{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-regulation-2007-718/article-3",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-regulation-2007-718/article-3.json",
  "legislation": "eur/2007/718",
  "legislation_title": "Commission Regulation (EC) No 718/2007 of 12 June 2007 implementing Council Regulation (EC) No 1085/2006 establishing an instrument for pre-accession assistance (IPA)",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-regulation-2007-718",
  "path": "article/3",
  "kind": "article",
  "number": "3",
  "heading": "Principles of assistance",
  "text": "The Commission shall ensure that the following principles apply in relation to assistance under the IPA Regulation:\nAssistance granted shall respect the principles of coherence, complementarity, coordination, partnership and concentration.\nAssistance shall be coherent with EU policies and shall support alignment to the acquis communautaire.\nAssistance shall comply with the budgetary principles laid down in the Council Regulation (EC, Euratom) No 1605/2002.\nAssistance shall be consistent with the needs identified in the enlargement process and absorption capacities of the beneficiary country. It shall also take account of lessons learned.\nThe ownership of the programming and implementation of assistance by the beneficiary country shall be strongly encouraged and adequate visibility of EU intervention shall be ensured.\nOperations shall be properly prepared, with clear and verifiable objectives, which are to be achieved within a given period.\nAny discrimination based on sex, racial or ethnic origin, religion or belief, disability, age or sexual orientation shall be prevented during the various stages of the implementation of assistance.\nThe objectives of pre-accession assistance shall be pursued in the framework of sustainable development and the Community promotion of the goal of protecting and improving the environment.",
  "extent": "E+W+S+N.I.",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/eur/2007/718/article/3",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-11-01T14:52:52.667906+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."
}