Article 5

For the implementation of the pre-accession instruments, and for the implementation of Council Regulation (EC) No 1266/1999 of 21 June 1999 on coordinating aid to the applicant countries in the framework of the pre-accession strategy^f1, where reference is being made to the Accession Partnership^f2 and the Europe Agreement, this shall be understood in the case of Croatia to refer to the European Partnership^f3 and the Stabilisation and Association Agreement.