financial year, any discrepancy in relation to the estimates is entered in the budget for the following financial year through a supplementary and/or amending budget.

A deficit is entered in Chapter B0-3 0 of the statement of expenditure of Section III"Commission".

SECTION III

COMMISSION

EXPENDITURE

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PART B

OPERATING APPROPRIATIONS

Part B appropriations cover operating expenditure directly related to the objective of the relevant programme or action, including expenditure on evaluation and technical and administrative assistance benefiting partners only. Special provisions apply to the following:

- expenditure on technical assistance, studies and information concerning the Structural Funds and the Cohesion Fund is governed by the provisions of Council Regulations (EEC) No 4254/88, (EEC) No 4255/88, (EEC) No 4256/88, (EEC) No 792/93, (EEC) No 2080/93, (EC) No 1164/94 and (EC) No.../1999,

- appropriations in subsection B6 are governed by the special provisions of Title 27 of the Financial Regulation,

- expenditure on technical and administrative assistance is authorised if the remarks against the relevant heading expressly provide for this type of expenditure and lay down the expenditure ceiling.

For new programmes or actions, the charging against Part B of expenditure on technical and administrative assistance will have to be provided for in the specific legislation for the relevant programme or action and be the subject of a decision of the budgetary authority laying down the ceiling.

The Commission undertakes to submit a special report to the budgetary authority, when the preliminary draft is drawn up, on the use of internal and external resources earmarked for technical and administrative assistance and for support expenditure covered by the remarks relating to the budget headings concerned.

Upon a reasoned request from either arm of the budgetary authority, the Commission must forward all appropriate information, including the results of work carried out by experts, concerning the implementation of programmes or actions.

ADMINISTRATIVE APPROPRIATIONS

The appropriations entered in the 'B ... A' headings are intended to finance inter alia:

- expenditure on technical assistance concerning public authority tasks delegated by the Commission to implementing agencies governed by Community law;

- expenditure on technical and administrative assistance not involving public authority tasks outsourced by the Commission under ad hoc research or service contracts to bodies governed by private law.

During the financial year 2001

The Commission undertakes to inform the budgetary authority about transfers from the main heading (B) to the B ... A heading, and vice versa, and to report to it at the end of the financial year on the use of appropriations against the B ... A heading.

Implementation

There must be regular assessment of implementation of all programmes and projects and grants to organisations financed or cofinanced by the operating part of the European Union budget. The budgetary authority must be informed about the results of those assessments, even if this is not expressly provided for in the legal basis.

Recipients of Commission budget allocations are requested to make it perfectly clear to the public that they are receiving financial assistance from the European Union.

SUBSECTION B1

EUROPEAN AGRICULTURAL GUIDANCE AND GUARANTEE FUND, GUARANTEE SECTION

Expenditure on the common agricultural policy under the Guarantee Section of the European Agricultural Guidance and Guarantee Fund concerns, in accordance with Article 1(2) of Regulation (EC) No 1258/1999 (OJ L 160, 26.6.1999, p. 103):

- refunds on exports to third countries,

- intervention intended to stabilise the agricultural market,

- rural development measures outside Objective 1 programmes except the rural development Community initiative,

- the Community's financial contribution towards specific veterinary measures, inspection measures in the veterinary field and programmes for the eradication and monitoring of animal diseases (veterinary measures) as well as towards plant health measures,

- measures intended to provide information on the common agricultural policy and certain evaluation actions of measures financed by the Guarantee Section of the Fund.

The appropriations entered for the Guarantee Section of the European Agricultural Guidance and Guarantee Fund are determined as a rule:

- by reference to the regulations in force for the agricultural markets,

- on the basis of assumptions about the development of these markets.

TITLE B1-1

PLANT PRODUCTS

CHAPTER B1-1 0 - ARABLE CROPS

B1-1 0 0 Refunds on cereals

Council Regulation (EEC) No 1766/92 of 30 June 1992 on the common organisation of the market in cereals (OJ L 181, 1.7.1992, p. 21), as last amended by Regulation (EC) No 1666/2000 (OJ L 193, 29.7.2000, p. 1).

B1-1 0 0 0 Refunds on common wheat grain and flour

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This appropriation is intended to cover refunds in accordance with Article 13 of Regulation (EEC) No 1766/92.

B1-1 0 0 1 Refunds on barley grain and malt

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This appropriation is intended to cover refunds in accordance with Article 13 of Regulation (EEC) No 1766/92.

