Article 1
The requirement of ex ante approval by the Commission of project selection and contracting for measure 5 and measure 8 by the Republic of Lithuania provided for in Article 12(1) of Regulation (EC) No 1266/1999 is hereby waived.
2003/710/EC: Commission Decision of 9 October 2003 conferring management of aid on implementing agencies for preaccession measures in agriculture and rural development in the Republic of Lithuania in the preaccession period
2003/710/EC: Commission Decision of 9 October 2003 conferring management of aid on implementing agencies for preaccession measures in agriculture and rural development in the Republic of Lithuania in the preaccession period
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Article 2
Management of the Sapard Programme is conferred on a provisional basis to: 1. The National Paying Agency (NacionalnΓ© MokΓ©jimo agentura) under the Ministry of Agriculture of the Republic of Lithuania, Gedimino pr. 19, LT-2025, Vilnius, Republic of Lithuania, for the implementation of measure 5, "Afforestation of agricultural lands and improvement of forest infrastructure" and measure 8, " Technical assistance, information and publicity campaigns", as defined in the Programme for agricultural and rural development that was approved by Commission Decision C(2000) 3329 final on 27 November 2000, as last amended by Commission Decision of 9 September 2003; and 2. The National Fund within the Ministry of Finance, J. Tumo-vaizganto 8A/2, LT-2600, Vilnius, Republic of Lithuania, for the financial functions it is due to perform in the framework of the implementation of the Sapard Programme for measures 5 and 8 for the Republic of Lithuania.
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, information and publicity campaigns, where this date shall be 27 November 2000, provided in all cases it has not been paid by the National Paying Agency prior to the date of this Decision.
Article 4
Without prejudice to any decisions granting aid under the Sapard Programme to individual beneficiaries, the rules for eligibility of expenditure proposed by Lithuania by letter of 14 July 2003 shall apply. Done at Brussels, 9 October 2003. 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 99, 17.4.2003, p. 24. (4) C(2000) 3329 final. (5) OJ L 320, 5.12.2001, p. 44. (6) OJ L 253, 7.10.2000, p. 5. (7) OJ L 27, 1.2.2003, p. 14.
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