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Document 52012DC0581
COMMUNICATION FROM THE COMMISSION TO THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT AND THE COUNCIL INSTRUMENT FOR PRE-ACCESSION ASSISTANCE (IPA) REVISED MULTI-ANNUAL INDICATIVE FINANCIAL FRAMEWORK FOR 2013
COMMUNICATION FROM THE COMMISSION TO THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT AND THE COUNCIL INSTRUMENT FOR PRE-ACCESSION ASSISTANCE (IPA) REVISED MULTI-ANNUAL INDICATIVE FINANCIAL FRAMEWORK FOR 2013
COMMUNICATION FROM THE COMMISSION TO THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT AND THE COUNCIL INSTRUMENT FOR PRE-ACCESSION ASSISTANCE (IPA) REVISED MULTI-ANNUAL INDICATIVE FINANCIAL FRAMEWORK FOR 2013
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COMMUNICATION FROM THE COMMISSION TO THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT AND THE COUNCIL INSTRUMENT FOR PRE-ACCESSION ASSISTANCE (IPA) REVISED MULTI-ANNUAL INDICATIVE FINANCIAL FRAMEWORK FOR 2013 /* COM/2012/0581 final */
COMMUNICATION FROM THE COMMISSION TO
THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT AND THE COUNCIL INSTRUMENT FOR PRE-ACCESSION ASSISTANCE
(IPA)
REVISED MULTI-ANNUAL INDICATIVE FINANCIAL FRAMEWORK FOR 2013 Introduction The Multi-annual Indicative Financial
Framework (MIFF) for the Instrument for Pre-accession Assistance (IPA) is
designed to provide information on the indicative breakdown of the overall IPA
envelope proposed by the Commission in accordance with Article 5 of the IPA
Regulation (EC) No 1085/2006[1].
It acts as the link between the political framework within the enlargement
package and the budgetary process. The Multi-annual Indicative Planning
Documents (MIPD) established for each beneficiary country, for the
multi-beneficiary programme and for the cross–border cooperation component,
through which pre-accession aid is delivered, take into account the indicative
breakdown proposed in the MIFF. The MIFF is based on a rolling three-year
programming cycle. Under normal circumstances, a MIFF for years N, N+1 and N+2
will be presented in the last quarter of year N-2 as part of the enlargement
package, representing a proposed financial translation of the political
priorities set out within the package itself, taking into consideration the financial
framework. As 2013 is the last budgetary year of IPA, this MIFF covers only
changes foreseen in that year. It indicates the allocation of the envelope for
pre-accession assistance by country and by component for 2013 and also gives an
indication of the multi-beneficiary programme envelope and support expenditure. As in previous years, the MIFF is published
based on the current status of the countries concerned. As such, it reflects
the change of status of Serbia which became a candidate country in February 2012[2], as well as the anticipated
date of accession of Croatia on 1 July 2013. The overall political priorities for
pre-accession are set out in the Accession and European Partnerships, the
annual progress reports and the enlargement strategy paper contained in the
enlargement package presented to the European Parliament and the Council each autumn. Strategic
Financial Programming 1. Allocation of funds
between countries The starting point for allocations in 2007
was a commitment by the Commission to ensure that no beneficiary country would
receive less in 2007 than they did in 2006 and furthermore that Albania and Bosnia
and Herzegovina should receive no less than the annual average of the funding
each received between 2004 and 2006. This latter point reflected the fact that
the funding for these countries was frontloaded in 2004. The figures for 2008 onwards have been
calculated on the basis of per capita allocations which have been quoted in the
past as a proxy for needs and impact. Against this measure, the per capita
levels for each of the potential candidates in the Western Balkans increased
during the course of the current financial framework to above the 2004-2006 per
capita average of €23 (in 2004 prices) received under CARDS[3]. The global breakdown of funds
between countries has been respected with the exception of Kosovo[4] which received increased IPA
funding. In 2008, €60 million were granted by the budget authority as part of a
wider mobilisation of new funds to support the stability and development of
Kosovo. This was supplemented by a transfer of a further €60 million from
unused macro-financial assistance (MFA) appropriations. In 2009, an additional
€40 million was committed as a follow up to the Donors' Conference which took
place in July 2008. For Croatia and the former Yugoslav
Republic of Macedonia a level of over €30 per capita (in 2004 prices) is
allocated. This level is maintained throughout the period for Croatia. Given its
expected accession on 1 July 2013, the 2013 allocation for Croatia under IPA
will be reduced to half the amounts originally foreseen for that yera, except
for the rural development component where the full 2013 allocation will be
maintained at the level originally envisaged. For the former Yugoslav Republic
of Macedonia, the funding in per capita terms continues to increase, reflecting
a minimum level of funding needed to build adequate administrations,
irrespective of the size of the country. For Montenegro, the per capita levels of
funding are higher than for the other countries, reflecting a minimum level of
funding needed for building adequate administrations, irrespective of the size
of the country. For Turkey, taking into account the size
and absorption capacity of the country, there is a gradual increase in per capita
levels of assistance over the period 2007-2013. As for Iceland, the degree of its alignment
with EU legislation through the European Economic Area Agreement and its level
of economic and social development make the country an exception among
candidate countries. For this reason it was agreed that the country will
receive IPA assistance exclusively under component I, managed by the
Commission. The funding covers three years and began in 2011. 2. Allocations between
components IPA is delivered through the following five
components: I – Transition Assistance and Institution Building; II – Cross-Border
Cooperation; III – Regional Development; IV – Human Resources Development; and
V – Rural Development. Component I, Transition Assistance and
Institution Building, covers all institution-building
actions and the investments related to the acquis; it helps beneficiary
countries build up administrative and judicial capacity and addresses, according
to priority, cooperation measures not expressly covered by other components.