B1-1 0 0 3 Refunds on other cereals

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This appropriation is intended to cover refunds in accordance with Article 13 of Regulation (EEC) No 1766/92.

B1-1 0 1 Intervention storage of cereals

Council Regulation (EEC) No 1766/92 of 30 June 1992 on the common organisation of the market in cereals (OJ L 181, 1.7.1992, p. 21), as last amended by Regulation (EC) No 1666/2000 (OJ L 193, 29.7.1999, p. 1).

B1-1 0 1 3 Other public storage costs

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This appropriation is intended to cover other public storage costs, in accordance with Articles 4 and 6 of Regulation (EEC) No 1766/92; this refers mainly to the difference between the book value and the sale value.

B1-1 0 1 4 Depreciation of cereal stocks

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Council Regulation (EEC) No 1883/78 of 2 August 1978 laying down general rules for the financing of interventions by the European Agricultural Guidance and Guarantee Fund, Guarantee Section (OJ L 216, 5.8.1978, p. 1), as last amended by Regulation (EC) No 1259/96 (OJ L 163, 2.7.1996, p. 10), and in particular Article 8(1) thereof.

This appropriation is intended to cover the financial depreciation of"recently constituted" stocks.

B1-1 0 2 Intervention, other than storage, of cereals

Council Regulation (EEC) No 1766/92 of 30 June 1992 on the common organisation of the market in cereals (OJ L 181, 1.7.1992, p. 21), as last amended by Regulation (EC) No 1666/2000 (OJ L 193, 29.7.1999, p. 1).

B1-1 0 2 2 Production refunds for starch

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This appropriation is intended to cover the other production refunds, in accordance with Article 7 of Regulation (EEC) No 1766/92.

CHAPTER B1-1 1 - SUGAR

To offset the expenditure under Chapter B1-1 1, the industry makes contributions by way of storage levies, and also by way of production levies which cover a substantial portion of refund expenditure, namely that corresponding to Community excess production in the framework of production quotas.

B1-1 1 0 Refunds on sugar and isoglucose

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Council Regulation (EC) No 2038/1999 of 13 September 1999 on the common organisation of the market in sugar (OJ L 252, 25.9.1999, p. 1).

This appropriation is intended to cover refunds granted in accordance with Article 18 of Regulation (EC) No 2038/1999, including those relating to certain sugars incorporated into processed fruit and vegetables, in accordance with Articles 16 and 18 of Regulation (EC) No 2201/96.

B1-1 1 1 Intervention for sugar

Council Regulation (EC) No 2038/1999 of 13 September 1999 on the common organisation of the market in sugar (OJ L 252, 25.9.1999, p. 1).

B1-1 1 1 2 Refunds on sugar used in the chemical industry

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This appropriation is intended to cover expenditure on refunds for use in the chemical industry, in accordance with Article 9(3) of Regulation (EC) No 2038/1999.

CHAPTER B1-1 4 - FIBRE PLANTS AND SILKWORMS

B1-1 4 1 Aid for cotton

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Council Regulation (EEC) No 1152/90 of 27 April 1990 instituting a system of aid in favour of small cotton producers (OJ L 116, 8.5.1990, p. 1), repealed by Regulation (EC) No 1553/95 (OJ L 148, 30.6.1995, p. 45).

Council Regulation (EC) No 1554/95 of 29 June 1995 laying down the general rules for the system of aid for cotton (OJ L 148, 30.6.1995, p. 48), as last amended by Regulation (EC) No 1419/98 (OJ L 190, 22.6.1998, p. 4).

Proposal for a Council Regulation, submitted by the Commission on 13 December 1999, adjusting, for the sixth time, the system of aid for cotton introduced by Protocol 4 annexed to the Act of Accession of Greece and proposal for a Council Regulation on production aid for cotton (COM(1999) 492 final).

This appropriation is intended to cover expenditure on production aid for cotton, not carded or combed, under Regulation (EC) No 1554/95.

It is also intended to cover the balance of expenditure resulting from the application of Regulation (EEC) No 1152/90 to reduce the impact of the stabilisers on the income of small cotton producers.

CHAPTER B1-1 8 - OTHER PLANT SECTORS OR PRODUCTS

B1-1 8 5 Rice

Council Regulation (EC) No 3072/95 of 22 December 1995 on the common organisation of the market in rice (OJ L 329, 30.12.1995, p. 18), as last amended by Regulation (EC) No 1667/2000 (OJ L 193, 29.7.2000, p. 3).

