# 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, Article 3: Financing of Sapard projects where appropriations have been exhausted

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

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.
2. 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.
3. 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.
4. The rules on eligibility of and checks on assistance under Regulation (EC) No 1268/1999 shall continue to apply.
5. The list of projects selected shall be drawn up by the new Member State concerned.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/eur/2004/447/article/3 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/eu-regulation-2004-447/article-3
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