2002/638/EC: Commission Decision of 31 July 2002 conferring management of aid on implementing agencies for pre-accession measures in agriculture and rural development Romania in the pre-accession period

• Articles: 3

Article 1

The requirement of ex ante approval by the Commission of project selection and contracting by Romania is hereby waived.

Article 2

Management of the Sapard Programme is conferred on a provisional basis to:

1. the Sapard Agency under the Ministry of Agriculture, Food and Forestry of Romania, Negustori Street 1 B, Sector 2, RO Bucharest 2, for the implementation of measures "Processing and marketing of agricultural and fishery products", "Development and improvement of rural infrastructure" and "Technical assistance" as defined in the Programme for Agriculture and Rural Development that was approved by Commission Decision C(2000) 3742 final on 12 December 2000, and amended by Commission Decision H/2002/1936, adopted on 11 July 2002; and

2. the Ministry of Public Finance, National Fund, Apolodor Street 17, Sector 5, RO 70663 Bucharest, for the financial functions it is due to perform in the framework of the implementation of the Sapard programme for Romania.

Article 3

Expenditure pursuant to this Decision shall be eligible for Community co-finance only if incurred by beneficiaries from the date of this Decision or, if later, the date of the instrument making them a beneficiary for the project in question, except for feasibility and related studies, and for technical assistance, where this date shall be 12 December 2000, provided in all cases it is not paid by the Sapard Agency prior to the date of this Decision.

Done at Brussels, 31 July 2002.

For the Commission

Franz Fischler

Member of the Commission

(1) OJ L 161, 26.6.1999, p. 68.

(2) OJ L 161, 26.6.1999, p. 87.

(3) OJ L 342, 27.12.2001, p. 1.

(4) OJ L 253, 7.10.2000, p. 5.

(5) OJ L 304, 21.11.2001, p. 8.