B1-1 8 5 0 Refunds for rice

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This appropriation is intended to cover refunds, in accordance with Article 13 of Regulation (EC) No 3072/95.

B1-1 8 5 1 Technical costs of public storage

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This appropriation is intended to cover technical costs resulting from buying-in in accordance with Articles 4, 5 and 8 of Regulation (EC) No 3072/95.

B1-1 8 5 2 Financial costs of public storage

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This appropriation is intended to cover financial costs resulting from buying-in in accordance with Articles 4, 5 and 8 of Regulation (EC) No 3072/95.

B1-1 8 5 4 Depreciation of stocks

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Council Regulation (EEC) No 1883/78 of 2 August 1978 laying down general rules for the financing of interventions by the European Agricultural Guidance and Guarantee Fund, Guarantee Section (OJ L 216, 5.8.1978, p. 1), as last amended by Regulation (EC) No 1259/96 (OJ L 163, 2.7.1996, p. 10), and in particular Article 8(1) thereof.

This appropriation is intended to cover depreciation of"newly constituted" stocks.

TITLE B1-2

ANIMAL PRODUCTS

CHAPTER B1-2 1 - BEEF/VEAL

B1-2 1 1 Intervention storage of beef/veal

Council Regulation (EC) No 1254/1999 of 17 May 1999 on the common organisation of the market in beef and veal (OJ L 160, 26.6.1999, p. 21).

B1-2 1 1 1 Technical costs of public storage

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This item is intended to cover technical costs arising from buying-in for public storage, in accordance with Article 27 of Regulation (EC) No 1254/1999.

B1-2 1 1 2 Financial costs of public storage

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This item is intended to cover financial costs arising from buying-in for public storage, in accordance with Article 27 of Regulation (EC) No 1254/1999.

B1-2 1 1 3 Other public storage costs

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This item is intended to cover other public storage costs, and in particular the difference between the book value and the sale value, in accordance with Articles 27 and 28 of Regulation (EC) No 1254/1999.

B1-2 1 1 4 Depreciation of stocks

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Council Regulation (EEC) No 1883/78 of 2 August 1978 laying down general rules for the financing of interventions by the European Agricultural Guidance and Guarantee Fund, Guarantee Section (OJ L 216, 5.8.1978, p. 1), as last amended by Regulation (EC) No 1259/96 (OJ L 163, 2.7.1996, p. 10), and in particular Article 8(1) thereof.

This item is intended to cover the financial depreciation of"recently constituted" stocks.

B1-2 1 2 Intervention other than storage of beef/veal

Council Regulation (EC) No 1254/1999 of 17 May 1999 on the common organisation of the market in beef and veal (OJ L 160, 26.6.1999, p. 21).

B1-2 1 2 9 Other intervention

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Commission Regulation (EEC) No 3886/92 of 23 December 1992 laying down detailed rules for the application of the premium schemes provided for in the common organisation of the market in beef (OJ L 391, 31.12.1992, p. 20), as last amended by Regulation (EC) No 2604/98 (OJ L 328, 4.12.1998, p. 5).

This item is intended to cover other forms of intervention, particularly those resulting in accordance with Article 38 of Regulation (EC) No 1254/1999.

It is also intended to cover outstanding balances for the early-slaughter premium for calves agreed in principle by the Agriculture Council on 30 October 1996 as part of the bovine sector emergency plan to combat the consequences of BSE.

TITLE B1-3

ANCILLARY EXPENDITURE

CHAPTER B1-3 1 - FOOD PROGRAMMES

B1-3 1 1 Refunds in connection with food aid

B1-3 1 1 0 Refunds in connection with food aid (cereals)

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Council Regulation (EEC) No 3972/86 of 22 December 1986 on food-aid policy and food-aid management (OJ L 370, 30.12.1986, p. 1), as last amended by Regulation (EEC) No 1930/90 (OJ L 174, 7.7.1990, p. 6), and in particular Article 5 thereof.

B1-3 1 1 1 Refunds in connection with food aid (rice)

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Council Regulation (EEC) No 3972/86 of 22 December 1986 on food-aid policy and food-aid management (OJ L 370, 30.12.1986, p. 1), as last amended by Regulation (EEC) No 1930/90 (OJ L 174, 7.7.1990, p. 6), and in particular Article 5 thereof.