Component II, Cross-Border Cooperation,
supports cross-border activities among beneficiary countries and between
beneficiary countries and Member States; it also covers the participation of IPA
beneficiaries in European Regional Development Fund (ERDF) trans-national co–operation
programmes under the Territorial Cooperation objective of the Structural Funds and
in European Neighbourhood and Partnership Instrument (ENPI) sea-basin
programmes, as appropriate. Components III to V are accessible only to
candidate countries and aim to prepare these countries for the programming,
implementation and management of Structural, Cohesion and Rural Developments Funds,
upon accession, by approximating, to the greatest extent possible under
External Aid rules, the implementation methods of these funds. Specifically,
component III, Regional Development, emulates to the greatest extent possible
the European Regional Development Fund and the Cohesion Fund. Component IV,
Human Resources Development, prepares candidate countries to implement the European
Social Fund in the framework of the European Employment Strategy. Component V, Rural Development, helps the candidate countries prepare
for post-accession EU-funded rural development programmes by implementing
pre-accession assistance through systems which are as similar as possible to
those required after accession. In determining the allocations between
components, due account has been taken of the readiness of the decentralised
management systems necessary for the implementation of components III, IV and V
in the current candidate countries as well as the need for component II funding
as it relates to cross-border cooperation with Member States to match that of
the equivalent ERDF funding from budget heading 1b. 3. Other Allocations Support expenditure This envelope covers the administrative
costs directly linked to the implementation of IPA. Multi-beneficiary programme allocations The multi-beneficiary programmes under
component I are designed to complement the national programmes and to
strengthen multilateral relations in the Western Balkans and Turkey. The
strategy focuses on areas identified as crucial for European integration and
stability in the region and issues on which the countries need to cooperate.
Programmes with a regional impact, and / or those which can benefit from
economies of scale or scope if implemented horizontally across a number of
beneficiary countries, are funded under this envelope. Multi-beneficiary programmes support, inter
alia, the Regional School for Public Administration, the Central European Free
Trade Agreement (CEFTA), the Regional Cooperation Council (RCC), the fight
against organised crime, ERASMUS scholarships and higher education. They also
provide a basis for the Civil Society Facility which combines support from both
the national and multi-beneficiary IPA programmes. Institution-building for the
Western Balkans, Turkey and Iceland is supported via the TAIEX instrument, and
allocations are made for audits and evaluation of regional and national
programmes, as well as for information and communication activities. Investment
needs for small and medium size enterprises, energy efficiency and infrastructure
development, delivered in close collaboration with the European Investment Bank
and other International Financial Institutions (IFIs), will continue to be
supported with a substantial part of the regional and horizontal allocation.
This support will be coordinated under the Western Balkan Investment Framework,
set up at the end of 2009 to enhance coordination and cooperation among donors
and IFIs actively engaged in the Western Balkans. From 2010, part of component
II, covering the participation of countries in ERDF "Mediterranean"
and "South-East Europe" trans-national cooperation programmes, is
also implemented on a multi-beneficiary basis for ease of implementation. Presentation
of the figures The following table provides the above
figures in current prices and in Euro. It shows the allocations
by country and by component, as well as for the multi-beneficiary programme and
support expenditure for the year 2013 in accordance to the draft 2013 budget.
