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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-regulation-2004-447/article-3",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-regulation-2004-447/article-3.json",
  "legislation": "eur/2004/447",
  "legislation_title": "Commission Regulation (EC) No 447/2004 of 10 March 2004 laying down rules to facilitate the transition from support under Regulation (EC) No 1268/1999 to that provided for by Regulations (EC) Nos 1257/1999 and 1260/1999 for the Czech Republic, Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania, Hungary, Poland, Slovenia and Slovakia",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-regulation-2004-447",
  "path": "article/3",
  "kind": "article",
  "number": "3",
  "heading": "Financing of Sapard projects where appropriations have been exhausted",
  "text": "1. For projects contracted from 2002 under the measures referred to in the fourth, seventh and 14th indents of Article 2 of Regulation (EC) No 1268/1999, expenditure incurred beyond 31 December 2006 may be included in the rural development programming for the period 2004 to 2006 under Regulation (EC) No 1257/1999 and financed by the EAGGF Guarantee Section.\n2. The ex-post evaluations of the relevant Sapard programmes provided for in Article 12 of Commission Regulation (EC) No 2759/1999 , as well as payments for projects for which appropriations under Regulation (EC) No 1268/1999 are exhausted or insufficient, may be included in rural development programming for the period 2004 to 2006 under Regulation (EC) No 1257/1999 and financed by the EAGGF Guarantee Section.\n3. Where the new Member States apply paragraphs 1 and 2, they shall indicate the amounts corresponding to appropriations committed in the financing table set out in Annex II to Regulation (EC) No 141/2004.\n4. The rules on eligibility of and checks on assistance under Regulation (EC) No 1268/1999 shall continue to apply.\n5. The list of projects selected shall be drawn up by the new Member State concerned.",
  "extent": "E+W+S+N.I.",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "Substituted by Commission Regulation (EC) No 2003/2005 of 8 December 2005 amending Regulation (EC) No 447/2004 as regards ex-post evaluation of the Sapard programme."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "OJ L 331, 23.12.1999, p. 51 ."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f2",
      "text": "OJ L 24, 29.1.2004, p. 25."
    }
  ],
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  },
  "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."
}