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.