The final commitment figures for previous years as well as updated figures for
2012, are included for ease of reference. Revised Multi-Annual
Indicative Financial Framework: Breakdown of the Instrument for Pre-Accession
Assistance envelope for 2013 into allocations by country and component Country/Component || 2007 || 2008 || 2009 || 2010 || 2011 || 2012 || 2013 Candidate countries CROATIA Transition Assistance and Institution Building || 49,611,775 || 45,374,274 || 45,601,430 || 39,483,458 || 39,959,128 || 39,969,161 || 17,437,970 Cross-border Co-operation || 9,688,225 || 14,725,726 || 15,898,570 || 15,601,136 || 15,869,158 || 16,442,542 || 9,749,192 Regional Development || 45,050,000 || 47,600,000 || 49,700,000 || 56,800,000 || 58,200,000 || 57,453,890 || 30,088,235 Human Resources Development || 11,377,000 || 12,700,000 || 14,200,000 || 15,700,000 || 16,000,000 || 15,899,000 || 8,546,000 Rural Development || 25,500,000 || 25,600,000 || 25,800,000 || 26,000,000 || 26,500,000 || 25,820,793 || 27,700,000 TOTAL || 141,227,000 || 146,000,000 || 151,200,000 || 153,584,594 || 156,528,286 || 155,585,386 || 93,521,397[5] || || || || || || || FORMER YUGOSLAV REPUBLIC OF MACEDONIA Transition Assistance and Institution Building || 41,641,613 || 41,122,001 || 39,310,500 || 36,917,068 || 29,403,410 || 28,659,161 || 27,058,357 Cross-border Co-operation || 4,158,387 || 4,077,999 || 4,371,501 || 4,467,526 || 4,524,876 || 3,583,373 || 5,093,041 Regional Development || 7,400,000 || 12,300,000 || 20,800,000 || 29,400,000 || 39,300,000 || 40,949,983 || 50,276,471 Human Resources Development || 3,200,000 || 6,000,000 || 7,100,000 || 8,400,000 || 8,800,000 || 10,288,000 || 10,636,000 Rural Development || 2,100,000 || 6,700,000 || 10,200,000 || 12,500,000 || 16,000,000 || 17,991,604 || 20,157,737 TOTAL || 58,500,000 || 70,200,000 || 81,782,001 || 91,684,594 || 98,028,286 || 101,472,121 || 113,221,606 || || || || || || || ICELAND Transition Assistance and Institution Building || || || || || 12,000,000 || 11,997,400 || 5,810,415 TOTAL || || || || || 12,000,000 || 11,997,400 || 5,810,415 || || || || || || || MONTENEGRO Transition Assistance and Institution Building || 27,490,504 || 28,112,552 || 29,832,179[6] || 29,838,823 || 29,843,599 || 16,346,471 || 5,073,420 Cross-border Co-operation || 3,909,496 || 4,487,448 || 4,667,821 || 3,682,690 || 4,310,344 || 4,588,551 || 4,668,687 Regional Development || || || || || || 7,982,738 || 14,752,941 Human Resources Development || || || || || || 2,775,000 || 2,808,000 Rural Development || || || || || || 3,258,308[7] || 7,285,467 TOTAL || 31,400,000 || 32,600,000 || 34,500,000 || 33,521,513 || 34,153,943 || 34,951,068 || 34,588,515 || || || || || || || SERBIA Transition Assistance and Institution Building || 181,496,352 || 179,441,314 || 182,551,643 || 186,206,679 || 190,556,810 || 190,600,995 || 196,683,533 Cross-border Co-operation || 8,203,648 || 11,458,686 || 12,248,357 || 11,751,753 || 11,322,790 || 11,497,244 || 11,630,694 Regional Development || || || || || || || Human Resources Development || || || || || || || Rural Development || || || || || || || TOTAL || 189,700,000 || 190,900,000 || 194,800,000 || 197,958,432 || 201,879,600 || 202,098,239 || 208,314,227 TURKEY Transition Assistance and Institution Building || 256,702,720 || 256,125,297 || 239,550,810 || 217,809,826 || 231,268,023 || 227,499,161 || 238,500,014 Cross-border Co-operation || 2,097,280 || 2,874,709 || 3,049,190 || 3,090,174 || 5,131,977 || 2,174,617 || 2,218,109 Regional Development || 167,500,000 || 173,800,000 || 182,700,000 || 238,100,000 || 293,400,000 || 356,066,389 || 366,882,353 Human Resources Development || 50,200,000 || 52,900,000 || 55,600,000 || 63,400,000 || 77,600,000 || 83,188,000 || 91,167,077 Rural Development || 20,700,000 || 53,000,000 || 85,500,000 || 131,300,000 || 172,500,000 || 