Regulation 2006/1085 - Instrument for Pre-Accession Assistance (IPA) - Main contents
Please note
This page contains a limited version of this dossier in the EU Monitor.
Contents
official title
Council Regulation (EC) No 1085/2006 of 17 July 2006 establishing an Instrument for Pre-Accession Assistance (IPA)| Legal instrument | Regulation |
|---|---|
| Number legal act | Regulation 2006/1085 |
| Original proposal | COM(2004)627  |
| CELEX number i | 32006R1085 |
| Document | 17-07-2006 |
|---|---|
| Publication in Official Journal | 31-07-2006; OJ L 210, 31.7.2006,Special edition in Bulgarian: Chapter 11 Volume 047,Special edition in Romanian: Chapter 11 Volume 047,Special edition in Croatian: Chapter 11 Volume 004 |
| Effect | 01-08-2006; Entry into force Date pub. + 1 See Art 28 01-01-2007; Application See Art 28 |
| End of validity | 31-12-2013; See Art. 28 |
31.7.2006 |
EN |
Official Journal of the European Union |
L 210/82 |
COUNCIL REGULATION (EC) No 1085/2006
of 17 July 2006
establishing an Instrument for Pre-Accession Assistance (IPA)
THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN UNION,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community, and in particular Article 181a thereof,
Having regard to the proposal from the Commission,
Having regard to the opinion of the European Parliament (1),
Having regard to the opinion of the Committee of the Regions (2),
Whereas:
(1) |
In order to improve the efficiency of the Community's External Aid, a new framework for programming and delivery of assistance has been envisaged. The present instrument constitutes one of the general instruments directly supporting European External Aid policies. |
(2) |
Article 49 of the Treaty on European Union states that any European State which respects the principles of liberty, democracy, respect for human rights and fundamental freedoms, and the rule of law may apply to become a member of the Union. |
(3) |
The Republic of Turkey's application for membership to the European Union was accepted by the European Council in Helsinki in 1999. Pre-accession assistance has been made available to the Republic of Turkey since 2002. The Brussels European Council on 16 and 17 December 2004 recommended that accession negotiations should be opened with Turkey. |
(4) |
At its meeting at Santa Maria da Feira on 20 June 2000, the European Council stressed that the countries of the Western Balkans were potential candidates for membership of the European Union. |
(5) |
At its meeting in Thessaloniki, on 19 and 20 June 2003, the European Council recalled the conclusions of its meetings in Copenhagen in December 2002 and Brussels in March 2003 and reiterated its determination to fully and effectively support the European perspective of the Western Balkan countries, indicating that they would become an integral part of the European Union, once they met the established criteria. |
(6) |
The Thessaloniki European Council 2003 also indicated that the Stabilisation and Association Process would constitute the overall framework for the European course of the Western Balkan countries all the way to their future accession. |
(7) |
In its resolution on the Thessaloniki European Council Conclusions, the European Parliament recognised that each of the Western Balkan countries was moving towards accession, but at the same time insisted that each country should be judged on its own merits. |
(8) |
All the Western Balkan countries can therefore be considered as potential candidate countries; however, a clear distinction should be made between candidate countries and potential candidate countries. |
(9) |
On 17 and 18 June 2004 the Brussels European Council recommended that accession negotiations should be opened with Croatia. |
(10) |
On 15 and 16 December 2005 the Brussels European Council decided to grant candidate country status to the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia. |
(11) |
Further, on 16 and 17 December 2004, the Brussels European Council recommended that parallel to accession negotiations, the European Union should engage an intensive political and cultural dialogue with every candidate country. |
(12) |
In the interests of coherence and consistency of Community assistance, assistance for candidate countries as well as for potential candidate countries should be granted in the context of a coherent framework, taking advantage of the lessons learned from earlier pre-accession instruments as well as Council Regulation (EC) No 2666/2000 of 5 December 2000 on assistance for Albania, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Croatia, the Federal Republic of... |
More
This text has been adopted from EUR-Lex.
This dossier is compiled each night drawing from aforementioned sources through automated processes. We have invested a great deal in optimising the programming underlying these processes. However, we cannot guarantee the sources we draw our information from nor the resulting dossier are without fault.
This page is also available in a full version containing the summary of legislation, de geconsolideerde versie, the legal context, de Europese rechtsgrond, other dossiers related to the dossier at hand and finally the related cases of the European Court of Justice.
The full version is available for registered users of the EU Monitor by ANP and PDC Informatie Architectuur.
The EU Monitor enables its users to keep track of the European process of lawmaking, focusing on the relevant dossiers. It automatically signals developments in your chosen topics of interest. Apologies to unregistered users, we can no longer add new users.This service will discontinue in the near future.