# Council Regulation (EC) No 622/98 of 16 March 1998 on assistance to the applicant States in the framework of the pre-accession strategy, and in particular on the establishment of Accession Partnerships, Article 4

Extent: E+W+S+N.I.

Where an element that is essential for continuing to grant pre-accession assistance is lacking, in particular when the commitments contained in the Europe Agreement are not respected and/or progress towards fulfilment of the Copenhagen criteria is insufficient, the Council, acting by a qualified majority on a proposal from the Commission, may take appropriate steps with regard to any pre-accession assistance granted to an applicant State.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/eur/1998/622/article/4 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/eu-regulation-1998-622/article-4
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