CHAPTER B1-3 2 - PROGRAMMES FOR THE OUTERMOST REGIONS AND THE AEGEAN ISLANDS

The appropriations of this chapter are intended to cover expenditure in the agricultural sector arising from new measures aimed at compensating for the remote geographical location of certain regions.

B1-3 2 2 Poseican

B1-3 2 2 0 Supply

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Council Decision 91/314/EEC of 26 June 1991 setting up a programme of options specific to the remote and insular nature of the Canary Islands (Poseican) (OJ L 171, 29.6.1991, p. 5).

Council Regulation (EEC) No 1601/92 of 15 June 1992 concerning specific measures for the Canary Islands with regard to certain agricultural products (OJ L 173, 27.6.1992, p. 13), as last amended by Regulation (EC) No 1257/1999 (OJ L 160, 26.6.1999, p. 80).

CHAPTER B1-3 3 - VETERINARY AND PLANT-HEALTH MEASURES

B1-3 3 0 Animal disease eradication and monitoring programmes and monitoring of the physical conditions of animals that could pose a public-health risk linked to an external factor

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Council Decision 80/1096/EEC of 11 November 1980 introducing Community financial measures for the eradication of classical swine fever (OJ L 325, 1.12.1980, p. 5), as last amended by Decision 91/686/EEC (OJ L 377, 31.12.1991, p. 15).

Council Decision 86/649/EEC of 16 December 1986 introducing a Community financial measure for the eradication of African swine fever in Portugal (OJ L 382, 31.12.1986, p. 5), as amended by Decision 89/577/EEC (OJ L 322, 7.11.1989, p. 21).

Council Decision 86/650/EEC of 16 December 1986 introducing a Community financial measure for the eradication of African swine fever in Spain (OJ L 382, 31.12.1986, p. 9).

Council Decision 87/58/EEC of 22 December 1986 introducing a supplementary Community measure for the eradication of brucellosis, tuberculosis and leucosis in cattle (OJ L 24, 27.1.1987, p. 51).

Council Decision 89/145/EEC of 20 February 1989 introducing a Community financial measure for the eradication of contagious pleuropneumonia in cattle in Portugal (OJ L 53, 25.2.1989, p. 55).

Council Decision 89/455/EEC of 24 July 1989 introducing Community measures to set up pilot projects for the control of rabies with a view to its eradication or prevention (OJ L 223, 2.8.1989, p. 19).

Council Decision 90/217/EEC of 25 April 1990 introducing a Community financial measure for the eradication of African swine fever in Sardinia (OJ L 116, 8.5.1990, p. 24).

Council Decision 90/242/EEC of 21 May 1990 introducing a Community financial measure for the eradication of brucellosis in sheep and goats (OJ L 140, 1.6.1990, p. 123).

Council Decision 90/424/EEC of 26 June 1990 on expenditure in the veterinary field (OJ L 224, 18.8.1990, p. 19), as last amended by Decision 2001/12/EC (OJ L 3, 6.1.2001, p. 27).

Council Decision 90/495/EEC of 24 September 1990 introducing a Community financial measure with a view to the eradication of infectious haematopoietic necrosis of salmonids in the Community (OJ L 276, 6.10.1990, p. 37).

Council Directive 92/117/EEC of 17 December 1992 concerning measures for protection against specified zoonoses and specified zoonotic agents in animals and products of animal origin in order to prevent outbreaks of food-borne infections and intoxications (OJ L 62, 15.3.1993, p. 38), as last amended by Directive 97/22/EC (OJ L 113, 30.4.1997, p. 9).

An appropriation ofEUR 10000000 is entered in Chapter B0-4 0 to cover post-mortem tests for bovine spongiform encephalopathy. Member States must submit their sampling programmes by 1 June 2000.

SUBSECTION B7

EXTERNAL ACTIONS

All contracts for outside staff charged to operating expenditure should be centralised and harmonised by a unit for the management and supervision of outside contracts under the responsibility of the Commissioner responsible for the budget.

TITLE B7-5

COOPERATION WITH PARTNER COUNTRIES IN EASTERN EUROPE AND CENTRAL ASIA AND THE WESTERN BALKAN COUNTRIES

CHAPTER B7-5 4 - COOPERATION WITH THE COUNTRIES OF THE WESTERN BALKANS

B7-5 4 1 Assistance for the countries of the western Balkans

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Council Regulation (EEC) No 3800/91 of 23 December 1991, amending Regulation (EEC) No 3906/89 in order to extend economic aid to include other countries in central and eastern Europe (OJ L 357, 28.12.1991, p. 10) (Albania).

