2003/123/EC: Commission Decision of 19 February 2003 conferring management of aid on implementing agencies for a pre-accession measure in agriculture and rural development in the Czech Republic in the pre-accession period

• Articles: 2

Article 1

The requirement of ex ante approval by the Commission of project selection and contracting for Measure 2.3 by the Czech Republic provided for in Article 12(1) of Regulation (EC) No 1266/1999 is hereby waived.

Article 2

Management of Sapard is conferred on a provisional basis on:

1. the Sapard agency of the Czech Republic, Tesnov 17, 117 05 Prague 1, for the implementation of Measure 2.3 of Sapard: "Agricultural production methods designed to protect the environment and maintain the countryside" as defined in the Programme for Agricultural and Rural Development that was approved by Commission Decision of 26 October 2000; and

2. the Ministry of Finance, National Fund, located at Letenska 15, 118 10 Prague 1, Czech Republic, for the financial functions it is due to perform in the framework of the implementation of Sapard for Measure 2.3 for the Czech Republic.

Done at Brussels, 19 February 2003.

For the Commission

Franz Fischler

Member of the Commission

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

(2) C/2000/3105 final.

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

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

(5) OJ L 102, 18.4.2002, p. 32.

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

(7) OJ L 27, 1.2.2003, p. 14.