{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-regulation-2000-2666/article-1",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-regulation-2000-2666/article-1.json",
  "legislation": "eur/2000/2666",
  "legislation_title": "Council Regulation (EC) No 2666/2000 of 5 December 2000 on assistance for Albania, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Croatia, the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia and the Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia, repealing Regulation (EC) No 1628/96 and amending Regulations (EEC) No 3906/89 and (EEC) No 1360/90 and Decisions 97/256/EC and 1999/311/EC",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-regulation-2000-2666",
  "path": "article/1",
  "kind": "article",
  "number": "1",
  "heading": null,
  "text": "1. The Community shall provide assistance, hereinafter referred to as ‘Community assistance’, to Albania, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Croatia, the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia and the Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia.From 2005 Croatia shall be eligible as a recipient country only for projects and programmes with a regional dimension, such as outlined in Article 2(2). Notwithstanding the preceding sentence, Croatia shall remain eligible for projects and programmes under Decision 1999/311/EC.\n2. The following shall be directly eligible for Community assistance: the State, entities under United Nations jurisdiction and administration, federal, regional and local bodies, public and semi-public bodies, the social partners, organisations providing support to businesses, cooperatives, mutual societies, associations, foundations and non-governmental organisations.\n3. Authorities established by the international community to act as the civil administration in some areas, such as the High Representative in Bosnia and Herzegovina and the United Nations Interim Administration Mission in Kosovo (UNMIK), shall be duly consulted on implementation of the Community assistance in their areas. Any programmes or projects they implement shall be eligible for Community assistance under this Regulation, except in the case of those entities' running costs; where appropriate, such costs may draw on a grant provided under Council Regulation (EC) No 1080/2000 of 22 May 2000 on support for the United Nations Interim Mission in Kosovo (UNMIK) and the Office of the High Representative in Bosnia and Herzegovina (OHR).\n4. The financial reference amount for the implementation of this programme for the period 2000 to 2006 shall be EUR 4 650 million.\nThe annual appropriations shall be authorised by the budgetary authority within the limits of the financial perspective.",
  "extent": "E+W+S+N.I.",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "Inserted by Council Regulation (EC) No 2257/2004 of 20 December 2004 amending Regulations (EEC) No 3906/89, (EC) No 1267/1999, (EC) No 1268/1999 and (EC) No 2666/2000, to take into account of Croatia's candidate status."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "OJ L 122, 24.5.2000, p. 27."
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
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    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/eur/2000/2666/article/1",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-11-01T14:57:09.790233+00:00"
  },
  "licence": "Open Government Licence v3.0",
  "licence_url": "https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/",
  "attribution": "Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives."
}