187,387,295 || 204,184,796 TOTAL || 497,200,000 || 538,700,006 || 566,400,000 || 653,700,000 || 779,900,000 || 856,315,462 || 902,952,349 Potential candidates ALBANIA Transition Assistance and Institution Building || 54,318,790 || 65,237,756[8] || 71,360,000 || 84,200,000[9] || 84,301,650 || 85,140,996 || 84,682,966 Cross-border Co-operation || 6,681,210 || 8,582,244 || 9,822,921 || 9,973,173 || 10,126,636 || 9,433,169 || 10,666,232 TOTAL || 61,000,000 || 73,820,000 || 81,182,921 || 94,173,173 || 94,428,286 || 94,574,165 || 95,349,198 BOSNIA AND HERZEGOVINA Transition Assistance and Institution Building || 58,136,394 || 69,854,783 || 83,900,000 || 100,688,099 || 102,681,861 || 102,670,996 || 103,493,402 Cross-border Co-operation || 3,963,606 || 4,945,217 || 5,207,746 || 4,696,495 || 4,746,425 || 5,197,353 || 5,342,041 TOTAL || 62,100,000 || 74,800,000 || 89,107,746 || 105,384,594 || 107,428,286 || 107,868,349 || 108,835,443 || || || || || || || KOSOVO Transition Assistance and Institution Building || 68,300,000 || 184,700,000 || 106,100,000 || 66,100,000 || 66,900,000 || 67,000,144 || 68,477,942 Cross-border Co-operation || 0 || 0 || 0 || 1,200,000 || 1,800,000 || 1,800,000 || 2,987,731 TOTAL || 68,300,000 || 184,700,000 || 106,100,000 || 67,300,000 || 68,700,000 || 68,800,144 || 71,465,673 TOTAL COUNTRY PROGRAMMES || 1,109,427,000 || 1,311,720,006 || 1,305,072,668 || 1,397,306,900 || 1,553,046,687 || 1,633,662,334 || 1,634,058,823 MULTI-BENEFICIARY PROGRAMMES Transition Assistance and Institution Building || 129,571,000[10] || 137,736,644[11] || 188,867,536[12] || 141,706,551[13] || 187,860,605[14] || 207,031,122[15] || 171,226,015 Cross-border Co-operation || 0 || 0 || 0 || 4,921,679 || 5,293,313 || 5,672,378 || 6,059,026 SUPPORT EXPENDITURE || 44,793,000 || 51,950,000 || 47,648,000 || 47,393,000 || 52,183,900 || 52,747,050 || 53,302,924 GRAND TOTAL || 1,263,200,000 || 1,501,406,650 || 1,541,588,204 || 1,591,328,130 || 1,798,384,505 || 1,899,112,884 || 1,864,646,788 Figures are in Euro at current prices [1] OJ L 201, 31.7.2006, p. 82-93 [2] Opening of components III, IV and V for Serbia is
subject to the adoption by the Council and the European Parliament of the
amendment to Regulation (EC) No 1085/2006 as proposed by the Commission
(COM(2012) 329 of 20 June 2012). [3] A precursor of IPA in the region – Community
Assistance for Reconstruction, Development and Stabilisation – which ran from
2000–2006. [4] This designation is without prejudice to positions on
status, and is in line with UNSCR 1244/1999 and the ICJ Opinion on the Kosovo
declaration of independence. [5] 50% of the initial 2013 allocation for components I
to IV and 100% of the initial 2013 allocation for component V [6] Includes €1.2 million additional funds recovered from
previous programmes. [7] The procedure of transferring these funds from the
Rural Development component to the Transition Assistance and Institution
Building component has been initiated. [8] Includes €3.12 million additional funds recovered
from previous programmes. [9] Includes €1.5 million additional funds recovered from
previous programmes. [10] Includes €20.6 million additional funds recovered from
previous programmes. [11] Includes €2.0 million additional funds recovered from
previous programmes. [12] Includes €22.8 million additional funds recovered from
previous programmes. [13] This includes a reduction of €29 million for the food
security facility which will be paid back in 2011 (€14 million), 2012 (€6
million) and 2013 (€9 million). The funds paid back in these years will be used
for the allocation to Iceland. The figure also includes €2.7 million additional
funds recovered from previous programmes. [14] Includes €1.6 million additional funds recovered from
previous programmes. [15] Includes €32.1 million additional funds recovered from
previous programmes.