Article 3(2) of Regulation (EC) No 447/2004 is hereby replaced by the following:
‘2. The ex-post evaluations of the relevant Sapard programmes provided for in Article 12 of Commission Regulation (EC) No 2759/1999 ( *1 ) , as well as 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.
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OJ L 331, 23.12.1999, p. 51 .’
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