Council Regulation (EC) No 1366/95 of 12 June 1995 amending Regulation (EEC) No 3906/89 in order to extend economic aid to Croatia (OJ L 133, 17.6.1995, p. 1).

Council Regulation (EC) No 463/96 of 11 March 1996 amending Regulation (EEC) No 3906/89 with a view to extending economic assistance to the Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia (OJ L 65, 15.3.1996, p. 3).

Council Regulation (EC) No 753/96 of 22 April 1996 amending Regulation (EEC) No 3906/89 with a view to extending economic aid to Bosnia and Herzegovina (OJ L 103, 26.4.1996, p. 5).

Council Decision 97/831/EC of 27 November 1997 concerning the conclusion of a cooperation agreement between the European Community and the Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia (OJ L 348, 18.12.1997, p. 1) (with Financial Protocol).

Commission Regulation (EC) No 2760/98 of 18 December 1998 concerning the implementation of a programme for cross-border cooperation in the framework of the Phare programme (OJ L 345, 19.12.1998, p. 49).

Council Decision 1999/311/EC of 29 April 1999 adopting the third phase of the trans-European cooperation scheme for higher education (Tempus III) (2000 to 2006) (OJ L 120, 8.5.1999, p. 30).

Council Regulation (EC) No 2454/1999 of 15 November 1999, amending Regulation (EC) No 1628/96 relating to aid for Bosnia and Herzegovina, Croatia, the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia and the Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia and setting up a European Agency for Reconstruction (OJ L 299, 20.11.1999, p. 1).

Council Decision 2000/460/EC of 17 July 2000 amending Decision 1999/311/EC adopting the third phase of the trans-European cooperation scheme for higher education (Tempus III) (2000 to 2006) (OJ L 183, 22.7.2000, p. 16).

Council Regulation (EC) No 2666/2000 of 5 December 2000 on assistance for Albania, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Croatia, the Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia and the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia and repealing Regulation (EC) No 1628/96 and amending Regulations (EEC) No 3906/89 and (EEC) No 1360/90 and Decisions 97/256/EC and 1999/311/EC (OJ L 306, 7.12.2000, p. 1).

Council Regulation (EC) No 2667/2000 of 5 December 2000 on the European Agency for Reconstruction (OJ L 306, 7.12.2000, p. 7).

This appropriation is intended to cover the financing of the assistance programme whose main aim is to support the participation of the beneficiary countries in the stabilisation and association process.

Such assistance will in particular be geared to:

- the reconstruction and stabilisation of the region, including the return of refugees and displaced persons,

- the establishment of an institutional and legislative framework to support democracy, the rule of law, human rights and minority rights, as well as civil liberties,

- the restoration of civil society and free media,

- the reform in view of a market-economy oriented to economic, social, civic and educational development,

- the development of closer ties between the beneficiary countries and regions and between them and the European Union and between them and the candidate countries,

- regional cooperation, trans-national, cross-border and inter-regional cooperation.

This appropriation is also intended to finance the new policy on universities of the Government of the Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia, in particular as regards the establishment of a university at Tetovo.

For the Republic of Montenegro and for other regions covered by this article and provided the mandate of the European Agency for Reconstruction is extended to them, the appropriations are also intended to cover the grant to the European Agency for Reconstruction for the operational programmes entrusted to it and its operating expenditures. The latter will be funded by an amount equivalent to not more than 8 % of the overall multiannual budget fixed for the measures managed by the Agency.

Irrespective of the beneficiary, no administrative expenditure against this article is authorised.

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SUBSECTION B0

GUARANTEES AND RESERVES

TITLE B0-4

RESERVES AND PROVISIONS

CHAPTER B0-4 0 - PROVISIONS

B0-4 0 0 Non-differentiated appropriations

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Financial Regulation of 21 December 1977 applicable to the general budget of the European Communities (OJ L 356, 31.12.1977, p. 1), as last amended by Regulation (EC, ECSC, Euratom) No 2673/1999 (OJ L 326, 18.12.1999, p. 1).

The appropriations in this chapter are purely provisional in nature and may only be utilised after having been transferred to other chapters in accordance with the provisions of the Financial Regulation.

The breakdown is as follows:

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