Article 1
Definition For the purposes of this Regulation "new Member States" means the Czech Republic, Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania, Hungary, Poland, Slovenia and Slovakia.
Commission Regulation (EC) No 447/2004 of 10 March 2004 laying down rules to facilitate the transition from support under Regulation (EC) No 1268/1999 to that provided for by Regulations (EC) Nos 1257/1999 and 1260/1999 for the Czech Republic, Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania, Hungary, Poland, Slovenia and Slovakia
Commission Regulation (EC) No 447/2004 of 10 March 2004 laying down rules to facilitate the transition from support under Regulation (EC) No 1268/1999 to that provided for by Regulations (EC) Nos 1257/1999 and 1260/1999 for the Czech Republic, Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania, Hungary, Poland, Slovenia and Slovakia
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Article 2
End of contracting period under Regulation (EC) No 1268/1999 1. As regards measures which may be financed after accession by the European Agricultural Guidance and Guarantee Fund (EAGGF) Guarantee Section under Article 47a of Regulation (EC) No 1257/1999, the new Member States may continue to contract or enter into commitments under Regulation (EC) No 1268/1999 until the date of submission to the Commission of the rural development plan. 2. As regards measures or submeasures referred to in Article 2 of Regulation (EC) No 1268/1999 which may be financed after accession by the European Agricultural Guidance and Guarantee Fund (EAGGF) Guidance Section under Article 2(2)a of Regulation (EC) No 1260/1999, the new Member States may continue to contract or enter into commitments under Regulation (EC) No 1268/1999 up to the date when they start to contract or to enter into commitments for measures under Regulation (EC) No 1260/1999.
Article 3
Financing of Sapard projects where appropriations have been exhausted 1. For projects contracted from 2002 under the measures referred to in the fourth, seventh and 14th indents of Article 2 of Regulation (EC) No 1268/1999, expenditure incurred beyond 31 December 2006 may be included in the rural development programming for the period 2004 to 2006 under Regulation (EC) No 1257/1999 and financed by the EAGGF Guarantee Section. 2. Payments for projects for which appropriations under Regulation (EC) No 1268/1999 are exhausted or insufficient may be included in rural development programming for the period 2004 to 2006 under Regulation (EC) No 1257/1999 and financed by the EAGGF Guarantee Section. 3. Where the new Member States apply paragraphs 1 and 2, they shall indicate the amounts corresponding to appropriations committed in the financing table set out in Annex II to Regulation (EC) No 141/2004(4). 4. The rules on eligibility of and checks on assistance under Regulation (EC) No 1268/1999 shall continue to apply. 5. The list of projects selected shall be drawn up by the new Member State concerned.
Article 4
This Regulation shall enter into force subject to and on the date of entry into force of the Treaty of Accession of the Czech Republic, Estonia, Cyprus, Latvia, Lithuania, Hungary, Malta, Poland, Slovenia and Slovakia. This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States. Done at Brussels, 10 March 2004. For the Commission Franz Fischler Member of the Commission (1) OJ L 161, 26.6.1999, p. 87. Regulation as last amended by Regulation (EC) No 696/2003 (OJ L 99, 17.4.2003, p. 24). (2) OJ L 160, 26.6.1999, p. 80. Regulation as last amended by the Act of Accession of 2003. (3) OJ L 161, 26.6.1999, p. 1. Regulation as last amended by Regulation (EC) No 1105/2003 (OJ L 158, 27.6.2003, p. 3). (4) OJ L 24, 29.1.2004, p. 25.
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